Winning the American League is nice, but there are 4 more games to win before you can start having a celebration like that. Oh well, at least they are willing to celebrate a league title. If it was the NHL, they simply would have run into their dugout and hid leaving someone to come to home plate to get a picture taken with the trophy.
Give some credit to the Rangers. In an American League that contains the high spending Red Sox and Yankees, they are right there because they have built a winner the right way. They haven't gone out and bought a winner. They have identified their needs and had the knowledge to keep the young players they brought up through the system with them while making some solid trades.
One of those trades---Mike Napoli for Frank Francisco. Sorry Blue Jays fans!!
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Speaking of young teams with talent, the Pats are coming home from a 2-1 Alberta road trip after a loss in Red Deer. When do you stop talking about this team's surprising start and start considering them as perhaps a playoff team. You gotta hand it to Pat Conacher for the job he is doing as head coach and Chad Lang deserves a lot of credit too for sticking to his plan and seeing it come to fruition earlier than I think he expected. I can't wait to see this team start playing the Brandons, Saskatoons and Moose Jaws to see how they stack up. Those teams had better be ready.
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Who on earth convinced Michigan and Michigan State to wear the uniforms they did today. They out-uglied one another.
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Is Henry Burris done in Calgary? One has to think there will be a strong push to have Drew Tate as the starter in 2012 as he has shown he can do the job. Could Hank be headed to Toronto? Could Hank be throwing balls to Andy Fantuz in Toronto? I wouldn't discount either of those questions.
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If Andy Fantuz were to sign somewhere else in the CFL, would he be given the same treatment upon returns to Mosaic Stadium that Burris receives. Its an honest question!
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Ken Miller turned 70 years old on Saturday. The players that he loves so much could certainly provide him with a belated birthday present by coming out to play on Sunday. That means all 42 and not just a handful of them.
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If the Rider offence sucks on Sunday, how ugly will be it be from a crowd that will turn quite quickly on them. This team can't afford to put in another stinker after what we saw in Calgary and Edmonton. If they do, it could be a long 2nd half and an ugly one. They will hear it from a very upset fan base. I shudder to think of what could happen.
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Andre Proulx will be your referee on Sunday. Yeah, I know!
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Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll has said if Lebron James is serious about wanting to be an NFL'er as he suggested this week that he would gladly take a look at him. Lebron says he is a TD maker. If that is the case, shouldn't Brendan Taman be calling him. Sorry!
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If the new entertainment facility is ready to go by 2014, (and yes, I know that means you would have to ramp up the plans quite a bit) wouldn't it be great to say good-bye to Mosaic Stadium with a Riders Grey Cup win. I dare to say that some might help tear down the old girl if they won that night. I can't even imagine what it would be like if that scenario were to unfold and the Riders won it all in their home park.
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Don Cherry admitted he was wrong???? Holy crap!!! TSN's Dave Hodge replied to that on Twitter Saturday night by saying he was sorry for throwing his pen all those years ago. Remember that! I also took time out to apologize----apologize for the antics of one Rob Vanstone. I'm sorry you have to see that.
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Speaking of Rob, he is excited to have the Jets back in Winnipeg. I just wonder when he will be able to celebrate a win with that team. They aren't very good. When will Winnipeg fans realize that?
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What would the Blue Jays have to give up to get Joey Votto out of Cincinnati? I don't think I want to pursue that unless Edwin Encarnacion and Travis Snider are part of the equation and I somehow don't think that will happen. Having Votto playing first would definitely make Toronto a much better team and might be the thing they need to push them into a playoff spot in an American League East that I think is starting to change.
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There is nothing like going to the monthly installments of High Impact Wrestling. As former Pat Jamie Heward, who was in attendance Friday night said. "Its the best 12 bucks I ever spent". You just need to go to see the degeneracy in person. You also need to go to realize that wrestler Jeff Tyler and CTV's Lee Jones are twins.
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Bret Hart will be in Regina on Thursday to sign autographs before the Pats game against the Hitmen. He will also join me in the Sportscage Thursday for a half hour in a segment I can't wait for. Who's kidding who, we could start the show at 4 that day and I could go all afternoon with him. It will be a lot of fun! Where do I start?
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ABC cancelled Charlie's Angels this week. You just don't try to re-create the original. Somewhere above us Farrah Fawcett smiles. By the way, for what its worth, the three best Angels were Cheryl Ladd, Farrah and then Tanya Roberts. Jaclyn Smith was a close 4th.
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Week 6 NFL lock of the week----Raiders over Browns
Week 6 NFL upset of the week ---Panthers over Falcons
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A plastic surgeon gets paid way more than a tire mechanic even though they both get paid to fix flats.
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GO RIDERS!!!!!
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1 comment:
Mitch,
never forget there are 7 officials on the field… Andre just announces their flags... we have to have one french head official or move the al's out of Quebec. Best rules knowledge in the league.
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