Greetings, Gentle Reader! We regret to inform you there will be no formal diary for any of tonight’s games. After a week of diaries, we’re ready for a night off! However, we’ll be around offering some commentary and thoughts. First on the docket is Sabres-Hurricanes. Secondly, we’ll be cueing up Pens-Leafs on TiVo delay. We’re waiving our usual plea of “no spoilers!”, so comment to your heart’s content.
We’ll be updating this as we go along.
– It is no secret that we are nerds. So it was with much delight that we stumbled on this video on nhl.com:
TOM PREISSING WINS OUR HEARTS AND MINDS
Tom Preissing made a font joke! Not only that, but it was a font joke that Pookie has referenced twice (garnering no response, she’ll add) in the last two weeks while teaching the basics of Microsoft Word at work. How, we ask you, can we not love this guy! Courier New! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
– In non-hockey news, Schnookie wants to issue a public service announcement. If you are shopping at the Pennington Quality Market grocery store, be careful of the cubanelle peppers. They were labeled as such, looked like just sort of small cubanelles, but after chopping them for our dinner tonight, Schnookie absently rubbed one of her eyes and discovered, as the soft tissue around her eyeballs burst into flame, that they are decidedly not cubanelles. Here’s a dramatic reenactment:
Schnookie, chopping like a Benihana chef “Oh dear, my eye itches.” Finishes chopping, drops peppers in pot, washes hands and goes to rub her eye with the back of her hand “AAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!!”
– We don’t really settle down in front of the TV until about midway into the first. So we don’t have an opinion on the first goal.
– Or the second.
– We’re watching the Canes feed, and they hilariously, with the Sabres up 2-0, give us a little interview clip of Cory Stillman telling us how important it is for them to jump out with an early lead against Buffalo. Stillman looks, in this interview, as if he was just dragged out from beneath the overpass he lives under.
– Staffy, looking for an in-game snack, attempts to eat Eric “Hooters” Staal’s brain. “Staffy stomp such small portion size! Stomp! Stomp!”
– While we’re speculating on the severity of Hooter’s apparent wrist/arm/upper-/lower-body injury, we hear Forslund say the words “interchangeable” and “parts”. Everything here at Stately IPB Manor screeches to a halt. Schnookie nearly does a spit take with her chardonnay. Pookie almost aspirates an entire forkful of spaghetti. Boomer gasps, “Is that a shout-out?” We have no idea what he was talking about, so yeah it was a shout-out.
– After 20 minutes we’ve got to say, the Sabres look like a team that’s fully capable of winning just about any game they want to. We haven’t watched much of them this year, in part because they’re always playing the same nights the Devils are and in part because there was only so much sucking we could handle at one time, but they look pretty darn good here tonight. Of course it helps that the Canes apparently thought they weren’t going to have to actually skate this evening.
– We flip momentarily to the Sabres feed, and hastily flip back when confronted by Mike Robitaille dressed as a giant eggplant.
– Pookie’s been a serious sports fan for 14 years, and yet she still tends to assume that the team is playing in whatever city the feed is coming from. So tonight, when given the requisite intermission beauty shot of the area around the arena, she thinks, “Gosh, that’s an awfully big waterfall there in Carolina!” She’s… not too bright.
– We’ve heard a lot of home announcers on Center Ice being harsh on their teams in our day, but we’ve never heard this complaint: when FSN shows Erik Cole looking hurt and beaten down on the bench, Tripp Tracy says sternly that the Canes need to buck up and improve their “body language”. He just said his team is looking too much like a bunch of panty-waisted doily-makers! (Pookie is not paying a ton of attention while this monologue is happening, and just hears them saying they’re going to look at what play Cole got hurt on. When she looks up, they are showing a slick scoring chance by Afinogenov, and she says, “How lame do you have to be to get hurt by Max? Oh, that’s not the play he got hurt on. Sorry.” They proceed to show the play Cole got hurt on… and it’s a hit by Max.)
– Goose gets a chance swooping in around Grahame’s net, but ends up running out of real estate and then not being able to pivot very well to circle in tight around the goal. Schnookie: “Wow. Goose just isn’t very good at turning on a dime, is he?” Pookie: “Yeah, I was about to say, ‘That guy really can’t skate!’ but then I realized who it was. And I was like, ‘Oh.’”
– We get up to clean up our dinner dishes with about 4 1/2 minutes left in the period and the game going to commercial break. We come back and it’s 4-0 Buffalo. Clearly the Sabres just need us to not be in the room. And wowza, are the wheels ever falling off the Hurricanes! (Tripp intones funereally, “This is, without doubt, the most desperate time in the Canes season thus far.” Sabres fans, rejoice!)
– Pookie would like for everyone to just pretend Staffy scored on his penalty shot.
– This is the last time we take a lazy Saturday night approach to games. We wandered off during intermission to cut and dredge the marshmallows we made this afternoon, and come back just a few minutes late for the start of the third period, and it turns out Roy has made it 5-0 on a short-handed goal. We’re like those fans who spend their entire arena experience milling about at the beer stands! (And seriously, Grahame is still in? Is Ward that bad? Don’t answer that.) (Because we know the correct answer is, “Yes.”)
– Okay, this game is now 5-0 and we haven’t seen a single one of the goals, so when we hear that the Stars are laying a whuppin’ on the Flyers, we decide to flip over there.
– The Stars go to commercial after a few uneventful minutes, and we flip back to the Sabres and discover we are not being the best televised hockey watchers we can be tonight. It’s now 6-0. Roy gets a shorthanded breakaway and just barely misses; that would have been a goal if we’d not been watching.
– Goose suffers from our presence, too, when he beats Grahame on a three-on-two, but rings the puck off the pipe. Sorry, Sabres! We’re leaving now, we promise!
– This is a really great blog post, isn’t it? Who wouldn’t want to read all about all the exciting hockey stuff we keep missing?
– We’re back on the Flyers-Stars game in time to see Riley Cote leave his feet and hit Matt “Happy Meals” Niskanen’s head with a flagrant and flying elbow. Here we go with a 6th suspension in 25 or so games (or at least it should be). There is nothing we can say about his that other bloggers haven’t already covered, but the fact is, we feel for Flyers fans stuck with an organization that stock-piles players with a lower respect for their opponents than the average player on other teams. That said, listening to the crowd booing the call, maybe our sympathy is unwarranted.
– It should be mentioned that we have the utmost confidence that if a certain Mike “Mikey C” Commodore hadn’t missed this game for a finger injury, the score would have been very different. Or something.
– Hey, Gentle Reader, remember when we said we were going to watch the Pens-Leafs game? Yeah, we sorta kinda lied. Since we said “no spoilers” we had no compunction against checking out the final score and the game summary. Pookie summed it up best when she said, “Well, Sid had a point. And that’s really what’s most important here. Wait. That’s really all that’s important here. Shall we try out Super Mario Kart on the Wii instead of watching this loss?”
– While slowly getting our acts in gear to make some hot chocolate, we flip over to the Blackhawks-Blues game in time to see King for the Blues score. Between the 8-1 Sabres win and the 4-1 Stars win there were 14 goals scored in the games we tuned in to tonight, and this was the first goal we actually saw scored.
UPDATE
– Our Saturday Night Hockey journey has come to end as we’ve finally answered the siren song of our Wii. We only just hooked it up to the wifi, so the wonders of the Virtual Console are only know available to us. We’re ready to enjoy the Sabres big win and Sid’s point (and mourn the Mikey C-less Canes terrible performance) while taking MarioKart for a spin (har har) and, to bring this post full circle, celebrate our nerdiness by being the only people excited to download SimCity. Yeah, we’re cool.
Ooh, we’re getting Grahame . . . watch the Sabres turn him into a brick wall.
I do believe that’s Kotalik’s first even-strength point of the year.
I’ll be watching the Pens Leafs game as soon as this damned college football game is over. You lot have fun with the Sabres :)
College football–eww.
I do believe that’s Kotalik’s first even-strength point of the year.
Baby steps, Meg, baby steps. :D
I do believe that’s Kotalik’s first even-strength point of the year.
Good for him.
College football–eww.
Tell me about it. 10 minutes to go. I’m totally going to miss the first period.
Baby steps, Meg, baby steps. :D
Hey, I’m not complaining . . . I’ve actually been happy with Kotalik’s game this year. I’m less happy about Neale and RJ both mispronouncing Spacek’s name but in different ways.
0-2?!!? I think I just woke up Tom and Yoen screaming “What the fuck?!”
I’m less happy about Neale and RJ both mispronouncing Spacek’s name but in different ways.
Pronunciation guides are for LOSERS! Especially pronunciation guides for the team you work for.
we hear Forslund say the words “interchangeable” and “parts”.
:D
If only the Sabres could summon up this much dislike for other teams we’d see a lot more physical play from them.
Doesn’t it suck that it’s only big playoff loses that make for good rivalries?
Heh . . . Buffalo has some good rivalries (the Leafs for example) that don’t really stem from playoff losses but you do have a point there. Somewhat amusingly, I think your average Canes fan has a bigger problem then the Sabres and their fans than vice versa. But Canes fans seem to be rather oversensitive so I imagine that’s why.
I’m less happy about Neale and RJ both mispronouncing Spacek’s name but in different ways.
Ugh, Neale sounded so pathetic stuttering out “Spa… sek” all unsure. At least RJ mispronounces with confidence, like, “This is the way I’ve always pronounced it, and I’m never not going to pronounce it like this, no matter what anyone else says.” He owns it. (Also, I love that mispronunciation, because it allows me to sing “How much spa would a Spachuck chuck, if a Spachuck could chuck spa?” to myself. I’m lame.)
“Staffy stomp such small portion size! Stomp! Stomp!”
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Gotta love CBC. They spent the entire pregame acting like it was a huge controversy that Sabou is starting tonight, then during the game the announcers bring it up like it’s a huge controversy, and THEN they throw it out there that we have a heavy schedule what with playing last night, tonight, and Monday before heading out for our Western Canada road trip starting Wednesday.
Gee, you don’t think the SCHEDULE is why Sabou got the start, do you? o_O
I really, really, really don’t like Don Cherry. And he isn’t even not wearing a really bad suit today.
Mike Robitaille dressed as a giant eggplant.
o.O Right.
(Also, I love that mispronunciation, because it allows me to sing “How much spa would a Spachuck chuck, if a Spachuck could chuck spa?” to myself. I’m lame.)
FANTASTIC!!!! :^:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
And you’re so right that just sacking up and owning your mispronunciation is SO the way to go.
I really, really, really don’t like Don Cherry. And he isn’t even not wearing a really bad suit today.
He’s slightly more tolerable on mute. Slightly.
Somewhat amusingly, I think your average Canes fan has a bigger problem then the Sabres and their fans than vice versa.
I know, how weird is that? It’s like on Sabres message boards (not that I’ve been reading them, this is just the impression I get) the biggest trollers are fans of the Leafs, Sens, and… Canes? Really? Her? You do know you guy beat us, right? What’s the point in hanging out in our parts of the internet telling us how much we suck? Take the high road!
“How much spa would a Spachuck chuck, if a Spachuck could chuck spa?”
Awesome :D
Heh . . . Buffalo has some good rivalries (the Leafs for example) that don’t really stem from playoff losses but you do have a point there.
Sorry, I figured the geographic ones were implied! What, you can’t read my mind to know what I mean when I comment? :)
As for the Canes fans, I was really sort of skeptical of all this “Canes fans suck” stuff (being a Devils fan living in the heart of Flyer country after spending four years in the heart of Ranger/Islander country, I tend to think most non-multi-team-area fans over-react) until I saw that zany comment on TWC this afternoon. WTF? Sorry, I guess you guys were right all along!
He’s slightly more tolerable on mute. Slightly.
I still really don’t like him. He’s so… yuck.
The day I realized I had become an adult-hockey fan was the day I decided it was better to just change the channel when Don Cherry was on.
As for the Canes fans, I was really sort of skeptical of all this “Canes fans suck” stuff (being a Devils fan living in the heart of Flyer country after spending four years in the heart of Ranger/Islander country, I tend to think most non-multi-team-area fans over-react) until I saw that zany comment on TWC this afternoon. WTF? Sorry, I guess you guys were right all along!
Yeah that’s pretty much the norm. That comment was, well, not terribly surprising.
The day I realized I had become an adult-hockey fan was the day I decided it was better to just change the channel when Don Cherry was on.
This is once of the many reasons you’re more grown-up than I am.
HOW THE HELL do you let a two-on-NONE?
HOW THE HELL do you let a two-on-NONE?
Ask my hockey team.
in part because there was only so much sucking we could handle at one time, but they look pretty darn good here tonight.
They’ve spent a lot of time looking like that in the past month, even when they weren’t winning. See, we weren’t delusional about them looking good. ;)
I was only half listening just now but it sounds like Regier wants the NHL to have a Research & Development department to test new rule changes before they’re implemented. Yeah, that seems likely.
I feel kind of bad for Canes fans. I mean, it sounds like they’re all alone down there in Canes country, spoiling for a rivalry fight with somebody — anybody — and everyone else in hockey is like, “Yeah, we don’t really like you but you’re hardly tops on our list of hates. Sorry, you’re going to have to find someone else to exchange smack talk with.” I mean, how many fanbases are out there going, “And number ONE on the list of teams I hate is… CAROLINA!”? So the Canes fans are stuck taking their smack talk to everyone else’s message boards, where they’re greeted with, “Canes? Really? Her?”
I was only half listening just now but it sounds like Regier wants the NHL to have a Research & Development department to test new rule changes before they’re implemented.
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! (And I thought that was what the AHL was for.)
HOW THE HELL do you let a two-on-NONE?
PG, the Sabres will one-up you there. During G3 (I think) against the Sens last playoffs they gave up a shorthanded two-on-none. It… wasn’t pretty. But Crunchy came up with the save just the same. Story of the playoffs.
Regier wants the NHL to have a Research & Development department to test new rule changes before they’re implemented.
That’s some pretty serious wishful thinking…
So the Canes fans are stuck taking their smack talk to everyone else’s message boards, where they’re greeted with, “Canes? Really? Her?”
Heh . . . I could even take the smack talking because that can be funny but the be-polite-show-us-respect-acknowledge-we-deserved-to-win-the-’05-’06-ECF-finals that I find bizarre. I mean we whined about the ’99 SCF and Stars fans didn’t care what we thought–that makes a hell of a lot more sense.
That’s some pretty serious wishful thinking…
Yup . . . he pointed out that rules changes often have effects other than what was intended. No kidding. I don’t think the NHL much cares.
Gambler, it’s not really a one-up if your goalie makes a save.
The whole series was ridiculous. Roberts got called on a horrible penalty. Replay showed he was totally right to be mad (he got hit by one Leaf into another and got called for roughing…totally bogus). But he bitched, and bitched, and bitched, and earned himself another two. But! Then the Leafs took a penalty. But…. Then Malkin did. So, splitting the two periods we were down 5-on-4, then were 4-on-4, then down 4-on-3. And it was just as all this nonsense ended and we finally had five men again that we let the 2-on-0.
Yeah, that is bizarre, Meg. I mean, I can see Stars and Devils fans whining about respect. Those teams we top of the pack for years and both teams won Cups but were still routinely dismissed by the MSM. But the Canes? They were lousy before the Cup and haven’t done a whole heck of lot since. What do they want?
Yup . . . he pointed out that rules changes often have effects other than what was intended. No kidding. I don’t think the NHL much cares.
And seriously, isn’t this why they try out new rules in the AHL first?
Yup . . . he pointed out that rules changes often have effects other than what was intended. No kidding. I don’t think the NHL much cares.
And seriously, isn’t this why they try out new rules in the AHL first?
Exactly. This is why I really like the the EHF has something called “compulsory experiments”. Any potential rule changes go through a 2 year trial period in the junior and lower senior leagues before they’re implemented at EHL level. That way they know what the effects of the rule change are going to be, and referees know what to look for better. It doesn’t help though that hardly anything makes it to 2 years and they change the mandatories every year.
The Canes thing reminds of the Wild with Vancouver. They absolutely HATE us(even before Matty O decided to impersonate a lumberjack) and we’re just kind of meh over them.
And seriously, isn’t this why they try out new rules in the AHL first?
Well, in theory, but at such times as they actually do so, does it work? Not so much.
Gambler, it’s not really a one-up if your goalie makes a save.
Well, I still think it takes a lot of talent (or lack thereof) to give up a two-on-none with the man advantage, regardless of the outcome of the play. But I see your point. And that sounds like some pretty intense penalty ridiculousness!
This whole game is filled with ridiculousness. Have I mentioned I hate the NHL schedulers?
Ok, so Neale just called Graham “Graham cracker.” As in, “a crackerjack save by Graham. Graham cracker.” Lord help us.
Penguins, wow. Not good.
Mair, wow. Good man!
“Graham cracker.” As in, “a crackerjack save by Graham. Graham cracker.”
Hey, I thought it was funny. He was totally reaching, but it was sorta funny.
Wow. Way to go Max :)
Ewww. I decided to get some quality Sid/Gronk time in and see the Leafs up by 3? Gross! The leafs should never be ahead.
Mags, I totally laughed too. Just in an oh damn is he senile way.
Also, man did Max look relieved just there.
Meg, he’s undoubtedly senile. But at least he’s still amusingly so.
Penguins, wow. Not good.
They’re pretty much playing like a team that had a week off, played the night before, traveled, and then had to play again less than 24 hours later. I’m trying not to be upset with them because that just SUCKS. And a few times they had almost-chances where the puck just didn’t cooperate. But they should know by now that they have to crash Toskala…and they really aren’t.
“Graham cracker.” As in, “a crackerjack save by Graham. Graham cracker.”
I swear in that moment he sounded just like Michael from The Office, pathetically trying to draw out a joke until he gets a laugh. I think it was the way he mumbled “Graham Cracker.” I miss Jim.
Staffy! You gotta stomp those penalty shots!
Staffy! You gotta stomp those penalty shots!
What are you talking about? He totally buried it. *death glare* Buried. It.
Oh my gawd, y’all, I just checked in on the Backyard Brawl (Pitt-WVU), and if you are getting this game (ESPN), you MUST turn to it. Of course, once you do you may lose vision for an hour or so, but it’s still a must-see experience. WOW.
Dude, Razor is getting really riled up on Open Net tonight at the Stars/Flyers game.
“For crying in the sink!”
the Backyard Brawl (Pitt-WVU)
It’s like the 100th one or something right?
I don’t really know, Mags – I don’t really pay attention to Pitt. I only checked in to see what my dad’s blood pressure is looking like right now. :D
OK…ESPN is saying it is the 100th Brawl, yes.
I only checked in to see what my dad’s blood pressure is looking like right now. :D
Hee! I was wondering because I was half listening to College Football Gameday earlier this afternoon and I think I heard it being mentioned.
WTF, I just went to look at my fantasy stats and Brendan Morrow is sitting pretty on the bench. That’s not what I told yahoo to do this morning! Stupid yahoo.
I’m sure I would have realized it had I been home for Thanksgiving…they probably had it all over the news for the past week. But my personal College Gameday was over after Virginia Tech beat Boston College. At least one of my teams won today, ’cause it looks like the other one sure won’t. If I had my way I’d have rather seen the Pens win, though.
Is anybody watching CBC? Did they just say Keith Acton was a Leafs coach? If MOPG knew that her head would explode. She hates Keith Acton more than she loves DOPG, I think.
Eh, you win some, you lose some.
Is anybody watching CBC? Did they just say Keith Acton was a Leafs coach?
I didn’t notice, but I’ll rewind and check.
Pengsgirl, Keith Acton is indeed an assistant for the Leafs.
Er, please excuse the typo. My brain is half frozen or something :P
Yup, assistant coach.
Yikes…MOPG was just suddenly filled with rage but has no idea why.
Sherry got there before I did. O well.
I see Ruutu is still being a big ole detriment to his team.
Sherry, I’m so sorry that your team has finally been bitten by the IPB Irregular Losing bug. (I mean, I’m not sorry the Sens are losing, but sorry that your team is losing.)
Yeah, he gets called on bogus stuff sometimes because of his rep, but on this one he basically just jumped right on Toskala. There’s part of me that’s annoyed, and part that’s fine with it since we’re clearly not going to win and because Toskala made my Sidney hurt. (grrrrrrrr)
Wow. Sabres, that’s some ownage.
FINALLY! Salvage some damn dignity anyway!
Toskala made my Sidney hurt.
Poor baby.
Pookie, thanks. I know it takes a lot for you to say something like that :P My post-game reactions are probably proof enough this team has driven me to insanity.
Or um, maybe they just work better through adversity. Right? Right?
Yeah, Sherry, I’m so sorry the wheels are falling off for your guys, too. And just so you know, I was ardently cheering for them this afternoon. It was a major compromise of all my moral fiber, but it had to be done. :D
Or um, maybe they just work better through adversity. Right? Right?
Perhaps, like the Sabres, they just need a reminder that working hard matters?
Sherry, I kinda liked the panic meter when it made it’s first appearance of the season, but now it makes me sad. Poor Sherry.
I love Ruutu! Ever since he tripped Phaneuf with his stick when Phaneuf went to punch his face in. One of my favorite silly hockey moments ever.
Poor baby.
I am going to take this as sincere. It was a really weird play – Toskala tripped him, but I couldn’t tell what he hurt. It was most definitely real pain, though, because he stayed off the ice for the entire ensuing PP, and every time they flashed to him on the bench his face was still twisted up.
He’s OK now (apparently), but there was some nasty language coming out of my mouth at the time.
Speaking of which, every time the camera has closed in on anyone tonight, the guy has been saying something about somebody else going to fuck himself. I’ve never seen it happen with that level of regularity that the camera catches it…the FCC would be flipping out!
It was a major compromise of all my moral fiber, but it had to be done. :D
Thanks Schnookie. I’m touched you would do something like that for me. Getzi must have meant a lot to you :P
Perhaps, like the Sabres, they just need a reminder that working hard matters?
You don’t say! It scares me how awesome they can be yet I’m also amazed at how much they can suck. I never rthought it would be ’6-game-losing streak’ suck though. Remember guys: games are 60 minutes and the season’s not over. Good grief!
Poor Sherry. Multiple losses are never fun.
Ever since he tripped Phaneuf with his stick when Phaneuf went to punch his face in. One of my favorite silly hockey moments ever.
One of the single greatest moments in Phaneuf’s history if you ask me :D
I am going to take this as sincere.
It sorta was. My stance on Sidney varies by the minute. Half the time I don’t know even how I feel about him. If he’s in pain or he’s being manhandled in a grossly inappropriate way, it’s gonna be pity or anger on his behalf. If he scores on a goalie I like, I hope he falls and breaks his nose. I’m bipolar like that.
Good God, I’m glad I’m not skating for Sabres goals. This is crazy.
I love Ruutu!
I struggle with guys like him. When he’s doing his job right he’s a great asset and will probably actually draw a few penalties. But when he’s not doing his job right he’s a complete and utter detriment that just takes penalties.
Good God, I’m glad I’m not skating for Sabres goals. This is crazy.
Hah. Also, Ruff normally wouldn’t play the first power play unit up by so much. Not that I mind.
THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER!
Weeee-eeeeeeeeeeeee!
Stupid HurriLAMES! Ha!
WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
Cam Ward really must suck.
If he’s in pain or he’s being manhandled in a grossly inappropriate way, it’s gonna be pity or anger on his behalf.
The only person who should EVER manhandle him in a grossly inappropriate way is…well, me. :P
If he scores on a goalie I like,
I can’t bear to copy the rest of that sentence, but I wanted to say there’s an easy fix for it: stop liking goalies! :D
Stupid HurriLAMES! Ha!
Oh, grow up!
:)
Schnookie: “Wow. Goose just isn’t very good at turning on a dime, is he?” Pookie: “Yeah, I was about to say, ‘That guy really can’t skate!’ but then I realized who it was. And I was like, ‘Oh.’”
The goalie was all, “You can’t have Geese in here.”
He may not be fleet of foot, but he honks like a champion.
The goalie was all, “You can’t have Geese in here.”
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He does honk like a champion. He honks like a flock’s worth of champions!
stop liking goalies! :D
I AM a goalie!
The goalie was all, “You can’t have Geese in here.”
He may not be fleet of foot, but he honks like a champion.
:^:::::::::::: Tea. Everywhere. Au. Worth it though.
OH MAH GAWD! 1:58 left and we have a GAME!
I AM a goalie!
They’re all competition, Mags! They might take your spot!
:D
*sigh* Toskala, nice body awareness buddy.
They’re all competition, Mags! They might take your spot!
:^:::::::::: Pensgirl, you slay me.
Fuck Whitney.
Dammit, Crunchy!
Oh well, I knew it was coming.
“One of the single greatest moments in Phaneuf’s history if you ask me :D”
I fully agree :D
“The goalie was all, “You can’t have Geese in here.”
He may not be fleet of foot, but he honks like a champion”
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DAMMIT. Well, at least we made it interesting.
Thanks Schnookie. I’m touched you would do something like that for me. Getzi must have meant a lot to you :P
Am I that transparent? :P
Dammit, Crunchy!
Oh well, I knew it was coming.
For SURE that was coming. Heh.
Jezus, way to give up a load Montreal.
And who says scoring is down in the NHL.
lead* I swear I can spell.
The FSN South feed is terrible. It’s like they’re broadcasting from a tunnel.
Awwww, Sabres I love you. I had Staffy and Van in tonight :)
From the Stars game: Happy Meals got elbowed in the head by Cote…
Ralph and Razor speculate another Flyers suspension is on the way. Don’t know if that’s true or not, but goodness gracious.
The FSN South feed is terrible. It’s like they’re broadcasting from a tunnel.
I thought it was just me. My imagine is flickering. Huet’s sweater is currently magenta instead of red.
Huet’s sweater is currently magenta instead of red.
HAHA. The colour is okay but it is so darn fuzzy. Even if, I have to say I LOVE the commentators, they’re so energetic!
Ralph and Razor speculate another Flyers suspension is on the way. Don’t know if that’s true or not, but goodness gracious.
Are you freakin’ kidding me?
It’s getting to the point where they should have to forfeit points from wins or something. A message needs to be sent to that damn team.
Ralph and Razor speculate another Flyers suspension is on the way.
Maybe they should just preempt any more trouble and suspend the whole team for the rest of the season.
we feel for Flyers fans stuck with an organization that stock-piles players with a lower respect for their opponents than the average player on other teams. That said, listening to the crowd booing the call, maybe our sympathy is unwarranted.
Yeah, after hearing them booing Alberts for regaining consciousness, I lost my ability to sympathize with them all over again.
It’s getting to the point where they should have to forfeit points from wins or something. A message needs to be sent to that damn team.
Word, PG.
checking in. What was that about Keith Acton? Keith Acton? GRR I wasn’t paying attention since the pens were byumblefucking all night and finally woke up with 2 minutes left. I hate Keith Acton. Good Night nurse.
Are you freakin’ kidding me?
It’s getting to the point where they should have to forfeit points from wins or something. A message needs to be sent to that damn team.
It was pretty bad. Happy Meals is alright, and it was in the last minutes of the third, but as soon as it happened the officials blew the whistle and signaled for him to get it out. It looked like (from my view on my tiny, terrible TV) that Cote left his feet and elbowed Happy Meals straight in the head.
I don’t know what is going on with the Flyers, but I’m to the point where this is not coincidence. You would think if one, two, three suspensions come along, you’re focused on making your hits and checks clean.
Cote’s listed as having a ten minute match penalty on the NHL summary, incidentally.
I don’t know what is going on with the Flyers, but I’m to the point where this is not coincidence.
Of course it’s not a coincidence. It’s the Flyers being the Flyers.
Yeah, after hearing them booing Alberts for regaining consciousness, I lost my ability to sympathize with them all over again.
Yeah, the fans totally deserve that team. This is the city whose people booed SANTA CLAUS.
If he could see the place today, Ben Franklin would be so proud.
It looked like (from my view on my tiny, terrible TV) that Cote left his feet and elbowed Happy Meals straight in the head.
On our fantastic TV it looked like… that Cote had left his feet and elbowed Happy Meals straight in the head. This one has zero gray area. It was a clear-cut head shot.
I don’t know what is going on with the Flyers, but I’m to the point where this is not coincidence.
It isn’t. Those guys have some fucking serious control and respect issues. It’s like they’re selected on them.
Well, way to screw the pooch Montreal.
Habs, that was… spectacular.
If he could see the place today, Ben Franklin would be so proud.
Good thing Ben Franklin would be able to tell the difference between the city’s fans and the city’s population as a whole! Philly may have really, really troublesome fans (I will never go back to their arena) but the city itself has a ton going for it. I think Mr. Franklin would be quite pleased to see what a gay-friendly, artsy, foody, cultural wonderland the city is! (Sorry, I know no one likes a pedant, but we’re a little touchy here at IPB when it comes to making sweeping, mildly hostile generalizations!)
Pookie, I love Philly the city (I’m a horrible Pittsburgher that way). I was talking about the fans.
This is the city whose people booed SANTA CLAUS.
Pensgirl…please tell me you’re kidding me.
It isn’t. Those guys have some fucking serious control and respect issues. It’s like they’re selected on them.
I know! And the worst part is that the fans love it! …I have no idea how one builds a winning hockey team when half your team is suspended.
On our fantastic TV it looked like… that Cote had left his feet and elbowed Happy Meals straight in the head.
Thank you for the replay backup, -Ookies! Flyers players should know better than to do that stuff. Niklas Hagman got into it earlier with Briere and pushed Briere down, which made me laugh long and hard.
Poor Happy Meals!
If he could see the place today, Ben Franklin would be so proud.
Sorry, the above made it sound like you were talking about the city. @@@
This is the city whose people booed SANTA CLAUS.
Pensgirl…please tell me you’re kidding me.
It’s a source of pride for them.
Pensgirl…please tell me you’re kidding me.
I’m not. It was at an Eagles game. In 1968. So there’s a long history of fan assholism there.
I’m glad to see that I wasn’t the only one watching the Preds/Habs game. Woo hoo! Nice come from behind win by my WC boys.
I have no idea how one builds a winning hockey team when half your team is suspended.
The key is having the guy who decides on the length of the suspensions do arbitrary like no one else does arbitrary.
This is the city whose people booed SANTA CLAUS.
Pensgirl…please tell me you’re kidding me.
The football team also introduced the idea of having temporary holding cells for the multitudes of people who get arrested at every game. These are the people we live and work with. Thus the, “WTF Canes fans?”
The football team also introduced the idea of having temporary holding cells for the multitudes of people who get arrested at every game.
For serious? I’d never heard of that one before.
Nice come from behind win by my WC boys.
What a nice two-nights-in-a-row for you, Frisby! Hey, was Mason in for the W, by any chance?
Frisby, you’re on a bit of a hot streak right now, aren’t you? It’s probably a good time to hit Vegas or something.
My FSN South feed was coming in perfectly clear. No magenta or white noise or anything.
For serious? I’d never heard of that one before.
For serious. Also, for fairness’s sake, they also do that at Giants Stadium for Jets games. It’s not just Philly at this point.
Niklas Hagman got into it earlier with Briere and pushed Briere down, which made me laugh long and hard.
Wheeeeee! I always love hearing that!
Seriously, if I were Briere I’d be scared for my life right now. Because one of these days Philly’s going to mess with the wrong team, and you can bet Briere’s will be the head the target gets put on.
No, Mason was pulled very early after letting in two goals in the first couple of minutes.
I think Mr. Franklin would be quite pleased to see what a gay-friendly, artsy, foody, cultural wonderland the city is! (Sorry, I know no one likes a pedant, but we’re a little touchy here at IPB when it comes to making sweeping, mildly hostile generalizations!)
It’s so bizarre that a city with so many lovely features and citizens has such loathesome fans. One of the great mysteries.
Sorry, the above made it sound like you were talking about the city. @@@
That’s OK. My intent was just to generalize to fans across all the sports, ’cause it’s not just Flyer fans that are dickwads. But Philly’s a great place (and, if you’re ever there for a concert that gets cancelled, taking the walking ghost tour is a great back-up activity).
taking the walking ghost tour is a great back-up activity
They have a walking ghost tour? I LOVE walking ghost tours! And walking tours in general. I’m such a nerd.
For serious. Also, for fairness’s sake, they also do that at Giants Stadium for Jets games. It’s not just Philly at this point.
Crazy. I remember 2 years ago they started doing that at some soccer arena’s in England as well, but those people are violent. It never occurred to me that it originated in America. It seemed like such a British idea.
Seriously, if I were Briere I’d be scared for my life right now. Because one of these days Philly’s going to mess with the wrong team, and you can bet Briere’s will be the head the target gets put on.
I dunno, I reckon if I stuck out my elbow I’d miss him. He’s so wee.
“The key is having the guy who decides on the length of the suspensions do arbitrary like no one else does arbitrary.”
No freakin kidding. I swear that guy is smoking BC pot all the time.
On a funny note, the roomie and I saw this in Philly last year.
They have a walking ghost tour?
Yeah, and Philly’s is especially awesome because of all the Revolutionary War history. Ours was great, and hilarious. We were at a tavern where the waitstaff all dress in Colonial garb, and right as they were telling the ghost story about what happened there, they invoked a woman walking on the second and third floors, and this waitress was coming down the stairs and hit right where the window was with perfect, accidental timing. We all jumped momentarily and then laughed really hard at ourselves.
No, Mason was pulled very early after letting in two goals in the first couple of minutes.
Oh.
Well.
Hm.
LA-LA-LA-LA, I’m not listening! Staffy scored on a penalty shot and Mason got a huuuuuuuge win! Yay!
I dunno, I reckon if I stuck out my elbow I’d miss him. He’s so wee.
Hahahaha. Good point, Mags.
The key is having the guy who decides on the length of the suspensions do arbitrary like no one else does arbitrary.
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Ookies, I fully support your decision not to watch the game. There’s one other thing that matters beyond Sid getting a point, and that’s that the boys didn’t give up even though everything was pretty well stacked against them.
This TV will be the only one in Baltimore tuned into anything other than the Pats-Ravens game on Monday. Hopefully this will be a much happier household than the rest in Baltimore are sure to be.
Crap, I just looked at the time. I’m going to bed or coach is going to kill me.
Bye y’all! Have a good night!
I could even take the smack talking because that can be funny but the be-polite-show-us-respect-acknowledge-we-deserved-to-win-the-’05-’06-ECF-finals that I find bizarre. I mean we whined about the ‘99 SCF and Stars fans didn’t care what we thought–that makes a hell of a lot more sense.
I know I’m way behind – just got home from the game WOOOOOOOOOOOO!- but this is what drives me the most crazy about Canes fans. My team didn’t win! I don’t have to be happy for you! Be happy for yourselves and tell the rest of us to screw off. Sheesh.
Max looked so good tonight. It made my heart happy.
G’night Mags! Look over your shoulder for an NHL goalie trying to take your spot tomorrow!
Max looked so good tonight. It made my heart happy.
Oh, mine too, Heather. Watching him struggle so much this year has been totally painful, particularly because I (along with the rest of Buffalo I’m sure) had so enjoyed his play the last couple years. Fingers crossed and knocking on wood, let’s hope this indicates a real turn around.
And what an awesome game for you to be at!
And what an awesome game for you to be at!
Total blast. It was supposed to be a girls’ night out but all three of my friends bailed on me so Mark took one of the tickets and we spread out across four seats :-) I’m sure they’re all sorry now. Ha!
Max looked so happy so yeah, I really hope this is the beginning of his turn-around. I can’t remember him giving up the puck a single time.
Ookies, I was so glad to see your “Hey, this team looks pretty good!” comment because they really have been playing good hockey lately and I think people who aren’t actually watching them are going to be surprised when they do see them. 8 goals, 7 scorers – balance is still their best strength.
Max looked so happy so yeah, I really hope this is the beginning of his turn-around.
He led the team in even-strength ice time today as well (Goose was second) so I’m glad Lindy was rewarding him for his nice play.
A girls’ night hockey game and they bailed? LAME!
The Sabres sure showed them, though!
A girls’ night hockey game and they bailed? LAME!
One of them couldn’t get a babysitter/had a broomball game (lame), one of them has been sick all week (eh, okay), one of them fell and fractured her knee cap and two vertebrae (pretty good excuse). But yeah, I was pretty bummed because we usually have so much fun.
The Sabres sure showed them, though!
Yeah, and one of them looooooves Max so she would’ve loved the game. Of course, she’s the one in the hospital so I’ll let her slide, you know?
OUCH…that makes my knees and back hurt!
I was pissed yesterday when I had to stay late at work and not see my game in real time on TV. If I had to miss attending a game because I got hurt, it would be BAD. And then if the game turned out like yours did? I think they’d have to put me on blood pressure medication!
NHL On the Fly is SO awesome! I’ve watched bits of every single game.
Heather, that sucks that your friends bailed! Losers! (Those excuses do sound suspiciously valid, though.) Still, awesome game to be at! I’m so glad you and Mark were there and could spread out!
Hey Heather, is that crazy dude always sitting in the last row behind your mini-pack seats? The really funny dude all by himself who never stops talking to absolutely anyone who will listen?
I am SO SAD I didn’t get to go to that awesome game! I’m glad you had fun though!
to bring this post full circle, celebrate our nerdiness by being the only people excited to download SimCity. Yeah, we’re cool.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD SIMCITY ON WII?!
Like, the original red (residential) blue (commercial) and yellow (industrial) squares SimCity?!?
Holy hell, if that’s the case, I think I just bought a Wii.
Okay, so I’m late to this one, but I had to drive home (in traffic), get food, eat food, shower, and eat the rest of my food. But I only have one thing to say.
Cote. I am coming after you. NO ONE hits my Happy Meals that way, do you understand? Maybe you were angry at McDonald’s for putting some “extra-special” sauce on your Big Mac this afternoon, but you do NOT take that out on my Baby Niskanen.
The amount of screaming at fellow Untypical Girl Jen’s house after that hit was obscene. I’m surprised her neighbors couldn’t hear us, and their houses are pretty far apart.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD SIMCITY ON WII?!
Like, the original red (residential) blue (commercial) and yellow (industrial) squares SimCity?!?
Holy hell, if that’s the case, I think I just bought a Wii.
We’re trying it out right now, Josh… Updates to follow!
Dude, yes, this is TOTALLY the original SimCity! This is AMAZING!
We’re trying it out right now, Josh… Updates to follow!
You honestly have no idea how bad I’m freaking out at the prospect, Schnookie. I’ve been looking for a way to reliably play that game for years. I bought a used SNES a couple of years ago but the copy of the game I had didn’t work properly, and then my girlfriend kind of co-opted the SNES for herself. I’ve hated pretty much all SimCity games since that one, but I miss the awesome simplicity of the original…
Memmmmooorrriiiiessssss
It’s official – I need a Wii.
Hey Heather, is that crazy dude always sitting in the last row behind your mini-pack seats? The really funny dude all by himself who never stops talking to absolutely anyone who will listen?
Kate, I’m not sure. The guy behind us at our last mini-pack game kept going on and on about how nobody was shooting the puck ever and how they were all fat and lazy. It was kind of funny because Mark had just said during the intermission, “The guy behind us doesn’t seem too bad” (he hates being near obnoxious fans and examines everyone around us) and then suddenly the guy let loose. So I have no idea if it’s the same guy or not. He didn’t seem to really be talking to anyone in particular and I think he left by himself so it might be him.
Tonight we sat next to a group that went in and out ALL DAMN NIGHT. It was super annoying.
Hey, everybody! Just finished watching the Stars/Flyers game (and caught up on comments).
Remember my little joke about how I loved them during their win streak but I was over it? That was just a joke, of course.
Remember my little joke about how I loved them during their win streak but I was over it? That was just a joke, of course.
Dude, obviously.
TOM PREISSING WINS OUR HEARTS AND MINDS
I saw that little bit on that Inside the NHL show and I cracked up! That guy interviewing him totally missed the joke about Courier New.
Dude, obviously.
Thanks, Cat!
I actually did feel bad last night after I realized I left it hanging out there. :D (I am easily distracted.)
Josh, I have always yearned for the original SimCity. I remember being addicted to SimTower during my freshman year of college until it irreparably crashed my computer (my marriage to that game may explain why I never met Katebits when we were both at the same small college. That, and I was a lot dorkier than she was), but I totally wished it was SimCity. I am pommerdoodling right now about this. The Sim[Blank] games just got more and more complex and confusing and too difficult for me as they evolved, but this? This is BRILLIANT. I have been kind of “meh” about a lot of the other Wii games we have (we don’t have many), but this? This is awesome. A. W. E. S. O. M. E.
Heather, Mark is a man after my own heart. I can’t stand the other people around me at hockey games. And I’m loud (as you know), profane and often self-satisfied, so I know I’m hardly a prize to be sitting near, but still. I wish all the people around me at hockey games would sit utterly still and totally silent for the entirety of the game.
Patty, I’m so glad you’re back in love with the Stars! :D
And poor Preissing in that interview, being way smarter than the dude interviewing him. You don’t often see that with hockey players, actually…
It’s official – I need a Wii.
Ditto. I’m looking at the games you can download and my childhood through teenagehood is rushing back.
Paper Mario? Paperboy? Excitebike? Lode Runner? ALL OF THE MARIO GAMES?! The original, impossible-to-beat Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles BUT NOT the ridiculously easy-to-beat TMNT 2: Arcade Edition?
Wii has won my heart.
Look at Sid’s glove in this picture. Does he have an extra finger?
Is it just an extra pad to protect the side of his index finger from slashes? It really creeped me out when I first looked at it. I never noticed this on gloves before.
Paper Mario?!!?!?!!? I had a long, passionate affair with that video game. I might need a Wii too…
Heather, Mark is a man after my own heart. I can’t stand the other people around me at hockey games.
He’s very picky about the people around us. He can be a complainer but he’s fairly quiet about it so he hates people who are obnoxiously loud. He also hates people who are clearly only repeating what they’ve heard on talk radio or read on the internet (“Vanek is lazy” being the one that will absolutely put him over the edge). He liked the guy behind us tonight though because “I agreed with everything he said.” :-)
I draw a very fine line between the kind of fan that yells all the time that I hate to be near, and the kind of fan that yells all the time that I love to be near.
Basically, it’s whether they’re funny or not.
My sister and I went to a Mavs game once and sat fairly close and these two towering guys sitting behind us were cracking us up the whole night.
Basically, it’s whether they’re funny or not.
It was a little terrible but I did really enjoy the guy way behind us yelling “SHOOOOOOOOOT!” at the Timbits during the first intermission.
Patty, I’m so glad you liked the Tom Preissing thing! I nearly fell off the couch when we watched it last night! Courier New! HA! I so distinctly remember when Mr. Lawrence, my Advanced Writing teacher finally put his foot down on us using Courier New.
I also thought it was very funny and well-timed when the interview guy was pointing out how he used “dummy” in his table. Like “dummy GM,” “dummy Team”, something like that. You know, for placeholders. Preissing says, “Well, I was just trying to perpetuate the stereotype.”
My sister and I went to a Mavs game once and sat fairly close and these two towering guys sitting behind us were cracking us up the whole night.
I’ve been to games where, in the beginning, I think that the people behind me will be annoying. One case was a recent Stars game – I want to say against San Jose on the 14th. We ended up in a section with a bunch of college kids, and I thought I would want to die.
At one point, one of the guys said “Turco, get off your knees! You’re not on a date!” Jen and I couldn’t stop laughing. Apparently, the guy said “Oh, I’ve got more than that!” when he heard us laughing so hard, but I missed it.
SimCity is blowing my mind!
First up, I never realized how reliant I’ve become on a) drag ‘n’ drop and b) mouseover for instructions.
Secondly, I haven’t played this since high school. When I was in college, I did a second major in Urban Design/Architecture Studies. My favorite professor’s homework assignments over vacations were always to play as much SimCity as possible. I always chuckled but didn’t still have a Nintendo. Now I’m realizing what she was talking about. “Pookieiv” (the controller was a little sensitive while I was spelling my city name) is driving us nuts already. Stately IPB Manor is currently filled with shouts of “What do the people want?!? Why are they leaving? Hm, mass transit? Which residential area should get it? This game rocks! Hey, wait, the people are unhappy again? This seaport was a boondoogle!”
Thirdly, Wii? Is awesome. My only complaint is that I can’t seem to figure out which is the Super Mario that I liked best. I’m not sure it’s on here. I’ve downloaded the first and 3rd, but I feel like the one I’m looking for is a later version. It’s driving me a little bonkers.
I like that a hockey player used the word “perpetuate”.
Josh, I was just going to say the same thing. I like this Preissing character.
Thirdly, Wii? Is awesome. My only complaint is that I can’t seem to figure out which is the Super Mario that I liked best. I’m not sure it’s on here. I’ve downloaded the first and 3rd, but I feel like the one I’m looking for is a later version. It’s driving me a little bonkers.
Most people hated it, but I was very fond of Mario Brothers 2, the one in which you could be Mario, Luigi, the Princess, and (I think) Toad. In the final battle you had to feed Wart, the boss, vegatables. It was amazing.
Schnookie: I think I’ll add some residential.
Pookie: Yeah, and give them a park.
Schnookie: in a tone worthy of the snootiest and most removed Roman emperor I give them parks.
I know, guys, Preissing is the best! He was witty, smart, quick, charming! I adore him! Too bad he’s on the Kings, eh?
Josh, I’m pretty sure the Mario Bros. I’m thinking of was one that included Yoshi, so it must be later than 2. I’ll have to poke around the Virtual Console as soon as I can get the controller back from Schnookie. I’m not sure I’ll ever get to do that at this point; she’s deep in the thrall of population densities and crime rates.
Too bad he’s on the Kings, eh?
Better than Ottawa, that’s what I always say.
Hmmm…Perhaps it was Super Mario World, featuring Cookie Mountain, a land so awesome that TV On The Radio named their last album after it?
Or was that Choco Mountain…hmm…
Choco Mountain sounds familiar… *googles it* Yup! That’s totally it! I loved that game! It was just my speed.
Pookie has wrested control away from me and my reign of terror as the evil overlord of Pookiev1, and is now deeply engrossed in this Super Mario World. And what we’ve just discovered is that Boomer used to wile away entire days playing this game while we were at school.
And what we’ve just discovered is that Boomer used to wile away entire days playing this game while we were at school.
That is so awesome. I can’t imagine my mother playing video games while I was at school. Although she did by The Simpsons: Bart’s Nightmare for herself back in the day, she only played it once.
Boomer would spend all day playing Tetris and Dr. Mario. I’m a little sorry (okay, a lot sorry) that those aren’t available yet. But man, oh man, was that AWESOME to play Super Mario World! Thanks for figuring out which one I was talking about, Josh! That just made my night! It all came back to me, although remembering how to run quickly took a little while to figure out.
I finally got the StatTracker thing working. My two guys on the bench? 2 goals so far. Everybody else? ZERO.
Maybe it was better when I didn’t know.
Gosh. I was a slave to Tetris back in the day.
Not a problem Pookie. If there’s one thing I know (and there’s probably only one thing I know), it’s old-school video games.
If there’s one thing I know (and there’s probably only one thing I know), it’s old-school video games.
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I was so tickled the other day when my coworker and I were both sucking fumes on a morning when we were supposed to be teaching a computer class together. I was like, “Man, I was up way to late commenting on my hockey blog,” and he was like, “Man, I was up way to late playing ‘Punch Out’, but you know what? I totally beat [insert character name here]! I was never, ever able to do that when I was a kid. I’m so proud of myself.” Ah, being an adult. Isn’t it GREAT?!
Maybe it was better when I didn’t know.
I hadn’t thought about that aspect of StatTracker. I’d never know when I should have played Zherdev instead of Sharp! Actually, I feel my boys did good tonight. I’m still losing, but 5 goals and 8 assists seems good. Don’t tell me if it isn’t. I’m on a Super Mario World high!
I’m still losing, but 5 goals and 8 assists seems good.
That is good!
I’m watching the Kings/Avs game and the were all in the Avs zone and we suddenly hear a ref say, “I AIN’T CALLIN’ THAT!”
The broadcasters laughed out loud.
Schnookie: in a tone worthy of the snootiest and most removed Roman emperor I give them parks.
Hee!
Look over your shoulder for an NHL goalie trying to take your spot tomorrow!
There’s only one goalie I could think of who would come, and I’m pretty sure I can take Clouts. Oh wait, he’s not a proper NHL goalie :P It’s a moot point anyhow because we ended up not playing today. Something in the roof broke early this morning, and today we had torrential rain. You can see where that’s going. From where I was standing in the tunnel, coming to terms with the fact that there would be no hockey, it looked like it was dripping right on the left face-off dot in our end and to the right of my goal. Given our recent string of bad luck, I couldn’t help but laugh.
My sister just got a Wii as a Sinterklaas gift. After all the games mentioned here I am so making her share with me.
Hi everybody, catching up…
I wish all the people around me at hockey games would sit utterly still and totally silent for the entirety of the game.
No. You don’t. I’ve sat in that section, and it both sucks and blows.
Look at Sid’s glove in this picture. Does he have an extra finger?
Is it just an extra pad to protect the side of his index finger from slashes? It really creeped me out when I first looked at it. I never noticed this on gloves before.
It seems to be an Rbk thing.
At one point, one of the guys said “Turco, get off your knees! You’re not on a date!” Jen and I couldn’t stop laughing.
I like that! No great surprise given my long-time favorite is “Get on your knees; you’re blowing the game!”
Boomer would spend all day playing Tetris and Dr. Mario. I’m a little sorry (okay, a lot sorry) that those aren’t available yet.
Oh, man, I loved Dr. Mario. I like the No Doubt song Hella Good because it uses one of the Dr. Mario songs in the bassline. Hee!
Hi all!
I’ve been to games where, in the beginning, I think that the people behind me will be annoying.
I really thought the people behind me at the last game I went too would be annoying, but they were really amusing. Their best moment was at the end of the game, when Sweet Caroline was playing. They were singing along at the top of their lungs, including the whoa-whoa-whoas that the audience throws in. It didn’t hurt that they were drunk off their ass at the time.
Their best moment was at the end of the game, when Sweet Caroline was playing.
Why exactly is that the Rangers’ song anyway?
Why exactly is that the Rangers’ song anyway?
I’ve heard it started with the Red Sox and then was kind of stolen by everyone else.