With hockey season officially over- but not until an amazing conclusion (congratulations to the Penguins)- I'm ready for some more of my biannual Random Thoughts!
1. Did anyone see that Mets/Yankees ending? Anybody on this site could have caught that popup by A-Rod, including me- and I'm an out-of-shape guy who can't field a lick!
2. Somewhere, Ryan Malone, Gary Roberts, Georges Laroque, and Adam Hall are all kicking themselves.
3. Do any of you guys Twitter? I do, and among those who I follow on there include Alyssa Milano, Christina Applegate, Vanessa Hudgens, and Martin Havlat (I actually got a Tweet from him- I asked him about Hossa (they were Sens teammates), and he said "He's a great friend. Wish him the best.") This is as close as I'll get to talking to a budding movie star, an underrated hockey player, and two of the biggest teen heartthrobs of the late 1980s!
4. Over/under- 5 golfers under par at the U.S. Open? (There are a lot of ugly scores in that tournament; there have been winners who were over par)
5. This has been a very interesting last few weeks on this site; HD, Ramy, and Salsa go on vacation, heart-stopping action in the NBA Playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals, and Sandra returned.
6. I wish Sabathia had been saved until the Mets series. Seeing him vs. Santana would have been pretty interesting- a battle of the 298.5 million dollar pitchers!
7. What's the worst injury you've ever suffered? I once got hit in the forehead with a hockey stick- I needed 20 stitches!
8. Where I live, we don't have a Jack in the Box or a Sonic Drive-Thru Restaraunt. IMO, those would be more useful than David Beckham's contract since the money would be used on something better!
9. Any of you baseball oldtimers remember the story of David Clyde? It reminds me a bit of Strasburg- hotshot pitcher drafted #1 in the MLB Draft. Texas sent him straight to the majors to boost attendance, but he ended up flaming out. Do you think Washington will handle him carefully, or will they rush him? (One thing's for sure- he has to win over the fans. If he walked down the street with Alexander Ovechkin, I don't think anyone would recgonize him).
10. Last year, I had a thread about your favorite posters that you hung up on your wall. This may sound a bit like blasphemy, but I honestly think Cheryl Tiegs' pink bikini poster is better than Farrah's red bathing suit poster!
11. Cybok, what team is despised more in Pittsburgh- the Flyers or the Ravens?
12. This Penguins-Red Wings series reminds me of Lakers-Pistons in the late 1980s- a rising team loses a hard-fought championship series to an experienced team of veterans, but is able to attain victory a year later, older and wiser. I just wish my Bills could have done so against the Cowboys!
13. It is astonishing how high Chien-Mien Wang's Earned-run-average is. Honestly, I think Sandra would put up a better ERA.
14. If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Personally, here's what I'd like to be able to have:
Fire breath. I could defrost things more easily!
15. What's your favorite Pop-Tart Flavor?
16. Finally, I finished my summer math class yesterday- I got an A-Minus!
1. Did anyone see that Mets/Yankees ending? Anybody on this site could have caught that popup by A-Rod, including me- and I'm an out-of-shape guy who can't field a lick!
2. Somewhere, Ryan Malone, Gary Roberts, Georges Laroque, and Adam Hall are all kicking themselves.
3. Do any of you guys Twitter? I do, and among those who I follow on there include Alyssa Milano, Christina Applegate, Vanessa Hudgens, and Martin Havlat (I actually got a Tweet from him- I asked him about Hossa (they were Sens teammates), and he said "He's a great friend. Wish him the best.") This is as close as I'll get to talking to a budding movie star, an underrated hockey player, and two of the biggest teen heartthrobs of the late 1980s!
4. Over/under- 5 golfers under par at the U.S. Open? (There are a lot of ugly scores in that tournament; there have been winners who were over par)
5. This has been a very interesting last few weeks on this site; HD, Ramy, and Salsa go on vacation, heart-stopping action in the NBA Playoffs and Stanley Cup Finals, and Sandra returned.
6. I wish Sabathia had been saved until the Mets series. Seeing him vs. Santana would have been pretty interesting- a battle of the 298.5 million dollar pitchers!
7. What's the worst injury you've ever suffered? I once got hit in the forehead with a hockey stick- I needed 20 stitches!
8. Where I live, we don't have a Jack in the Box or a Sonic Drive-Thru Restaraunt. IMO, those would be more useful than David Beckham's contract since the money would be used on something better!
9. Any of you baseball oldtimers remember the story of David Clyde? It reminds me a bit of Strasburg- hotshot pitcher drafted #1 in the MLB Draft. Texas sent him straight to the majors to boost attendance, but he ended up flaming out. Do you think Washington will handle him carefully, or will they rush him? (One thing's for sure- he has to win over the fans. If he walked down the street with Alexander Ovechkin, I don't think anyone would recgonize him).
10. Last year, I had a thread about your favorite posters that you hung up on your wall. This may sound a bit like blasphemy, but I honestly think Cheryl Tiegs' pink bikini poster is better than Farrah's red bathing suit poster!
11. Cybok, what team is despised more in Pittsburgh- the Flyers or the Ravens?
12. This Penguins-Red Wings series reminds me of Lakers-Pistons in the late 1980s- a rising team loses a hard-fought championship series to an experienced team of veterans, but is able to attain victory a year later, older and wiser. I just wish my Bills could have done so against the Cowboys!
13. It is astonishing how high Chien-Mien Wang's Earned-run-average is. Honestly, I think Sandra would put up a better ERA.
14. If you could have any superpower, what would it be? Personally, here's what I'd like to be able to have:
Fire breath. I could defrost things more easily!
15. What's your favorite Pop-Tart Flavor?
16. Finally, I finished my summer math class yesterday- I got an A-Minus!
