Mr. Showtime

Per the Sun-Times today: Dan Kelly has been notified that he won't be back this upcoming season. I can only assume that means Pat is coming home!

Hogs finally play like they mean it, and win 3-1 over the Wolves. Nice!

QUOTE (The Critic @ May 2, 2008 -> 02:55 AM) Quite the bed-wetting by the Avalanche - those two Wings goals in the last 90 seconds of the first destroyed them. Osgood has answered the call for them, big time - now to dispatch the Stars and go to the Finals! ...oh, and sorry you had to run into Show..... There was like 4,000 people there, I wasn't hard to find!

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Apr 26, 2008 -> 07:37 PM) It's going to get real nasty. BTW, don't know if anyone saw it, but Burish made the US team. I'm playing on getting tickets to those games at the All-State. Looking forward to seeing the Hogs get some revenge from the last game.... Crawford has been solid thus far, and I'm eager to see Bolland again as he didn't play in that last game.

I think this is going to be a 10-9 type game.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 07:25 PM) Trust me, I did NOT think Michael Hayes was on steroids.... I was thinking painkillers or cola, and definitely an alcohol problem. Oh, and Jack's no friend of mine. I had a VERY nasty dispute with him and his friend Beam when I was in my late 20's and I've never forgiven them. I don't know Critic, that mullet is still looking sweet. Has to be something keeping that going Sorry to hear that, I'm still in my early 20's and he and I are doing just fine. No fist fights over chicks or anything...

QUOTE (The Critic @ Apr 22, 2008 -> 05:10 PM) No details yet, but it's being reported online that Michael Hayes (head writer for Smackdown) has been suspended by WWE for 60 days. 60 days = 2nd violation of the Wellness Policy, so that's my guess. I don't think the writing staff is subject to testing The rumor I had heard was that a good friend of his and most of ours, Jack Daniels was involved. That some comments we're made in that shouldn't have been, basically just PS being PS.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Apr 15, 2008 -> 04:57 AM) I'd be fine with Foley coming back (especially if they bring Gardner back with him), but I'd be just as fine with simulcasting Wiederman. To me he's every bit as good, if not better, than Foley. Foley is reaching Aaron Rowand levels of mythical worship in this city. 2008 and you still want to simulcast? Common. Personally, I want to hear Foley call this team. I think he'd be off the charts calling games that actually mean something again. For me he was one was of the few reasons to watch Hawks games the past decade or so. I loved his rant on Karpotsev a few years ago, but now I wanna hear him screaming when Kane scores a big goal or Big Buff lays into someone.

Only frozen pizza I get is from Sams Club, 3 meat pizza!

QUOTE (The Critic @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 11:08 AM) ...friends don't let friends abuse apostrophes... Sounds like quite a crazy night at the rink! Seems like the Wolves have a new "worst enemy" in the IcePigs. I was there cheering for Rockford. Wasn't much to cheer about though sadly....

QUOTE (CWSGuy406 @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 12:51 PM) How did Aliu look (if he even played)? I didn't see him out there at all. I heard them announce the scratches for the Wolves but not for the Hogs.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 01:30 AM) As Ian can attest to, this was an interesting game to be at...let alone work downstairs. Wolves won 7-1. If Versteeg pulls half this s*** in the NHL, he's gonna get killed. Someone on the Hawks message board was saying Rosemont PD had to escort a Hogs player (they said someone who was scratched) out of the game during the 3rd due to an altercation in th back. Did you see or hear anything about that? As for Versteeg that was weird. From where I was sitting, I saw the Wolves player come out of the box and he bumped into the linesman and he fell down, then I saw Versteeg dive down and started to go to town. No idea where that came from at all.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Apr 13, 2008 -> 07:25 AM) Hey Krush, What was Haydar's "abuse of officials"? Did he make contact with a zebra, or did he just hurt their feelings? That penalty ledger looked like the championship game of the Federal League (Slap Shot). I didn't really pay attention to the names of the Wolves last night, but there was a player who wasn't exactly to cool with being called for a penalty. And he wasn't going into the box, the official was standing there and the Wolves player had like one foot in the box and was screaming at the ref, and he ended up kicking the boards once or twice, and all of the sudden he was tossed. He skated over to exit the ice and came back around the net like he wanted to keep yelling. And he either slammed his stick on the crossbar, or threw it out on the ice. It was quite the scene, Critic! I was in sec 116, the first row behind the glass, and there we're a few people there who we're really pissed and just making complete fools of themselves.

Interesting game we got here. How soon till someone starts a rumor of Konerko being traded? To make room for Swisher at 1st, and that way Ozzie can get Owens back in there!

I've seen enough of Uribe already.

I'll see if I can do something tomorrow.

I'm up and would like to watch, but our dish lost the signal. Argh.

Just like that back to 6 pts out as the Flames couldn't get it done vs the Avs. Damn!

QUOTE(fathom @ Mar 23, 2008 -> 01:01 PM) The chicagosports article stated Owens would bat 9th vs lefties......yuck! I think we know better than to believe anything Ozzie says with regards to the lineup until the game begins.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Mar 23, 2008 -> 04:56 PM) Holy f*** what a game to be at. I knew that puck was ending up in our net as the puck bounced to Kane...was saying 'uh oh' the whole time, and with the guy coming out of the box. What a comeback. You just never know. Just keep winning and hope for everything around you to break right. Yes Tony I feel the same way. I'm just trying so hard to let that s*** go...but as you can see from my post above, I can't either. Also I'd like to add the Blues are bunch of assclowns with their crap after the whistle. Wanted to add a few things. I watched the game alone. Not even the people next to me we're there today. People we're not waiting for the whistle late in the 3rd and into OT. It was really annoying. There was a guy in my section who kept yelling, "Shoot", "Lets Go", "Hit EM". The whole game. Krush, this is the guy who yells shoot during the PP, when the defenders have layed down directly in front of the offensive player. I was close to telling him to **** off. ARGH~! As for the Blues, yeah, even Savvy said what happened had no place in the league. I thought for sure there was going to be a bigger fight than the Hammer 'fight'. I watched the game on tv when I got home, and Eddie O was asked about it by Danny, and Eddie said you couldn't take a dumb penalty at this point. Which I suppose is true, but JT was getting in a few players faces after the whistle.

QUOTE(shipps @ Mar 18, 2008 -> 06:55 AM) On Mike and Mike this morning they were talking about Ozzie saying if he is not getting the job done they should just fire him and not pay him.I know he has said this in the past but they were talking about it as if he had made new comments.Is there anything new that I missed? What Mike and Mike said. Ozzie was saying he doesn't want his long term deal and the fact that the Sox would have to pay him if they we're to fire him, to be the reason he is still around if the team blows. He claimed he would go to Jerry and tell him to rip up his deal.

Oye. I had to turn the radio off after they made it 3-1.

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Mar 7, 2008 -> 11:13 PM) Ugh. Thats all I can say right now. Ripped me heart strings out with last goal with 30 seconds left. Right call, but what a killer. Maybe Showtime or Snb will have more, just so pissed right now. I don't have much to add. From the Hawks perspective, they weren't very physical at all. They seemed very slow and just reacting to what was happening rather than trying to make the play. Gotta regroup and comeback strong and ready to go on Sunday. Sounds like Adams will be back, which to me is a huge plus.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Mar 7, 2008 -> 02:58 AM) Hey, that ferocious security guard kept you safe! Kept me safe? I can handle myself. That sounded bad.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 05:01 PM) Boy, oh, boy, Bill sure was right on the money about not showing home games on TV. No one would go to games if they could just watch them at home. It sure is harming the "season reservation holders". It's harming me if the game being on tv are encouraging rowdy people like you to come to the UC! Luckily the 100lb ticket taker kept you away from my area.