We kick off the week with a look back at the weekend's NHL Play - off's where both Conference Finals got underway.
In Boston on Saturday night, the Bruins looked slow and uninspired. Tomas Kaberle looked awful (maybe the Leaf's are silently getting some revenge for the ill conceived Phil Kessel trade of a few years ago). The Bruins Powerplay was 0 for 4, leaving them 2 for 41 during the post - season. Simply put, the Bruins need to improve a LOT in virtually ALL areas of the game if they want a chance to play for the holy grail.
Last night in Vancouver, Antti Niemi was good, but apparently not good enough for the full sixty minutes. The Sharks took a 2 - 1 lead into the third period only to see the Canucks put forth a fury of offence which saw them score twice in the third to come away with a 3 - 2 victory. I can't make a real judgement on that game as I was busy BBQ'ing steak. What I can say from what I saw was that it was a very physical game; lots of hitting both ways which should make for an intersting series the longer it goes.
On to selfish pro athletes who have no idea how good they really have it. Saturday saw New York Yankee Jorge Posada pull himself out of the Yanks line - up for that night's game against the rival Boston Red Sox. Injured? Tired? Family Problems? Nope; Posade cited the fact that he was offended to be batting ninth in the Yankee line - up. Really? Posada, you are making millions of dollars a year. You have had some great years, and WERE one of the Yanks I respected until this weekend. How many people in the world would love to be a pro athlete? How many people would love to make as much money as you do to sit on a piece of lumber and watch ball all day? If I were Yanks GM Brian Cashman, that would have been the last you saw of Posada in a Yankee uniform. I would have kicked him to the curb in a New York minute.
I miss three foot putts all the time. They occasionally cost me a little money, generally no more than a buck or two. Yesterday, the PLAYERS Championship went to a sudden death play - off between David Toms, who made a great birdie on #18 and K.J. Choi. Toms missed a three foot putt on the first play - off hole giving Choi the victory. How much did it cost him? Try in the ballpark of $600, 000! Don't feel too bad for Mr. Toms, he still walked away with a cheque for more than $1,000,000 for his second place finish.
Jose Bautista is sick....in a good way. Bautista bashed three homers off of Minnesota Twins pitching yesterday, helping to lead the Jays to a series sweep in the Twin Cities. For the weekend, Bautista went deep five times. The biggest surprise is not the fact he had such a great weekend but that in a combined 129 games at Target Field, Justin Morneau and Joe Mauer have combined for a whopping five home runs between them both.
NO NHL hockey tonight. Why? I am not sure. The only solace I can take in this is that it frees up my entire night to watch Canada's Worst Handyman....great show. Later...
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