Wednesday Commentary: Random Thoughts
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It’s Wednesday and time for some Random Thoughts:
#1 – Fall is for football but it’s still summer and baseball is on centre stage right now. Where to start? Rogers Centre was packed Tuesday night as the Blue Jays opened a 3-game series with the Chicago Cubs. Ernie Clement had a 3-run homerun as the Jays went on to win 5-1 and no one left their seat till the final out. What a scene!
Meanwhile the Regina Red Sox are off to the Western Canadian League final after dispatching the Saskatoon Berries 6-2 in the decisive game Tuesday and will host the Sylvan Lake Gulls in Game 1 of the championship on Thursday. How many can they cram into Currie Field?
If they want a new ballpark, this will help.
#2 – I’m on the road to Calgary again, and am real excited about it! Theoren Fleury’s 4th Annual Breaking Free Foundation Golf Classic goes Thursday in Cowtown and we’ll be broadcasting the RP Show live from Golf Fanatics before I get to MC the supper and Hot Stove.
I’ll be in YYC for less than 24 hours but when Theo asks for something, I’m there. He does the same for me.
And #3 – It’s just a real fun time in sports. You’d have to be dead not to feel the buzz around here for Saturday’s first-place showdown between the Roughriders and Tiger-Cats at Mosaic Stadium. It truly is a battle for midseason supremacy in the CFL and really, that’s all I’m watching for.
Ticats co-owner Jim Lawson was on the RP Show Saturday promoting Saturday’s 166th running of the King’s Plate, as he’s the Executive Chair of Woodbine Racetrack. But he said he’d rather have talked about the Riders & Tabbies match-up!
Next time.
But perhaps the best news from our chat will provide some comfort for longtime CFL fans who are worried about the league’s survival.
Lawson said the CFL isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary
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