Call Jodie Foster, we need a panic room
Well that game pretty much sucked elephant feces. The thing about tonight’s Sharks-Ducks playoff opener is that the Sharks looked almost exactly like they did in the playoffs last year: Marleau and Thornton absent, terrible power play, a (first-year-with-the-Sharks) defenseman picking up all the offensive slack, lots of chances but no goals. Some want to insist the sky isn’t falling. Others are feeling the sky’s weight already. We’ll see. Merc
St. Mary’s star Patty Mills will announce his decision on the NBA today. Or tomorrow. Or yesterday? The article was written in Australia and I think they’re like 13 days ahead, right? The Age
It can be fun watching tradebarryzito.com try to find some positives in Zito’s performance. “Zito did however hit two Dodgers, which is decent.” TradeBarryZito
AT&T Park makes Forbes’ list of the top ballparks in the country, and they even factored in affordability. True story. Big League Stew
After some brief rumblings that John Madden might head to the Raiders’ front office upon his retirement, it turns out he will not. Which is probably for the best. I don’t think we want to give these guys any more YouTube discussion fodder. “Madden, I been to your house, I don’t give a FU–”
If he had been able to lure Madden, Al Davis might have been able to score a few more votes in the “Best Bay Area GM” poll on NinersNation. Right now it’s not looking too good for Al.
Thursday was National High Five Day. Did you celebrate?
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By Peter on Friday, April 17th, 2009 at 1:26 am.
Tags: Oakland Raiders, San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks, St. Mary's Gaels
April 24th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
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