O Canada
"With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee"
--O Canada, obviously
Watched some great hockey tonight, the best player in the NHL leading his team to victory and to within one game of bringing the Stanley Cup back to Canada. Jarome Iginla is awesome. He scores, he skates, he passes, he grinds and he brawls. Very few players that possess his skill level will also play such a physical game (Todd Bertuzzi may be the exception)--he's gotten into four fights in the playoffs, including one in the Finals to go with his 13 goals and nine assists. That's so great.
The parallel I draw would be like watching Charles Barkley or Karl Malone in their heyday. Both could step out and shoot jumpers, make exceptional passes and run the floor beautifully, but both would also not hesitate to bring an elbow upside somebody's head or to get into a shoving match. Now Chuck's resigned to talking trash from a padded chair in the TNT studio and Mailman grinds it out and misses layups like he's Samaki Walker. At least one of them will have a ring within the next two weeks. Have I mentioned yet how much I can't wait for the NBA Finals to start?
Got an edit session nice and early tomorrow, then hopefully home to nap before I go out. I'm invited to a party--or should I say, e-vited--but I haven't responded, and I think I'm boycotting e-vite from now on. Because I wasn't sure about going, I've now received four reminders this week telling me that I haven't RSVP'ed yet. I'm well aware of that fact, thank you, and if the invitors (as opposed to me, the invitee) care so much, they can call and ask if I'm going or not. If there are enough people on the invite list to merit an electronic notification, I'm sure my attendance (or lack thereof) won't be a huge point of contention. Sometimes the internet makes things stupid instead of simpler.
No Padre game tonight; they've got the day off before welcoming the Beermakers into town this weekend. Vlad went 3-for-4 tonight, continuing his torrid hitting, but managed just one RBI in the Halos' victory. The DBacks got it right, walking Bonds three times (once intentionally) in his four plate appearances and coming up with an 11-5 win.
Short and sweet tonight, 'cause early to bed and early to rise and all that jazz.
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