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| Stream of Consciousness about the Dodgers game: Derek...scored a run. Derek Lowe. The pitcher. Scored a run. And then...Nomar had an RBI. Nomar playing short. I turned the game on and heard "...and Garciaparra to Loney..." and I exclaimed out loud, "Nomar!" It was a long day at work and maybe I'm hallucinating, but I don't think so. We have a shortstop! Derek scored a run! He had a base hit! Oh and it was Russell that batted him in. Of course. I think I'm going crazy, but it's kinda fun. Derek. And Nomar. And scoring. Oh my! And oh the game is just getting better! Three doubles in a row. Jeff batted in Russell who had batted in Andre who had batted in Andy and Young who had batted in Nomar. Now we better hold it together! Holy hell! Nomar hit another double. Um, why do you walk Matt to get to Andre?! He's probably the best player today and you're giving him loaded bases? That seems silly. But not so silly when he eventually does strike out. They pulled Derek early, which they've been doing, but I don't love because he can pitch more. Kuo is doing fine, it's not that, Derek can just do more. And more doubles! Russell, this time. And Nomar! With another RBI double, batting Russell in. Jonathan needs to go away. Or be fixed. He fucked up Clayton's game and he's being allowed to fuck around with Derek's. Joe is warming. He must come in. Right now. And Jonathan needs to go hide so he doesn't get beat. I don't care that there was a double play, he still needs to go away. Okay, he made it out with just letting up two. Now we have one more inning. We can pad this a little, get a few more doubles. Andy! Homerun! Just like that! Good job! Sometimes I really want to hit Maza with a pitch too. Okay, three outs. We can do this. Saito, good. I knew it would be him. And we win! YAY! 10-7, Final. And Matt and Andre jump at each other. Good stuff. Good game!
About the Sox last night. I have three words: COMPLETE GAME SHUTOUT. I love Jon.
In other news: I hate the Lightning.
In further news: Bernie is a Canuck. Like I said to Alix, "right church, wrong pew". The Sharks traded Craig to the Sabres. Yet again, "right church, wrong pew". They really can't get it right, can they?
I'm exhausted from work. It's fuckin' 4th of July and we were pretty busy. I'm going to relax for a few hours. I'm going to a party tonight, which should be fun. Provided I'm not sound asleep by eleven.
And Brian? Is a Devil. | comments: 1 commentaire or Envoyez un commentaire   |
| Headline: Penguins add Satan, Fedotenko to fill Hossa-void. -- *snickers* Satan fills Hossa-void. I don't need to make a joke, it makes itself. I pity Russy, having to be a Pen now. But I hope he finds a good place to be because he deserve that. And if he gets one, he might play like he should be. Y'know, happy. As for Satan, he doesn't play even when he's playing, so I don't care. He and the Pens deserve each other.
The Sharks announced that the team has agreed to one-year contract with Rob Blake. -- Fuck the LA GM. Seriously. Fuck him. Not that SJ is a horrible place, but it's not Rob's team. It's not where he belongs. Oh I just hate this. So much. Can't he end his career where he's supposed to be?
Forward Yan Stastny signed a two-year contract to stay with the St. Louis Blues. -- Yay! This is a very good thing. I'm glad he gets to stay with Brad. I hope he gets to stay up, too.
And... Brian is a Devil.
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| | Tags: | rangers | | Time: | 05:12 pm | | Humeur actuelle: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/happy.gif) amused | | Musique actuelle: | Silence |
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| Um.... Markus is a Ranger. I said "wha?!" out loud to my empty house. That's an odd one if you ask me. But hey, he can play with Chris Drury..... Pardon me while I laugh my ass off.
I don't have a Markus icon. This one is close enough. This get it's own post because I know people have things to say about it. So... what do you think? | | comments: 1 commentaire or Envoyez un commentaire |
| More news, various sports....
The Lightning want me to hate them. More than I already do. If he agrees, I really won't watch the Lightning at all next season. Vinny isn't enough reason, especially after that contract he signed. I wish he had left. I don't want any ties to this damn team. Especially not if they're going to trade Danny.
Brian Burke cracks me up. He's such a whiner. And I can see Kevin Lowe reading this and cracking up too. "ALL the evils of the world are Kevin Lowe's fault!" *snickers*
I will never see a good shortstop on one of my teams. I have to go around the league to see a shortstop that can play. And now Raffy isn't coming back for like ever. And that is very sad.
In other news, JD was AL Player of the Month.
I'm exhausted from work. Opening every day is the pits. Next week is mostly closes. That's good. Then I'll just get in at about midnight, but won't have to wake up at six. So that's fine with me.
Time to go make lunch. Or dinner. Whatever meal this is.
Oh and by the way? Brian is a Devil. | | comments: Envoyez un commentaire |
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The New York Islanders have agreed to a one-year contract with Doug Weight. -- To the team where Billy Guerin is the Captain. Uh huh. Of course.
The Philadelphia Flyers have signed defenceman Randy Jones and forward Riley Cote. -- Good to know they want to keep the team the same as the crap they had last season.
Also? Brian is a Devil. | | comments: 2 commentaires or Envoyez un commentaire |
| | Tags: | hockey: many | | Time: | 05:03 pm | | Humeur actuelle: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/okay.gif) okay | | Musique actuelle: | A's vs Angels |
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| More news...
The Boston Bruins signed forward Petteri Nokelainen to a multi-year contract. -- Good good. We like him.
Sean Avery has been signed by the Dallas Stars to a 4-year deal. -- HATE HATE HATE THIS. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it.
The Red Wings have signed Marian Hossa to a one-year deal. -- Bleh. I don't care for him. I don't think he's as good as I'm told he is. He did nothing to impress in the Finals.
Tampa Bay Lightning re-signed restricted free agent centre Ryan Craig to a two-year contract. -- I know he wants to stay there, so I guess that's good. Poor kid.
The Rangers sent Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman to Columbus in exchange for Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche. -- Oh, poor Nikky. He'll have... a great time in New York. Uh huh.
Brooks Orpik has agreed to a 6 year deal to remain with the Pittsburgh Penguins. -- Yeah, I'm not surprised. But given the right deal, they'll still trade him. | | comments: Envoyez un commentaire |
| | Tags: | devils | | Time: | 06:31 pm | | Humeur actuelle: | excited | | Musique actuelle: | Law and Order |
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| My Free Agent Day post is coming, but this gets it's own....
BRIAN SIGNED WITH JERSEY!
*breathes* I'm damn near bouncing! Gods this is perfect. Perfect! I don't care who signs anywhere else. I don't care what else happens, this is FUCKIN' AWESOME! *breathes again* | | comments: 3 commentaires or Envoyez un commentaire |
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I'm going to skate. I'll start my free agency post when I get back. The Rink is closed for Fourth of July week. Lame.
The only news of the moment is that Brian said 'no thanks' to the Lightning. | | comments: Envoyez un commentaire |
| | Tags: | hockey: many | | Time: | 05:12 pm | | Humeur actuelle: | ![[mood icon]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/opiummmm/foxies/sad.gif) tired | | Musique actuelle: | Still Standing |
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| Okay, I get involved in baseball and the hockey world goes all to hell. This is what happens when I look away for a moment! Sheesh, people, do I have to watch you every second?! I suppose this proves I do. So here is the stupid that's happened:
-- Ryan Malone signed with Tampa. I hate the new owners. I hate the new coach. I hate the 'let's buy a new team' attitude that they're taking. We have a team like that already, they're the Rangers and guess what, it didn't work! I don't call myself a fan of this team anymore. I don't like the feel of their new strategy. Maybe I'll watch them again and see how magically it's going to work and I'll eat these words. But somehow I don't think so....
-- Brian's rights are traded to Tampa. If he signs with this team, Jason is officially my favourite player. Seriously.
-- Rumour is that they want to trade Danny from Tampa. If they do, I'll never be a fan of this team ever.
-- Jarret and Matt Greene are traded to LA. This is lovely for Jarret. California is the place to be. It was moronic for Edmonton to get rid of him, he was going to be the face of the franchise. Now they're going to hang all that on Sam and I don't know if he has the personality to do it. He's not Pat. After Michael was traded out of LA I didn't think I'd care about them anymore. Guess what? I will.
-- Todd is a free agent. Can he go wherever Markus ends up? (Stand on your head if you think that's going to be Vancouver.)
-- Avs resign Adam. Of course. Even if Joe doesn't come back, he'll work for the team. So this is lovely.
And tomorrow is Free Agent Day... I actually have the day off for the first time in years. This should be fun. | | comments: 7 commentaires or Envoyez un commentaire |
| Clayton is a good pitcher, but he's not showing it. He has the pitches, but he's not throwing them. I'm starting to think the Major League makes him nervous. They say he needs confidence, maybe that comes from a few wins in Vegas or Jacksonville. I know we need the help in our rotation, but he's not giving it. And it's just frustrating him more. I hate the idea of sending him down, but it might be a good idea for a little while. Maybe a fifteen day thing. You know one of those injuries where you just happened to need to rehabilitate in the Minors until you've got your act together, a la Clay Buchholz. Though with Kuroda and Brad out, we can't afford to shorten the rotation anymore. So that'll have to wait. I hope Clayton will survive the wait.
Of course add to that the fact that Danny Ardoin can't catch and Angel Berroa can't play short. This game is in the top of the fifth and it's already horrible. Being down by two runs isn't horrible, just the way we're playing is. I got home an hour into it and I don't feel like I missed much. Clayton is just sitting there in the dugout, head hung, like he's about to cry. He always looks a little stunned when he gets pulled, but today, it was just devastation. I don't like Russell at third, not that he can't do it, but I want him catching. And I want Jeff at second, though I know he needs days off and all that. Blake is my third baseman, but I don't even mind Andy. Or Andy can play first, though that's kinda like Brandon Moss being at first, makes me a little twitchy.
I can't believe I let a team like this suck me in. I was so excited to have a team that does well in the Red Sox and that was going to be what separated baseball from hockey. My first team is awesome. And then somehow I got attached to the goddamn fuckin' Dodgers. It's like having the Wings and the Bruins with bats! Gods, I can't believe I stepped right into this pattern again! Opposite, but the same thing. Again.
I'm so tired. This new job is a lot of work, but I'm settling in okay. Wednesday was my first day off, but I had a hockey game, so that wasn't really a day off. The game went well. I played a little goal, a little forward and not enough time on D, but it was okay. But I'm so tired. And my next day off is.... um, Saturday, I think? Maybe. I'm opening all next week, almost every day. Yeah, the money is good, but I'm tired! Did I mention that?
Come on, Dodgers! Show me something good. | | comments: 1 commentaire or Envoyez un commentaire |
| | Tags: | baseball, work | | Time: | 06:51 pm | | Humeur actuelle: | happy | | Musique actuelle: | Red Sox Rain Delay |
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| I got a promotion at work!
It means 40 hours and more money. And a lot more work, but I'm really excited about it. Well, I'm mostly excited about the more money. The job itself is Head Cashier, so it's not exactly rocket science, just a lot of hours and counting. But did I mention more money? Yeah, that's the good part.
I talked to the GM of the Cape Cod Baseball League and he told me I can observe the official scorekeeper during the games and work with them. He was really nice, joking around with me. He actually sounded excited about me coming to work with them. Very cool. So I called the GM for the team closest to me, but he hasn't called me back. I'm excited about that. | | comments: Envoyez un commentaire |
| | Tags: | red sox | | Time: | 08:21 am | | Humeur actuelle: | bored | | Musique actuelle: | St Valentine's Day Massacre |
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| The "real" reason Manny and Youk fought. Too funny. Muppet Babies!
I had to go pick my car up at 7am and I can't fall back to sleep. I have to work on that fic for the lyric wheel I signed up for. I know what and who I want to write but I haven't sat down yet and put finger to keyboard. Gotta do that. Any minute now. Yeah. Right now. Sheesh, just go do it. | | comments: Envoyez un commentaire |
| The world of baseball from my limited view....
Sox. So playing at home helps. Josh not falling off the mound would help too, but he's okay. Not pitching up to what he should, but not bad either. You count on him for a high K count and he didn't deliver that last time he was up. But that's okay because he's delivering in the right places. I'm not worried about him at all. Timmy had a hell of a game, but I still want Doug back. Jonathan is closing smoothly for the most part. Jason's bat has woken up, three run home run yesterday. I hope he can keep that up. But my real squee on the team is JD. Something has flipped in his brain and he is on fire. His bat is only bettered by his fielding. Just amazing. He makes these catches out in right that just keep knocking my socks off.
Dodgers. We're hanging in. Winning some, losing some. When we're on, we're hot. That's the most obvious thing. When we're playing well, we're playing really well. Everything is landing just right. But when we're off, might as well pack up and go home. Blake is my main squee here. The kid is awesome. His bat is off and on-- like the team, so you can't blame him there-- but his fielding is damn amazing. Yesterday he makes this diving catch, and from his knees makes the out at first. He's just doing so well. I hear that Nomar may be coming back, but they're going to put him at short, which is great so we can keep Blake where he is. Hu already went back to Vegas. Oh and Derek. He's found his groove now, and he's being the pitcher he used to be. Clayton will grow up to be Josh, but he needs to grow up first.
Other teams....
Rays. Evan is somethin' else. He gets out to California and his hitting home run after home run. Yes, he has to impress the family, but damn, thank you. I want Carlos back at first, but Aybar isn't doing badly. Carlos just has a slightly different effect on the boys, I can't really describe it. I'm just hoping he comes back soon.
Padres. I have a mild infatuation with Khalil Greene. I haven't encountered a shortstop where I stepped back and said "wow, he's good" until this one. It's not that they don't exist, I just don't happen to have them on my teams. So this guy, I like. (Randomly, he was roommates with Jason Bay in minors. Jason Bay grew up with Shawn Horcoff in Trail, BC.)
Angels. The first time I saw Jered Weaver pitch, I really liked him. It wasn't until that Rays game was over that I realised Weaver had started that game, too. I hadn't noticed at all. So I guess he doesn't impress me as much as he did the first time. Or else I was watching the Rays too much. But if I had been asked, I would have said I liked him. Then again, the Angels did win that game.
Orioles. Bad. Bad, bad, bad. I don't care about them at all. Nope, not me. Nothing.
That's all for now. | | comments: 11 commentaires or Envoyez un commentaire |
| My favouritest band ever from Middle School has gotten back together and is recording an album.
That doesn't mean I'm old, does it....?
How I seriously loved them. I had the cards and the books and the posters and the lunch box and... oh yeah, if they made something, put their name on it, I owned it. I wore out the tapes and had to buy them again. I was the fangirl. At the age of about 12. | | comments: 17 commentaires or Envoyez un commentaire |
| | Tags: | hockey: me | | Time: | 11:26 pm | | Humeur actuelle: | okay | | Musique actuelle: | Who Wants to be a Millionaire? |
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| I completely forgot to write about hockey.
So we have changed to this new rink. I don't like it as well, the ice is much different and the locker rooms are tiny. So this past Wednesday, rather than doing drills and such before, we just played an hour long scrimmage. Which was fine, I'd rather do that anyway. So we had three D on a side (and goalies! Actual goalies!) so we were rotating out. However the other two D on my side are both older ladies and so I would double shift and not mind. Now, towards the end, I'm getting a little tired, but it's not bad. Now would be the time to note that I'm not a very fast skater. I'm better than I used to be, but not as fast as some of the other girls. So I'm defending my net and wham next thing I know I'm down.
My very first Raffi Torres open ice check.
That thing hurt like a son-of-a-bitch. I play in a non-checking league, but things happen. I couldn't get out of her way fast enough and she wasn't stopping for me. So I landed on my hip and she landed on me. My whole hip, down my leg, was a bruise. And pain. I had the next day off, so I did nothing. But the following day, I went to both practice (just skate, not scrimmage) and work. By the end of the day I was in agony. It's mostly better now, just a twinge if I bump it. But I survived. | | comments: 1 commentaire or Envoyez un commentaire |
| | Tags: | red wings | | Time: | 10:57 pm | | Humeur actuelle: | happy | | Musique actuelle: | Post Game |
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| I sat up (which when I explain what happened at hockey today, is quiet a feat) for the last minutes.
I awwed at Nick and smiled a lot. I had tears when Henrik brought the Conn Smyth over to the whole team because that's so Henrik. But I really started to cry when Nick handed the Cup to Dally. I can't describe how I love this team and the kool-aid they have. They care about each other, about the game, they just care. And it shows. I'm not coherent right now. Maybe I'll write more later.
I just love the Red Wings. | | comments: 3 commentaires or Envoyez un commentaire |
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