Sabres Fan in NS Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 (edited) Since they (the Blue Jays) took that big rip (apparently) at that guy and missed they are frozen. Not a playoff team in 2024 at this rate. Edited January 3 by Sabres Fan in NS more goodly .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#freejame Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Tennis is really good these days. I really want to see Medvedev win this, I love watching him play. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#freejame Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 Turns out I still only like losers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubkev Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 The Knicks have won 9 in a row and they're about to lose to the freaking Lakers. The Lakers are awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted February 7 Report Share Posted February 7 Just watched the Bandits/Knighthawks game. It got me thinking, though. When was the last time the KBC saw 17k for a Sabres game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 On 2/7/2024 at 3:35 PM, SwampD said: Just watched the Bandits/Knighthawks game. It got me thinking, though. When was the last time the KBC saw 17k for a Sabres game? Barn was full a few times at the end of the season last year. Opening night this year was pretty well attended too IIRC. (This season everything's kind of blending into itself, so that could be misremembering.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KC Scouts Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 On 2/7/2024 at 3:35 PM, SwampD said: Just watched the Bandits/Knighthawks game. It got me thinking, though. When was the last time the KBC saw 17k for a Sabres game? Actually......10 times this season so far at KBC........ https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/sabres/schedule/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 On 2/7/2024 at 3:35 PM, SwampD said: Just watched the Bandits/Knighthawks game. It got me thinking, though. When was the last time the KBC saw 17k for a Sabres game? $1 Beer Night 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwampD Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 12 hours ago, KC Scouts said: Actually......10 times this season so far at KBC........ https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/sabres/schedule/ That number actually surprised me, then I looked at some of the opponents. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#freejame Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 2 hours ago, Night Train said: $1 Beer Night As if Terry would do something to give back to the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 19 hours ago, KC Scouts said: Actually......10 times this season so far at KBC........ https://theathletic.com/nhl/team/sabres/schedule/ 7 hours ago, SwampD said: That number actually surprised me, then I looked at some of the opponents. Don't forget that announced attendance number is sold (distributed, back in the Rigas era) tickets not ACTUAL in rink fannies in the seats attendance. Would estimate THAT happening would be more like 3-4 games so far this season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 I’ve lost track of AHL affiliations. After just hearing that Cleveland is the farm team for Columbus, it got me thinking. Columbus has a population almost 3x as high as Cleveland (no idea how the metro areas shake out). Are there many cases in sports where the big league team (Guardians) are in a city that much smaller than the farm team (Columbus)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Super Fan Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 2 hours ago, shrader said: I’ve lost track of AHL affiliations. After just hearing that Cleveland is the farm team for Columbus, it got me thinking. Columbus has a population almost 3x as high as Cleveland (no idea how the metro areas shake out). Are there many cases in sports where the big league team (Guardians) are in a city that much smaller than the farm team (Columbus)? Yes but Columbus is a terrible professional sports town. It’s a college town with no real history in professional sports. And if it was up to me I would move the Columbus Blue Jackets to Cincinnati renaming them the Cincinnati Stingers in a new arena. The NHL made a mistake with Columbus it’s just not a good professional sports town. Cincinnati you can grow the game more into Kentucky in my opinion. Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Super Fan Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 On 1/3/2024 at 5:14 PM, Sabres Fan in NS said: Since they (the Blue Jays) took that big rip (apparently) at that guy and missed they are frozen. Not a playoff team in 2024 at this rate. As a Buffalo Bisons fan the Toronto Blue Jays have to be one of the dumbest organization in sports when it comes to player evaluations. Last year they gave away catcher Gabriel Moreno to the Arizona Diamondbacks. This year the Blue Jays are at it again they gave away utility man Otto Lopez to the San Francisco Giants. I am glad I am a Buffalo Bisons and New York Yankees fan over the Toronto Blue Jays. The Blue Jays are a terribly run franchise that squanders player assets in my opinion. Go Bisons! Let’s Go Buffalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Super Fan Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 On 2/7/2024 at 3:35 PM, SwampD said: Just watched the Bandits/Knighthawks game. It got me thinking, though. When was the last time the KBC saw 17k for a Sabres game? The Buffalo Bandits will always be more popular because they win consistently championships and their lower ticket prices. The Buffalo Sabres have a ticket pricing problem for the number of games they play and seats available. The Buffalo Bandits are like the Buffalo Bills limited amount of games once a week so the games have more value compared to 82 hockey games. When the Buffalo Sabres renovated Key Bank Center the Sabres need to reduce the capacity back to 16,500 again. 19,000 seats is too many for this size of market. So the Sabres tickets have no real value or demand compared to the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium days. The Sabres failed making that arena too large for this markets market size in my opinion. Go Bandits! Let’s Go Buffalo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Train Posted March 22 Report Share Posted March 22 NCAA Tourney had 2.7 Billion bet on brackets While hockey and football are my primary sports to follow, the Tourney is still the greatest playoff format ever. Saw Oakland knock off Kentucky and Dayton make this incredible 24-4 closing run in the last 7 minutes to beat Nevada, who thought they had it won. A great watch, IMO. Especially when ones hockey team is failing yet again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 (edited) The Shohei Ohtani story is bonkers. The weirdest part is how both Shohei and his interpreter initially copped to Shohei having wired millions of dollars to pay off "the interpreter's" gambling debts. Mmm hmm. Then a day later, Shohei does an about-face (maybe the interpreter does as well?) and says that the money was actually stolen from him. The simplest most scandalous explanation is that these are in fact Shohei's gambling debts and the interpreter is just a fall guy. If that truth were to come to light, this could end very badly. If dude was wagering on games that his team played in, he'd have to be banned for life. The guy's currently the greatest player in the world and could have a chance to contest for being the greatest of all time. Incredible. Edited March 25 by That Aud Smell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#freejame Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 1 hour ago, That Aud Smell said: The Shohei Ohtani story is bonkers. The weirdest part is how both Shohei and his interpreter initially copped to Shohei having wired millions of dollars to pay off "the interpreter's" gambling debts. Mmm hmm. Then a day later, Shohei does an about-face (maybe the interpreter does as well?) and says that the money was actually stolen from him. The simplest most scandalous explanation is that these are in fact Shohei's gambling debts and the interpreter is just a fall guy. If that truth were to come to light, this could end very badly. If dude was wagering on games that his team played in, he'd have to be banned for life. The guy's currently the greatest player in the world and could have a chance to contest for being the greatest of all time. Incredible. Until the FBI presses charges on the terp, it’s a cover-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 The facts as they're now emerging seem to make sense. The initial confusion over Shohei "saying" one thing about hoe he agreed to pay for his friend's gambling debts, and then doing a 180 a day later, is apparently a product of the fact that the guy who was stealing his money (to pay for his gambling debts) was Shohei's translator/interpreter and was therefore speaking on Shohei's behalf as an initial matter. What an incredible mess. I keep thinking of the irony of legalized gambling. Days gone by, everyone smoked cigarettes everywhere but gambling was verboten -- something a local mob capo might run as a racket. Nowadays, everyone gambles everywhere but smoking is verboten. In both cases, the government was/is there taking its cut from the sales of a legalized vice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 4 minutes ago, That Aud Smell said: The facts as they're now emerging seem to make sense. The initial confusion over Shohei "saying" one thing about hoe he agreed to pay for his friend's gambling debts, and then doing a 180 a day later, is apparently a product of the fact that the guy who was stealing his money (to pay for his gambling debts) was Shohei's translator/interpreter and was therefore speaking on Shohei's behalf as an initial matter. What an incredible mess. I keep thinking of the irony of legalized gambling. Days gone by, everyone smoked cigarettes everywhere but gambling was verboten -- something a local mob capo might run as a racket. Nowadays, everyone gambles everywhere but smoking is verboten. In both cases, the government was/is there taking its cut from the sales of a legalized vice. It helps a ton in spots like this when you can play the “no speak English” card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 20 minutes ago, shrader said: It helps a ton in spots like this when you can play the “no speak English” card. I guess? If he's merely playing that as a card and there's more to the story (e.g., he was involved in the gambling), it will come out. And things would go very badly for him, in that case. I get the sense that he's telling the truth. Just a hunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
French Collection Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 2 hours ago, shrader said: It helps a ton in spots like this when you can play the “no speak English” card. I am not a baseball fan so I don’t know how good his English is. Hasn’t he been in North America for a few years now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 (edited) 39 minutes ago, French Collection said: I am not a baseball fan so I don’t know how good his English is. Hasn’t he been in North America for a few years now? It's improving, apparently. He understands enough such that he sensed something was amiss when he listened to his translator "explain" the problem to his teammates in the clubhouse -- that is, he sensed that his translator was lying. Edited March 26 by That Aud Smell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shrader Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 4 hours ago, French Collection said: I am not a baseball fan so I don’t know how good his English is. Hasn’t he been in North America for a few years now? Yeah, I don’t think it’s possible to be in a locker room for 162 games over multiple years and not pick up a good understanding of the language. Keeping the translator around though is a very nice layer of protection though, a smart move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JujuFish Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 I hope Ohtani is clean. He is one of the greatest players baseball has ever seen, and I'm sure a hero to many Japanese kids (and others, of course). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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