Bob here, in for Rob today, because I love testicle Tuesdays. Wear it.
- The no. 5 seed Wings put up a valiant effort in the playoffs. It’s hard to flip the switch and put so much into the games leading up to the playoffs, just to qualify, and then still have enough left in the system to play the underdog in much more meaningful games. Lesson learned not to ever put themselves in that position again. Now the big question this off-season is whether or not their six time Norris winner, who just happens to be 40 years old will be back next season. He has already enrolled his son into a Swedish hockey school, so the outlook has to be bleak. Lidstrom has said he’ll take a couple weeks to think it over and speak with Holland and Babs before making a decision.
- And just because the Red Wings are out of the playoffs this early for the first time since 2006, it doesn’t mean we can’t indulge in some schadenfreude. The Habs have taken the Pens to game 7 in their Eastern Conference Semifinals series and as we Wings fans know, anything can happen in a game 7. I don’t want to get greedy, but I’d also love to see the ‘Hawks choke their series away like it’s a cheap cab driver.
- As Rob mentioned yesterday, Dallas Braden tossed a perfect game on Mother’s Day. It’s a pretty damn good story, but not because A-Rod acted like a douche to him recently. His mother passed away while he was in high school, so the timing (on Mother’s Day) was, shall I say, extra perfect. Of course, the A-Rod stuff added to it.
- Interesting money numbers regarding Braden’s perfect game come from Darren Rovell: Braden’s due $420,000 this year in salary, which is about the same amount of money that MLB2K10 perfect gamer will make after taxes. Factoring in inflation, the average salary of the last six perfect game pitchers, before Braden, made roughly $9.6 M. I guess that’s what he gets for being one of the worst perfect game pitchers of all-time?
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- Papi’s not fine, but I do like Dustin Pedroia’s “laser show” comment to reassure reporters. Pedroia, you douche, why do you make it so hard for me to hate you?
- When I was in high school, we had this one player on our team who rarely played and would often times put his hat over his eyes and take naps. Whenever he’d do that, the running joke was to get his attention by saying, “Hey man, you’re in!” or “You’re on deck!” Every time he’d jump up and look for his gear and we’d just laugh at him and tell him to stay awake during the game. There’s a small chance we’re all on his death wish list. Anyway, I bring it up because there seems to be a recent tendency for baseball guys to fall asleep during games. I guess Ken Griffey Jr. has a slightly better excuse for sleeping through a pinch hit opportunity considering he had a warm, comfy clubhouse where he could rest his eyes and, plus, he’s old. It’s still pretty inexcusable, though.
- I’m not quite sure what Keith Hernandez’s excuse is, though, nor do I know how it’s even possible to fall asleep as a broadcaster. Long nights and heavy drinking on the job? Broadcasting the Pirates? The day I quit blogging is the day I fall asleep in the middle of a bloggggggggggalksjd;lkcmmc huh, what’s that?
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- Todd Helton denounced Mother’s Day in his 3rd at bat on Sunday, after striking out with the pink bat in his first two at bats.
- Minor League games are too often taken over by lame promotional gags. However, I think Will Ferrell as a relief pitcher is probably the best one I’ve ever seen, though I’m still not quite sure what exactly it was promoting. I just wish the announcer did a better job selling it. He sounds like my mom during a family movie: “Wuh ohhh what’s he going to do? Did he just do that? Wuh oh, what’s going to happen next? Wait where did he come from? Wuh oh. Wait who is that?”
- “Do me yo-yo master, ohhh do me. I want you to do me because you’re the yo-yo guy.” [Barstool Sports]
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