It Strikes Again

The hardcore readers of Quest for a Repeat (and I know you're out there somewhere) will note that I have not mentioned anything about Beat the Streak recently. They will also remember my post a couple weeks back about me not talking about no-hitters, and streaks of that nature. It's finals time, so I hate to force you all to wrack your brains, but let's put 2 and 2 together here. I should really stop talking about it. In fact, after checking my blog dates with my Beat the Streak results, I discovered that each morning that I posted a blog regarding Beat the Streak, I failed to get a hit that night. Eerie.

Speaking of eerie, another no-hitter was broken up due to outside circumstances last night, albeit rather early into the game. Dice-K was working in the 4th with a no hitter (and 7 walks, not the point). My Yankee fan friend walks into the room where me and another friend of mine, this one a Sox fan, are watching the game. "How's Dice-gay doing?" was the question. Without even exchanging a glance, my friend and I said nothing. He asked again and still got no response. Puzzled, the Yankee fan went to his computer, presumably to look up the box score.

"Oh, I get it," he said. And that seemed to be the end of it. But I should have known better. About 30 seconds later, he opened the door, and screamed at the top of his lungs to no one in particular, "DICE-K HAS A NO-HITTER GOING!!!" The next pitch was looped into left field for a base hit. I kid you not. The baseball gods have sick senses of humor.

The sad part about all this is that I truly believe in it. I truly believe that Ryan Brown caused this no-hitter to be broken up because he's a little bitch and had to open his stupid-ass mouth. Yeah, I'm bitter. On the other hand, you can guarantee that if anyone on the Yankees has a no-hitter going, every Yankee fan I know will hear about it from me. Maybe twice. It has to be done. Although the way that pitching staff is looking right now... it doesnt look like it's going to be a pressing issue. (Anybody wish Phil Hughes and Ian Kennedy were on the Twins instead of Kevin Mulvey and Carlos Gomez? Shake it off.).

Yeah, I'm Still Talking about Hockey. What Are You Gonna Do? Skip over This Section? I Dare You
Ok, look. I promise this is the last time I try and convince you to watch hockey. But, hear me out here. Sunday night, Game 6 of the Western Conference Semifinals took place between the Dallas Stars and the San Jose Sharks. The time of the opening faceoff was 9:07. 5 hours and 14 minutes later, Brenden Morrow scored the game winning goal in the 4th overtime period. Let me put it to you this way. In the first three periods of play, each team scored a goal. Then, the two teams played another three entire periods without either team scoring a goal. Fantastic save after fantastic save was made.

So to you I say this. If you are a sports fan. If you truly love every thing that a sporting event brings to the table... Then there is no way that you could not find something like that exciting. And if you did watch, and you didn't find it enjoyable, then you're just being ignorant and stubborn. So here, free of charge, is my preview of the two Conference Finals.


Nah... I'm just kidding, I know you wouldn't read that. But seriously, if you have the time, give hockey a shot, have faith in me.

Get Rich Quick (actually, it might take a really really long time)
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Ramblings
I'll be home on Thursday. I know a few of you will be as well. Anybody wanna go golfing on Friday? All this time at a rich white kid's school is really giving me the itch to play... Congrats to Dan Weiser's Penn State Nittany Lions, NCAA Champs in both Men's and Women's Volleyball. If that didn't convince Terrelle Pryor he should have gone to University Park I don't know what would have... Bobby Brownlie update... He improved to 4-0 in AA and is poised for a promotion to AAA... Here's a really cool chart I found detailing how much of a joke the NFL is when it comes to their crime control. Didn't Roger Goodell say he was cracking down on this stuff?