Forty nine days until Opening Night.

49: Ron Guidry.

His 25-3 season (all three losses to pitchers named Mike; can  you name them?) was one of the best pitching seasons I’ve ever seen, along with Bob Gibson’s and Dwight Gooden’s….

No, that’s not some version of Sam I am.

I was at a football practice yesterday and randomly bumped into the real Blogfather, or the Grandblogfather, of this blog: The great Sam Weinman and his boy Charlie.

He told me of some great news. That…

Been a long week for me. How about you?

There are 51 days remaining until Opening Night.

51: Bernie Williams.

51: Dick Butkus.

51: Randy Johnson.
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At this Research Camp the NHL is running this week, there’s talk about how to reduce the number of games decided by that silly skills competition that knocked your boys out of the playoffs last spring.

Here’s a story from Yahoo.com.
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First, 53 days remaining until Opening Night.

53: Don Drysdale.
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Fifty-four days left until Opening Night in Buffalo.

54: Goose Gossage.
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Hey, Boneheads, I’ve …

Aw, I don’t know what to say anymore. This is about as slow a time as there is for hockey watchers.

Oooh, Oooh, did the Leafs trade Kaberle?

This is what passes for big news in the middle of August.

On the positive side, 55 days remain unti…

Fifty-six days until Opening Night in Buffalo. (You ready, Sally?!)

I’m not going to give you the obvious 56 … who last I checked is still in a world of trouble, and who once tried to fight a colleague of mine, Ernie Palladino, who maybe …

Fifty-seven days until Opening Night in Buffalo.

I’ll let you guys figure out which athletes wore No. 57 … I think Steve Howe did for the Yankees.

Anybody else?

Otherwise, I can only think of Heinz 57.

Hope to have a hockey thought …

Here’s a game some of used to play in the pressbox … only we did it at the end of non-playoff seasons, not before a season.

There are 58 days remaining until opening night (Oct. 9 in Buffalo). Each day try to come up with a well-known ath…