Wednesday Commentary: Ho Hum

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It’s Random Thoughts Wednesday and boy, do we have some good ones!

#1 – It’s become a World Series for the ages! Vladimir Guerrero’s 2-run homerun in the third inning on Tuesday was the TSN Turning Point as the Blue Jays stunned Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers 6-2 in Game 4 in LA. It ties up the Fall Classic at 2-2 going into Game 5 tonight.

It feels like every game has been the key game in this slugfest, but history shows the Game 5 winner in a series tied 2-2 goes on to win it all 67% of the time. (I might add Game 4 winners in the World Series go on to take the title 72% of the time).

So we wait for tonight …

#2 – Did you get enough hockey on Tuesday? It was the NHL’s second annual Frozen Frenzy where all 32 teams were in action on a 16-game slate. That’s a lot for a Tuesday!

My slice of the pie was taking in the Anaheim Ducks’ 3-2 shootout win at Florida in Joel Quenneville’s return to Sunrise.

He was forced to resign from the Panthers exactly five seasons ago due to the Blackhawks abuse scandal.

Coach Q was welcomed back on the video board to a smattering of applause. It was about as ho hum as you can get …

And #3 – Now having some time to absorb it, Monday’s 2027 Grey Cup-in-Regina announcement seemed rather odd, no?

Not the announcement itself per se, but moreso the timing of it. It comes basically on the eve of Round 1 of the CFL Playoffs and it says here all the focus should be on this weekend’s games: Saturday’s Eastern Semifinal with Winnipeg at Montreal and the Western Semifinal with Calgary at BC.

Meh … I guess we’re aware of it all, but it seems like news which would’ve been better served being dropped during Grey Cup Week.

That’s today’s Rod Pedersen Commentary.

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