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 …

After watching the Mets lose to the Phillies Saturday, allowing 3 unearned runs and getting shut out, I realized that,  like my relationship with the Rangers, I am caught in bad romance with the Mets. What, you say, have the Mets to do with the New York Rangers? The similarities between the two teams are frightening.
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