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Bruce's blog: July 2005

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Tuesday, July 05, 2005. Top MLB Promotions After the All Star Game. Top Ten Baseball Promotions After The All-Star Game. 1) George Steinbrenner’s Fired Employee of the Month. 2) Name One, Just One Kansas City Royal, And Get A Life Free. 3) Lou Piniella Abuse-Your-Boss-Like-Crap Night. 4) How Many Fans Can Fit In C.C. Sabathia’s Uniform? Better Yet, Where’s Barry? 6) Montreal Expos Exorcism Night. 7) I Was Shoved By Gary Sheffield And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt. 9) Doc Halladay Lame Nickname Contest.

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Bruce's blog: December 2005

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Sunday, December 04, 2005. It Takes A Hearty Constitution. Bring it on. Team Quebec versus Team Les Autres? Drop the puck, baby. As a matter of fact, let’s play for all the marbles this time. Your guys. Our guys. Winner shuts up for about a century. You sing O Canada or we warble Gens Du Pays. And no frickin’ shootouts either. Eventually, some concession is cooked up to placate the threat. Money is distributed. Okay, a lot of money is distributed. In paper bags. By three wise guys. er...The fact that Duc...

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Bruce's blog: September 2005

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Saturday, September 17, 2005. The Doctor Is In. John McMullen passed away this week at the age of 78. If you are a hockey or baseball fan, you might recognize the name. Doctor McMullen owned the NHL New Jersey Devils and the MLB Houston Astros at various times. McMullen thought his employees were just that: performing characters in a goofy business who needed to know who was the boss. Union politics in sport did not appeal to McMullen, who didn’t think a gift from god (or genes) should entitle an ath...

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Bruce's blog: March 2006

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Saturday, March 18, 2006. What profiteth it a man who gaineth a point but loseth his mortal soul? The Book of Gary, Ch. 4, verse 21. Imagine explaining to an extraterrestrial- or someone from downtown Toronto- how it was that the Flames lost 3-2 in Edmonton the other night but still gained a point from the affair. But why should you get anything before the game is finished? ET would sagely reply. As a way to settle a contest for which spectators have surrendered good money, the tie had delusions of adequ...

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Bruce's blog: April 2005

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Friday, April 01, 2005. A recent trip to New Orleans turned up several first-rate restaurants that are perfect for the visitor. I highly recommend them all. The sausages, patés, and smoked salmon are all prepared in-house. Wines are chosen from small wineries local, domestic, and abroad for their uniqueness and flavor. There is also an assortment of beers from Belgium and the Alsace region which truly complements the food at René Bistrot. Since 1905, diners have raised their glasses to toast the good lif...

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Bruce's blog: October 2005

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Saturday, October 22, 2005. A Walker That Runs To the Hall. If it was the Hockey Hall of Fame, he’d be a first-ballot shoo-in. But the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown does not impress easily or anoint popular guys who were simply well-liked. So it’s going to be a struggle for Canada’s Larry Walker, who retired after 17 glorious years in the bigs, to get a passing grade for inclusion into the Hall along with fellow Canuck Ferguson Jenkins. Had he not been forced to pound his body to a pulp on the sor...

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Bruce's blog: November 2005

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Wednesday, November 23, 2005. Sin In Haste Repent At Leisure. It doesn’t matter that NHLPA president Trevor Linden thinks hiring Ted Saskin as executive director was the right thing to do. It doesn’t matter that other members of the executive believe it’s time to move on. It doesn’t matter that the NHLPA was under stress after catastrophic CBA negotiations and that most players simply wanted to get on with their lives after losing a year’s salary and benefits. WHAT MATTERS is that there was a legal proce...

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Bruce's blog: June 2005

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Tuesday, June 28, 2005. JEREMY ROENICK’S TOP TEN. JEREMY ROENICK’S TOP TEN SIGNS THE LOCKOUT MUST END. 1) People keep asking when he retired. From baseball. 2) James Woods look alike thing not working with the chicks anymore. 3) Haven’t felt that good buzz from a puck in the teeth for so long. 4) Mario says next time he’ll call you, don’t you call me . 5) Looking back at days under Bill Wirtz as the good-old days . 6) Bob Goodenow’s secretary now says, Could you spell your last name, Jeremy? In fact, the...

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Bruce's blog: August 2005

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Tuesday, August 16, 2005. The Bert Goes On. Personally I have nothing against Todd Bertuzzi. Oh sure, he was a brooding uncooperative fellow in the days before he whacked Steve Moore. But he had plenty of like company in NHL dressing rooms pre-Lockout. It wasn’t anything we couldn’t get past without a little fawning and grovelling. Bert’s big problem is that while the NHL violence argument bears his name, the question of whether he should be reinstated or play for Canada is not about him anymore. If ...