For San Jose Sharks fans it was during the second period against the Canucks Sunday.
(For non-hockey fans, the Vancouver Canucks scored three goals in about 1 minute and 55 seconds enroute to a 5-3 win. And yes, that’s rare.)
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Sharks goalie Antti Niemi only had 14 shots on goal, and let 5 of them in. Maybe the Sharks should have just played the game with an empty net and been on a nonstop power play.
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Meanwhile, over in the NBA… The only people outside South Florida who are rooting for the Heat these days might be in the Bronx. Because if the Heat win they may at least temporarily take the title from the Yankees of the “most hated team in America.”
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The reengineered 3D version of “Pirates of the Caribbean” sequel “On Stranger Tides” took in a record $256.3 million internationally at the box office this weekend. So much for those who say the U.S. only IMPORTS silly action figures.
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Alex Tagliani became the first Canadian to win the pole at the Indianapolis 500. Stand by next Sunday for “Gentlemen, start your engines, eh?”
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And okay, did more people have Butler and VCU in the NCAA men’s basketball final four than the team with the best current record in major league baseball? As of today that would be the Cleveland Indians – 29 and 15.
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Meanwhile, the first place San Francisco Giants are doing it with smoke, mirrors, and usually REALLY good pitching. Even after Sunday’s 5-4 win in extra innings, the team has scored fewer runs – 160 – than any team in the National League. (Really, you could look it up.)
Only the Seattle Mariners (159) and Minnesota Twins (147) have scored fewer runs in all of baseball. And the Twins are coming to SF for interleague play. Which could mean the first baseball series decided by penalty kicks.
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Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis says crime will increase if the NFL doesn’t play games this year, because “There’s nothing else to do.” Is he talking about for the fans or the players?”
(and of course it has to be Ray Lewis saying this, as my friend Alex Kaseberg put it “Ray has already crossed ‘stab a guy to death’ off his bucket list”)
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Question of the week from another friend, Jerry Perisho “If the US Postal Service cycling team took performance enhancing drugs, why don’t we give it to postal carriers?
Left Coast Sports Babe 