Pens Attack!
29. May 2008 by critter.
Sidney Crosby’s greatness was put on the line and he answered. Leading the Penguins with 2 goals in their 3 - 2 home ice victory against the Red Wings. The Pens now have a little more breathing room and can even the series at 2 games a piece, with a home win in game 4.
It was an amazing game that saw the Penguins just attack like crazy. Chris Osgood still made many amazing saves, but the constant attack was too much to handle as the Pens finally managed to get close to the net with their shots and got their sticks on some rebounds.
The tone of the game was also set by the hard hitting. Orpik led the way throwing his body at every White & Red jersey he saw. And oldtimer Gary Roberts was more than willing to throw his body around too. Heck even Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby were caught in the center of several scuffles.
With the win, the Penguins turned a dead series into a really intense one. Expect to see an increase in hitting and attitudes as the series has now started getting more personal. Can the older Red Wings maintain now that the youthful Penguins have begun using their speed and endurance and obviously figured out a greater passing & zone entering scheme?!?! If the Pens come out every game like they did last night, they could take the next 3 games.
For anyone on the borderline or not really into hockey. RIGHT NOW is the time to watch…..so stop giving me excuses that you’d rather watch the Celtics go around poking their opponents in the eyes all night…..
Traded for 10 bats???
29. May 2008 by Glendo.
Pitcher John Odom of the minor-league Calgary Vipers was traded to the Laredo Broncos for 10 baseball bats
Talk about an all time low. Check it out on SI.com
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/05/23/minor.leaguer.traded.bats.ap/index.html?eref=si_topstories
Thanks to Matty Q for the link.
Unlikely heros!
29. May 2008 by gchacko.
Positives from todays game:
- The Mets had jumped to an early lead on the strength of a pair of homeruns by Luis Castillo and Jose Reyes. For Reyes it was his seventh and third in this series.
- Endy Chavez led off in the bottom of the ninth and launched a rocket over the leftfield wall to tie the game at 5-5.
- Duaner was absolutely filthy, but Alfredo Almezega got lucky and launched his first homerun of the season to put the Marlins up 6-5
- Bottom of the 12th… David Wright walks on four pitches to lead off the inning, every Met is standing and hanging on the rail in the dugout… Carlos Beltran slaps a single up the middle on a hit and run, runners on first and third.
- Fernando Tatis is up… He lines one down into the left field corner for a two run double scoring Wright and Beltran, and the Mets win it!
The Downside:
- The night started out very promising for Oliver Perez who cruised through the first couple of innings, but as usual, Perez began to unravel. He started walking hitters and hanging breaking balls over the fat part of the plate. Oliver Perez gave up three homeruns including two of them to Cody Ross, the second one was a three run bomb that put the Marlins in the lead 5-4.
