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    3/28/24 - Opening Day 2024 - Red Sox at Mariners

    Here’s hoping Sunday evening’s backward glance prompts us to say, “We Slew Seattle.” Thereafter we’ll graduate Oakland with “Straight A’s” and then take “Flights of Angels” from Anaheim who will ‘sing’ them to Monday’s rest. Go West, young men, and when you finally return, bring home a zero in...
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    Let's Lay Off That Throttle

    At this point, with the benefit of high-acuity hindsight, it appears undeniable that they weren’t serious bidders for significant FA additions. The waters were chummed just enough with reports on the Sox as “Interested in,” certain key players, or “Keeping tabs on” so and so, but these have all...
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    23-24 Bruins Season Thread

    I dream of a poor man’s Tim Kerr.
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    3/14 - Gotta Have It vs The Habs

    After watching Carlo’s no-look to no-man’s land on the lowlight, (with Hampus looking rather unconcerned about the scorer’s net approach), I’m inclined to agree. That kind of indifferent play looks similar to my Sunday night men’s league squad. C’mon guys, bear down. (Pun intended).
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    3/14 - Gotta Have It vs The Habs

    Listening to this one while I set the house to rights but it sounds like there’s not much crispness to the Bruins’ play tonight. It’d be nice after a couple recent beatdowns if they’d frickin assert their talent disparity against the fraunadiens. Ah well, kill the :45 and tilt the ice for a...
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    3/11 - Peeke Performance

    Not watching, but viewing goal replays — Shattenkirk has his stick lifted by Saad before Saad stuffs it home. The simple, routine stick lift made Shattenkirk go down like one of the old ‘Banana Split’ characters from the 70s kids show. Ludicrous. Keep your feet, man! You were needed on that play!
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    23-24 Bruins Season Thread

    I know nothing of the player but I have observed the chronic weakness of the Bruins D-corps, dating back to Torey Krug and continuing up through the gentlemanly play of a couple larger D-Men like Lindholm and Carlo; eliminating net front opportunities by gaining position and exerting physical...
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    3/5: More of that Northern Touch

    Yeah, probably all SSS stuff but we’re focused on it now, and I’m sure the team is, as well. My anguish centers on Danton’s Angry Inch missed EN and Jake failing to blast that late, point-blank chance past Skinner. If they could extend some of these leads….
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    3/5: More of that Northern Touch

    “2 in 100!”
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    2024 Red Sox Spring Training

    I seem to recall a reliever we had hereabouts in the aughts, pitched a consequential inning or so. Stabbed a memorable comebacker to end one particular year rather well.
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    3/4: Adventures in T-dizzot O-dizzot

    Geekie doing a lot of good things of late. His head seems screwed on tight. Good to see.
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    3/4: Adventures in T-dizzot O-dizzot

    I don’t think Carlo’s stick caught anything but Marner’s shoulder.
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    2/29 VGK: Blood from a Stone

    Our DMen aren’t mean enough. My D partner for years was an AHL/IHL vet from the maritimes who asserted that the one ingredient that separated the sufficiently-talented minor leaguer from his NHL counterpart, was simple cruelty. If you were on that bubble, you had to be bone mean, or find it...
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    2/29 VGK: Blood from a Stone

    I wish you hadn’t said that.
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    2/29 VGK: Blood from a Stone

    DeBrusk’s handling the puck like a grenade, tonight. Passenger.