Washington Capitals History Will Be Made Video

Washington Capitals coach Bruce Boudreau talked about how Madison Square Garden is shitty and not that loud on the radio on Monday. He said:

“Well, the one thing, its reputation is far better than the actual building,” the coach said. “I mean, it’s nothing. The locker rooms are horrible. The benches are horrible. There’s no room for anything. But the reputation of being in Madison Square Garden is what makes it famous. Also, our building’s a lot louder, too. So I mean, they can say what they want, but it’s not that loud in there.”

You may have noticed that the Caps quickly went down 3-0 to the Rangers in the 2nd period on Wednesday and the crowd started a "Can you hear us" chant but in the 3rd period the Capitals pulled off the greatest comeback since Lazarus to tie it and send it into OT. What follows is my favorite YouTube video of all-time. Of...All...Time!

Anaheim Ducks Forward Bobby Ryan Scores Ridiculous Goal

Bobby Ryan, left winger on the Anaheim Ducks, returned from a 2 game suspension tonight and scored an absolutely ridiculous goal. He should never have been suspended but I'll deal with that at the bottom of this post. Let me set the scenario for this goal. He plays for the Anaheim Duck and they were playing the Nashville Predators. The series was tied 2-2 and the game was tied 1-1 30 seconds into the 3rd period. That's when Bobby Ryan pulled off this sick nasty move.

I haven't seen a move that awesome since I was in-shape in high school doing that. Alright but about that ridiculous suspension he received. A week ago Bobby Ryan was suspended for this "kicking incident". First of all this isn't "kicking", it's more of a "pushing your foot onto the top of his skate where there is a ton of padding" motion. Kicking is dangerous, this isn't. If you have ever played hockey you know this is a harmless play. The recent plays by Chris Kunitz and Steve Downie only got 1 game suspensions so the fact that this got a 2 game suspension is absolutely ridiculous.

Playoff Beards!

Unfortunately I don't know half as much about hokey as Billy Blog does, hell I don't even know how to spell it! (See back I misspelled it intentional! Clever I know.) My favorite part about the playoffs is growing my super awesome playoff beard and making fun of Sidney Crosby for growing pubes on his face and not a real beard like me. So instead of giving expert analysis on hockey like Billy Blog, I'm going to give my picks and post a super hot picture of Kate Beckinsale. Plus I like NBA way more anyway so I'll give an in-depth post of those match-ups later tonight once the playoff positions are locked.



Fuck she's hot.

1st Round:
Capitals over Rangers
Flyers over Sabers
Canadiens over Bruins
Lightening over Penguins

Canucks over Blackhawks
Sharks over Kings
Red Wings over Coyotes
Ducks over Predators

2nd Round
Caps over Canadiens
Lightening over Flyers

Canucks over Ducks
Red Wings over Sharks

Conference Finals
Caps over Flyers

Red Wings over Canucks

Stanley Cup Final
Red Wings over Caps

Basically I picked the Wings cause a good friend of mine is a Wings fan and he's always super grumpy when they lose. Plus I really like that Chrysler Detroit commercial. Anyways, NBA playoffs will be better.

2010 MLB Playoff Predictions

Blog Dylan and I each wanted to submit our 2010 MLB playoff predictions. I know we are two days in but that doesn't change what I wrote down a few days ago. Here are my predictions (Blog Dylan will hopefully post his later today):

Rays vs. Rangers - Rangers in 4
The Rangers offense is just too dominant top to bottom for the Rays to have a chance. Neither pitching staff is very good but the Rangers do have Cliff Lee and his absurd 185:16 K:BB ratio. If you don't know much about baseball, that is pure nastiness. This series is already 2-0 Rangers and they played both games in Tampa.

Twins vs. Yankees - Yankees in 4
The Twins offense doesn't scare anyone, let alone the Yankees. The Twins were boring to watch last year in the playoffs and are again this year. The Yankees already won the 1st 2 games on the road and are too stacked to lose 3 straight to a team that can barely score.

Phillies vs. Reds - Phillies in 3
Ummmm, did you watch Game 1? Yeah, that happened. Even though Halladay's no-hitter was just the 2nd in Postseason history, I would not be surprised if both Oswalt and Hamels threw no-nos on Friday and Sunday. I'm still not sure how the Reds made the playoffs and this series is just a warm-up for the NLCS.

Giants vs. Braves - Giants in 5
Good thing the NHL season started last night because I need something else to watch besides this series. I don't feel like devoting 3 hours of my time to watching Brooks Conrad, Matt Diaz, RICK Ankiel, Juan Uribe, Freddy Sanchez, Cody Ross or any of the other guys that can't hit on these teams. I'm sorry that I'm not sorry. Their pitching staffs are both solid which should keep this series even but I'm going with the Giants because they have home-field advantage and Buster Posey.


Rangers vs. Yankees - Rangers in 6
The Yankees pitching hasn't been good recently and the Rangers have home-field advantage in this series which means there will be tons of runs scored in this one. I'm calling CC and Cliff Lee a wash and then it's anyone's guess who pitches better out of Pettitte, C.J. Wilson, Phil Hughes, Colby Lewis A.J. Burnett, Tommy Hunter. My guess is that those games come down to who can score 10 runs first and I like the Rangers lineup better right now.

Phillies vs. Giants - Phillies in 5
The only way this series isn't a sweep is if Lincecum can turn in a performance like he did last night and steal a game against one of the "Big 3". The Giants offense is pretty shitty and I just don't see them scoring runs against Halladay, Oswalt and Hamels.

Phillies vs. Rangers - Rangers in 6
This series might actually be fun to watch because the Rangers should be able to score against the Phillies "Big 3" and it will be interesting to see if Cliff Lee can get revenge against his former team. Both ballparks are notoriously hitter friendly and both teams have plenty of slugging power which all adds up to a more entertaining series. After dominating the first two rounds, I think the Rangers offense will be too much for the Phillies hitters to cover for their pitchers decent, but not stellar performances.

AJ Burnett Left Out Of Yankee's Postseason Rotation

Let's all LOL at BJ Burnett. Burnett sucked so bad this year he has been left out of the Yankees rotation in the upcoming series against the Twins. CC Fatthia will start Game 1, Andy Pettitte Game 2 and Phil Hughes Game 3. Giradi didnt announce a Game 4 starter but it is expected CC will start on short days rest. Because of the days off, Pettitte would be ready to pitch on normal rest if there is a Game 5.

Burnett has mostly been disappointing for the Yanks. He is in his second year of a 5 year 82million dollar deal. This year Burnett has gone 10-15 with a 5.26 ERA.

The Twins plan on starting ace Francisco Liriano Game 1; Carl Pavano in Game 2; Brian Duensing in Game 3; and Nick Blackburn in Game 4.