Not dead yet...

At least not completely. I still use the sidebar quite frequently myself, and Norm dropped me a line to tell me to add this: http://thetripledeke.blogspot.com/

Check it out if you're a hockey fan.

I'm also adding http://www.ranyontheroyals.com/. It's a great blog about true baseball fan suffering. It also talks about teams that aren't better suited for AAA once in a great while.

Say, Norm...

I'm thinking of reviving an EHL-type league on my PC. Either I'm going to split the NHL in parts due to the lockout going for more than a year, or the extra-long lockout is going to cause a re-organization, with tiering, like the Euro leagues. Thoughts? 

Blog List Update

I feel shame. I added a Toronto Maple Leafs blog. It's that good, though. 

Down Goes Brown has been added, and make sure you check out the fake TML facebook page. 

I also lopped off a few blogs that were either not being updated any more or have lost their fastball, so to speak. 

Shock!

Norm updated again!

*faints*

....

*dusts self off*

Aight, enough of that. My mission in life is complete. Next item on the agenda: Roberto Luongo may or may not be human. His WORST game of the playoffs so far has been a two goal game, and he finally gave up his first even-strength goal in three games last night. Vancouver's also scoring enough to make a 2 goal game against Luongo still count as a W. Quite frequently, that's not the case. St. Louis had a few dumb emotional penalties in the second and third, and a few 5 on 3 kills by Vancouver quieted down a raucous crowd at Scottrade Center. Next stop: San Jose. Wait.... maybe not. The Sharks are down 0-2 to Anaheim, not an easy team to handle. 

Even better, the Brewers did NOT lose yesterday. They're now 4-9. A five game winning streak in the middle of May would easily make up such a thing, and another one in June would put them where I expect them to be, assuming they play .500 ball the rest of the time. I think that's pretty plausible. It's way too early to jump to judgments, except to say that Corey Hart seems to have figured out how to take a pitch or two. That can't be a bad thing. 

Fixed!

The last template was ugly as sin, and all the color tweaks I added didn't help, either. 

So, back to basics. It's pretty now.

Congrats to TheNorm for finally updating his blog after 7 months. The downside is now I'll have to harass Cam to do his, and he'll just tell me to do something anatomically impossible. 

Damn that Cam. He's got me re-addicted to NHL 09, so much so that I re-figured out how to score goals on a regular basis. Might have to re-fire up that NCAA dynasty I put on hold when I was scoring maybe a goal a game. 

*giggle* Huston Street's already not the closer in Colorado. Something about how closers and middle relievers are interchangable, and that you don't have to spend a ton of dough on anything but the best of the best (ping: Doug Melvin). Ping the second: Hey Colorado, do you NOT realize that finesse pitchers don't work there? Sure, fastballs can be hit a mile, but so can curveballs that don't curve, and fastballs are harder to hit. 

I hate to post just to post...

But sometimes I gotta, just to keep rolling.

Brewers opener starts soon, but I'm not starting to watch until Steph's ready to watch. Apparently I'd be "cheating on her" by watching the game before she does. Fair enough. That's what DVR and the NHL network are for. :D

Don Cherry's Grapevine is on in a half hour. I like. 

New Links

I'm always looking for good links to add to my sidebar, and I found one here: http://noalibisnoregrets.blogspot.com/

It's a Badger Hockey blog, which makes me happy, for obvious reasons. 

http://noalibisnoregrets.blogspot.com/2009/03/badgers-in-pros-update.html

That post makes me ecstatic, though. Why can't every team have a blog like this? :D

WCHA News

http://www.westerncollegehockeyblog.com/2009/4/1/817720/no-one-wants-to-be-in-the-wcha

This isn't good news for Bemidji State, who just lost their conference with College Hockey America disappearing. Bemidji makes a lot of sense for the WCHA, especially with a lot of in-state rivals. I almost wonder if Alaska-Fairbanks makes sense there, with Alabama-Huntsville ending up in the CCHA.... 

Brackets Broken

So I have no teams left in my basketball Final Four, and only one in hockey, since I did one of those, too. Thank you Boston University for not letting me down. The rest of you won't be getting my vote next year. Especially Michigan hockey. :D

Oh, Look, Actual Content!

Seems our Hobey finalist at Wisconsin is more than likely done here. No shock there.

Jamie McBain's headed to Albany, to play for the Carolina organization. 

Bigger thought in my mind: The Hurricanes have enough fans to run a successful blog?

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

Badgers hockey. Playoffs. American Family Insurance box. Free. Free food. Free drink. Free fun!