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June 29, 2011
SportsFilter: The Wednesday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Paul Kariya announces retirement ....on the day he did so, Kariya had sharp words of criticism for a league that he believes still hasn't done enough to address the issue of head injuries. "The thing that I worry about," Kariya said in an interview, "is that you'll get a guy who is playing with a concussion, and he gets hit, and he dies at centre ice. Can you imagine what would happen to the league if a guy dies at centre ice?"
posted by tommybiden at 04:09 PM on June 29, 2011
Slightly inappropriate team mascot debuts!
posted by yerfatma at 04:27 PM on June 29, 2011
how the hell did I double post that?
posted by yerfatma at 04:27 PM on June 29, 2011
Slightly inappropriate team mascot
Hey, you can't blame a guy for being excited to be at the ballpark
or alternatively
Just how many socks are we talking about? Normally, one nice thick tube sock will achieve the desired effect.
posted by tahoemoj at 04:49 PM on June 29, 2011
"The thing that I worry about," Kariya said in an interview, "is that you'll get a guy who is playing with a concussion, and he gets hit, and he dies at centre ice. Can you imagine what would happen to the league if a guy dies at centre ice?"
It's happened. And it didn't require a previous concussion.
(although, he passed away in a hospital, his injury was inoperable so you could say he was already "dead" while lying on the ice)
How about dying and coming back to life?
Or being so close to death that your life depended on which end of the ice you were injured?
(I do want to say I understand where Kariya is coming from, and fully support his position about the danger of concussions/head-shots. I just wished he'd referenced Masterton and pointed out how one death changed the rules, so maybe people should change the rules again before another death occurs.)
posted by grum@work at 04:50 PM on June 29, 2011
Way to bring my day down grum, just stumbled across this depressing list from your first link. Remind me never to go skating in Eastern Europe.
posted by yerfatma at 05:40 PM on June 29, 2011
There are ceremonial first pitches, and then there is this amazing pitch.
posted by grum@work at 08:39 PM on June 29, 2011
There are ceremonial first pitches, and then there is this amazing pitch.
Balk.
posted by holden at 08:54 PM on June 29, 2011
And then there's this first pitch.
posted by MeatSaber at 09:08 PM on June 29, 2011
Just a reminder that the 7th Annual chicobangs Memorial SpoFi CFL Pick 'Em is up and running in the Locker Room. Week 1 games start tomorrow.