The Braves recently announced that old man 37 year old pitcher Freddy Garcia was released from his contract hours shy of being guaranteed $1.25 million and a place on the roster. Garcia was fighting for a spot in the already weakened pitching rotation, but a languishing pre-season ERA of 4.76 eliminated his chances. The Atlanta…
The March Madness battle between Matty D and the G-Man continues on. Recap of the First Round and LOCKS for this weekend’s games.
I realize that the First Four is technically the true first round of the NCAA Tournament, but it’s a set of play-in games, doesn’t count. First Round LOCKS You can still join our Yahoo! Bracket Pick’em group. Here’s the link. The password is: ronswanson Make sure you join before the first games start The Great…
Your daily shot of hockey to go with your coffee Wednesday, March 19th, 2014 LAST NIGHT’S SCORES: Very quick Roundup Today. I didn’t write one yesterday but I went 3-1 on Monday’s Picks, 91-72 on the season now. Bruins down Devils 4-2: Jerome Iginla scored again last night to extend his points streak to six games and his…
Captain Claude put the team on his back again. Full Recap.
THE FIRST FOUR Before we start, don’t forget to join THE THUNDERBLOG’S Bracket Pool on Yahoo! Here’s my post with the link and password. Today marks the beginning of the journey to the Final Four, and it begins with the First Four. Technically the First Four is the first round of the Tournament, rather than…
As I wrote on Friday…. MARCH MADNESS!!!!!! Now with more exclamation! This year’s bracket has been released and OH BOY WILL IT BE EXCITING! We’ll have absolute FULL coverage of this year’s big dance, including a First Four preview later tonight, but this is an invite for our official THUNDERBLOG group on Yahoo! Enter this…
Your daily shot of hockey to go with your coffee Monday, March 17th, 2014 No picks from Friday but here are some quick highlights of the weekend: -Canadiens overcame three-goal deficit in the third the down the rival Senators 5-4 in OT. The game-tier came with one second left in regulation -Ben Bishop set Lightning…
YEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!! If I’ve said before, I’ll say it again, I HATE THE PENGUINS. More so than the Devils, and even more so than the Rangers. This weekend was incredible. LET’S RECAP: Saturday, March 15th: Penguins @ Flyers: Flyers win 4-0 Before the game, the Flyers unveiled a statue of their legendary Hall of Fame Coach Fred Shero.…
MARCH MADNESS!!! It is that MOST wonderful time of the year. That time when I don’t leave the couch for any reason what-so-ever because of College Basketball. This week is arguably more exciting than the Big Dance itself. I’d rank each of the March Madness weekends as such: next weekend number one, followed by this…
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