Its not how you start, its how you finish. The Regina Pats were gawd-awful in the first 20 minutes of their home game against the Swift Current Broncos. They went into the final 20 down 3-1, but they got three goals in a 77 second span in the 3rd and beat the Broncos 4-3. At times this team didn't look very good and at other times they looked OK. The addition of Thomas Frazee gives them some more punch offensively and Myles Bell and Brandon Davidson do look a lot better than last year. Import blueliner Ricard Blidstrand also didn't look out of place. There is some promise here with this team, but they have to work their tails off if they are going to be successful. I'm sure that first win will give them a lot of confidence though as they head into a Friday game at home against Edmonton and then what will be a tough Saturday night encounter in Saskatoon.
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As the Pats were coming out for the 2nd period, the tune they came out too was very familiar. I couldn't put my finger on it until they came out for the 3rd. The Pats entrance song is the same tune that WWE villains Nexus use. I had to You-Tube it when I got home and it turns out it's called "We are One" by 12 Stones. Is this an actual group? I've never heard of them. God, I'm getting old!!
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My skin crawls at the thought of David Frost once again hanging around young impressionable kids wanting to learn hockey. Frost is about on the same level of the human food chain as Graham James if you ask me. He assumes an alias to teach kids in California and then tries to worm his way out of it when he is caught. This guy needs to be teaching hockey in the crowbar hotel. He needs other inmates to be using a stick on him for various purposes.
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Did you catch the Cito Gaston tribute before the Jays game last night? Is Cito a hall-of-famer? I would say yes! Some will say anyone could have coached those Toronto teams that he led to World Series. If that's the case, I guess Joe Torre doesn't get in because anyone could have managed his Yankee squads to titles and there were many years that he didn't even get that done. By the way, Torre will be a Hall of Famer.
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That's all I got. Have a good Thursday!!
5 comments:
I shed a tear watching the Cito tribute tonight. A great manager and an even better man. I'll miss watching him for sure!!
Yes, the 12 Stones are a real band. They are a Christian rock band and aren't on mainstream radio, so probably not many people have heard of them. They are pretty good though
Mike G.
Yes Cito Gaston is a Hall of Famer. You need talent to win baseball games, and World Series. Joe Torre was the Manager of the Braves, Mets, and Cardinals. He had 2 winning seasons in a 15 year managing career before getting the Yankees job. The Yankees could not win before he took them over to manage them. He even said, "Now I'll get to see if I can manage".
Cito Gaston was the perfect Manager for those Blue Jay teams. He didn't just get parachuted in for 1992 and 1992. He was the Hitting Instructor, and he had a big role in developing the young talent on that team prior to them winning it all.
He has the respect of his peers. I vividly recall Tony Larussa stating that nobody thinks badly of Cito Gaston or doesn't believe he's a good Manager.
Cito Gaston may not get in on the first ballot, but he will get there, and rightfully so.
Obama
Is gawd-awful really the right term to describe the Pats in the first 20. How about absolutely atrocious. I thought that was going to be ugly. Good on the boys for getting the W though. They need them.
Saw you sitting with Pederson. Was he having remorse sitting in the stands and not being up in the booth or not? Pat road games will not be the same without Roddie calling them.
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