Tuesday, January 08, 2008

"Damnit Hatcher"

This is from Saturday's game if you missed it.


Okay first off this about as fast as I have seen Hatcher skate since we got him. Hatch apperently had a beef with Steen on the leafs. So, he goes to level him.

Steen sort of senses the large man gunning for him and sort of ducks.

On the other side of Steen is Joffrey Lupul. No, it could not have been Rote, or better yet Fitzpatrick it is the player who played the best hockey in December.

Luppy didn't see it coming and his helmet pops off and he cracks his melon on the ice. After that Hatch lands on him.

Luppy seemed to think he was on Mars after that and messed up his spin and has a "minor concussion" of course so did Gagne and he has missed about 25 straight games now.

Its very unlikely that Lupul
will return to pre-injury form. On top of that Kappy got his face messed up.
So,
No Uppy
No Kappy
No Gator

No Gags

No Rathje because he flat out refuses to retire, and is still on our roster.
and No Luupy.

I am glad they won on Saturday though, they have to keep it up and hold the fort down till the others get back.



Sunday, January 06, 2008

"Game Over"

I never had a video game system growing up, so I was always a bit behind the times with video games. Many years after it was new the kid I grew up with that lived across the street broke out his old Nintendo game system. One game we played over and over again was RBI 3. One of the best baseball games ever made.

Many years later when Duke had the Central headquarters in Hi-nella that was all used as a meeting place, Jay knocked the dust of his old Nintendo and brought it over. He brought it over with many other games. I was excited to play those games, because I prefer them over the beat the hooker and smash up car games they would usually play.

I was so fired up that I went to gamestop and picked up RBI 3 and Superman. Superman, I picked up because I thought it was the arcade game I played in the town bowling alley many years ago. It wasn't. Actually, the game was pretty awful. It was huge effort to make SUperman fly. In fact I mostly ran around as Clark Kent which is kind of lame. PLus peoples punches hurt me which makes no sense being the man of steal and all.

RBI 3, on the other hand was awesome. I brought it over there and we had a blast playing it. Jay would get mad and toss it across the room, which was always funny. I loved it.

I figure since I didn't have the game system I would leave both games there for all to play. That that did I am pretty sure.

One day I realized they were gone. I had no idea what happened to them. This was upsetting because my girlfriend at the time gave me her Nintendo from back in the day. That game system I even brought with me when I moved out of my parents. It sad it my closet all this time here at my apartment. Waiting and hoping the games would return to the rightful owner.

I figure it was some sort of conspiracy against me. Mosco had just been in town and when he left it was around the time the games vanished. I accused him for taking them with him. Thinking the joke would end when I he game back in town again. Everyone after awhile kept saying it was not Mosco. So, I began to suspect Duke's cleaning lady. Yes, I realize the odds of her ONLY stealing my two games were pretty slim. NOt to mention, unlikely that a cleaning lady would have a use for two, twenty year old video games.

However, where the hell us could they go? Their whereabouts haunted me for years. I wanted to find the truth. Everyone said they had no idea what happened. Then eventually some hints were dropped that people did actually know the location of the games. As recently as this summer I had asked Duke about the games. He said he didn't know. But they likely were never coming back. I swore it was john. All these years. Teasing me. Having the games on the west coast, and perhaps knocking the ball out of the park when ever he pleased. Having his friends come over and have RBI 3 tournaments.

This past Christmas eve, my quest came to a close. At least I was told a version of the story what happened to RBI 3 and SUperman. When I did I was shocked, and felt almost empty knowing neither game would ever find their way back to my hands. Apparently, when Duke moved he nonchalantly tossed them in the trash. No care in the world. No remorse. No warning. No reason at all. Perhaps hatred toward everything pure and fair in the world was the reason? To remove a piece of my soul? To send me on endless quest?

It was revealed to me (likely cause duke moved to Flordia for ever and ever) that Duke had thrown them in the dumpster. Apparently, everyone knew this for years. Even former Flyer Dave Brown's niece knew before me, and I had just met that night. She was even laughing about it. So, there it is. You see Jenna's co-workers mother's/friends/cousin's former roomate was Dave Brown which some how makes him Uncle Brownie to her. RBI and Superman were taken from my life, as quickly as they arrived. My Nintendo sits in the closet with no use at all. I can only hope that karma comes back to haunt DUke one day and two things that he has end up in the garbage. PErhaps someone picked it out of the dump and are lofting homers into the cheering stands RBI 3 style.