Baseball, Hockey and a Freeway!

I've been pretty busy! So many visitors. Lauren, Rob, Chris and Dave. And so many exciting things have happened! The San Francisco Giants won the World Series! I went into to "The City" for Game 5. No no, I didn't go to the game, but I did go by the stadium and picked up a World Series program. So, Rob and I went somewhere for the next best thing ... Go watch the game under the freeway! 

Check out the setup! Such fancy furniture

That's the freeway

They were streaming the game over the Internet and setup the TV.  The best part of the night?  Around the 8th inning, the streaming signal started to break up and go bad. So they brought out a digital antenna! For the inning they were trying to get a good enough signal to the game would come in.  They had a guy standing there with the antenna adjusting it. Eventually he gave up and they went back to streaming it online ... only missed about an inning.

Last Thursday, Dave and I went to San Jose Sharks - Vancouver Canucks game.

Apparently San Jose Sharks play in the SAP "Center"

Waiting for the game to start

And ME with the Sedins!!!

Needless to say, this was pretty epic.  The seats were literally RIGHT behind the bench! Although, I couldn't see half the game (damn players standing up). And the Canucks won the game! I guess you can say I now have been settled. I have found a bar with trivia, the Britannica Arms Pub!  The trivia is done by Triviolity. Its pretty good (better then the PubStumpers).  I have been a one-man team (and not scoring the greatest, but I'm having a good time). Now all I need is my family to be here with me.

Damn TSN!

NHL playoffs are upon us! (Go Phoenix!)
And it seems all 3rd periods are sponsored by Mint Chip Klondike bars. I've seen so many commercials that I eventually NEED one (kinda like those Downy Un-Stoppables).

It took a couple of weeks of hunting and we finally found some at the Cambridge Zehrs!

Yay!

Boy this box is tricky

Need to get into it!

First bite!

Delicious!

Verdict: Yummy.

Vancouver Canucks ...

... are the greatest team this year.

They have clinched the Western Conference title BEFORE ANY of the other teams have clinched a playoff spot! Detroit has 98 points and still has not clinched a playoff spot. I guess this is more attributed to the fact that the Western Conference is ridiculously close from like 4th - 10th).

Its going to be too bad if they meet up with the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round, as the Canucks have had difficulty with the young 'Hawks team in the past (plus they are 2-2 in regular season play).

Sundin's Decision ...

... For what its worth, I really really respect Mats Sundin. I'm a big fan of him. He has always been a classy guy (except for that little stick throwing incident a few years ago).

Yesterday, Sundin declared that he will not waive his no-trade clause. Thus, sticking with the Maple Leafs. This guy truly bleeds blue-and-white. I like this decision. He says, that he doesn't believe in rental players. You know what, he is truly a guy who has seen it fail time and time again. Over the last few years, the Maple Leafs have been so desperate to win (or I guess more like make it to the playoffs) that they would deal away their young players for 'rentals.' Although, the Owen Nolan wasn't really a rental; however, he had a year left on his contract and then there was the lockout, so the Leafs only got like a year out of him, while trading away Brad Boyes and Alyn McCauley.

Here is hoping Sundin plays into his 40s, because the Leafs aren't going to get close to a cup for another 5 years. But I still respect him.