Saturday, December 18, 2004
AFTERTHOUGHTS
I'm glad the Mariners did what they did the last couple of days, because losses by the Sonics and Tomahawks last night would have just made me pilfer the mocha almond fudge ice cream in the fridge even more. Mocha almond fudge ice cream -- the dinner of champions.
MARINERS
Adrian Beltre is officially a Mariner. Howard Lincoln is saying that this is what they had to do. Beltre is happy that the deal was done. He attributes his monster year last year to turning the corner, and partially to fatherhood. When I saw a clip of the press conference and saw that Scott Boras was fielding questions, I had a chuckle. I wonder if he negotiated that into Beltre's contract like the daily Alex Rodriguez press conference was negotiated into his contract.
Does anyone really think Bret Boone will lead the Mariners in home runs next year? He thinks he will. Can that happen without significant injuries to Sexson and Beltre?
And good gracious, just let him be the first Adrian Beltre and give him a couple years before putting these Sammy Sosa comparisons on him. I almost puked when I saw the headline. That was before I even read the part about the colostomy bag.
Bill Bavasi suggested that the Mariners would start the season with an outfield of Winn, Reed, and Ichiro, relegating Raul Ibanez to DH, something "he's not crazy about." I can tell you what Jeremy's reaction was: "Did I miss something? I didn't realize Raul Ibanez is a superstar player." Well put. I move Winn and Bucky is DH if I get my way. If I really get my way, Ibanez is gone (won't happen). But that's just me.
SEAHAWKS
Darrell Jackson is zeroing in on some team records: receptions in a season, receiving yards in a season, and career 100-yard receiving games. All this amidst all of his grief and adversity.
Chad Brown is back and starting. I don't expect him to be too much of a factor on Sunday, but I'll just hope he's feeling a lot better and getting back into the swing of things against Arizona and Atlanta.
BASKETBALL
College
Sunday: North Carolina at Virginia Tech (12:30p), NC State at Washington (5p)
Sonics
To get my postgame thoughts, scroll down a post or click here if archived.
Since I pretty much said all I wanted to say about the Sonics in my postgame blurb, I'll just pick out key sentences in the Sonic articles...
O'Neil: "Ridnour scored six points in the first quarter when he made two of three shots, but he missed his final six in the game."
Condotta: "As painful as the outcome itself, however, was the manner in which the game was lost."
Upcoming...
Wednesday vs. Denver
Monday (27th) at Utah
HOCKEY
Seattle beat Prince Albert, 3-2. The Thunderbirds have won three straight and have finished out their six-game road swing 4-1-0-1, grabbing nine of a possible 12 points. Tyler Metcalfe scored the first two Seattle goals, one in the first and one in the second period, which have the T-Birds a 2-0 lead at the time. Derek Couture scored Seattle's third goal, just before the midway point of the second period. Seattle was able to hold back an attack by the Raiders, who drew within one on a powre play goal with just over four minutes left to play in the third. The Raiders' regular goalie, Rejean Beauchemin, didn't start because he was with Team Canada. Seattle outshot Prince Albert 34-18, and Gavin McHalen stopped 16 in the Seattle net.
Vancouver beat Everett, 4-2. On Teddy Bear Toss Night, the stuffed animals flew onto the ice for a goal that was later waved off. Gilbert Brule scored his 20th of the year 40 seconds after the delay, though. About seven minutes later and halfway through the period, Mitch Bartley gave the Giants a 2-0 lead. Ryan Blatchford scored not long after to get the Silvertips within one on the power play. Tyler Dietrich tied the game just short of eight minutes into the middle period, but the Giants took the lead for good with a Tim Kraus power-play goal with a 3:17 to go in the period. Chad Scharff's goal with 3:01 left in regulation put the win in the bag for Vancouver. Vancouver outshot Everett 26-20. Mike Wall stopped 22 for Everett, and Adam Jennings stopped 18 for Vancouver. Jennings is in net because Marek Schwarz is playing for the Czech Republic in the World Junior Championships. Kraus also had two assists, as did Conlan Seder.
Tri-City shut out Portland, 5-0. Carey Price stood on his head and stopped 48 shots for Tri-City. He'll be one of the top goalies selected in the next NHL Draft, whenever it is. Portland is without Braydon Coburn, who is playing for Team Canada in the World Junior Championships. Portland outshot the Americans 48-34. Dustin Butler, making his 16th straight start, stopped 29. He could use the week off. Thanks to Portland play-by-play man and recap writer Dean Vrooman, without whom I would have never known that failure to wear a mouthguard in WHL play is punishable with a 10-minute game misconduct penalty.
Hamilton beat Manitoba, 4-3 (video). The Moose never led in this game. The Bulldogs scored just 55 seconds into the game, and into the second period as well. They added another goal in the first period before Joe DiPenta got Manitoba within one after twenty minutes. The aforementioned second early goal for Hamilton came in the second period and was followed by another goal by the Bulldogs that put them up 4-1 with 11:40 left in the second. Lee Goren was able to break through with a shorthanded goal to make it 4-2 Bulldogs after two periods. Moose leading scorer Peter Sarno scored the final Manitoba goal just outside of seven minutes left in the game. The Moose had chances late, but were unable to get the tying goal. The Moose were outshot 33-30. Alex Auld stopped 29, one of them a penalty shot.
Portland beat Puget Sound, 7-4. This wasn't a home game, so I can't give you much description of it. Any Sun article in the morning will be linked, though the Sun does require registration now, which is truly abominable. God, do they really need your mailing address? Sheesh. [Update upon reading article -- Mike Truex had a hat trick in the second period alone to provide the bulk of the Tomahawks' offense. Luke Winkelman scored in the third period. The Tomahawks were down 3-0 after the first period, and down 5-3 after the second. A goal by Carl Horten that would have cut the lead to 6-5 in the third period was disallowed, for which Tomahawk coach Kim McConnell received an apology from the head referee.]
Upcoming...
Tonight: Everett at Portland, Vancouver at Tri-City, Hamilton at Manitoba, Puget Sound at Portland
(no WHL or AHL games from the 19th to the 26th, NorPac is off the weekend of the 24th and 25th as well)
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Have a great Saturday, everybody.
MARINERS
Adrian Beltre is officially a Mariner. Howard Lincoln is saying that this is what they had to do. Beltre is happy that the deal was done. He attributes his monster year last year to turning the corner, and partially to fatherhood. When I saw a clip of the press conference and saw that Scott Boras was fielding questions, I had a chuckle. I wonder if he negotiated that into Beltre's contract like the daily Alex Rodriguez press conference was negotiated into his contract.
Does anyone really think Bret Boone will lead the Mariners in home runs next year? He thinks he will. Can that happen without significant injuries to Sexson and Beltre?
And good gracious, just let him be the first Adrian Beltre and give him a couple years before putting these Sammy Sosa comparisons on him. I almost puked when I saw the headline. That was before I even read the part about the colostomy bag.
Bill Bavasi suggested that the Mariners would start the season with an outfield of Winn, Reed, and Ichiro, relegating Raul Ibanez to DH, something "he's not crazy about." I can tell you what Jeremy's reaction was: "Did I miss something? I didn't realize Raul Ibanez is a superstar player." Well put. I move Winn and Bucky is DH if I get my way. If I really get my way, Ibanez is gone (won't happen). But that's just me.
SEAHAWKS
Darrell Jackson is zeroing in on some team records: receptions in a season, receiving yards in a season, and career 100-yard receiving games. All this amidst all of his grief and adversity.
Chad Brown is back and starting. I don't expect him to be too much of a factor on Sunday, but I'll just hope he's feeling a lot better and getting back into the swing of things against Arizona and Atlanta.
BASKETBALL
College
Sunday: North Carolina at Virginia Tech (12:30p), NC State at Washington (5p)
Sonics
To get my postgame thoughts, scroll down a post or click here if archived.
Since I pretty much said all I wanted to say about the Sonics in my postgame blurb, I'll just pick out key sentences in the Sonic articles...
O'Neil: "Ridnour scored six points in the first quarter when he made two of three shots, but he missed his final six in the game."
Condotta: "As painful as the outcome itself, however, was the manner in which the game was lost."
Upcoming...
Wednesday vs. Denver
Monday (27th) at Utah
HOCKEY
Seattle beat Prince Albert, 3-2. The Thunderbirds have won three straight and have finished out their six-game road swing 4-1-0-1, grabbing nine of a possible 12 points. Tyler Metcalfe scored the first two Seattle goals, one in the first and one in the second period, which have the T-Birds a 2-0 lead at the time. Derek Couture scored Seattle's third goal, just before the midway point of the second period. Seattle was able to hold back an attack by the Raiders, who drew within one on a powre play goal with just over four minutes left to play in the third. The Raiders' regular goalie, Rejean Beauchemin, didn't start because he was with Team Canada. Seattle outshot Prince Albert 34-18, and Gavin McHalen stopped 16 in the Seattle net.
Vancouver beat Everett, 4-2. On Teddy Bear Toss Night, the stuffed animals flew onto the ice for a goal that was later waved off. Gilbert Brule scored his 20th of the year 40 seconds after the delay, though. About seven minutes later and halfway through the period, Mitch Bartley gave the Giants a 2-0 lead. Ryan Blatchford scored not long after to get the Silvertips within one on the power play. Tyler Dietrich tied the game just short of eight minutes into the middle period, but the Giants took the lead for good with a Tim Kraus power-play goal with a 3:17 to go in the period. Chad Scharff's goal with 3:01 left in regulation put the win in the bag for Vancouver. Vancouver outshot Everett 26-20. Mike Wall stopped 22 for Everett, and Adam Jennings stopped 18 for Vancouver. Jennings is in net because Marek Schwarz is playing for the Czech Republic in the World Junior Championships. Kraus also had two assists, as did Conlan Seder.
Tri-City shut out Portland, 5-0. Carey Price stood on his head and stopped 48 shots for Tri-City. He'll be one of the top goalies selected in the next NHL Draft, whenever it is. Portland is without Braydon Coburn, who is playing for Team Canada in the World Junior Championships. Portland outshot the Americans 48-34. Dustin Butler, making his 16th straight start, stopped 29. He could use the week off. Thanks to Portland play-by-play man and recap writer Dean Vrooman, without whom I would have never known that failure to wear a mouthguard in WHL play is punishable with a 10-minute game misconduct penalty.
Hamilton beat Manitoba, 4-3 (video). The Moose never led in this game. The Bulldogs scored just 55 seconds into the game, and into the second period as well. They added another goal in the first period before Joe DiPenta got Manitoba within one after twenty minutes. The aforementioned second early goal for Hamilton came in the second period and was followed by another goal by the Bulldogs that put them up 4-1 with 11:40 left in the second. Lee Goren was able to break through with a shorthanded goal to make it 4-2 Bulldogs after two periods. Moose leading scorer Peter Sarno scored the final Manitoba goal just outside of seven minutes left in the game. The Moose had chances late, but were unable to get the tying goal. The Moose were outshot 33-30. Alex Auld stopped 29, one of them a penalty shot.
Portland beat Puget Sound, 7-4. This wasn't a home game, so I can't give you much description of it. Any Sun article in the morning will be linked, though the Sun does require registration now, which is truly abominable. God, do they really need your mailing address? Sheesh. [Update upon reading article -- Mike Truex had a hat trick in the second period alone to provide the bulk of the Tomahawks' offense. Luke Winkelman scored in the third period. The Tomahawks were down 3-0 after the first period, and down 5-3 after the second. A goal by Carl Horten that would have cut the lead to 6-5 in the third period was disallowed, for which Tomahawk coach Kim McConnell received an apology from the head referee.]
Upcoming...
Tonight: Everett at Portland, Vancouver at Tri-City, Hamilton at Manitoba, Puget Sound at Portland
(no WHL or AHL games from the 19th to the 26th, NorPac is off the weekend of the 24th and 25th as well)
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Have a great Saturday, everybody.
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