SpongeWorthy

I won't be wrong. I wasn't wrong tonight, was I? 1-for-1 in being right. I'll be right two more times and while you are feeling horrible that the Blackhawks lost, I'll be feeling horrible but also knowing that I was right. Is that better? Well, not really. That's where it sort of breaks down... If you, or anyone else, took this sort of mentality about a World Series between two random non-Cub teams all the stat geeks here would rightly be jumping down your throats about sample size and other stuff. This isn't so different then that.

I do agree with you Kyle that Toews looks to be choking. Even when we were getting all that pressure near the end he kept flubbing the puck. How many passes did he botch in the neutral zone?

Or you could be wrong. Either way, it won't prove anything.

Don't ruin the narrative that the Hawks are hopelessly over matched and can't possibly win another game.

Then you would be the type of betting man that Vegas loves. If you think the Flyers deserve prohibitive favorite type odds you are high off your ass. Vegas doesn't care, they make money no matter who bets on what. The spreads are insane. But yeah, Flyers win this series with little doubt.q Vegas loses/wins inordinate sums of money on botched odds all of the time. If some momentum betters want to push the odds way out of wack on the Flyers they'll let 'em. It won't happen though.

Then you would be the type of betting man that Vegas loves. If you think the Flyers deserve prohibitive favorite type odds you are high off your ass.

Can't believe we even got that much sustained pressure with Toews biffing pucks all over the place. And Keith singlehandedly destroyed the last minute of our power play AND the empty net situation.

I can't believe Toews would choke after playing so well in the Olympics. This pressure has nothing on that, you would think. Of course he was less in the spotlight in Vancouver.

Madden's been good relative to his age and ability level.

One lucky bounce or goal early and I'd love to see the Flyers sphincters tighten up for the remainder.

Toews doesn't even look like he wants the puck. On that mini break Kane had I thought he could've carried it and set up a better chance.

This is the 63rd sports season I've watched. I don't know why it would end differently than the other 62, watching someone else's fans celebrating. (This is the perfect attitude, because if they win I get all the joy, and when they lose at least I get to be right). You can't equally weight a team that is tied 2-2 in the championship final with the vast majority of those other 62. This isn't nearly as bad as Rex going into full [expletive] mode in the Super Bowl either.

Scoreboard. And an even bigger scoreboard for where we'll be after game 6. Histrionic woe is me BS. The Hawks are up on the scoreboard that matters and they won't be down no matter what happens tonight. I'll be around a week from now to continue this conversation. Hope to see you then and I'll post some nice pictures of Pronger lifting the Cup. It's not that I think the Hawks can't lose, it's the notion that the series is over that is totally irrational. I mean really, you think this is in the same universe as the 8th inning of game 6 and beyond of the 2003 NLCS (yet)? Step back from the ledge.

Scoreboard. And an even bigger scoreboard for where we'll be after game 6. Histrionic woe is me BS. The Hawks are up on the scoreboard that matters and they won't be down no matter what happens tonight.

I'm sure the Cubs syndrome is relevant to a bunch of Canadians and Europeans.

The first one was pretty bad. What is he supposed to do on the other two? He hasn't made any superhuman saves this game though.

The Cubs didn't blow a 2-0 series lead and the Bulls blew a 2-0 lead to the Wizards in a first round series. Not exactly Shakespearean tragedy.

You can't trust those silent H types.

Is it just me or is Hossa just way better than everyone else on the team right now? We can't put anything away.

Nice hit.

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/06/04/source-lebron-james-plans-elaborate-free-agency-tour/?ncid=edlinkusspor00000004 Wow...I don't want him anymore. This is all a publicity stunt that ends with him back in Cleveland. Nike probably asked him to throw the series against the Celtics in order to build the drama. OK, maybe not but wow that is ridiculous. If he is going to play this dramatic game that potentially costs us top FAs because we court him for too long and they lose interest in Chicago and sign elsewhere, I'd rather just not go after him. It's an incredibly douchey thing to do but you really don't want him any more? Somehow I think if/when Lebron is dropping 40/12/13 on the Bulls next year on some other team you'll think not wanting him because of an offseason ad campaign will seem pretty silly. I don't want him if he's going to make this whole FA thing into a big extravaganza that lingers until mid-August. I'd rather try to scoop up Bosh and sign and trade for Johnson, then make LeBron the number 1 priority, sit around and wait until August, see Bosh goto LA in a S+T for bynum, see Joe Johnson go to New York, Wade stay in Miami with Amare, and then finally LeBron "decides" to stay with Cleveland after his big dog and pony show, leaving us fighting with the Knicks for Carlos Boozer and David Lee. Now if we could scoop up Bosh in a sign and trade on July 1st, and decided we were going to wait for LeBron, I'd be ok with that. We just can't take the risk of striking out by putting the ball in the court of Mr. Ego. Well I agree with that. We can't go after Lebron to the exclusion of everyone else--although it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to miss out on giving Joe Johnson a bad contract. I'd rather just wait on Melo next year.

http://nba.fanhouse.com/2010/06/04/source-lebron-james-plans-elaborate-free-agency-tour/?ncid=edlinkusspor00000004 Wow...I don't want him anymore. This is all a publicity stunt that ends with him back in Cleveland. Nike probably asked him to throw the series against the Celtics in order to build the drama. OK, maybe not but wow that is ridiculous. If he is going to play this dramatic game that potentially costs us top FAs because we court him for too long and they lose interest in Chicago and sign elsewhere, I'd rather just not go after him. It's an incredibly douchey thing to do but you really don't want him any more? Somehow I think if/when Lebron is dropping 40/12/13 on the Bulls next year on some other team you'll think not wanting him because of an offseason ad campaign will seem pretty silly.

Yeah well, baseball needs to think about baseball in the present, instead of what might happen in the future. There is no guarantee that Galaragga will ever get another chance like this, so for the ump to take it away like he did, is unacceptable. As for the future, you take it case by case. Right now, MLB needs to overrule the call and award the young man a perfect game. If everyone involved in MLB can't come to an unspoken agreement not to use this as some precedent for protesting other end of game calls then I have no faith in humanity. It's so cut and dry. Don't be a huge tool and there will be no negative precedent set.

The NO job is crap.

That's great news. Now hire him!