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SABRES, PENS, SHOTGUNS & METS |
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TheMatts
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BUFFALO, NY - We are still frozen to the bone up here in this Winter Wonderland and apologize for being tardy today; our keyboards took some time to thaw. Yet, our hearts are still warmed over after Tuesday's Ice Bowl between the Sabres and Pens and bewildered that more media - including ESPN - didn't make a bigger deal about it. We mentioned it before and we'll say it again - this was arguably the BEST sporting event we ever attended -EVER! 73,000+ rabid fans ignored the cold and constant snowfall to watch hockey players play their game as it was played by their ancestors - outside, in the frigid air with snow and imperfect ice. Ironically, those imperfect conditions made for a perfect day for every fan there – even the ones with frostbite and alcohol poisoning. Get this, the teams had to switch sides in OT so that neither would fully benefit from the wind – THE WIND!?! How cool is that?! Suffice to say, hockey will never be the same for us and we will be lobbying hard for this happening to become more frequent - say twice a year. Give us a home and home with a team from the U.S. and one from Canada - Sabres/Leafs? Black Hawks/Canadians? Moreover, let’s make the Olympic Games outdoor-only. The NHL wants to generate interest – that will generate interest. On a local level, just imagine if the Rangers, Islanders and Devils played a round robin at Shea, Yankee Stadium and Giants Stadium. If would be madness. Now multiply that madness by 10 and you have what we experienced in Orchard Park, NY - the home of the Buffalo Bills and [for a day] the Buffalo Sabres. (Our blue suits go with both, by the way). And we can't say enough about the people in this town - everybody was nice - and they deserve to host this game on a regular basis because they earned it. But let’s get back to the media. They dropped the ball when they should have been peppering us with pucks for two weeks prior. Instead, they overwhelmed us with coverage of obscure college football games played in sissy climates or domes (most of which were blowouts) and named for one unhealthy snack food after the next. If that wasn’t bad enough, we were (and continue to be) inundated with things called Caucuses in foreign countries like Iowa, as if we knew what they were or even cared to know! Great googly moogly! Give us outdoor hockey any day of the week! We want more of what transpired on the makeshift rink on the Canadian border - bottom line. Do you hear us Gary Bettman??? We hope so. Anyway, that’s all for today, we’re having our hypothermia treated at Tim Horton's and have to get the puck out of here… We love you, Buffalo! Chime in below and we’ll see you tomorrow. P.s... Footage from our visit should be ready next week...
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Sam's-a-fan
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| Caucuses may be weird Matts, but after today's we won't be seeing Mrs. Dennis Kucinich for another four years and that is a darn shame. |
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Tommy Hawk
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| Geez, you guys sound like spokesmen for the NHL... I would definitely get into the games at the stadiums - that is a great idea. But what happens if it rains? And Sams-A-Fan, you are dead right about Kucinich. Maybe we can get his wife on a reality show - Wife Swap. She lives with Mitt. |
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Wisconsin Walt
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| The Black Hawks could play the Wild at Lambeau Field and then Soldier Field... That would be incredible. |
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Ed Nelson
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| Matts - you didn't have to get new suits - the Sabres were in their Met blue. Gotta love that. They don't have a MLB team so we should adopt them. But why were the Penguins wearing powder blue? That was ridiculous. Crosby is some player though - biggest goal in front of the NHL's biggest all-time crowd. |
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vincent
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| To be honest, I'm not big on hockey but if the Rangers played at Yankee Stadium or Shea, that woud be awesome. |
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MATTS-MATICS: Hockey Nuts Go At It |
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MATT FACTS:
Chad Pennington is NOT a Brett Favre fan... Hillary Clinton and Don Nelson have never been seen in the same place... Jerry Manuel is not related to Charlie ManuelJerry Manuel is not related to Charlie Manuel... Somebody namd Michel coaches the Pittsburgh Penguins... Tiki Barber quit the Giants. The Giants then won the Super Bowl... The New England Patriots only lost ONE game out of 19!!! Aaron Heilman was actually funny in re to Eli and Plaxico Burress helping the Mets as a pitcher and outfielder, respectively. Repeat, Heilman was funny... Jessica Simpson would rather date Tom Brady - trust us... Eli Manning is better than Archie - now... Alyssa Milano is a Met fan. RRRRR... Rickey Henderson speaks in the 3rd Person... Shawn Green has big ears... Howard Johnson likes to stay at the Holiday Inn, ironically... Sandy Alomar, Sr. is the youngest of 9 kids. That's why he was quick around the dish. Jiminy Cricket was the Philly Phanatic in a previous life…Fred Wilpon is pals with Sandy Koufax... Mike Ditka is a really tough guy.. Buffalo has a Triple A baseball team. They are NOT called The Snowballs... Chan Ho Park has people thinking of naming a ballfield after him - it would be called Chan Ho Park Park... John Maine has never been, oddly enough, to Maine... Curt Gowdy, Jr. has never been to Yellow Knife, Canada... Kevin Mitchell played 6 positions for the Mets in '86 and, according to Doc Gooden's book, didn't like cats... John Olerud & Wayne Gretzky have never been seen in the same place... Kevin McReynolds now makes his living doing laugh tracks for sit-coms... Tony Gwynn is nearing 300 lbs... Carlos Beltran has Mercedes Benz dealerships named for him in Barcelona, Spain... Willie Montanez was called Guillermo by Lenny Randle... Rusty Staub beat Jeff Kent in a race – TODAY... Jay Horwitz is a dynamite Cricket players – somebody said... Jeff Wilpon was a decent minor league catcher... Ziggy Palfy lives in Slovakia and is a big Met fan... Superman Returns, yet still can’t hit Billy Wagner... David Wright will win the Triple Crown – on a horse... Omar Minaya is Tobey McGuire’s stunt-double in Spider Man 3... Hilary Clinton has Mr. Met pajamas – we think... Albert Einstein was a HUGE Met fan... The Metropolitan Opera House was named for the Mets after their 2nd season in ’63... Wally Backman, ’86 sparkplug, considered changing his name to Wally Back-Matt... Neil Allen and Mike Stanton, former Mets, have Allen & Stanton Streets on Lower East Side named for them.
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