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The Fightins strike first and take the win in game one of a three game inter-league series against the hated Yankees. The Phils took the win on the bats of Raul Ibanez, Jimmy Rollins, Cooouch Ruiz, and Jayson Werth. Brett Myers also pitched a gem, going eight innings strong giving up three earned runs and striking out five. Chase Utley also added an RBI single. Hopefully this is a confidence booster that gets Myers on track to be a solid number two pitcher that we know he can be. A*Roid chipped in a homer, Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira also went deep. All and all this was one hell of a game by the W.F.C's

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He clubbed a monster homerun tonight, bumping his total to a league leading 16. This guy is amazing, thats all i can say.
By:Billy Donahue

Good Bye David Ortiz... Welcome Back BIG PAPI !

What a better place to end a slump than right at home in front of his fans at Fenway. Wednesday night, Big Papi did just that. Ortiz has not hit a home run in his last 149 at bats. Boston's David Ortiz finally hit his first home run of the season in the bottom of the 5th.

The funniest part of the run came when Papi reached his dugout. His teammates all calmly sat down ignoring the fact that he hit his first home run, only to mob him after he sat down, forcing him out for a curtain call.

By:Christopher Diltz

Philly's Futbol Club Has A Name

Philadelphia has an expansion futbol club, and the name of the brand new club is Philadelphia Union. All and all it is not a bad name selection because it has a very revolutionary ring too it, and any soccer team that is going to wear "Join or Die" on their chest is pretty bad ass. Might even get me into watching this thing called Futbol.

By: Billy Donahue

Coyotes Bankruptcy

The former owner of the Phoenix Coyotes, Jerry Mowes, filled for chapter 11 bankruptcy. What does this mean for the rest of the NHL and for the future of the Coyotes organization.

Right now Gary Bettman is in control of the future of the franchise. Though their is one offer on the table to buy the team for 212.5 million. That offer comes from Jim Balsillie, a billionaire from southern Ontario.

This is a problem for the NHL because he wants to relocate the team to southern Ontario. Which has sent all kind of crazy rumors going through that area. He's idea behind relocating is that they can fill the stands in southern Ontario easier.

Which is a true theory Ontario is hockey crazy. The NHL though isn't thinking of what is going to fill the stands now though. They are looking towards expanding the NHL to more consumers. That's why they went out to California and Arizona for.

What would be a good idea is maybe adding to expansion teams into the mix, or relocating the Coyotes to an area that used to have a team but missing one now. They could move the Coyotes to Winnipeg or Quebec. I think those would be good markets for a NHL team that is coming out of bankruptcy and their is no competing NHL team in the market. Also they could fix Phoenix and keep it their and just add and expansion team to each of those cities that would be a good idea also.

Well in the upcoming months will see how this plays out. The NHL is a business and though Bettman can be blamed for a lot of things, he will fix this problem of the Coyotes bankruptcy. After all he did not relocated Pittsburgh, Ottawa, or Buffalo when they filled for bankruptcy.

By:Shane Murray

Hart Memorial Trophy Finalists

Three way race between countrymen Pavel Datsyuk from Detroit, Alexander Ovechkin from Washington, Evegni Malkin from Pittsburgh. These are all very good scores and all have leadership roles in the locker room. Let's take a look at these players and see who is most deserving.

Pavel Datsyuk is one the core parts of the Detroit team that got second highest point total in the West. He had the most points on the team at 97 points and also led the team in assists at 65. He is the only two way threat out of this list of players.

Alexander Ovechkin is the core part of the Washington offense. He had a point total of 110 points and lead league in goals at 56. He is one of the biggest celebrators after a goal in the league. It gets the rest of the team into the game his excited celebrations.

Evegni Malkin is part of the two person core that is Pittsburgh. He had the highest point total in the league at 113 points and lead his team in goals at 35 goals and in assists at 78 assists. When Crosby went down people were worried that Pittsburgh will falter but Malkin carried them himself.

I think that Datsyuk should get it just because he is the only two way player. I could see Malkin or Ovechkin getting it though. Let's see who the NHL gives the award to.

By:Shane Murray

Frank J. Selke Trohpy Finalists

Mike Richards from Philadelphia, Ryan Kesler from Vancouver, and Pavel Datsyuk from Detroit. These are all great picks it's hard to just pick one for the winner. Let's look at the stats of all three players and see if we then know who to pick.

Mike Richards is the captain and heart of the Flyers. He had 30 goals and 50 assists on the season for a total of 80 points. He had a +/- of +22. He also spent the most time on the ice for the Flyers. He also was on almost every penatly kill for the Flyers, so that's a good plus minus.

Ryan Kesler is a third liner for the Canucks. He had 26 goals and 33 assists for a total of 59 points on the season. He had a +/- of +8.He played against all the tough lines in the West and deserves to be on the list.

Pavel Datsyuk is one of the reasons the Red Wings are so scary. 32 goals and 65 assists for a total of 97 points on the season. He had a +/- of +34. He is probably the best two way player right now. He can take a puck away just as fast as he can take the puck and score.

I think that Richards should get it this year, though I can definitely give an argument for Datsyuk. Let's see who the NHL picks.

By: Shane Murray

NHL Playoffs Predictions: Round 2

Well here's my round 2 predictions, let's see if these ones go better then round 1. Though it wasn't really that bad in round 1.

*My Picks in BLOD*
East
Boston vs Carolina
Good match up here between these two teams. Both teams are defense oriented and have good goaltenders in net. This game could easily drag out for 6 or 7 games.


Pittsburgh vs Washington
The NHL's most wanted series I can say that. Ovechkin vs Crosby and Malkin. This should be an explosive series. I expect a lot of points to be scored between these players.
West
Detroit vs Anaheim
Both very good defense teams and both very good on special teams. Anaheim took out San Jose pretty easily by being bigger and tougher going to have a tough time doing that against Detroit.

Vancouver vs Chicago
A very interesting series these teams match up well. Neither team has a big name player besides in the net. Luongo vs Khabibulin and that's a good match up. This is my series to watch if you ask me.

By: Shane Murray