Something To "Mitch" About

What a great night for hockey! I thought the outdoor game between the Kings and Ducks at Dodger Stadium was fantastic. What I laughed at is all the people who thought the game was a joke. They apparently have no problem with the game being played outdoors in a winter climate like Detroit,m but they didn't like the game being played outdoors in southern California. They say hockey shouldn't be played outside in warm weather, but they have no problem with football being played in cold weather. What's the difference? We still bundle up and dress for the elements and we watch. Its because we are fans. Dodger Stadium was sold out and I'm guessing many of those had perhaps never been to a hockey game and now will return because the game wasn't that bad.  The NHL was even smart enough to get Vin Scully involved. That man is a true, true legend. The story he told Scott Oake on HNIC Saturday night about Jackie Robinson and skating was just like every other story he tells----riveting. He is second to none. I would listen to that man read a phonebook!
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I still think the NHL has over-killed the outdoors game by having too many of them this  year and going a little too far in trying to capitalize on this, but Saturday's game was great. I loved it!
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We went into 2014 saying its only a matter of time until Graham DeLaet wins a title. That time was so close to happening Sunday. DeLaet finishes tied for 2nd and takes home 366-thousand dollars in his first tournament of the year. If Scott Stallings doesn't make birdie on 18, who knows what happens in the playoff. I was out on Sunday afternoon and I listened to end of the event on satellite radio. (Yes, I listened to play-by-play of golf on the radio) In their wrap-up, the commentators were really high on DeLaet saying the Weyburn native was definitely one of the up and comers in 2013 and that they are expecting a huge year from him. He got started on the right foot I would say.
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Tiger Woods had a terrible round at the Farmers Insurance Open on Saturday firing a 79. CBS' Jim Nantz was very politically correct when he told those watching Tiger had "politely refused" to do a post-round interview. Gee thanks Tiger. If you shoot a 68, I bet you are right there waiting for the cameras to be shoved in your face. GROW UP!!! You had a bad round and everyone knows it. Were you going to go all "Richard Sherman" on David Feherty? You are the face of golf and you are supposed to be helping grow the sport.
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This is just a great story! Could you do this Rider fans? I honestly don't know if I could...




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Is it just me or is everyone talking to much about the weather for the Super Bowl? It really makes me wonder what the ESPN's and Fox Sports 1's would say about the Grey Cup each year if it wasn't in Toronto or Vancouver. They'd have gone off the rails here if they had been here the week of Grey Cup.
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The Super Bowl marathons on the NFL Network are outstanding.
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The NFL can try and re-package the Pro Bowl anyway they want and they tried this year with the players being picked in a draft by Jerry Rice and Deion Sanders, but it still doesn't work. At the end of the day, the Pro-Bowl is just a bunch of guys basically playing a pick-up game. There's no intensity, there's no drama, there's nothing. The fact players on the same team in the regular season could be on opposite teams now only enhances that. You know a linebacker or a defensive end isn't going to lay out someone who is a teammate of theirs if the opportunity arises. Let the game go the way of the do-do bird.
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If the Seahawks win the Super Bowl, it will cap off a great football year for Saskatchewan. Jon Ryan winning a Super Bowl, the Riders winning a Grey Cup and the Thunder winning the Canadian junior title. That would be a pretty good year I say.

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The Edmonton Oilers had a skills competition on the weekend. Considering the way the team has played, that must have been quite the event. I hope Jeff Petry was given the day off.
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Has anyone noticed former Pats forward Jordan Weal leads his Manchester Monarchs in scoring and is in the top 15 in the American Hockey League scoring race. Is a call-up to the big team coming? The kid just keeps getting it done.
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At what point do the Winnipeg Jets consider making Paul Maurice the full time coach and not just the guy until the end of the year. Whatever he's doing, its working.
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Batista wins the Royal Rumble. That's a fail in my books. This year's Rumble will not rank up there with one of the best the WWE has had. For that matter, "The New Age Outlaws" win the tag belts. Have I been transported back to 2003?
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Only 65 more days until baseball's opening day.
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I don't know if there is anything more you can see about Anthony Calvillo that hasn't been said. Football people have been doing nothing but praise Calvillo since he decided to hang it up and for good reason. He arguably is the best quarterback the CFL has ever seen, but in my mind that honor goes to Warren Moon. The renaissance he had under Marc Trestman was tremendous, and while he QB"ed his team to two Grey Cups over the Riders, I think the Rider Nation can only sit back now and salute him for what he accomplished.
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I have said it once and I will say it again. There perhaps is no worse song in the history of the world than "Cottoneye Joe". I would rather hear Barbie Girl than Cottoneye Joe and yes, I would rather hear "Last Saskatchewan Pirate than "Cottoneye Joe"
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Sundays without football isn't right. I don't count the ProBowl as football either.
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Have a good week! Stay warm! GO SEAHAWKS!