Monday, November 08, 2004
WEEKSTART
It was a good Sunday after all. In a somewhat rare event, both the Seahawks and the Sonics won on the same day, and I watched about six solid hours (consecutively) of sports thanks to their games yesterday. As is usually the case after such periods of inactivity, the sportswatching was followed by a lengthy car drive.
MARINERS
Well, it appears that there isn't any bad news, nor is there any good news.
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks 42, 49ers 35. Jeremy covered the big numbers out of Hasselbeck, Jackson, and Alexander in his post. My game post is more of a long-ass play-by-play type monster, with some commentary thrown in here and there. I guess the other really big numbers were one interception by Anthony Simmons, and one sack each for Antonio Cochran and Marcus Trufant.
Clare Farnsworth reminds us of some injuries that some Seahawks had to come back from. Sure, I knew that Darrell Jackson hadn't practiced all week and had a great day yesterday, and I knew when I saw Steve Hutchinson on the field that he was coming back from injury (same with Jerry Rice), but I'd forgotten all about Anthony Simmons having shoulder surgery just two weeks ago. Simmons had probably the biggest play in the game, picking a late pass for a touchdown.
One key change for yesterday's game? Holmgren put Anthony Simmons on the tight end Eric Johnson instead of Chad Brown. That pretty much worked, and of course Simmons had that interception on a pass intended for Johnson.
J-M Romero says yesterday's game was basically a microcosm of what we expected when it came to the Seahawks -- great offense, and enough defense to get by. He also brings up the play I totally forgot about, where Darrell Jackson had first-down yardage and fumbled, but it was called an incomplete pass. Romero also says this team could be 7-1 right now, and still has some vital stuff to improve on. Also, Ken Lucas went to the hospital after bruising his sternum on probably the best coverage play all day by the backfield. Kris Richard took Lucas' place after the latter was carted off the field. Also, Joe Starkey (49ers' PA guy) called Jerheme Urban "Jerome." His first name is spelled quite unusually, so I can sort of understand where "Jerome" would come out of it. Taco Wallace was the odd man out after Darrell Jackson came back to play. Also, Tara Kirk was honored with other Olympic athletes at halftime. A great day for all, indeed.
Monday wouldn't be Monday without Steve Kelley and Les Carpenter having something to say about the Seahawks. Kelley covers the Darrell Jackson story. Jackson said he had no doubt all week he was going to play. The ankle loosened up after he ran some pre-game routes. From personal experience (four sprains in 16 months once), having an immobilized ankle sucks because it can get deathly stiff. Working out of the stiffness is quite unbearable. Carpenter covers the "Alexander apologized to Hasselbeck for being a jerk" front, also bringing up the 3rd-and-10 call where the ball went to Alexander, even as the Seahawks were pinned close to their own goal line. Shaun got the first down on that play, and got a bunch more touches on that drive.
SONICS
For my take on the game, scroll down or click here
Danny Fortson says there's only one thing that can stop him: referees. The Cincinnati grad had nine of his 11 second-half points from the free-throw line, where Calabro said Fortson has been a pretty good free-throw shooter his whole career. So Fortson's a big man who can rebound and is a good free-throw shooter. The Sonics gave up Calvin Booth to get him. It's only been three games, but I think I know who got the better end of the deal with Dallas.
Fortson also was a big reason why the Sonics had 17 second-chance points. In the I-Can't-Believe-He-Hasn't-Sucked-Horribly-Yet file, Jerome James blocked three shots in the first quarter. Also, Reggie Evans scored in double-digits for the second straight night after only getting 10 or more points once in 67 games last year.
In other weird and hard-to-explain news, CBS SportsLine has a dunk-o-meter.
Upcoming...
Tuesday: Seattle at Denver
Nov 10 Sacramento at Seattle
Nov 12 Toronto at Seattle
Nov 14 Memphis at Seattle
In other NBA news, Mike Montgomery, you should have stayed at Stanford.
HOCKEY
One lighter note, and one considerably more grisly note before some other stuff...
Someone paid $575.96 in an auction for Bobby Hull's three front teeth. Yes, they are dentures, and yes, there is a picture.
I'm not sure if this is karma or what, but Dany Heatley has been seriously injured after being hit in the eye with a puck off a shot by BC Bern (Swiss) teammate Daniel Briere in a game against Geneva-Servette. He was taken to the hospital, where his eye was drained, and the team website reported he had a fractured orbital bone, which would require surgery. Do I wish these types of injuries on anybody? Heavens no. Might karma be a bitch after Thrasher teammate Daniel Snyder was killed in the car he was driving in 2003? Yes.
Calgary beat Vancouver, 7-2. Riley Merkley got a natural hat trick for the Hitmen. Adam Courchaine and Mitch Bartley got the two goals for the Giants. Vancouver was down 3-0 after the first period and were never able to get back in it. It was the first WHL start for rookie goalie Jordan Kaczmar. He was pulled after giving up the fifth Calgary goal, and usual starter Marek Schwarz finished the game, stopping 20 of 22. The Giants finished their brutal road trip 2-2-0-1.
Since there's no action tomorrow, I'll post how the teams I've been following are doing...
WHL BC Division
Vancouver Giants 10-7-0-2, 22 pts, 3rd place, (Kootenay 1st w/24 pts and one less game played, Kelowna 2nd w/22 pts and a game in hand)
WHL US Division
Seattle Thunderbirds 12-4-0-0, 24 pts, 1st place, 2 games in hand on Everett and Portland
Everett Silvertips 9-5-2-2, 2nd place, 22 points
Portland Winter Hawks 9-8-0-1, 3rd place, 19 points
AHL North Division
Manitoba Moose 8-4-0-1, 17 points, 1st place (Edmonton is tied in points, but has only 7 wins)
There are no tie games in the AHL, for anyone who doesn't know. The final two columns are for overtime losses and shootout losses.
NorPac Junior B Western Division
Puget Sound Tomahawks 16-2-0, 32 points (Portland has six games in hand and has 22 points)
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Enjoy your new work week, all. Make that a school week if you're being all studious like I was at this time last year. One thing I'm going to miss about Ellensburg: the chance of looking out the window and seeing snow. It rarely happens here.
[Edit ~1:33p -- Morgan notices the flaw of me flipping Hasselbeck and Alexander when I was talking about the Carpenter article. The change has been made.]
MARINERS
Well, it appears that there isn't any bad news, nor is there any good news.
SEAHAWKS
Seahawks 42, 49ers 35. Jeremy covered the big numbers out of Hasselbeck, Jackson, and Alexander in his post. My game post is more of a long-ass play-by-play type monster, with some commentary thrown in here and there. I guess the other really big numbers were one interception by Anthony Simmons, and one sack each for Antonio Cochran and Marcus Trufant.
Clare Farnsworth reminds us of some injuries that some Seahawks had to come back from. Sure, I knew that Darrell Jackson hadn't practiced all week and had a great day yesterday, and I knew when I saw Steve Hutchinson on the field that he was coming back from injury (same with Jerry Rice), but I'd forgotten all about Anthony Simmons having shoulder surgery just two weeks ago. Simmons had probably the biggest play in the game, picking a late pass for a touchdown.
One key change for yesterday's game? Holmgren put Anthony Simmons on the tight end Eric Johnson instead of Chad Brown. That pretty much worked, and of course Simmons had that interception on a pass intended for Johnson.
J-M Romero says yesterday's game was basically a microcosm of what we expected when it came to the Seahawks -- great offense, and enough defense to get by. He also brings up the play I totally forgot about, where Darrell Jackson had first-down yardage and fumbled, but it was called an incomplete pass. Romero also says this team could be 7-1 right now, and still has some vital stuff to improve on. Also, Ken Lucas went to the hospital after bruising his sternum on probably the best coverage play all day by the backfield. Kris Richard took Lucas' place after the latter was carted off the field. Also, Joe Starkey (49ers' PA guy) called Jerheme Urban "Jerome." His first name is spelled quite unusually, so I can sort of understand where "Jerome" would come out of it. Taco Wallace was the odd man out after Darrell Jackson came back to play. Also, Tara Kirk was honored with other Olympic athletes at halftime. A great day for all, indeed.
Monday wouldn't be Monday without Steve Kelley and Les Carpenter having something to say about the Seahawks. Kelley covers the Darrell Jackson story. Jackson said he had no doubt all week he was going to play. The ankle loosened up after he ran some pre-game routes. From personal experience (four sprains in 16 months once), having an immobilized ankle sucks because it can get deathly stiff. Working out of the stiffness is quite unbearable. Carpenter covers the "Alexander apologized to Hasselbeck for being a jerk" front, also bringing up the 3rd-and-10 call where the ball went to Alexander, even as the Seahawks were pinned close to their own goal line. Shaun got the first down on that play, and got a bunch more touches on that drive.
SONICS
For my take on the game, scroll down or click here
Danny Fortson says there's only one thing that can stop him: referees. The Cincinnati grad had nine of his 11 second-half points from the free-throw line, where Calabro said Fortson has been a pretty good free-throw shooter his whole career. So Fortson's a big man who can rebound and is a good free-throw shooter. The Sonics gave up Calvin Booth to get him. It's only been three games, but I think I know who got the better end of the deal with Dallas.
Fortson also was a big reason why the Sonics had 17 second-chance points. In the I-Can't-Believe-He-Hasn't-Sucked-Horribly-Yet file, Jerome James blocked three shots in the first quarter. Also, Reggie Evans scored in double-digits for the second straight night after only getting 10 or more points once in 67 games last year.
In other weird and hard-to-explain news, CBS SportsLine has a dunk-o-meter.
Upcoming...
Tuesday: Seattle at Denver
Nov 10 Sacramento at Seattle
Nov 12 Toronto at Seattle
Nov 14 Memphis at Seattle
In other NBA news, Mike Montgomery, you should have stayed at Stanford.
HOCKEY
One lighter note, and one considerably more grisly note before some other stuff...
Someone paid $575.96 in an auction for Bobby Hull's three front teeth. Yes, they are dentures, and yes, there is a picture.
I'm not sure if this is karma or what, but Dany Heatley has been seriously injured after being hit in the eye with a puck off a shot by BC Bern (Swiss) teammate Daniel Briere in a game against Geneva-Servette. He was taken to the hospital, where his eye was drained, and the team website reported he had a fractured orbital bone, which would require surgery. Do I wish these types of injuries on anybody? Heavens no. Might karma be a bitch after Thrasher teammate Daniel Snyder was killed in the car he was driving in 2003? Yes.
Calgary beat Vancouver, 7-2. Riley Merkley got a natural hat trick for the Hitmen. Adam Courchaine and Mitch Bartley got the two goals for the Giants. Vancouver was down 3-0 after the first period and were never able to get back in it. It was the first WHL start for rookie goalie Jordan Kaczmar. He was pulled after giving up the fifth Calgary goal, and usual starter Marek Schwarz finished the game, stopping 20 of 22. The Giants finished their brutal road trip 2-2-0-1.
Since there's no action tomorrow, I'll post how the teams I've been following are doing...
WHL BC Division
Vancouver Giants 10-7-0-2, 22 pts, 3rd place, (Kootenay 1st w/24 pts and one less game played, Kelowna 2nd w/22 pts and a game in hand)
WHL US Division
Seattle Thunderbirds 12-4-0-0, 24 pts, 1st place, 2 games in hand on Everett and Portland
Everett Silvertips 9-5-2-2, 2nd place, 22 points
Portland Winter Hawks 9-8-0-1, 3rd place, 19 points
AHL North Division
Manitoba Moose 8-4-0-1, 17 points, 1st place (Edmonton is tied in points, but has only 7 wins)
There are no tie games in the AHL, for anyone who doesn't know. The final two columns are for overtime losses and shootout losses.
NorPac Junior B Western Division
Puget Sound Tomahawks 16-2-0, 32 points (Portland has six games in hand and has 22 points)
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Enjoy your new work week, all. Make that a school week if you're being all studious like I was at this time last year. One thing I'm going to miss about Ellensburg: the chance of looking out the window and seeing snow. It rarely happens here.
[Edit ~1:33p -- Morgan notices the flaw of me flipping Hasselbeck and Alexander when I was talking about the Carpenter article. The change has been made.]
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