Friday Commentary: Decisions
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A coupla three or more thoughts entering the weekend …
#1 – Let me know if you’re someone who predicted all the first round Stanley Cup Playoff series correctly. I got most of em right – like Florida, Toronto, Washington, Carolina, and Vegas – but whiffed on the Oilers series, and of course we’re still waiting on Colorado-Dallas, and Winnipeg-St. Louis (I picked the Stars and Jets).
But predictions aside, the hockey has been absolutely fabulous. This spring is tied with 1990 for being the highest-scoring Round 1 ever. If the Jets or Blues score five or more goals tonight, it’ll be the highest-scoring ever!
We’re also on track for an all-Canadian Stanley Cup Final. Wouldn’t that be something.
#2 – Not sure how it happened but I need to toughen up. Coming home from those road trips to Tampa Bay for playoff games got us home between 2:00 & 3:00 am and it takes me days to recover.
Back in the day we used to do it two, three times per week! A lotta guys my age and older still do.
It’s what you get used to I suppose, and the life of a sportstalk host is pretty cushy. I never disputed that! That’s a big reason why I wanted to do it.
#3 – I repeat from yesterday’s Commentary: CFL rookie camps open next Wednesday, and main training camps open next weekend. In speaking with longtime friends this week, whom I thought were big football fans, they said they were unaware the Draft was held this week and also unaware there’s a new Commissioner.
The CFL has some work to do.
#4 – Baseball provides such a nice distraction. Maybe that’s why it’s America’s pastime and remains so popular. We of course follow the Blue Jays around here and they’ve won back-to-back games for the first time since mid-April after disposing of Boston 4-2 Thursday night. Vladdy put the Jays in front with a 3-run homer in the eighth.
Meanwhile, not sure if you noticed or care, but the Colorado Rockies are off to their worst start in franchise history.
Sometimes I think it would be fun to be back working with a team full-time again, then other times I really enjoy covering it all.
One thing I know for sure is: I don’t need to decide today.
That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary
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