I guess I've been caught up in the rigors of work and so many other things that blogging just hasn't been high on my priority list. But I have a few things to talk about. I'll handle sports stuff here and talk about other stuff later on.
One, I just finished watching the Rangers-Islanders on tv. Folks, if you don't like sports, that's fine. But if you like other sports and can't get into hockey after watching a game like this, you probably don't have a pulse. The Rangers are fighting to get back into the playoff race in the Eastern Conference while the Islanders have quietly enjoyed a very good season that came out of nowhere. The Rangers had lost their last five games to the Islanders and this game was the first of a home and home, in MSG, on national TV.
What a game. The Rangers took 57 shots on goal, the most shots any team has taken in a game this season. Isles goalie Rick DiPietro was impeccable, making 56 saves. The Isles scored late in the first period and the Rangers tied it early in the third. Nobody could beat DiPietro or rangers netminder Henrik Lundqvist in overtime. We went to a shootout. And Matt Cullen's goal in the shootout proved the difference as the Rangers won 2-1, elevated themselves into a 10th-place tie in the Eastern Conference, two places and two points behind Carolina and the playoff cutoff. The seventh-place Islanders are three points ahead of Carolina. These two teams play again Thursday, this time in the Nassau Coliseum. I have to say, I may actually go out to a bar and watch this game. Let's see what happens.
Credit the Knicks, they are playing better, and they may just make the playoffs. Finally won games on consecutive nights for the first time since December. With the injury issues they're facing, I don't really think they'll make the playoffs, but at least they're improving steadily. I just wish this team would dedicate themselves to playing defense and with a little bit of toughness. But I guess that's just the aggressive Knick teams I remember from when I was a kid.
Onto football. The Patriots just made another steal in NFL free agency, signing linebacker Adalius Thomas away from Baltimore. Probably the best defensive player on the market and it shows again the Pats success is due to the front office. And they got Wes Welker from Miami, one of the most underrated receivers in the game. It's amazing. Oh, and they signed former Jet first round draft choice bust tight end Kyle Brady. Watch him turn into Antonio Gates.
But there is good news. The Jets just traded for running back Thomas Jones of da Bears. For a team whose rushing attacked ranked 30th of 32 teams, this will be a big addition. And we got their second round pick for Washington's second rounder , which we owned. That's a difference of about 25 spots. But that's fine by me, there will still be plenty of quality players available late in the second round. At the same time, they need to upgrade the right side of the offensive line too. And they just do that, as they are apparently close to signing offensive tackle Marc Colombo, formerly of the Bears and Cowboys. He is also a cousin of one of my roommates in college. The only thing is he has had a lot of knee injuries over the years. I question his durability.
I feel myself really divorcing myself from the NY Giants. I may root for them in the NFC, but with the way they've been conducting themselves, I just can't root for them like I used to.
And as for the best team in baseball, the New York Mets, I'll have a preview in the next few weeks.
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