The View From Wisconsin
Just a random set of rants from a Sports Fan from Wisconsin.
Saturday, February 17, 2007
The Four Greatest Words
There are some who still believe that the four most beautiful words in all of sports are, "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
They are not. The four most beautiful words in sport are:
"Pitchers and Catchers report."
Ah, February. When hope springs eternal, everyone's magic number is 163, and you're only good health and good fortune away from a shot at the post-season.
There's no place to go but up for most teams - though some fail to do that.They are not. The four most beautiful words in sport are:
"Pitchers and Catchers report."
Ah, February. When hope springs eternal, everyone's magic number is 163, and you're only good health and good fortune away from a shot at the post-season.
But today is when it all starts again - and it won't be over until (hopefully) sometime in October.
On other news:
- There's been a tizzy as of late over the possible identity of "Eklund" from the hockeybuzz.com website. Supposedly, he is none other than Dwayne Keith Klessel, the keyboard player for a band from Philly known as the Grey Eye Glances.
In the grand scheme of things, with young men off in Iraq fighting insurgents, homeless people in New Orleans, genocide victims in Darfur, and people buried under several feet of snow in NY state - does it really matter who the heck Eklund is?
Yeah, maybe he is just some keyboardist for a bar band from Philly. So what? He got people talking, and now everyone's grudging him for making a few bucks.
Yeah, I am tiffed over the "lifetime pass" thing myself. I know why he changed things mid-stream, though: money doesn't stay around long if you only charge people once.
Truth be told, I don't really care who he is. He's a hockey fan, and he's impressed with the Predators. That's a plus to me. - All the hype and hoopla behind the trade for Peter Forsberg, and what happens? The Wild spoil the party with a 4-1 win in front of a packed crowd at the GEC. Did we piss off the Hockey Gods or something?
- Today's the NBA All-Star Game, live from Vegas, baby. Not that I'm particularly excited or anything, but you have to wonder how it's going to pan out today. If it's the lowest scoring game in All-Star history, you'll know what happened the last two days.
- I had a good joke about Anna Nicole Smith and cremation, but in the interest of good taste I won't share it. It's not good to speak ill of the dead. Though I could almost see California having a law banning the burning of silicon...
Copyright © 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, Joseph Houk. All rights reserved.
