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Soccer hooligans…again

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I saw some footage of a soccer match in (I think) Spain Italy the other day, where a player mouthed off to a ref and got a yellow card. The fans were not pleased with this, and proceeded to throw bottles and other stuff, including lit flares onto the field. One of the goaltenders was even hit in the back with a flare, but he was OK. This just blows my mind. Who the fuck brings flares to a soccer game? And it’s not like there was just one or two – it looked like at least 20 flares rained down on the field. The game was, obviously, cancelled.

Here’s an idea – fingerprint and take photos of everyone as they enter the stadium, then install hundreds of high-quality (and indestructible) cameras throughout the stadium, so that they can identify the idiots who do this and arrest them. OK, that may be cost-prohibitive, but they have to do something!

Greatest comeback ever?

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What a freakin’ game! Less than 10 minutes left in the 4th quarter, and the Rock are losing 13-6. People have already left the ACC, figuring the game was pretty much over, when the Rock suddenly decide “Hey, let’s win this game!”. They go out and scored 8 goals in 7 minutes and 12 seconds, keep Philly scoreless in the entire 4th quarter, and win 14-13. Certainly one of the greatest comebacks I’ve ever seen.

Doyle and Manning are now #1 and #2 in the overall scoring race. Josh Sanderson is tied with John Tavares and John Grant Jr. for third place, and everyone has one game left. It’s highly possible that the Rock will have the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place scorers in the league. If they beat Calgary next week, they’ll be 13-3, which is the best winning percentage in team history, and one of the best in league history (Buffalo’s 8-0 season will obviously never be beaten, percentage-wise, but the schedule’s twice as long now. Albany was 14-2 in 2002.). Whipper will probably end up 4th in the league in GAA. Toronto also has the 2nd best power play in the league, the 3rd best penalty killing in the league, and by far, the most shorthanded goals (Toronto has 17, 2nd place is 12). Could this team be the best pro lacrosse team ever?

I know, I know, don’t count your chickens and all that. We were all ready to host Calgary for the NLL final last year, all we had to do was get by Buffalo. No problem, right? WRONG. Buffalo came out and kicked Toronto’s ass all over the floor. So, maybe I’ll hold off on that “best team ever” assessment…. for now.

Baseball Season is on

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I’ve been looking forward to this baseball season more than any other in recent memory. Not sure why – possibly because I’ve been listening to the FAN 590 (Toronto all-sports radio station) a lot lately, so I’ve been hearing more talk about the team, interviews, and stuff like that. It’ll be tough without Carlos Delgado, but the additions of Corey Koskie and Shea Hillenbrand should help, and with people like Wells, Rios, Hudson, and Zaun (and Eric Hinske, if he gets back to his rookie-of-the-year form of a couple of years ago), the Jays should be fine offensively. Pitching is always a question mark, but Roy Halladay has looked sharp so far, and Ted Lilly should be back off the DL tomorrow. Most of the rest of the pitching staff is rather young, though, so who knows. It’s not all that likely that they’ll catch the Yanks or BoSox unless they have an awesome season, so we’re playing for third anyway. Being in the AL East kind of sucks that way.

Maybe another reason why I’m excited about baseball this year is because of the lack of hockey. I still have lacrosse, but that’s only once a week, and only for 4 1/2 months. I pay some attention to the Raptors (again, mainly through the FAN), but their season is pretty much over. Since I don’t care much for football, baseball’s it for me until the fall when hockey (hopefully!) starts again. I’ll post my thoughts on the whole lockout thing and replacement players and stuff like that another time.