Who has more mullets, NHL or MLB?

During the hockey playoffs we've been subjected to the loser hockey fan beer commercials and all those guys have stereotypical "hockey hair". Randy Johnson, aka the Big Unit, (who comes up with his real name and then the nickname?) pitched a perfect game the other day rocking his mullet, which has been somewhat tamed compared to years past. These days I think baseball has more mullets than hockey. Name names in the comments.

Yes we can expect more of this type of post until football.

Eddie George?

It's never too early to talk about the Eagles. Rumors are rumbling that Eddie George may be the next free agent to sign in Philly. Perhaps AR has heard Runyan and BDB whining about next year's run game. Ok, maybe not. But, I'll welcome the move and feel a LOT more confident about this offense with George in the backfield (he'd cover the injury factor that could be an issue by the time playoffs are here).

Anyone got a report on whether or not the guy can block? I know he can catch and is typically a "hit the hole" kind of runner (ie. he doesn't make many big moves). But, can he block?

Fly, Eagles, Fly!
Big Daddy B

Will we ever win?

nope

Clarke's Challenge to Gagne: "Are You a Good Player, or a Great One?"

I was listening to 610 on my way back home to visit my mom who just had surgery this evening before the game. Howard was doing his usual thing, and in between callers, he mentioned Clarke's challenge to Gagne this afternoon, "Are you a good player, or a great one?" While this is yet to be determined, Simone stepped up and hammered home the game winner tonight in OT. I don't know about you all, but it was like I was in 7th grade all over again, just waiting for Dale Hunter to zip one past Hextall. But tonight was the Flyers night as they battled back to beat Tampa Bay 5-4. A great effort by all (led by the hockey's biggest Mickey Mouse collector Keith Primeau) forces the climatic game seven, so buckle up boys. Have faith, this team can do it. more .

Why I can never care about baseball

I'm watching the hockey playoffs where guys are playing with broken bones, sprains, and concussions and they are repeatedly getting hit with sticks, the puck, and 200+ guys skating at 20 mph. Over in baseball there are guys going on the disabled list because they sneezed. Baseball is pathetic.

Flyers Fall to Lightning in Game 5

As storm clouds rolled into the Delaware Valley the Tampa Bay Lightning rolled over the Flyers in the crucial game 5 of the Conference Finals. As they stormed out to a three zip lead, it seemed as if for every goal they scored, real lightning would strike nearby. I was amazed! I thought how are they doing that? It's a conspiracy, they've even got god in on it!

Anyway former Flyer Rusty Fedotanko still has something to prove and scored the all important first goal. Followed by a pair of goals from Brad Richard. Just as I was about to flip channels and give up on the Flyers they pulled out a pair of goals (Handzus and Sharp)to at least make the rest of the game interesting, but ultimately the Bulin Wall stood tall and an empty netter at the end made the final score 4-2.

Game 6 is on Thursday night at 7:30, back home in Wacko center. We can only hope that the Orange Crush comes through in a big way and force a game 7. FOXSports Recap

CNN/SI predicts the future

Looks like Primeau will have another big game Tuesday.

Credit sgw for the catch.

Yeah, Baby!

Today, the Flyers responded to Thursday Night's pooper with a solid performance. It was clearly the best game and the wildest Flyer crowd BDB has witnessed live since the Spectrum days. The orange crush was actually quite cool with each fan proudly donning the free orange T.

Esche gave up his softy at the right time. KJ only made one bad mistake on D, while his partners picked up their play. The Flyers crashed the boards throughout and controlled the momentum. And, Primeau... nothing needs to be said about his play, as it was SOLID.

BDB sure didn't make the right call before this series with his conspiracy theory. These refs aren't giving the Flyers much of anything out there. Very inconsistent calls the entire game. Call it both ways, or don't call it at all.

Handzus played an outstanding game. The powerplay needs to get working next game!

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Mr. LeClair, tear down this wall!

LeClair swung the first wrecking ball and the Bulin wall came crashing down fairly easily. I guess once you let LeClair score from a bad angle through a gaping five hole you know it's not going to be your night. As the Flyers have seemingly figured out Tampa, Tampa seems to know to throw shots at Esche's pads to the far side of where you're shooting from and more times than not and a fat rebound will be sitting there if you can get to it. As far as the fights, Tampa you are weak. If you're going to fight how about 1 on 1? You even teamed up on Patrick Sharp. Is that supposed to somehow show you are tuff?

Flyers need another dominating performance Thursday. Who knows if Tampa has the heart to fight back if they get crushed again.

As if it needs to be said...

Flyers must win tonight.

A Stanley Cup winning team scores on a 2-0 breakaway. A Cup winning team does not get a goaltender interference on a 2-0 breakaway. A Cup winning team buries its opportunities. A Cup winning team does not let Chris Dingman score a goal.

Oh yeah, LeClair sucks. So does Timander who was on the ice for all 3 goals.

Flyers Win Series With Game of the Year

Ok, so BDB hasn't watched all of the games to know that this was absolutely and unquestionably the best game of the year. However, this game will be so dubbed anyway. It was exciting and displayed a lot of heart behind the orange and black. How the stars were Sundin, Primeau, and then JR is beyond me, even if I'm living in Toronto.

Besides this series bringing my hockey juices to just below a boil, I also experienced another thing: I can't stand the Leafs. Those guys are a bunch of thugs. Tucker's charge in game five and his last minute clothes-lining of Kapanen were pathetic; Domi was an all around whining goon; and, Antropov's cross-check of JR won't be forgotten. These guys are bums.

Esche deserves the play of the game (despite JR's goal production) with his most excellent save late in the third period with the score tied 2-2. An absolutely outstanding save.

I've finally figured out my own blog: willnhlrefsevergetaclue.blogspot.com. No, I won't gripe like Coatsey and claim that the refs lost any games for us. But, geez, they are sooooo bad.

Onward to Tampa! Maybe we can reverse Philly's woes of our last semi-final (football) matchup against that city (and the miserable regular season series we had vs. their hockey team this year). One positive for the Flyers is that they were pretty injured in most of the contests vs. Tampa during the regular season.

This Flyer team is likeable! How 'bouts a blog night at Stanley's for one of these games? Boo, you in?

An answer to baseball's prayers

Baseball no longer has to be tedious to watch! You can now watch the Phillies strike out and leave men on base in 1/25 the time.

Player status

Esche will probably be playing Tuesday night, Malakhov probably not.

Hitchcock is hopeful that Esche, who has flu-like symptoms, can play on Tuesday night when the Flyers attempt to clinch their Eastern Conference Semifinal series over the Maple Leafs. Malakhov is doubtful to play after getting his bell rung, but will accompany the team to Toronto.

Read the "Full" report. Why they couldn't say Esche was sick yesterday makes me doubt the veracity of the Flyers but just as long as he's in net I guess I don't care.

Flyers Dominate Game 5

The Philadelphia Flyers dominated the Toronto Maple Leafs and regained control of the series. Keith Primeau had three goals and Michal Handzus scored twice, leading the Flyers to a 7-2 victory over Toronto on Sunday in Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series.

- Prims was simply a monster. He led and the team followed. At a closed door meeting Saturday, he laid it all on the line telling his teammates that he was going to be great on Sunday and that they should get on for the ride. Ron has been so impressed with his new favorite Flyer that he's looking for the Prims bobblehead doll to supplement his collection. Ron was also wrong in his prediction. Negadelphia. Prims also gave a nice crosscheck to Ken Klee-On that forced the Old Ass D-Man to leave the game.

- Antropov likely will be suspended for the rest of the series, when he retaliated with 2 cross-checks to Roenick's titanium laced neck. This was after Roenick caught him with his head down behind the Flyers net. Remember during the Lindros trade rumors with Toronto, Clarkey wanted this dude. He's a 6'6" but soft like the Pillsbury Dough Boy.

- In bad news, Esche left the game after the first period. I've heard that he might have a concussion after getting hit with a puck during Game 4. Also, Malakhov left the game after getting run at by Tucker. I hate Tucker. I hope Brashear damages him in Game 6.

- Will the Flyers be able to cope with these 2 crucial injuries ? Do you Flyers fans trust Burkey to send us to the Eastern Conference Finals ? Can the Flyers play with the same passion, they'll need to take the series Tuesday.

- Lastly, Clarkey is a genius.