Riley has been hitting well lately. I know they are facing a lefty, but if a guy is a bona fide MLB player, he's going to have to face lefties. Vierling and Baddoo both make that play easily. I feel bad for Ibanez.
From Yahoo Sports new post- Lamar Power Rankings. I enjoyed this
31. New England Patriots
Bill Belichick isn’t long-term invested in Mac Jones, but franchise-solidifying quarterbacks don’t fall out of trees. At least Bill O’Brien is around to helm the offense; he can’t be worse than last year’s clown car in the OC room.
What happened was that they smuggled him out of the Czech Republic and all of a sudden he's a star hockey player with a whole lot of money and not a lot of life skills for the USA/Canada. He learned some bad habits from some teammates and it cost him a lot. So sad that he died. He was just two days older than I am.
Tragically Hip was so loved by Canada because so many of their songs were about Canada and they worked really hard to get where they were. That final concert was really good. That was a really emotional night for the whole country and they could not have been better that night. I have always liked the band. To me they are like Canada's version of R.E.M.
Bruce Cockburn is another Canadian favorite. He came by the station once and did 3 songs. The amazing thing about him is how he plays guitar and makes it sound like there are TWO guitars playing - and he sings while doing this. A very underappreciated talent.
I think my favorite Canadian band is Sloan. Man, those fellas can write a hook. Same lineup for 30 years now. They don't always get along but they knew that would happen so they deal with it and stick together. The song Underwhelmed has the single greatest "Clearmountain" pause in rock history (Sorry, Panama).
Living here we got exposed to a lot more Canadian music than the rest of the U.S. because of CanCon (Canadian Content) laws for their stations and the bands toured the border states more. I think we're lucky in that regard. A Country where you have to spend half the year inside is bound to produce some great music.
Seriously, I went on Sporcle a couple months ago and did the state capitol test. I haven't done the state capitols since junior high school. I got 48 out of 50. I missed on Trenton, New Jersey and Montgomery, Alabama. That shocked me.