lordstanley

Yeah I often watch less after the Tigers are eliminated but find myself interested in this series because: a) while the Tigers' loss was heartbreaking it didn't feel unjust for an 87-win team that had blown the division lead, so I don't feel they got robbed or anything; b) Seattle is somewhat of a sister city of Vancouver, we go there a lot, I enjoy myself there and was treated well by the fans last week; c) Seattle's drought of never having made the World Series has gone on too long; and d) I can't cheer for a Toronto team, their fans just yap and yap and yap in the offseason.

Will someone please tell the Fox broadcast crew that up here in Canada we use cutlery when eating our turkey?

Tigers-Mariners was the real American League championship series, ha.

Polanco does it again. Restores the Mariners' 3-run lead.

Cost the Mariners a run allowed and jacked up Gilbert's pitch count by 15.

I've heard some Canadian commentators say that T-Mobile Park will feel like a Jays home game. No way. Mariners have baseball fever and are paying top dollar for tickets. I bet there might be a couple thousand Jays fans at most. Much different between stuffing the park for a long-planned weekend of baseball in June and doing so in October.

Mariners jump out to a 3-0 lead on a Julio Rodriguez homer before an out has been made in the game.

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I was watching on Amazon Prime but apparently Ken & Mickey did the game as well.

16 seconds to go. Still doesn't feel safe.

And now Mason gets a 2nd chance and scores! 3-2 Wings with 41 seconds to go!

Appleton almost won it for the Wings on the backhand. 1 minute to go in regulation, 2-2.

Tie game. The Wings have done nothing since taking the 2-0 lead.

I didn't expect the Wings to kill that. 7 minutes left and it feels like a 2-1 Wings win or a 4-2 loss are equally likely.

Nice hit by Finnie but a bit careless on the stick by Larkin puts the Leafs on a PP.

Leafs back in it.

When did the Leafs lose their speed?

Talbot has had some big stops this period already.

Ahh, nice fake by JVR, 2-0 Wings!

Ahh, nice fake by JVR, 2-0 Wings! Oops, now I have to find a way to explain how this post is Tigers-related, rather than admit posting in wrong forum by mistake.

Not sure, but doesn’t look great. So this “update” no surprise

Despite a whopping 24-10 shots total in favour of the Leafs, the Wings actually lead the Leafs 1-0 after 2. Long way to go, but 20 minutes from a weekend home and home sweep.

In the late 19th century my ancestors came from Poland, where vowels are at a premium. Decided to Anglicize our original surname and I guess one of them had the bright idea of putting in three consecutive vowels. Which means the last name is now frequently mispronounced and/or people try to replace the middle vowel with a consonant.

Matinee hockey in Toronto for the Wings on Canadian Thanksgiving. Just turning it now. Larkin scores late in the 1st on a brief 6 on 4 to give the Wings the lead.