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The Mike Statement: 08/01/2013 - 09/01/2013
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Saturday, August 24, 2013. Would That Be Firefighters, Cops, or Gearheads? A couple of weekends ago, we accidentally went to David's Books in Barrie, and I bought. For Whom the Bell Tolls. As we checked out, the cashier gave me a knowing look and commented, "Yup, all you students are getting in just in time to get your books before they're gone". 1) Why, thank you - apparently, I can still pass as a student. 2) I'm sorry, what Georgian students are reading Hemingway? Students are reading Hemingway. Part ...
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The Mike Statement: 04/01/2013 - 05/01/2013
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Sunday, April 28, 2013. Statistically Insignificant Sour Grapes. Save for a little standing shuffling with the Boston-Ottawa game tonight, the lockout-shortened NHL regular season has come to a close. And for those of you west of Manitoba that may not have heard - because everywhere east of Kenora heard it multiple times - the Toronto Maple Leafs are in the playoffs for the first time in nine seasons. But does it really not count? Buffalo (7th- 10th) and Florida (8th- 9th) were in the East playoffs at th...
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The Mike Statement: 10/01/2013 - 11/01/2013
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Sunday, October 27, 2013. Your browser does not support iframes. So, this happened last night in the baseball world. Tied 4-4 with one out in the bottom of the ninth, the Cardinals had runners on second and third, and needed little more than a deepish fly ball to go up 2-1 in the Series. Understandably, Boston argued vehemently, but ultimately lost their appeal, for the reasons laid out by the umpires in the post-game news conference. Your browser does not support iframes. Everyone had different opinions...
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The Mike Statement: 2014: Marvelsplosion
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Sunday, February 23, 2014. I set myself a "By the Oscars" deadline to get this on, before I'd seen too many of the movies, or before too many of them had been trashed and, shockingly, I actually hit it. It's sequels aplenty this year, and Marvel has no less than four properties ready to screen. There are two Johnny Depp movies, two with Channing Tatum, and even a couple based on the Bible. Enjoy, 2014 moviegoers! Has been hailed as one of the best war movies in years. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. Has enoug...
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The Mike Statement: 07/01/2013 - 08/01/2013
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Thursday, July 18, 2013. The Odyssey - Switzerland to Toronto. Cruise updates will come when real time permits, but, for now, an update on actually getting home. Our mission was simple (in theory; it's still defying gravity) - get from Barcelona to Geneva to Montreal to Toronto on Sunday, with a day of rest on Monday. We were curious whether we'd be able to get to Barcelona on time as we needed to get off the ship around 6 am; that turned out to be the easiest part. Which I would highly. As a result, we ...
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The Mike Statement: 05/01/2013 - 06/01/2013
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Saturday, May 25, 2013. Pittsburgh: Bridges, Sandwiches, and the Most Beautiful Park in Baseball. Before I go too deeply into recapping our Victoria Day weekend in Pittsburgh, let me first point out that I may not be your ideal travel consultant. We went, ostensibly, to see Travis Snider and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Play in PNC Park, widely considered one of the best stadiums in baseball. At the end of this post, you may well ask, "Why would I go to Pittsburgh? There is really not a bad seat in the park, ...
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The Mike Statement: Oh, CanaDon
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Tuesday, July 01, 2014. So, Don Cherry said this after the NHL Draft:. I've done a Don Cherry piece before. And I know it's really no feat to prove his rationale wrong, nor does anyone care. Cherry objected, mainly it seemed, to the Leafs drafting Canadian-born but Sweden-raised William Nylander with their first pick in this year's draft, over someone like, say, Orangeville's Nick Ritchie. Apparently, Toronto needs. Over the last five drafts:. The Leafs rank 9. The Leafs rank 5. 429%) and Montreal (17.
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The Mike Statement: The Red Sox Parallel
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Wednesday, March 19, 2014. The Red Sox Parallel. Last season, the Boston Red Sox went from this in 2012:. After tumbling off a cliff in the final weeks of 2011 and getting eliminated from the playoffs on the final game of the season, they were touted as the "Best Team Ever". See below for a comparison of their 2012 and 2013 Opening Day rosters (not including players that started the year on the DL):. Jackie Bradley, Jr. Only seven returnees from one Opening Day to the next. Perhaps disastrously similar t...
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The Mike Statement: Kooperstown Komedy Kavalcade
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Saturday, August 09, 2014. To complete our Famous Baseball Summer - as I decided to call it just this instance - my dad and I went to Cooperstown a couple of weekends ago. A slightly longer drive than the Canadian Hall of Fame, but no less worth it. I've posted about induction weekend in Cooperstown before. So no need to go into great detail, save for the fact that there were a lot. Instead, let's talk about the weekend in general. Not the TV or boot. And Transcendence. Then, on to Cooperstown! Having sh...
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The Mike Statement: 06/01/2014 - 07/01/2014
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Sunday, June 22, 2014. The Baseball Hall of Fame: The Canadian Way. At the end of July, my dad and I will be attending the inductions of Frank Thomas, Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Tony LaRussa, Bobby Cox, and Joe Torre into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. We've been to an induction weekend once. We've been to St. Mary's once. Before, but just to visit the Hall. Having now been for an Induction Day, if you've done one, you absolutely must do the other. I wanted to get a bobblehead, but they weren't...
