Thursday, August 11, 2005
First Blog Entry
What is this blog about?
Good question.
This blog will be filled with random thoughts and my take on the local, and sometimes national sports scene. By local I mean the greater Portland, OR area. While I'm sure the Trailblazers will be mentioned in here on occasion they will not be the focus of my entries. I am an avid hockey fan and season ticket holder to the Portland Winterhawks and a good portion of my entries will be focused on them. But I will not put limits on what I might or might not address going forward. If you are prepared for anything, then you will most likely get nothing, if you are prepared for nothing, then you might get anything.
Constructive criticism is encouraged, but everything that I post is my opinion and I will stand behind it fiercely.
I am choosing to remain anonymous, I could be someone famous, or I might be no one at all. I only hope that through this blog I can become something to someone and at the very least provide some entertainment and fun for myself if not for others.
Random sports thoughts of the day:
- It is the dog days of summer, the only sport actively competing right now is baseball, can't wait until fall.
- Thank God the NHL and the players finally pulled their collective head out of their collective backside and is going to be playing again this year. Whatever happened to playing "for the love of the game"? Now, no more crying about money, no more whining about contracts, let's see some good old hard hitting, bone crunching checks, some end-to-end rushes, highlight reel goals, and spectacular saves. Mark October 5th on your calendars.
- To the radio broadcaster in San Fran that was fired for making racial comments about the Giants hitters, Good Riddance. You deserve to be fired, if not for making those kind of statements, but at the very least for the stupidity to make them about the team that your station relies on. If you thought the players had cream of wheat for brains maybe you should look in the mirror.
- To Rhett Rhakshani, Eric Gryba, Ryan Fuller, Ryan Santana, Jon Sigalet, maybe you should reconsider your decision to come play for the Winterhawks. This is a class organization, and would give you a great opportunity to make your dreams of playing in the NHL a reality. I am sure that you would not regret your decision. I am not affiliated with the Hawks in any way, other that being a fan, but the positives for playing for this organization are well documented. If you need some convincing maybe you should contact the following current NHL players for their take: Andy Ference, Brendan Morrow, Dave Scatchard, Brad Isbister, Byron Dafoe, Jeff Finley, Nolan Pratt, Marion Hossa, Josh Green, Jason Weimer, or Glen Wesley (note: this is only a partial list).
- One last thought, here are a couple of other local, and more famous sports blogs, maybe if I mention them they might return the favor sometime. Ian Furness of 1080 the fan has a blog at www.ian1080.blogspot.com, and local sports columnist John Canzano has his blog at www.oregonlive.com/canzano
Well, that is all for today. I will usually try to post once a day during the week, weekends are tough for me, but I might get a few posts in on the weekends here and there. See you tomorrow.
Good question.
This blog will be filled with random thoughts and my take on the local, and sometimes national sports scene. By local I mean the greater Portland, OR area. While I'm sure the Trailblazers will be mentioned in here on occasion they will not be the focus of my entries. I am an avid hockey fan and season ticket holder to the Portland Winterhawks and a good portion of my entries will be focused on them. But I will not put limits on what I might or might not address going forward. If you are prepared for anything, then you will most likely get nothing, if you are prepared for nothing, then you might get anything.
Constructive criticism is encouraged, but everything that I post is my opinion and I will stand behind it fiercely.
I am choosing to remain anonymous, I could be someone famous, or I might be no one at all. I only hope that through this blog I can become something to someone and at the very least provide some entertainment and fun for myself if not for others.
Random sports thoughts of the day:
- It is the dog days of summer, the only sport actively competing right now is baseball, can't wait until fall.
- Thank God the NHL and the players finally pulled their collective head out of their collective backside and is going to be playing again this year. Whatever happened to playing "for the love of the game"? Now, no more crying about money, no more whining about contracts, let's see some good old hard hitting, bone crunching checks, some end-to-end rushes, highlight reel goals, and spectacular saves. Mark October 5th on your calendars.
- To the radio broadcaster in San Fran that was fired for making racial comments about the Giants hitters, Good Riddance. You deserve to be fired, if not for making those kind of statements, but at the very least for the stupidity to make them about the team that your station relies on. If you thought the players had cream of wheat for brains maybe you should look in the mirror.
- To Rhett Rhakshani, Eric Gryba, Ryan Fuller, Ryan Santana, Jon Sigalet, maybe you should reconsider your decision to come play for the Winterhawks. This is a class organization, and would give you a great opportunity to make your dreams of playing in the NHL a reality. I am sure that you would not regret your decision. I am not affiliated with the Hawks in any way, other that being a fan, but the positives for playing for this organization are well documented. If you need some convincing maybe you should contact the following current NHL players for their take: Andy Ference, Brendan Morrow, Dave Scatchard, Brad Isbister, Byron Dafoe, Jeff Finley, Nolan Pratt, Marion Hossa, Josh Green, Jason Weimer, or Glen Wesley (note: this is only a partial list).
- One last thought, here are a couple of other local, and more famous sports blogs, maybe if I mention them they might return the favor sometime. Ian Furness of 1080 the fan has a blog at www.ian1080.blogspot.com, and local sports columnist John Canzano has his blog at www.oregonlive.com/canzano
Well, that is all for today. I will usually try to post once a day during the week, weekends are tough for me, but I might get a few posts in on the weekends here and there. See you tomorrow.
