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  10. IIHF worlds

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    LOL.  As much as I hated the "first" Bobby Clarke, I loved him in a Team Canada jersey.  Different story when he was wearing a Philly jersey.  Kinda like with #63.

    Edit:  I gotta say, that series was a war.  There were political connotations out the wazoo.  The 4 games the Canadians played in the USSR, they were harassed from minute one.  3am phone calls, disappearing supplies (beer, beef and cereal, etc.), bugged hotel rooms, commie refs, you name it.  Part of me thinks Kharlamov was lucky they only sent Clarke after his ankle and not his neck.  

  11. IIHF worlds

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    1972 Summit Series: Canada vs. USSR.  Bobby Clarke intentionally slashes Valeri Kharlamov in the ankle with total intent to injure, and he succeeded.  Broken ankle for Kharlamov (arguably the greatest player on the planet at the time).  Kharlamov had been wreaking havoc for the first 5 games. 

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  15. 2021 NHL Playoffs 2nd Round

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    10 minutes ago, Eleven said:

    I don't know who is commenting the TB-CAR game, but she's better than most NBC color commenters and is a LOT better than Rob Ray.

    I literally just came here to post the same thing.  I'm pretty sure it is AJ Mleczko.

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  17. Around the NHL: 2021

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    17 hours ago, SDS said:

    My earliest memory of anything that smacks as analytics was Earl Weaver from the Baltimore Orioles. Earl was famous for his card catalog of batters versus pitchers and him always trying out who had the most success against the current pitcher during a game.

    likewise, Jim Palmer we talk about how it was OK to give up the occasional run, but at all costs and you were never to give up the three run homer.

    if I’m not mistaken, the Baltimore orioles were the winningest team in baseball during the Earl Weaver years.

    Yup.  And he managed all that data on 3" x 5" index cards!  He was brilliant, and he was an exceptional character.  Not an angry man at all, but he still managed to get ejected by umpires at a higher clip than probably anyone in that era.  He just knew when his team needed some inspiration, and he took advantage of questionable umpire calls as an excuse to get out there and get the Orioles fired up.  I don't know if he was the first guy to kick dirt onto home plate when arguing with umpires, but he certainly did it often.  He was also famous for getting in umpires faces and repeatedly head butting them in the forehead with the bill of his cap as he argued.  There were numerous times where he did that and the ump told him to stop or else, and then he would just give his cap a 180 and continue with his tirade like it was perfectly natural.  

    I also can't tell you how many times he'd end up on the mound late in a game when Jim Palmer was pitching.  They were clearly arguing about whether Palmer should be replaced or not.  The funny thing was that 95% of the time it was Palmer telling Weaver he was done and Weaver saying 'no you're not'.  

    He used to do a short segment for radio called Manager's Corner.  The link below was not actually broadcasted, but it'll give you an idea of how funny this guy was.  

    edit - link below has vulgar language and un-PC commentary.  

     

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  20. 2021 NHL Playoffs 1st Round

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    Thanks Eleven and Weave for enlightening me on the Constitutional Law perspective.  Point taken.

    It still feels unAmerican/undemocratic to me.  As long as you're not yelling "FIRE!" in a crowded movie theatre when there is no fire, people should be able to express themselves when nobody is adversely impacted in the process.  

  23. COVID-19

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    CHICAGO -- Cubs president Jed Hoyer says he's "disappointed" his team isn't likely to reach the 85% vaccination threshold that leads to reduced COVID-19 regulations.

    "It's disappointing to not be at 85% as a team," Hoyer said Thursday morning. "We've worked hard to try and convince or educate the people that have been reluctant. We're at a place right now -- I'm not going to give up hope we're going to get there -- my level of optimism is waning. It is disappointing."

    About half the teams in Major League Baseball have reached the threshold and qualify for looser restrictions, such as the elimination of mask-wearing and the ability to use shared spaces in clubhouses, indoor and outdoor dining and many other everyday life activities.

    "There are conveniences that come with getting to 85% as a group," Hoyer said. "Mask-wearing, dining and things like that, that we would all like to have."

     

    https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31478397/jed-hoyer-disappointed-chicago-cubs-not-reaching-85-covid-19-vaccination-threshold

     

    The players on the Cubs who refuse to get vaccinated are adversely affecting everyone else on the team.  If I was one of the vaccinated players, I'm pretty sure I would be resentful of my non-vaxed teammates.  This can't be a good situation team morale-wise.  It even makes me wonder if management might consider getting rid of some of the non-vaxers.

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