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When Ray said that it was because he was referring to the lack of support Hutton was getting from his defense. Hutton was pulled to send a message to the team to get moving. That is common practice when a team isn't competing. I believe you can score on just about every shot. So let's look at the scores on Hutton. On the first goal, only two players seemed to know where the puck was after the shot from the point. I believe it hit Risto's stick and bounced up and into the corner. The only two players that saw it were the guy that scored and Skinner. You can blame Hutton for not seeing it, but the other guys on the ice didn't either. The second goal was a shot to the upper left corner. Hutton had no chance. Third goal, upper right corner, no chance. Fourth goal, in the five hole on a guy that was wide open. You can blame that on Hutton but where was the defense. Fifth goal, upper left corner, no chance. The goal on Johansson hit the near post and bounced to the far side and went in. No chance. They also hit posts 3 other times, so they could have easily had 3 more goals. When a team shoots like this, it will be near impossible to beat them on any day no matter who is in goal. Of course the D is allowing it. When Eichel scores on shots like that, do you think they are great shots or the goalie should have had them? Now the other side of the shooting coin. How many Sabres are capable with any consistency to shoot like that. Only two in my opinion, Eichel and Olafsson. That's a big part of the problem. The Sabres get opportunities but can't put the puck where it has to be. This is why they don't score more goals. Teams don't normally shoot that accurately. Lots of games the shots are wide. Last nights was an example of what happens when they are accurate. When goalies screw up, they deserve to be criticized, but when they have no chance, I can't see dumping on them.

"9.79" The story about the 100Meter sprinters during the Summer Olympics in Seoul. Cheaters abound. I enjoyed this so much I have this on DVR.

Smith is one of mine. You forgot to mention that half of his big hits were to players that were out of bounds. Nothing like that 15 yarder after a big defensive stop.

When you have the money for a fast food meal and you walk into a 5 star restaurant, it is difficult if not impossible to obtain anything. That has been Botts' problem. He has nothing of value to upgrade with.

Saw this on Slickdeals and thought it might be of interest to someone here. Only covers certain models. https://slickdeals.net/f/13818050-49-samsung-phones-broken-screen-repair?page=9#commentsBox

A couple of weeks ago my son was watching "The Guardians" on Amazon Prime. I wandered in about 1/4 the way through it. This is the most WTF documentary I have ever seen. Guaranteed to get you riled up.

It seems forgotten that he bailed out the Raiders in the early years of the AFL. https://www.silverandblackpride.com/2014/3/25/5547182/oakland-raiders-wouldnt-exist-without-ralph-wilson

There are hitters that can't hit a curve but kill fastballs. Others can't hit a fastball but kill a curve. Knowing what is coming is a great advantage. I have always hated Pete Rose's attitude about his scandal, but what Pete did never affected the outcome of a game. In my mind what he did is insignificant when compared to using electronic means to call pitches. If they could ban Pete for what he did, the others should receive the same treatment.

I disagree. Baseball has no balls. They should vacate the World Series result and the American League Championship. All monetary gain should be forfeited. That is real punishment. That includes all the players that were involved. The Dodgers were not the only team that were screwed, all the teams in the American League leading up to their championship were also screwed. If I was Darvish, I would would sue the Astro's. He lost millions after that, he was a "free agent to be" at the time. A lot of teams keeping quiet makes you wonder how many other teams were involved. This is baseballs most likely goal. They don't want a bigger scandal.

I think we need the FBI enhanced video.

The late 60's equivalent of "awesome." Groovy

I came across this article and thought it might be of interest to a few here. https://www.sporttechie.com/automated-strike-zone-robot-umpire-abs-system-sporttechie-awards-sports-technology?utm_content=buffer3d5d7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

The issue for me was the celebration. There had to be a bit of a letdown after that was overturned, so in a manner of speaking, it was an emotional penalty against Buffalo.

I thought Brady was the goat?

For the last week when I logged in I looked for a post from you first. I didn't think you would feel like doing much, so I am not surprised you didn't post until you got home. What's this thing around your sternum? I don't know if it is something new or just something some doc's use but others don't. Keep that pillow close and try to stay away from anyone with a cold or the flu. Coughing or sneezing is brutal. Driving is out because they don't want you to have an accident and bang your chest against the steering wheel. Welcome to the other side.

I was at a Christmas party Sunday talking to an old work buddy. He's a big guy. Told me he was losing 8 lbs a week for a couple of weeks. When the doctors figured out what was wrong with him, it turned out to be Diabetes. That was new to me as I had never heard that a sudden wait loss could be an indicator of Diabetes. If I was you I wouldn't wait to see a doctor. Of course, in saying that I know I would end up putting it off as long as I could. But then I can be an idiot about things like that, even though I readily admit to knowing some health things are non-reversible after a certain point.

Thanks for posting. I've been looking for you every day, although I didn't think you would really feel like posting until you got home. How you doing on that lung testing device?

I am very much in favor of this. I am tired of seeing the wrong call made, both ways. There are some umps that when they set up inside, have no idea where the outside of the plate is. The one thing I think needs attention, is where do you set the top and bottom of the strike zone. All batters are not the same height. I can't figure out what they use now. I have seen pitches at the belt that were called high. Damn, if that is high that makes for an awful small strike zone. I do believe the system has to be calibrated before every game though. I have seen some games where I just can't believe it is correct.

I had it done 9 years ago. If you would like to talk, message me.

Nothing reminds me more of Christmas than this. Perhaps it was my constant listening to WKBW during the 60's.

I wasn't commenting so much on TPS as I was their debating reported Chinese numbers. I find many of the US numbers hard to believe and I am suppose to believe Chinese numbers.?

What's being debated here, Chinese reported numbers?? The Chinese work hard to make them less reliable than ours.

I figured a music lover and a Canadian should have no trouble with that. Thanks for not letting me down.

No time, no time, no time, no time

Stepping through the video I saved during the game, the puck went just to the outside of the Dman's skate. The puck went in either just right of the goalies shoulder or just above. It's amazing how much flex on the stick the players have on a wrist shot. They really put that stored energy into the stick. I expected to see it on a slap shot but not on the wrist shots.