Dual-Semi-Live-Blog

The danger with live blogging a game is that things you say appear ridiculous later. But how that’s different from my normal blogging, I’m not sure. (rimshot goes here)

Avalanche game. First 10 minutes was amazing. Like a different team hit the ice. The goal was great, the attack time was great, the hitting was great… then the Wings showed up, and the Avs started skating backwards again, and it looked like the penalty kill unit was just trying to clear the puck, only that was when it was even strength. Period one ends with a 2-1 Wings lead. The Avs need to bottle up what they had in the first half of the period and make the second period something to remember, or this season will be just a memory.

Rockies game: WTF?! I turn over from the hockey game, and find the lineup in a state of disarray not even Hurdle could dream up. So here’s what happened. Baker got hurt before the game. Early on, Tulo pulls up gimpy (oh crap), which means Atkins shifts over to second (ouch), Barmes takes shortstop (fine), and Iannetta comes in to play third (?!). This leaves Podsednik and Spillborghs on the bench. That’s it, folks. Things are getting dicey for the boys in purple. We’ll see how this goes. If they can’t pull 2 of 3 from the stinking Giants, things are looking sad in Rockies-land. Injuries or none, the Giants are not good, and losing 2 or 3 in a row to them is just plain sorry.

More updates to come, as the night goes on, assuming I haven’t had too much beer to write/type/spell coherently.

***edit: Well, I didn’t get back to the computer. Avs lost, Rockies won. I’d gladly flip those two if I could. I’m feeling like my game 6 tickets aren’t going to be incredibly useful. Even if they can pull out game 4 (tonight was a much better effort for sure), I just don’t see them taking game 5 away at the Joe. ***