Tuesday, March 02, 2004
BASEBALL DIVERSIONS...
Okay, so it's past 2am and there's a fresh batch of Mariner articles out, which either Jeremy or I will get to, unless we're too busy.
But as I was gazing through the usual pages, I realized I had totally fallen asleep at the wheel regarding Seattle's best chance to win a title (the Mariners sealed this with their offseason dealings), the Seahawks.
John Randle retired? Chad Eaton is a salary cap casualty? Where the hell have I been? I'm kinda sad to see Randle go because he was pretty much awesome in every way except that his body was getting a little old. As for Chad Eaton, I won't miss him. He was a Coug that talked big, but got it shoved in his face a few too many times. So what do the Hawks do now? Well, these two moves just cleared more room under the salary cap...
I'm still asleep at the wheel regarding the Sonics. I can't even tell you the last team they played against. How sad is it when the Sonics have Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis on the court, and Kevin Calabro on the telecasts, and I still won't at least listen to them? That's brutal. Kevin Calabro is beyond awesome. The only thing better than Calabro doing Sonic games is when he told "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "The Three Little Pigs" to a group of kids on the unjustly canceled Almost Live!
In Canuck-related news, Tampa Bay shut out the Avalanche in Denver last night. Nikolai Khabibulin got a lazy 16-save shutout, which is amazing considering all the offensive firepower that Colorado has, and the fact that they have Rob Blake healthy again. But this regulation defeat for Colorado sets the stage even better for Wednesday night. That's when the Canucks travel to Colorado for their biggest game of the year. With a regulation win, the Canucks will retake the Northwest Division lead. The big thing about winning the division is so you don't finish fourth. If you finish fourth, you have to face the fifth seed, of course. The fifth seed will probably be Dallas, who have been fairly cold most of the year. Dallas has Marty Turco in net, who is solid, but can also get really hot. The playoffs is a bad time to have that happen if you're the opposition. Last year, the Canucks were overtaken for the division lead in the final weeks of the season, and ended up drawing the Blues in the first round. They got to the second round and blew a 3-1 series lead and were eliminated by the Wild, and I still remember being irate about that last spring.
My next post will be about baseball. Book it.
But as I was gazing through the usual pages, I realized I had totally fallen asleep at the wheel regarding Seattle's best chance to win a title (the Mariners sealed this with their offseason dealings), the Seahawks.
John Randle retired? Chad Eaton is a salary cap casualty? Where the hell have I been? I'm kinda sad to see Randle go because he was pretty much awesome in every way except that his body was getting a little old. As for Chad Eaton, I won't miss him. He was a Coug that talked big, but got it shoved in his face a few too many times. So what do the Hawks do now? Well, these two moves just cleared more room under the salary cap...
I'm still asleep at the wheel regarding the Sonics. I can't even tell you the last team they played against. How sad is it when the Sonics have Ray Allen and Rashard Lewis on the court, and Kevin Calabro on the telecasts, and I still won't at least listen to them? That's brutal. Kevin Calabro is beyond awesome. The only thing better than Calabro doing Sonic games is when he told "Jack and the Beanstalk" and "The Three Little Pigs" to a group of kids on the unjustly canceled Almost Live!
In Canuck-related news, Tampa Bay shut out the Avalanche in Denver last night. Nikolai Khabibulin got a lazy 16-save shutout, which is amazing considering all the offensive firepower that Colorado has, and the fact that they have Rob Blake healthy again. But this regulation defeat for Colorado sets the stage even better for Wednesday night. That's when the Canucks travel to Colorado for their biggest game of the year. With a regulation win, the Canucks will retake the Northwest Division lead. The big thing about winning the division is so you don't finish fourth. If you finish fourth, you have to face the fifth seed, of course. The fifth seed will probably be Dallas, who have been fairly cold most of the year. Dallas has Marty Turco in net, who is solid, but can also get really hot. The playoffs is a bad time to have that happen if you're the opposition. Last year, the Canucks were overtaken for the division lead in the final weeks of the season, and ended up drawing the Blues in the first round. They got to the second round and blew a 3-1 series lead and were eliminated by the Wild, and I still remember being irate about that last spring.
My next post will be about baseball. Book it.