Sunday, May 25, 2008

Rumblings.....





Big sporting weekend is almost over this Memorial Day, but needed to touch on a few things:



First, Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals did not live up to the hype going on, the Red Wings dominated the Penguins basically from the opening faceoff, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin had terrible games, they'll need to be really good in Game 2 if the Pens want a split. Many writers keep referring this matchup to a callback to the 1983 Cup Finals between the Islanders and the Oilers..the Isles swept Edmonton in four games, that was the Islanders 4th straight Cup(which is crazy now to think about)but that Oilers team was loaded. Thanks to the good people at hockeydb.com
for these stats:
G A Pts
Wayne Gretzky 71 125 196
Mark Messier 48 58 106
Glenn Anderson 48 56 104
Jari Kurri 45 59 104

All four all Hall of Famers, the Oilers went on win 4 of the next 5 Stanley Cups...the Penguins are loaded with young talent, but perhaps they've got to lose to learn how to win. We'll see.

The Indy 500 was raced today, one of my favorite sporting events on the calendar..Scott Dixon won the race, a lot of attention was focused on Danica Patrick trying to win the race after she won in Japan.She got tangled up in the pits with Ryan Briscoe, thought there might be an incident there, luckily cooler head prevailed, but that look from Danica would have cut thru stone. Now under normal cicrumstances she'd be the most important female at the race, but not yesterday my good friend Brooke Palmieri was at the race, hope to have some visual evidence tomorrow.

One last thought..Mets lost 4-1 to Colorado, finish road trip 3-6. Two games under .500 at Memorial Day..let's go!

Thursday, May 22, 2008

Uh Oh



I hate it when I'm right..it happens so infrequently but here's a little tidbit from my last blog entry in late March:

"But if the Mets start slow this spring, Willie Randolph could be in serious trouble."

I would consider 22-23 a slow start. Especially on the heels of a four game sweep by the hated Braves in Atlanta. Now it's off to Colorado where the Mets got crushed last year. Willie's in trouble, he might not make it back to New York on Monday. I really like Willie Randolph but the team is not responding..this is a team that was supposed to run away with the NL East after getting Johan Santana...trouble is Santana got beat last night..But we haven't reached Memorial Day yet so there's still a lot of time left...just not for Willie Randolph.

Couple of other items...the Stanley Cup Playoffs start Saturday night. The NHL is hoping for a long series, to showcase Sidney Crosby the non-hockey fan. I've got news for the NHL, the non-hockey fan isn't watching the Stanley Cup Finals, because they can't find the Stanley Cup Finals! Until the NHL and ESPN kiss and make up the league won't even make it back to it's pre-lockout status, which wasn't very high, but at least some people were watching. Keep your fingers crossed that it's a fantastic series.

Lastly, saw Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull last night.Without spoiling it, it was very good...not great...but very good. I'm still in shock that they actually went back and did a 4th Indy, Harrison Ford can still pull it off. The question I have is not counting Star Wars, Indiana Jones or the Jack Ryan movies, what other movies is Harrison Ford good in? Till next time!


Addendum:
To the Harrison Ford item...The Fugitive and Witness