A few quickies before I get into the point of the post. That hockey game Sunday was pretty epic. Canada is ALOT better than we (the U.S.A.) are. It seemed like Canada played half the game with 7 guys on the ice. There were long stretches where we were helpless to get the puck out of our own end. Looking at the bracket, the win was gigantic and probably nearly guarantees us a medal. We get a shit team in the quarters. So we only need to win one out of the last two to get a medal. And either Canada or Russia will be out by that point. The Swedes and Fins look pretty fucking tough though. Also, nobody that wasn't a pretty big "normal" sports fan saw the game because it was buried on fucking MSNBC. And PLEASE stop comparing it to the Miracle on Ice. Those were college and high school players playing against pros. These are pros playing against pros. It is not the same.
THE CALENDAR
I'm putting together a drinking calendar. Hoping to mesh this with everyone else's drinking calendars to orchestrate and maximize our fun. Or at least what we remember of it.
FEBRUARY
27th: Being forced to go to an indoor waterpark in fucking Waupaca, WI with the in-laws. I'm going to get retarded.
MARCH
27th: Some selfish bitch scheduled her wedding this weekend in Milwaukee. Which, I might add is also NCAA time. Sports Bottle, would you be interested in some sort of get together that weekend (pretty sure I have the right one). You may also know the person that is getting married. Mrs. Juice was unaware the future spouse existed until we got a save the date.
APRIL
-The post tax day party (in my pants)
-Possible La Crosse trip?
-Possible Brewer trip? (Semi-unlikely)
MAY
14th: Shit in My Eye
22nd: Twins v. Brewers in Minnesota
26-30: San Diego vacation, where I will sneak off to Tijuana in the middle of the night to see a donkey show and get stabbed
JUNE
-Possible Brewer trip?
JULY
-Possible Brewer trip?
AUGUST
-Possible Brewer trip?
-OJSFA Draft
-Possible Packer game?
SEPTEMBER
-Possible Packer game?
-Possible Brewer trip?
-Oktoberfest
OCTOBER
-Possible Packer game?
NOVEMBER
-Thanksgiving
-Possible Packer game?
DECEMBER
-Sports Bottle's God's son's birthday
-Possible Packer game?
That is obviously a very rough draft. Things always come up. Please inform me if I'm missing anything obvious. Right now May is looking like a pretty good month.
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
2/16 Morning Juice
-Interesting-ish week in sports. We've got three USA hockey games (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday), two Badger basketball games (Thursday at Minnesota, Sunday at home v. Northwestern) and I'm sure Creighton probably plays (they are frustrating as shit and I feel I'm becoming bandwagon because I haven't followed all that close, and they are easy to ignore when they are average, P.S. they play nationally popular Northern Iowa tonight). Also, pitchers and catchers on Saturday.
-If the US manages to be in medal round contention by Sunday (not a guarantee, because it is my understanding that they are extremely young), I think it will be probably the second most excited I've ever been for a hockey game. They play Canada who is 1) the favorites; 2) the host and 3) our geographic "rivals". The most excited ever was when the Badgers were in the National Championship game a few years back, which marked the only Badger hockey game I've ever seen sober. There is going to be all sorts of hype around the game and I bet the crowd will be ridiculous. I'm hoping to catch the two weekday games on the DVR.
-Figure skating is awful.
-I'm actually excited for the Brewers to play a spring training game. I'm obviously retarded.
I like what they did in the offseason. They addressed some holes (Looper, Suppan?). Although Wolf and Davis aren't stellar by any means, I can't believe they will be worse, and even average would be an improvement. If Gallardo can a) stay healthy and b) stop throwing 130 pitches through 5 innings, Parra taps into his potential by even getting to average, and somehow Suppan dies and Bush/Narveson/mystery pitcher number 5 can pitch into the 5th without giving up 5 homers on even a semi-regular basis, we should win 5 more games based on pitching alone.
Hitting wise, it is hard to imagine the new 93 year old catcher being worse than Kendall, although I'm sure we will lose a few HBP. We will make up the HBP with a full season (hopefully) from Weeks. Weeks was awesome last year before going down, but it felt a bit like a fluke since I hated him prior to last season. Only a full season from Weeks (which seems unlikely) at his early last season performance would be a true improvement at 2B. Is Escobar better than Hardy? I would say defensively it is probably a wash. Speed is a definite improvement. Hitting? Potentially. Hardy was extremely streaky, and could carry a team for a few weeks by himself. But he was also terrible at times. I would settle for mediocre if he steals a bunch of bases (if Macha lets him). 3B is going to be about the same as last year. I doubt McGehee is going to replicate last season, but Gamel should be improved just based on hype. Bruan is great in LF, Fielder is great at 1B. Hart is slightly below average in RF, but possibly Gerut (who got alot better late last year) and Edmonds (assuming he can man an outfield with a walker) could give some much needed competition. The real key I think is going to be Gomez. Is he any good? I know he's fast, and good on D. But is the speed going to make up for the 25HRs that we would've gotten from Cameron? This feels like my big concern for the offense.
In the bully, we probably got a little better with the addition of Hawkins. Lets just pray (to SportsBottle's god) that Hoffman stays healthy.
Wow. This turned into a whole Brewer season preview accidentally. I'm seeing 80 to 85 wins, and being in a wild card conversation late. The playoffs feel possible if Gallardo turns into an All-Star (not out of the question), Braun and Fielder stay healthy, and Parra/Escobar/Gomez live up to expectations. Which is coincidentally, why baseball still sucks. Because teams like Milwaukee need everything to go right, while the Yanks and Sox can afford for almost nothing to go right, and still get to the postseason.
-I'm hoping to make a few trips to Miller Park (anyone interested?), a trip to the new Target Field for Brewers/Twins/blackout drunk in May, and a trip to Petco in San Diego for a random Padres game in May or June this season.
-If the US manages to be in medal round contention by Sunday (not a guarantee, because it is my understanding that they are extremely young), I think it will be probably the second most excited I've ever been for a hockey game. They play Canada who is 1) the favorites; 2) the host and 3) our geographic "rivals". The most excited ever was when the Badgers were in the National Championship game a few years back, which marked the only Badger hockey game I've ever seen sober. There is going to be all sorts of hype around the game and I bet the crowd will be ridiculous. I'm hoping to catch the two weekday games on the DVR.
-Figure skating is awful.
-I'm actually excited for the Brewers to play a spring training game. I'm obviously retarded.
I like what they did in the offseason. They addressed some holes (Looper, Suppan?). Although Wolf and Davis aren't stellar by any means, I can't believe they will be worse, and even average would be an improvement. If Gallardo can a) stay healthy and b) stop throwing 130 pitches through 5 innings, Parra taps into his potential by even getting to average, and somehow Suppan dies and Bush/Narveson/mystery pitcher number 5 can pitch into the 5th without giving up 5 homers on even a semi-regular basis, we should win 5 more games based on pitching alone.
Hitting wise, it is hard to imagine the new 93 year old catcher being worse than Kendall, although I'm sure we will lose a few HBP. We will make up the HBP with a full season (hopefully) from Weeks. Weeks was awesome last year before going down, but it felt a bit like a fluke since I hated him prior to last season. Only a full season from Weeks (which seems unlikely) at his early last season performance would be a true improvement at 2B. Is Escobar better than Hardy? I would say defensively it is probably a wash. Speed is a definite improvement. Hitting? Potentially. Hardy was extremely streaky, and could carry a team for a few weeks by himself. But he was also terrible at times. I would settle for mediocre if he steals a bunch of bases (if Macha lets him). 3B is going to be about the same as last year. I doubt McGehee is going to replicate last season, but Gamel should be improved just based on hype. Bruan is great in LF, Fielder is great at 1B. Hart is slightly below average in RF, but possibly Gerut (who got alot better late last year) and Edmonds (assuming he can man an outfield with a walker) could give some much needed competition. The real key I think is going to be Gomez. Is he any good? I know he's fast, and good on D. But is the speed going to make up for the 25HRs that we would've gotten from Cameron? This feels like my big concern for the offense.
In the bully, we probably got a little better with the addition of Hawkins. Lets just pray (to SportsBottle's god) that Hoffman stays healthy.
Wow. This turned into a whole Brewer season preview accidentally. I'm seeing 80 to 85 wins, and being in a wild card conversation late. The playoffs feel possible if Gallardo turns into an All-Star (not out of the question), Braun and Fielder stay healthy, and Parra/Escobar/Gomez live up to expectations. Which is coincidentally, why baseball still sucks. Because teams like Milwaukee need everything to go right, while the Yanks and Sox can afford for almost nothing to go right, and still get to the postseason.
-I'm hoping to make a few trips to Miller Park (anyone interested?), a trip to the new Target Field for Brewers/Twins/blackout drunk in May, and a trip to Petco in San Diego for a random Padres game in May or June this season.
Friday, May 23, 2008
8 Arms of Injustice
The NHL has banned the throwing of octopi on the ice, thus infuriating many fans of the Detroit Red Wings. This would just make me want to throw them farther and with greater frequency (and maybe even for no reason). I dislike pointless rules.
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