Author: fasted86

Briefly. 

Trivia #1: Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events four times? – Steffi Graf, Ivan Lendl, Serena Williams, Jimmy Connors, Martina Navratilova, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras

Trivia #2: Name three players to have worn (or are wearing) number 11 for the Boston Red Sox. 

Congratulations to The Open Champion, northern Ireland local, Shane Lowery. Good for him. 

“River keeps on flowing, never worried ‘bout where it’s goin’” 

Cleveland Indian’s Gerardo Parra’s intro song – Baby Shark. It’s the latest craze, check it out. I love it –https://twitter.com/masnNationals/status/1154518902090678273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1154518902090678273&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcsports.com%2Fwashington%2Fnationals%2Fgerardo-parra-has-nationals-fans-going-crazy-baby-shark-and-we-love-it 

The Sox are in a bit of a bizarre stretch of their schedule with three vs. Tampa, now four with NY, then three more with Tampa followed by three more with NY. 

Typical Sox this season. They score 17 runs one night against the O’s and then score zero runs and nearly get no-hit the next night against a guy without a ‘W’ in two years.

In more sad addict news, former NL Rookie of the Year and CY Young Award winner, and a member of the ’86 World Series Champion Mets and ’96 World Series Champion Yankees, Dwight Gooden is back in rehab. He allegedly has $200,000 to his name. 

This week’s sign of the apocalypse: “NFL commissioner may be forced to testify under oath in Saints Fans’ lawsuit” 

The first NFL preseason game is next Thursday night. Really. 

Failed State Farm slogan: Like a good neighbor, stay over there. 

Listening to Joe Castiglione last week during a Sox/Orioles game. He stated that the Red Sox were looking to get to Baltimore’s bullpen. Uh, Joe. Have you seen our bullpen lately?? 

And you think it was hot where you were last week? It was 108.7 F in Paris on Thursday, an all-time high. All-time highs have also been reached this past week in Germany, the Netherlands and many other locations across the pond. 

Useless information, supposed to fire my imagination: Jeopardy champ James Holzhauer predicts a Super Bowl rematch between the Pats and Rams. 

A 65-year old Serbian man confessed in court on Saturday to calling in a false bomb threat to stop a Lufthansa flight attendant from leaving the country because he hoped she would go on a date with him. 

I think Carlos Pena is a TERRIBLE commentator, for countless reasons. The other night he noted that Xander Bogaerts had a  multiple hit game. He said, and I paraphrase; “That’s good for Xander. A multiple hit game. Go home feeling good. That’s nice.” – The Sox were losing at the time. 

I am so not excited about the upcoming NBA season. So many stars have switched teams. So many teams have gone from nothing to something and something to nothing. I so don’t care. 

Trivia #1 answer: Who is the only tennis player to have won each of the four grand slam events four times? – Steffi Graf, Ivan Lendl, Serena Williams, Jimmy Connors, Martina Navratilova, Roger Federer, Pete Sampras – Steffi Graf

Trivia #2 answer: Name three players to have worn (or are wearing) number 11 for the Boston Red Sox. – If you got anyone other than someone on this list, good for you and I want to know: Rafael Devers, Clay Buchholz, Alex Gonzalez, Bill Mueller, Hideo Nomo, Tim Naehring, Ed Romero, Dave Stapleton, Luis Aparicio 

“Yeah, gonna be so neat
Dance to the Euro beat
Yeah, gonna be so cool
Twisting by the, we’re twisting by the pool

Twisting by the pool
Twisting by the pool
Yeah, twisting, twisting by the pool”

Briefly. (very) 

My apologies for the weak effort last week. The river really was rising. Had to run quickly before the levee broke. 

Trivia #1: Of the following elements found on the sun, which is least prevalent? Carbon, Iron, Oxygen, Nitrogen

Trivia #2: Tom Watson won his 3^rd Open Championship by four shots over whom, at Muirfield? Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd, Payne Stewart, Hale Irwin 

I can’t stand the talk that Rory played lousy yesterday because of the pressure. Please. He sucked, like several others yesterday. (he gets to dwell on it until 3:10pm EST today) 

Other than in a baseball dugout or bullpen, where is it kosher to chew sunflower seeds? (I don’t have the answer) 

Take a deep breath. Find your grip. Address the ball. Get your stance. Take the club back slowly. Turn your hips. Keep your head down. Follow through. Finish high. And the other 50 things I’m leaving out. It’s no wonder that hitting a golf ball is so simple. 

Enjoy the day… every day. 

R.I.P. Rip Torn (88) – Simply for his name. 

Trivia #1 answer: Of the following elements found on the sun, which is least prevalent: Carbon, Iron, Oxygen, Nitrogen? – Nitrogen (It is made up of 73.46% hydrogen)

Trivia #2: Tom Watson won his 3^rd Open Championship by four shots over whom, at Muirfield? Lee Trevino, Jack Nicklaus, Raymond Floyd, Payne Stewart, Hale Irwin – Lee Trevino (or Traverso, to some) 

It’s going to be a scorcher of a weekend. Be sure to force the fluids! 

“I’m Mr. green Christmas
I’m Mr. Sun.
I’m Mr. Heat Blister
I’m Mr. One Hundred and one
They call me Heat Miser
Whatever I touch
Starts to melt in my clutch
I’m too much”

Briefly. (abbreviated, the river fkooding…) 

“’Cause summer’s here and the time is right for fighting in the streets, boy” 

Speaking of the Rolling Stones, the World’s Greatest Rock ‘n Roll Band, in a sure sign of the times, the official sponsor of their current “No Filter” tour is the Alliance for Lifetime Income, a trade association that promotes the sale of annuities. 

Trivia #1: The Legend of Ted Williams’ Seat: Where is it? Section 43, row 27, seat 11 – Section 42, row 37, seat 21 – Section 39, row 30, seat 14 – Section 39 row, 32, seat 21 – Section 41, row 36, seat 25? 

“Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name” 

Best of luck to Teddy Bruschi who suffered another stroke and is apparently doing OK. 

“And the chauffeur drives your car, you let everybody know” 

OK, I’m done with all the “All-Star snub” crap. It happens EVERY year. Too much talk around here because it happened to our guys. Let it go. 

“War, children, is just a shot away” 

Quote of the week: “If there’s anybody here who is going to be disrespectful to either the American or Canadian national anthem, grab your gear and get the f&*k out now because you’ll never see the ice.” – Coach John Krupinsky of a Danbury Connecticut minor league hockey team. 

Speaking of the all-star game, and I’ve said this before, someone is going to get hurt! There are what, 40-75ish kids in the outfield shagging balls during the Homerun Derby, cutting each other off, bumping into one another. Some of those balls are scorched! One day, whether a fly ball or line drive is going to ricochet off one kid’s glove into the face of another kid. It’s going to happen. But hey, let’s let them have at it until someone gets hurt. 

Tournament organizers declined John Daly’s request to use a cart in the Open Championship later this month. Daly stills plans to play adding “Fingers crossed I can make it through the pain.” I’m sure a few beers might help with that… 

Speaking of the PGA, last weekend 20-year old Matthew Wolff made a 26-foot putt from the fringe for an eagle on the final hole to win the 3M Open. It was just six weeks after winning the NCAA individual title with Oklahoma State and he played the tournament on a sponsor exemption. Good for him! 

Speaking of hotdogs… Best tagline going: “Come on, eat a hotdog!” – Kayem, official hotdog sponsor of the Boston Red Sox. 

Trivia #1 answer: The Legend of Ted Williams’ Seat: Where is it? Section 43, row 27, seat 11 – Section 42, row 37, seat 21 – Section 39, row 30, seat 14 – Section 39 row, 32, seat 21 – Section 41, row 36, seat 25? – Section 42, row 37, seat 21

Briefly. 

Happy Day-After-the-Fourth. Great holiday, great weather (for some of us), great times. 

Trivia #1: Who is Cori “Coco” Gauff?

Trivia #2: Of the following players, which one was the oldest to appear in an All-Star baseball game? Ted Williams, Cal Ripken, Stan Musial, Barry Bonds, Tony Gwynn. 

Happy All-Star Week next week. I don’t care much for the game, though I’ll watch some of it. Same goes for the Derby. I’m rooting for Vlad Jr. 

Really. A Texas woman opened a tub of Blue Bell ice cream in Walmart, licked the ice cream and put it back in the freezer. Police have identified her, plan to arrest her and charge her with a second degree felony charge of tampering with a consumer product, which carries a sentence of two to 20 years in prison. 

If you’re looking for a reason to party on Sunday morning, find a local bar and sit down for the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final. That’s soccer. USA vs. the Netherlands, 11am. Remember, you can’t drink all day if you don’t start in the morning. 

Disaster! A fire at the Jim Beam warehouse in Versailles, Kentucky, was in its third day of burning yesterday. The warehouse contained 45,000 barrels of “relatively young whiskey.”

Don’t look now but JBJ is batting .232. 

Speaking of the Red Sox, have you listened this year on the radio? Three guys doing the game. Three!?

The 6.4 magnitude earthquake that hit the Mojave Desert yesterday morning has been followed by at least 159 aftershocks of magnitude 2.5 and higher, including six higher than magnitude 4.

Aside from the fact that the Sox put up 21 runs in two games and still got their asses kicked, I thought the whole London-thing was pretty good. Nice venue, attendance was excellent and there was some good entertainment again, aside from the baseball. And, like some people I know, you could have taken in a game as well as stuck around the area and catching a match at Wimbledon. That’s cool. 

Dying, you’re doing it wrong. Indian doctors declared 20-year old Mohammad Furqan dead coincidentally after the man’s family told the hospital that looked after him that they no longer had the funds to pay for his care. As they prepared for his burial, family members noticed movement in his limbs. He is in critical condition at the same hospital, on a ventilator, but not brain dead. 

R.I.P. Tyler Skaggs (27), LA Angels pitcher. I realize stuff like this happens all the time but 27! What a shame.

Trivia #1 answer: Who is Cori “Coco” Gauff? – Cori is the 15-year old who beat Venus Williams at Wimbledon this week.

Trivia #2: Of the following players, which one was the oldest to appear in an All-Star baseball game? Ted Williams, Cal Ripken, Stan Musial, Barry Bonds, Tony Gwynn. – Barry Bonds was 42 years, 11 months and 17 days in 2007.

“Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Born in the U.S.A.”

Briefly. (really, I’m on vacation) 

Trivia #1: Teaticket is an alias for the name of what Massachusetts town?

Trivia #2: Babe Ruth was sold after the 1919 season, the year he also set a new homerun record. How many did he hit that season? 18, 29, 32, 35, 40, 42, 54? 

Baseball overload. ‘Tis the season. 

So you may have heard that Big Papi’s shooting was a case of mistaken identity? Ya, right. That is like going to Disney with the intent of shooting Mickey Mouse and instead shooting a random tourist.

The women’s World Cup. Get over it. Yes, you! It’s USA vs. the world. Go USA! U-S-A, U-S-A! 

The yankees have set an MLB record for consecutive games (28) with a homerun. Keep it up, but give me the Sox in a 7-game series. 

Speaking of the chankees, Sunday’s game across the pond starts at 10:10am local time. I’m on vacation, at the beach and the forecast is suspect. Brunch and bloodies anyone?! 

Headline of the week. This was an actual headline in the Boston Globe on June 26, 1934: “Red Sox Scalp Indians 6-3 Again Go Into Third Place.” Ya, that would go over well today. 

This past Wednesday night was ‘Margaritaville Night at the Park’ (Hadlock Field, Portland, ME) for the Sea Dogs/Fisher Cats game. All fans were encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts, the first 500 fans to enter the park got lei’d, any fan that sang at least two lines of any Jimmy Buffet song at the ticket window received a Buy One Get One Free general admission ticket and all were entertained by Tiki Thom and the Beach Band. You gotta love minor league baseball! 

Stat from Tuesday night’s Sox game. David Price has been averaging a career low 92 MPH on his fastball this season. He has also struck out a career high 27.4% of the batters he’s faced. 

Matt Barnes’ ERA is 10.39 pitching with no days rest. 

This week’s sign of the apocalypse: If a student wants a copy of his/her yearbook at a local public middle school here, he/she needs to cough up $27. Middle school!

This week’s sign of the apocalypse part deux: Kevin Durant declines $31.5M player option. 

The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement has decided to not allow sportsbooks to take bets on Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest, despite several requests. 

Throwing heat, you’re doing it wrong (or too much)! St. Louis pitcher Jordan Hicks owned the top 21 fastest pitches in MLB so far this season, ranging between 103 mph and 104 mph. He left last Saturday’s game and was later diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow. 

Look. If you can’t putt, it doesn’t matter whether the pin is in, or out! 

Trivia #1 answer: Teaticket is an alias for the name of what Massachusetts town? East Falmouth

Trivia #2 answer: Babe Ruth was sold after the 1919 season, the year he also set a new homerun record. How many did he hit that season? 18, 29, 32, 35, 40, 42, 54? 29 (he hit 54 the next season with the chankees) 

“Seagulls circle endlessly
I sing in silent harmony
We shall be free”

Briefly. 

The Orioles are 28^th in MLB in attendance at 16,758 per game. During last weekend’s Red Sox series they averaged 25,799. 

Trivia #1: What MLB team leads the league this season in attendance?

Trivia #2: In The Wizard of Oz, what is Dorothy’s last name? 

Magic, you’re doing it wrong. A crane lowered ‘Wizard Mandrake’, born Chanchal Lahiri, into the river at Kolkata (India), while the Indian star’s loved ones, fans, reporters and police watched from the river banks last Sunday. But the tightly-shackled 40-year-old failed to emerge from the water after being released into the current from a metal hook in a bid to recreate a Houdini trick. His body was found after a frantic 24-hour search. Before Lahiri entered the river he reportedly said it would be “magic” if he freed himself, but “tragic” if he couldn’t. 

What a great Father’s Day with the 8-run 10^thinning in the Sox game. Exciting, at least. Kinda made up for the crappy weather here in the northeast. 

Speaking of that game, what about the giveaway that day at Camden Yard – the orange fedora’s. What a great idea. I thought it was hysterical. 

World Cup. That’s soccer, right?

There was so much time between some hockey games this past playoff season that I wouldn’t be surprised if the Bruins have a game this weekend. 

James Holzhauer, of recent Jeopardy fame, donated $1,109.14 to pancreatic cancer research “For Alex Trebek and all the other survivors.” Nice. Trebek last month revealed that he is “near remission” – something that, in the past, has often been unheard of when it came to pancreatic cancer. 

I haven’t mentioned the Orioles’ Chris Davis yet this season. Ya, he’s still striking out. 72 times already this year which, by the way, isn’t even leading the Orioles! (Jonathan Villar – 76) 

Happy Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year (most sunlight). DYK: Solstice is derived from the Latin words sol (Sun) and sistere (to stand still). 

I love reading all of the basketball experts who bash Danny Ainge and others. Amazing how knowledgeable they all are. 

Be careful out there. Four people have died in the United States this year from carbon monoxide poisoning after leaving a keyless ignition car running in their garage. 

Remember all those stats about Xander Bogaerts that I put out a week or so ago? Ya, he’s currently 6^th (6^th!) in All-Star voting for AL shortstops. What a joke! 

Don’t look now but JBJ is batting .210, above the Mendosa line and climbing! 

Trivia #1 answer: What MLB team leads the league this season in attendance? – The Los Angeles Dodgers at 47,608.

Trivia #2 answer: In The Wizard of Oz, what is Dorothy’s last name? Dorothy Gale (yes, you do care) 

“It’s getting’ near dawn
When lights close their tired eyes
I’ll soon be with you my love
To give you my dawn surprise
I’ll be with you darling soon
I’ll be with you when the stars start falling 

I’ve been waiting so long
To be where I’m going
In the sunshine of your love”

Briefly. 

Happy Penta Day! 

Sorry, no trivia. 

I wonder what happens when Mrs. Neely burns the toast? 

Roto-Rooter, that’s the name, and away go troubles (and your wallet) down the drain. 

Big Papi. I hope the truth comes out. Godspeed. 

Kyrie or no Kyrie, the Celtics cannot hang with either of the teams in the NBA Finals. There is much work to be done. 

Do you know what I like about Alexa? She does what she’s told! 

Tuesday’s 9-5 loss to the Rangers saw two ejections, an inside-the-park homerun and 8 walks and 15 K’s by Red Sox pitching. What a night! 

On average, 10 people will die in the United States a day as a result of drowning. 

Chris Sale has 7 quality starts this year without getting a ‘W’. He has not won a game at Fenway since July 11, 2018. 

If your biggest problem is having to change your schedule for the Sox game because your hockey team is playing game 7 in the Finals later that night, you’re doing OK.

For you puckheads who comment about the pussies in other sports nursing their injuries. I heard the same about Kevin Durant. The type of injury that doesn’t affect hockey players much because a completely different set of muscles are used when skating as opposed to running/jumping. Durant was out for an extended period of time with a calf injury. Pussy? He still came back too soon and as a result blew out his Achilles. 

Why is the name ‘Roberta’ pronounced the way it is and ‘Robert’ is pronounced the way it is? 

Back to the pizza thing. Why aren’t pizza boxes round?

Heart condition is the most expensive health condition in the U.S. totaling about $555B, much more than 2^nd place cancer at $225.8B. 

“What is this that stands before me
Figure in black that points at me
Turn around quick and start to run
Find out I’m the chosen one

Oh no” 

Happy Penta

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Briefly. 

Just when I thought the NHL playoff schedule was a joke. The NBA Finals schedule: Thu, Sun, Wed, Fri, Mon, Thu, Sun. Bunch of snowflakes I tell ya.

Trivia #1: Which NHL team is the only one to average five goals in a four-game playoff sweep – Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, Detroit Red Wings?

Trivia #2: Which goaltender has the lowest career goals-against in the Finals since the red line was adopted in 1943 (minimum 15 games played)? Ken Druden, Chris Osgood, Patrick Roy, Gump Worley, Peter Harris? 

Congratulations to Mike Yastrzemski for getting the big call-up to the bigs after seven years in minors. 

I guess it would be kinda cool to be a zombie. I mean you don’t have to bathe or change your clothes, and you’re no uglier or better looking than anyone else but all that walking must be a drag. 

I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. 

UCLA won the College World Series the other day over Oklahoma. It was UCLA’s 13^th national title. 

The Red Sox are 9-3 when Eduardo Rodriguez starts. 

I saw a bumper sticker this morning that read: My Child Is Your Honor Student’s Drug Dealer 

The Red Sox drafted two shortstops this past week. With the 43^rd pick they selected Cameron Cannon. I hear he’s got a strong arm. A real cannon you might say. (ouch) 

My all-name team of MLB draft picks from Monday – Trejyn Fletcher, T.K. Sikkema, Gunnar Henderson, Chas Strumpf, Jard Triolo, Jackson Rutledge, Will Wilson, Keoni Cavaco, J.J. Bleday 

Tom Terrific? How about Giselle Delicious! 

Since 2015 (through Wednesday), Xander Bogaerts leads all MLB shortstops in average (.295), RBI (375), runs (413), hits (760) and doubles (164). 

In celebration of the 50 year anniversary of the 1969 Charles Manson-led slayings, California Governor Gavin Newsom overruled a parole board decision on Tuesday to free the youngest member of the murderous cult, Leslie Van Houten. She was 19 years old at the time and now has been denied parole three times. As Red would say, “Rehabilitated? Now I don’t even know what that means.” 

That cute young girl who kicked off game 3 the other night, Kaila Anderson, is the only Blues fan I like. 

Once you understand why we put a round pizza into a square box and cut it into triangles, you will finally understand women. 

And for you baseball nuts, in celebration of its 30^th anniversary, the classic baseball film, Field of Dreams, returns to movie screens this summer for two days only. Before and after each presentation, TCM Primetime host Ben Mankiewicz will offer fascinating insight into the making and legacy of the film. Screenings will be held at more than 600 movie theaters throughout Fathom’s Digital Broadcast Network on June 16^th and 18^th for a mere $12.50. 

You know things are not going well when you have to pull your goalie with 5:30 remaining, you let up a goal, put the goalie back in and let up another. 

Trivia #1 answer: Which NHL team is the only one to average five goals in a four-game playoff sweep – Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadiens, New York Islanders, Detroit Red Wings? The 1970 Bruins scored 20 goals in their sweep of the Blues.

Trivia #2 answer: Which goaltender has the lowest career goals-against in the Finals since the red line was adopted in 1943 (minimum 15 games played)? Ken Druden, Chris Osgood, Patrick Roy, Gump Worley, Peter Harris? – Chris Osgood had a 1.67 goals-against in 18 Final games for the Red Wings 

“Do you, don’t you want me to love you
I’m coming down fast but I’m miles above you
Tell me tell me tell me come on tell me the answer
Well you may be a lover but you ain’t no dancer”

Briefly. 

Wednesday was the St. Louis Blues first ever Stanley Cup Final win, but you knew that. 

Trivia #1: What Red Sox record does Bill Buckner hold?

Trivia #2: What St. Louis Blues player was in the movie “Forrest Gump”?

Trivia #3: What player led the St. Louis Blues in scoring (points) in the 92-93 season? 

I received some change the other day and got a couple of shiny, new 2019 pennies. They’re wicked shiny. 

If listening to joe Buck isn’t painful enough, Saturday night he was talking about how many games the Sox were out of first place. Ahhhh, it wasn’t even Memorial Day yet, Joe. 

Moneymaker. Nepal has issued 381 permits this year at $11K per to climb Mt. Everest. In a related story, the “Death Zone” near the summit is living up to its name as seven more climbers died there just last week, most of them caught in a traffic jam of climbers on the way to and back form the summit. 

I am not a fan of the “Official Shot of the NHL” – Jägermeister. Though it may be older, I consider it a millennial drink. 

Don’t look now but JBJ’s average is up to .185. 

I saw a headline referring to why people are not buying groceries online. Hello!? How do you squeeze the Charmin online? 

Mike Milbury is such a redneck. He showed his true form on Wednesday night between the 3^rdperiod and OT dropping a “what the fudge!” – What a goof 

Thought for the day: “A flute with no holes is not a flute and a donut with no holes is a Danish.” – Ty Webb (Caddyshack) 

Say what you want about playoff hockey, it’s just better with Doc Emrick. 

Thanking donors, you’re doing it wrong. In the premium seating area at Sanford Stadium (University of Georgia), beer and wine will be sold to only donors who have agreed to give tens of thousands of dollars to the school. In the specific area where drinking is permitted, you are not able to view the game. Gimme a break.   

Useless headline of the week: “AL East could be decided this weekend if Red Sox don’t show up for critical series” 

Trivia #3 hint: He was once a Boston Bruin. 

In recent days, river gauges along the Mississippi River between St. Louis and Quincy, MO have come within feet of their all-time record levels. There is potential for some gauges to set new records as they crest. Farther south, the Arkansas River has swelled out of its banks such that both Arkansas and Oklahoma have declared states of emergency in response to the flooding. 

Rafael Devers is on a short list of players who have an extra base hit and a run scored in seven straight outings, at the age of 22 – Ronald Acuna Jr (2018), Jack Clark (1978) and Hank Aaron (1956), all in the NL. In the AL, he is the first player to do it in the past 80 years, Barney McCosky (1939). (Be thankful that Barney wasn’t a trivia question today!) 

Did you see Cleveland’s relief pitcher, Adam Cimber? He pitches from the windup. His right foot is just in front of the rubber, parallel with it and his left foot is perpendicular to the rubber, toes facing centerfield! He uncoils and throws sidearm/submarine style. Bizarre. 

R.I.P. Bart Starr (85) – QB of the Green Bay Packers from 1956 to 1971, he won five titles including the first two Super Bowls in 1967 and 1968, winning MVP honors in both. He was league MVP in 1966 and was inducted into the HOF in 1977.

R.I.P. Bill Buckner (69) – as underappreciated a local athlete as there ever was. 

Trivia #1 answer: What Red Sox record does Bill Buckner hold? – The single-season record for at-bats by a left-handed hitter (673 in 1985) (come no, you didn’t know that?!)

Trivia #2 answer : What St. Louis Blues player was in the movie “Forrest Gump”? – Brendan Shanahan (was in a football scene)

Trivia #3 answer: What player led the St. Louis Blues in scoring (points) in the 92-93 season? – Craig Janney (106) 

“Long as I remember, the rain been comin’ down.
Clouds of myst’ry pourin’, confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, tryin’ to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder, who’ll stop the rain.”

Briefly. 

The girls’ softball team at SUNY Geneseo was trailing Trine University (IN) 3-1 in the final inning of the Division-III Women’s College World Series, and had runners on first and second and two outs. Senior pitcher Kate Saupe rounded a fake throw to second and her teammates did their best to sell that the ball was errantly thrown into centerfield. The runner on second broke for third only to be tagged out by the pitcher who had the ball the entire time. Game over – DOH! 

Trivia #1: What is the nickname of Trine University (IN)?

Trivia #2: Who is the only goalie to have his name appear on the Stanley Cup as the captain of a Cup-winning team? Terry Sawchuk, Jacques Plante, Patrick Roy, Charlie Gardner, Bernie Parent?

Trivia #3: What player holds the record for most career goals in the Stanley Cup Finals? Wayne Gretzky, Jean Beliveau, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Mark Messier, Guy LaFleur? 

Now this is just wrong. Despite the objections of workers at an animal shelter in Chesterfield, VA, the executor of a woman’s estate had Emma, her healthy Shih Tzu mix, euthanized, cremated and buried with her. Say I, thankfully she didn’t have any children! 

Brock Holt, rehabbing in Triple-A Pawtucket, is batting .300 during a recent, modest 6-game hitting streak. His problem is, when he returns to the big-boy club, he will be even more relegated to spelling Devers/Bogaerts and now Mike Chavis due to Chavis’ recent rise.

Tyler Thornberg is on the IL. Thank the Lord!

The Ole Miss men’s golf team was participating in the NCAA Regionals in CA and needed to finish in the top five to advance to the NCAA Championship. The Rebels were up four strokes over LSU for the final spot when freshman Sarut Vongchaisit hit a bird with his third shot and the ball fell out of bounds. He finished the hole with a nine, finished the round seven over and Ole Miss finished one stroke behind LSU for the final spot. 

The Saints’ Ted Ginn Jr. will race you, or anyone, for $10,000. 

Marv Albert continues to be one of the all-time great commentators. 

Yes, the Bruins beat St. Louis in the Stanley Cup Finals in 1970. DYK, the Blues had also lost in the Finals in 1968 & 1969? 

Useless information supposed to fire my imagination. Headline: “Halle Berry defends latest topless cooking photo, new back tattoo” Ya, I’ll skip that article. 

Greek NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo has agreed to fund the construction of an indoor basketball court in a fire-ravaged area outside Athens where at least 100 people were killed last year. Nice. 

Parenting, you’re doing it right! Bryan Bellace, 23, was arrested last Sunday after a video circulated seemingly showing him urinating in a playground on a memorial for a 9-year old boy who had died of cancer. Bryan’s father, Bruce, subsequently fired him from Bruce Bellace Plumbing & Heating, the family business. 

Chris Sale has one win in last 14 starts dating back to last season. 1-5 with 8 ‘No Decisions’. 

Trivia #1 answer: What is the nickname of Trine University (IN)? – The Thunders

Trivia #2 answer: Who is the only goalie to have his name appear on the Stanley Cup as the captain of a Cup-winning team? Terry Sawchuk, Jacques Plante, Patrick Roy, Charlie Gardner, Bernie Parent? – Charlie Gardner (Blackhawks, 1934)

Trivia #3 answer: What player holds the record for most career goals in the Stanley Cup Finals? Wayne Gretzky, Jean Beliveau, Gordie Howe, Maurice Richard, Mark Messier, Guy LaFleur? – Maurice Richard (34) 

R.I.P. Tim Conway (85) – I missed this last week as he died on May 15. One of the funniest, most talented comedians of all-time. (my opinion) 

“To seek the secret river Alph
To walk the caves of ice
To break my fast on honeydew
And drink the milk of Paradise” 

Good night everybody!