2010 MLB Preview!

Sweet Jesus, baseball is back! This Sunday, Easter Sunday, the 2010 season opens with a night game between the defending World Champion New York Yankees and those shit stains from the north, the Bawston Red Sawcks. The quest for championship number 28 begins for the Yanks, and the quest to keep the title as the most obnoxious fans outside of Filthadelphia continues for The Nation. Let's go!

Since baseball is not only our nation's pastime but my favorite sport, I am compelled to throw together a little season preview. I know that most of you do not care about what I think of sports, as evidenced by the fact that my 2 most popular articles have to do with Megan Hauserman and Jersey Shore, but I'm going to do this anyway, so humor me. Below, I'll tell you how each division is going to finish, followed by my insightful and occasionally witty commentary. The asterisk will denote which team I think will win the Wild Card in each league.

AL EAST

New York Yankees
*Tampa Bay Rays
Bawston Red Sawcks
Baltimore Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays

Looks like injuries could be the only thing that stops the Yankees from winning another division title, while the Rays will be close behind them, winning the Wild Card in the process. The Rays have more talent than the Sawcks, whose big offseason acquisitions were a 31 year old pitcher who Anaheim fans were never sad to see go, a 34 year old shortstop with a .265 career average, a 37 year old centerfielder, and a third baseman who has a penchant for only performing in contract years. Does that sound promising to you, Nation?

AL CENTRAL

Chicago White Sox
Minnesota Twins
Detroit Tigers
Kansas City Royals
Cleveland Indians

Everything I'm reading in the build-up to this season says that Jake Peavy is healthy and ready to dominate this year, which is why I'm putting the White Sox in the driver's seat. Obviously, this means they'll probably finish in last place. Sorry Chicago!

AL WEST

Seattle Mariners
Texas Rangers
Anaheim Angels
Oakland Athletics

For once, God will curry favor upon the Pacific Northwest, who after a year where they had their NBA team stolen and had to watch Kevin Durant flourish into a potential top 20 NBA player of all time in a different city, and then had to suffer with a pathetic Seahawks team, the Mariners will bring some joy back to their depressing lives by winning the division. They won't score much, but they play the best defense and have the best 1-2 starting pitcher tandem in baseball. And no, the Angels are not from Los Angeles, despite what Arte Moreno will have you believe.

NL EAST

Filthadelphia Phillies
*Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins
New York Mets
Washington Nationals

The Phillies probably have the most talent in the league, which means they'll most likely win the division. Pardon me while I drive hot needles into my eyes.... Thank you. Anyway, the Braves have the best prospect in baseball, Jason Heyward, starting in right field, a deep pitching staff, the best catcher in the majors not named Joe Mauer, and the will to send Bobby Cox out the right way. Smells like the playoffs to me. The Mets, on the other hand, have Johan Santana and then a pu pu platter of pitchers behind him in the rotation. They suck.

NL CENTRAL

St. Louis Cardinals
Milwaukee Brewers
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates

It's hard to pick against the Cardinals when they have the division's best pitching 1-2 in Chris Carpenter and Adam Wainwright, as well as the best player in the game, Albert Pujols. The rest of their hitters should be vastly "improved" as well due to the "teaching methods" of new hitting coach Mark McGwire. I wouldn't be surprised if the Brewers won this division though. They'll hit the crap out of the ball, and if the staff can be effective behind Yovani Gallardo, they should contend. Meanwhile in Chicago, Cubs fans will continue to contemplate suicide for the 102nd year in a row.

NL WEST

Colorado Rockies
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Arizona Diamondbacks
San Diego Padres

The Rockies have a lot of young power and speed, and seemingly a good pitching staff, headed by Ubaldo Jimenez. The end of the bullpen is a bit of a question, but I don't think the Giants will be able to hit enough to keep up with them. The Dodgers will contend as well, but when you're leaning on Vicente Padilla to be a valuable member of your pitching staff... well...... oh boy. Expect Adrian Gonzalez to be shipped out of San Diego at some point this season.

PLAYOFFS - DIVISION SERIES

Yankees over White Sox
Mariners over Rays

Phillies over Rockies
Braves over Cardinals

CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Yankees over Mariners
Braves over Phillies

WORLD SERIES

Braves over Yankees

Bobby Cox would deserve nothing more than to go out with a World Series title in his last year as a manager before he retires, and I think the Braves do it for him. Not only would this be the Braves first World Series title since 1995, but it would also be the first time they've sold out a playoff game since then as well. Get ready to hear the Tomahawk Chop 8,546,322 times during the end of the season and the playoffs!

If anyone listened to Jack Bauer, the show would be called "10 Minutes"

Kill yourself, Dana Walsh. And let it be known from now on that I will never refer to her by name in this blog EVER again. She shall henceforth be known as BITCH.

Let's revisit our handy-dandy character key to discuss last night's episode of real life, er, I mean, 24:



1) Arlo Glass - Was hot on the trail of the cab of 4 Indians with a nuclear bomb until that BITCH screwed with the satellites and threw them off course. Thankfully he didn't hit on her in this episode. He'll feel really dirty when he finds out the truth about BITCH.

2) BITCH - YOU BITCH! (BEEP) YOU YOU STUPID (BEEP BEEP BEEP) SLUT WHORE PIECE OF (BEEP BEEP) I'M GOING TO STAB YOUR (BEEP BEEP BEEP) EYEBALLS YOU (BEEP) WAIT TIL COLE FINDS OUT YOU (BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP) I WANT YOU TO DIE YOU (BEEP BEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP)

3) Brian Hastings - The spirit of Bill Buchanan is getting stronger and stronger with this one. His speech to everyone at CTU as they approached under 50 minutes until the bomb went off was inspiring, and you're starting to see that he's catching on to the BITCH's shenanigans. Keep it up, Brian. And as always, RIP Bill Buchanan. Your country grieves your loss every single day.

4) Chloe O'Brian - Still God behind the keyboard, though she was temporarily thrown off by the BITCH disabling the satellites. Doesn't matter what the BITCH does though, Chloe will figure it all out eventually.

5) Cole Ortiz - Showed us a keen sense of direction and knowledge of the New York City streets, as well as continued his wonderful reign as Jack's right hand man. Also showed us his instinct when he pointed out to Jack that it was "convenient" that the satellites went out right as they were about to catch the cab with the rods in it. I am, however, surprised that Jack didn't kill Cole through the phone when Cole had the audacity to question Chloe's integrity. I would suggest never doing that again, Cole.

6) Renee Walker - Makes quite the partner with Jack, as they teamed up to take out a whole team of elite US Marines by themselves. Continues to show us her pinpoint accuracy on the 9 mill, while at the same time looking very hot.

7) Jack Bauer - The Man. The Myth. The Legend. When President Taylor wants something done, she calls on Jack Bauer, and once again he delivered by saving President Hassan's life even though he may or may not have broken ribs and a collapsed lung. If I have a son and he grows up to be .0001% the man that Jack is, my son will be the 2nd greatest human to ever walk this Earth. 2nd to Jack, of course.

8) Omar Hassan - While under siege by the Marines who wanted to turn him over to the terrorists, he showed us that he too is quite handy with a 9 millimeter. Not sure about his genes, however, as Kyla Hassan is turning out to be pretty useless. First she falls in love with a terrorist and lets him become Omar's head of security, then she sprains her ankle as they're running from the marines and slows the whole party down. She sucks.



9) Allison Taylor - Delivered a stirring, impassioned speech about the core values of America when presented with the idea of just turning Hassan over to the terrorists to avoid the bomb going off in NYC. Also knows to call Jack Bauer when she needs something done. Smart lady.

10) Rob Weiss - Now THIS guy is in a whole shitload of trouble. He went along with General Buckner's idea to capture Hassan and turn him over to the terrorists, which failed because of Jack Bauer. Then he decided to let Ethan Kanin suffer through a heart attack instead of calling an ambulance for fear of Kanin snitching on them. I hope he's ready for hell to be unleashed on him.

Other random thoughts on last night's proceedings:

- I think Samir, the lead terrorist, is the calmest terrorist in history. That guy never smiles, or frowns, or gets angry... nothing. Just goes about his business, ruining lives and killing thousands. Ho hum.

- Tarin, who is now charged with driving the bomb to it's detonation site, is looking a little skittish to me. He has that look on his face that makes me believe that he won't go through with it, even though he has begun the countdown. Maybe he does actually love Kyla and she is pregnant with his child, a little terrorist fetus, that he doesn't want to die in the explosion. How cute!

- Agent O'Connor, the female Secret Service agent who was leading the team to escort President Hassan out of the UN before Jack showed up, has some SERIOUS nuts. That girl is badass! After holding off the marines for a while, she looks up at Jack, tells him she knows what she has to do, then jumps up from cover and starts firing liked a crazy person. I assume she's dead, but if she isn't, she deserves a spin-off!

- I'm not going to give away who, just in case you didn't see the scenes from next week, but (Enter name here) is BACK!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! ;LSJDNGO IEGN;SLDKNV;LDSLV;DJ;DFJLK;FLKDNS;LJA]JO[F Weinogp98HG3[u!!!!!!!!!!

(pants wetting)

MMBF - 3/29: Let's Go Red Bulls!

Greetings children on this rainy, chilly Monday here is the New Jersey, the greatest state in all the land. This March is certainly not going out like a lamb, though if it is, it's going out like a lamb that was just dropped in a tub of ice water... before of course becoming a wonderful lamb chop or piece of veal for me to eat. Mmmmmm, delicious. I now expect PETA to throw fake animal blood on my blog.

I'd like to begin by giving CBS a big ol' F- for it's coverage of the NCAA tournament over the weekend. First of all, Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery should be doing every game. Nobody makes life more exciting than Gus Johnson, and no one color-commentates like Bill Raftery. A pairing of these two geniuses would be a never-ending wet dream. Second, I wanted to jump off of a bridge on Friday night when CBS was staying with a lame Duke team that no one likes instead of switching over to the Northern Iowa-Michigan St. game, which was in its closing minutes, was a very close game, and featured one of the biggest story lines of the tournament that EVERYONE was into (Northern Iowa's Cinderella run). Memo to CBS: WE ALL THINK DUKE IS ANNOYING. NOT AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU THINK ACTUALLY LIKE THEM. STOP MAKING US WATCH THEM ALL THE TIME. They're just a bunch of snobby white kids, where one kid is pastier than the next. They all complain endlessly about fouls like little babies, and none of them are going to succeed in the NBA. We don't need to see them. Of course, they're going to the Final Four, so I'm forced to watch them for another weekend. Go West Virginia!

Speaking of Duke, how ugly is Kyle Singler? It's like Powder had sex with the Blue Devils mascot, and they produced this horrific basketball-playing human being. When I see him, I suddenly know what hell will be like: Me sitting there with Kyle Singler staring at me for all eternity. I need to start donating more money to charity or join Habitat for Humanity or something so I don't have to go through that.



Sunday I decided to do a little DVR clean-up, part of which involved me finally getting around to watching Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks, one of ESPN's 30 for 30 documentaries. I loved it. As a kid, I didn't really get into the NBA too much (not that I do now though either. The NBA is boring). The only NBA basketball I really watched was Michael Jordan of course, and the playoff series that the Knicks were involved with, pretty much because they were the local team. I had no real rooting interest. But I do remember very clearly the rivalry between the Knicks and Reggie Miller, and this documentary showed everything about that rivalry perfectly. My favorite part was the section that discussed the trash-talking between Miller and Knicks guard John Starks (who can't have more than a 5th grade education, and you can't convince me otherwise). Really funny stuff. It was also interesting to see how much of a brawl NBA basketball really was back in the mid 90s. It's like people went to a boxing match and an NBA game broke out - fascinating to see how much the game as changed (it was more entertaining back then, though I would think basketball purists would think otherwise). Overall, a really great documentary. I highly recommend it.

I most certainly will delve into much greater depth on this topic at a later date, but I wanted to give a quick mention to the fact that this weekend was the official announcement that this season, season 8, is the last ever for 24. A moment of silence please.








Thank you. Today truly marks the beginning of the end of an era.

Ever since I went to an Ithaca (club team) vs. Cornell (JV team) hockey game when I was in college and almost got in a fight with the entire Cornell varsity team, I have been in love with college hockey. It's just really awesome to watch, and last night's game between Miami University (that's for you, Cordes) and Michigan was just another example of how great it is. The winner of the game moved on to the Frozen Four, so both teams were literally pouring their hearts out on the ice. I was rooting for Miami because my roommate is an alum, and thankfully they won a couple of minutes into the second overtime, sending Cordes into what I imagine were raptures, raptures that I hope did not cause any sort of heart malfunction. Actually, now that I think about it, I haven't seen him on gchat yet this morning. Cordes! Let us know you're alive! And the rest of you, do yourself a favor and watch the Frozen Four next weekend, you won't be disappointed.

And finally, Saturday was the first regular season game for the New York Red Bulls in their shiny new stadium in Harrison, NJ, aptly titled Red Bull Arena. I decided we needed to go to this game because A) we love soccer, and B) we needed to see the new stadium, which everyone was saying is already the best soccer-only stadium in North America. We began the day with a little pregame hooligan party, only instead of smashing beer bottles and stabbing the fans of the visiting team (the Chicago Fire) in the neck, we played Mario Kart, NBA Jam and baseball (the drinking game version) all while sampling the finest of brews: Natural's Lightest, the Rocky Mountain Refreshment, and the Champagne of Beers. We then proceeded to go to the game via PATH train, which was incredibly easy and convenient. And the stadium itself was absolutely beautiful. It looks like one big UFO in the middle of nothing, but once inside, it has everything you would want in a smaller soccer venue. The roof covers the crowd but not the field, so all the noise generated by the fans is trapped inside, making it really loud for the duration of the match. All the seats have a great view, so there isn't a bad seat in the house, and the main group of Red Bulls psycho supporters are so loud that the atmosphere is pretty awesome. The Red Bulls won 1-0, which made them go even crazier, chanting loudly and setting of smoke bombs. It was pretty cool. Then the Chicago fans took their team's name a little too seriously and started setting off red flares, though luckily they didn't burn the stadium down. Fun times! You should definitely check it out.



Now onto my complaints about the experience! The concessions stands were painfully slow, almost to the point where I thought Scott and my girlfriend had been kidnapped and murdered at one point while they were getting beers and hot dogs. That needs to improve, though I would imagine it will as they iron out the wrinkles of putting on these events in a brand new stadium - it was the first game, after all. My other main complaint was the cluster(beep) at the PATH station on the way out after the game. There is only 1 entrance to the Harrison PATH station, so when 20,000-some odd people are trying to get in 1 door, madness ensues. It took forever to get to the platform. They seriously need to consider putting in more entrances and making the platform bigger, because it was a bit of a problem. Come to think of it, why even is there a PATH station in Harrison? It was there long before Red Bull Arena, but there is NOTHING there. There are 3 or 4 abandoned warehouses and lots of parking lots. Is there even a town of Harrison? Or did they just give a name to a parking garage? I don't get it. But despite these gripes, I will be going back to see more Red Bulls games, and you should too. Great times.

Ugh. Another week of work.

Jack Bauer only reloads to make the terrorists think they have a chance

My thoughts on last night's gut-wrenching episode of 24 just as soon as my pants loosen up after watching Erin Andrews on Dancing with the Stars last night...

- Please die, Dana Walsh.

- Apparently CTU's cell phone service comes from AT&T, because when Jack and Cole (a new drink perhaps?) pulled up to the dock to engage the terrorists and tried to contact CTU, Cole complained about having 4 bars but the call not going through. It sounded all too familiar to those of us with AT&T...



- I enjoyed that at the beginning of the longest firefight in history, Tarin looked out with binoculars and identified Jack Bauer, at which point they all started panicking because of how awesome he is. But then Tarin said that Jack is "one of" CTU's best agents. WRONG TARIN. Idiot. He is the best. Not one of.

- It must be a prerequisite in 24 that if you work for a government agency other than CTU, you must have a MASSIVE ego, which was the case with the head of the NSA New York branch who came to help CTU get back on its feet after the EMP attack. Damn good thing that Chloe again proved how awesome she is by sticking a gun in the douche's face and shooing him away so she could get the job done, like she always does time and time again.

- I think we all knew that Nervous Nellie Owen would eat the big eat at some point this season, but who woulda thunk that it would have been doing something so heroic? I assumed he would have been the guy who broke formation behind the armored plates with Jack and Cole (mmmm, tasty drink) and f'ed everything up, not the other agent who actually did that. Instead Owen was a hero by running into the middle of a firefight to save his fallen comrade. Unfortunately he didn't make it, but he died doing the right thing. RIP son.

- I'm starting to come around to Brian Hastings, because it seems as though he's finally realized that Chloe will do everything faster and better than anyone else at CTU. He's also quit being such a pussy and is now giving the orders instead of taking them from douchebags like the NSA guy. Perhaps the spirit of Bill Buchanon is slowly infiltrating his brain, and he's now starting to think more clearly. Once again, RIP Bill. We miss and love you.

- Jack Bauer just keeps re-defining the word "hero." It's getting ridiculous with how high he's setting the bar for other men of justice to aspire to, because they never will. He is a god, plain and simple. On this occasion he decided to use himself as a decoy for machine gun fire so that Cole could make it to the landline to contact CTU. He killed a couple terrorists, of course, then took a few bullets himself. You think those bullets did any harm to him though? Pshhhhh. He's Jack Bauer. And of course Cole made it to the phone. What a hero Jack is.



- Now that she seems to be over her emotional problems, it was good to see Renee get back in the field and continue this season's badassery, this time with a few well-placed 9 millimeter rounds in terrorists faces. She just marches right up, and BANG! Terrorist dead. I think her and Cole and competing for marksman of the year this season. I love it. You go girl.

- I think the right play when you're getting strangled from behind by a choke-cord (like the parole officer was by Dana Walsh when she decided killing him was the only way out) is to play dead quickly, then when she lets go because she thinks you're dead, you flip around and kill her. Unfortunately he didn't do that, so now he's dead and Dana's alive, which then lead to her making a phone call that revealed... wait, what? SHE IS A TERRORIST?!?!??!?! WHAT THE FUCK! I knew her stupid story line would end up tying into the main story line eventually, or else the 24 writers wouldn't have bothered with it, but I had no idea it would tie in like this. Holy shit. As if I didn't hate her enough before, now I'm just going off the deep end with anger. Kudos, 24 writers. You totally got me there. Now the terrorists are piled into a cab with the nuclear rods in Manhattan. 4 Indians in a cab. Yep. Never gonna find 'em.

MMBF - 3/22: RIP 2010 New York Rangers

Greetings on this most rainiest of Mondays here in the Garden State, aka the Greatest State in All the World, aka New Jersey. You'll have to excuse me for making this a Monday Afternoon Brain Fart, however, it took me the entire morning to recover from the extreme vomiting that was caused by having to look at and listen to Nancy Pelosi last night. I think I'll be ok, though my esophagus burns a bit.

How incredible has this NCAA tournament been so far? The upsets, the buzzer beaters... it's just been enthralling television. It's a good thing I was stuck at work and had to miss most of it on Thursday and Friday, right! (Excuse me while I crush this glass against my forehead. Thank you.) At least this weekend still had it's fill of big upsets for me to see. St. Mary's beat Villanova because 'Nova couldn't stop St. Mary's big man (who apparently hasn't met a cheeseburger he didn't love) and Scottie Reynolds, 'Nova's best player, was the worst player on the floor. Northern Iowa upset the number 1 overall seed, Kansas, in an incredible game that was won when Northern Iowa's Ali Farjfhnfn:DLjhglsjkngDLkj made a gutsy three with about 30 seconds left. And the Big Red of Cornell continued their Shortstop-fueled Cinderella run through the tournament with an emphatic win over Wisconsin. Ithaca, represent. I also learned from CBS and its pregame show on Saturday that it is impossible to be a big time college basketball star unless you grew up in a drug-riddled and gang-infested neighborhood and were raised by your grandmother who kept some other kids in the neighborhood straight as well by welcoming them into her home. I never stood a chance.



Last Wednesday was of course St. Patrick's Day, and aside from the usual shenanigans that occur on that day, it was always the 1 day a year where my mom would make us corned beef, cabbage, potatoes, carrots and irish soda bread. It's my favorite dinner of the year. But since I went away to college in 2002 and am now on my own, those St. Patty's Day dinners have been few and far between. Not this year, however! I was back at the crib this weekend, so my mom decided to wait to the weekend to make my favorite meal ever. Mmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmm! If you haven't tried the New Jersey of dinners I highly suggest you partake. I can still taste the deliciousness. I can also still smell it. I have no friends around me right now.

I saw Up in the Air on Saturday, and I really, really liked it. I thought it was interesting, funny, quirky, emotional, well-written and well-acted - just a really great movie. I thought Dr. Doug Ross was awesome, and that Anna Kendrick was even better. I've heard a lot of people say that it's a depressing movie, and I can see where they're coming from. I don't want to give too much away for those of you who haven't seen it, so if you absolutely don't want to know anything, move on to the next paragraph. But Clooney's character was a gun-for-hire that companies brought in to fire people, basically. And most of the people he was firing were older people who thought they had no hope of finding other employment because of their age. My dad is an employed 60 year old man with a daughter in college, a mortgage, car payments, etc. He was the kind of person Clooney was firing, and he thought the movie was depressing. I totally get it, and I understand it. But seeing as I'm not in that position, and haven't experienced anything like that at this young age, I took the movie for what it was: a character study about a man who was only content when he was alone, flying from place to place, with no personal connections. He loved it. And when it was all seemingly taken away from him, he changed. Just a great movie, and one that I have decided to break out the ol' Eli Manning Face rating system for! 4 and a half out of 5!



As I said in a previous post, when baseball is back, life is good again, and it gets even better when fantasy baseball season begins, which it did for me last night. I LOVE fantasy baseball, if only because it's the time of year when you can be the GM and make your own team. We spend much of our sports seasons yelling at the TV and criticizing our teams, saying we could do a better job in putting them together. Well in fantasy, that's when you have your chance. And seeing as I won my big money league last year, I'd have to say I did a swell job of it. I also have morals when it comes to fantasy, which sometimes hurts my pursuit of victory. In baseball, I hate the Red Sox, the Mets, and the Phillies, therefore, I refuse to have any players from those teams on my fantasy team. It's reality over fantasy for me. I can't root for those sons of bitches, so I can't have them on my team. It was nice to see last year that my conviction paid off with a championship.

Life premiered on the Discovery Channel last night, and it was AWESOME. It's basically the same thing as Planet Earth, but instead of concentrating on the locales and moving around the globe in regions, Life concentrates solely on the animals, going through them one category at a time, with last night being the reptiles and amphibians. I am continuously amazed by how they get the shots that they do. They are so ridiculously close to these animals that are as big as a finger nail - it's just unreal. And it's beautiful. The only complaint I have about the whole thing is that Oprah is the narrator, and she just isn't very good. It sucks that Discovery felt like we needed to have a name like Oprah narrate it so that people would watch it, because the show itself is beautiful enough to attract a huge audience without her. Her voice just doesn't work with the nature stuff. Get me Mike Rowe!

And finally, I'd like to say a big, fat, emphatic Rest In Peace to the 2010 New York Rangers, one of the most frustrating teams I have ever had the displeasure of watching. I am diehard, so I have no choice. I have to watch, and I will continue to do so for the rest of my life. But it is just getting ridiculous. How many shit years do the Rangers need to have before there is a front-office shakeup? Oh right, at least 20 more, because James Dolan is the worst owner in sports. Hands down. This is the man who kept Isiah Thomas in his job with the Knicks even though he had signed players to some of the worst contracts in history, completely ruined the franchise and alienated the fan base, AND had a sexual harassment suit filed against him. And now Dolan is keeping Glen Sather in his job as Rangers GM even though he's won a grand total of TWO playoff series in his 10 years on the job, and done all the same things that Isiah did minus the sexual harassment suit. Where is he getting this job security from? He won championships with Edmonton, as the head coach, in the 1980s. THAT'S 30 YEARS AGO. Stop giving him credit for those when they were a lifetime ago when he's in the process of burning a once-proud franchise to the ground. He has obviously demonstrated that he doesn't have what it takes to be a GM. With the Rangers 2-1 loss to Boston yesterday that puts us 5 points out of a playoff spot with 10 games to go, it will take a miracle to make it. And even if we do, we'll get slaughtered in the first round by Washington. They play with no heart, no passion, they can't score goals, the power play is atrocious, the defense sucks... how does Glen Sather still have a job?!??! I'm getting angry and starting to sweat just thinking about this, and I'm getting even angrier knowing that Sather is probably not going to be fired and will put together another overpaid, under-talented, shit roster for me to watch next year. And watch them I will. Joke's on me I guess.

Ugh. Another week of work.