Last night's playoff game between the Washington Capitals and Toronto Maple Leafs, was the most exciting hockey game I've watched in quite a while. Caps move on to play Pittsburgh in the second round.
Louis: Everything is going well, thank you. There was an article in the Rogers, (Canadian Cable Network), web page, concerning the "negative" effect the Maple leaf' success was having on the Raptors and Blue Jays. Bonk! The problem with the Jays is the locker room cancer, Bautista. It's no accident that no one else in the Major leagues wanted to sign him. BTW: Still seems strange to see Matty Weiters in a Nationals sweater.
Boris I remember an article I read a few years ago when Bautista had his break out year. It talked about why the Orioles let him get away. Exactly what you said, "bad attitude" he is fine when everything is going good, but when things go bad he has a give up attitude, starts pointing fingers and whining about everything.
I did not want to see Wieters go, but in Buck we trust. His replacement has been spraying line drives everywhere, his arm and quick release are amazing! That is important because most of our pitchers don't do a good job of controlling base runners. One thing I did not like about Wieters was he propensity to call for breaking balls from right handed pitchers to left handed hitters with 2 strikes. You can sneak them past early in the count but most hitters become defensive with 2 strikes and you can react to off speed stuff better than you can a well placed fastball. Not to mention the breaking ball from a right hander is breaking towards a left hander.
That reminds me of Mike Cuellar and his screw ball. He had a breaking pitch to break away from every hitter, right handed or left. You rarely saw a ball hit hard. I loved watching him pitch, especially with Brooks, Belanger, Grich and Powell in the infield and Blair, Bumbry and Coggins in the outfield. That was the best defensive team I ever saw and Cuellar took full advantage of it!
.. after I lost my lab 10 years ago .. within a couple months I found another to occupy the empty feeling that I had. Still really miss that Lab, but in a happy way thinking about the love she gave everyone.
Louis - You crack me up! That's it .. They need a "foul ball" rule in golf. I threw my clubs in the trash can (at the golf course in ABQ) some 35 years ago. Never did enjoy the game .. just played because some friends always wanted to play. They were way to serious - used to drive me bonkers! I broke a hundred several times - sometimes on the first nine!
Sherrel I'm with you on your thoughts about pets. Time turns those sad feelings to thoughts of happy memories. They can never be replaced, but the new relationship is special in and of itself.
Hopefully we will be reunited with our pets in heaven. If they let me in my slice of heaven will be like a miniature zoo!
Golf is supposed to be fun! Next time you are in the mid-Atlantic let me know and I will dust off my $49 Costco golf clubs I bought 25 years ago and you and I can show these goof-balls how to have fun playing golf. I count every stroke, but I don't get crazy if I am not doing good. A couple of good shots is all I need to make me happy. The little time and effort I have put into golf I would be crazy to expect to be good.
