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That was the final score in tonight's win for the Nuggets over the Hornets.

That's for a playoff game folks.

Simply unfathomable.

Labels: basketball

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 8:05 PM | Permalink | Comments

Jacoby Ellsbury stole home last against the Yankees. I can't recall hearing an announcer, ESPN's John Miller, sounding so shocked by a play. He made a great call on a very exciting play.

The Red Sox swept the homestand, how often does that happen?

Labels: baseball

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 8:18 AM | Permalink | Comments

The Red Sox beat the Yankees in an unusually thrilling game for April. Down by two in the ninth inning Jason Bay hit a two run homer off of Mariano Rivera with two out in the ninth inning.

Then in the 11th inning Kevin Youkilis hit a solo shot so hard and so far that I think the ball is rolling down the turnpike.

The job being done by Ramon Ramirez should not be ignored either. He has been lights out in every appearance so far.

Big win even if it is only April.

Labels: baseball

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 10:28 AM | Permalink | Comments

I know the Astros wore green hats but I did not see any other teams dress out for the occasion.

Did you see any other teams in green?

Labels: baseball

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 5:16 PM | Permalink | Comments

I had a baseball card collection that somehow was lost in a very stereotypical fashion when my mom moved out of the house I grew up in.

My collection now consists of about a half a dozen card including the Tim Flannery surfboard card. Is this best card ever? Probably not but it is pretty cool. I was going to college in San Diego when this card came out in 1988.

On an unrelated note Jamie Moyer, 46 year old pitcher on the Phillies and son in law of Digger Phelps, was on PTI today. Tony had a great one-liner asking who the tougher out was; Moses or Noah.

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 3:35 PM | Permalink | Comments

How does this even happen? A couple of jerseys for the Washington Nationals were misspelled and read as you see in the pictures.

Natinals.

Tony and Wilbon had a lot of fun with that one on PTI.

Labels: baseball, humor

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 7:33 PM | Permalink | Comments

The action in the Celtics Bulls series has been amazing. I'm a Celtics fan so I wish it were 2-0 C's but you gotta tip the cap to what the Bulls are doing.

They are laying the foundation for a future championship if they can keep this nucleus together.

Labels: basketball

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 7:16 PM | Permalink | Comments

I don't remember exactly when I first heard this hockey truism but if team fails to convert on a two-man advantage they lose the game.

So I have been paying attention for this little nugget ever since and it is almost always right.

Tonight the St. Louis Blues had two two-man advantage opportunities and didn't score on either one and lost the game 3-2.

Labels: hockey

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 7:21 PM | Permalink | Comments

Pumpsie Green was the first black player in Red Sox history joining the team in 1959. He threw out the first pitch tonight at Fenway and was in the booth with Don and Jerry for the home half of the fourth inning.

I've known about Pumpsie as far back as I can remember (that's how long I've been a baseball fan) but I've never seen him before or heard him speak. He talks a little slow but his recall from his playing days was great.

That it took the Red Sox 12 years longer to break the color barrier then the rest of the sport is a bad blemish on the Sox history but that is the past.

Labels: baseball

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 5:53 PM | Permalink | Comments

Baseball fans will know that April 15th is the day that Major League Baseball pays tribute to Jackie Robinson's breaking of the color barrier in 1947.

On the Rangers Orioles game telecast just now (I have the extra inning package) I learned that after he retired from baseball Jackie was in the coffee business and his son David is also in the business owning a coffee plantation in Tanzania.

You can click here for a look at David's plantation.

I love coffee, so I found it interesting and chances are his involvement in coffee is something you did not know.

Interesting, not in a good way, comment about the baseball card is that the quick bio has no mention of his breaking the color barrier.

Labels: baseball, coffee

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 5:39 PM | Permalink | Comments

Miami of Ohio outplayed the Boston University Terriers for about 58 minutes and built a 3-1 lead. With 3:32 remaining BU coach Jack Parker pulled goalie Kieran Millan and then starting about about the 19:00 mark (1:00 to go) BU scored two goals in 42 seconds to send it into OT. BU scored a few minutes in to win the Championship.

Certainly it was one of the best championship games ever if not the best.

The desperation exhibited in both NHL and NCAA hockey playoffs is about as good as it gets in sports. Hockey is not my favorite sport to watch but the excitement is tough to beat.

Labels: hockey

Posted by Roger Nusbaum at 11:34 AM | Permalink | Comments