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Archive for March 31st, 2009

Doesn’t Seem Possible

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Judging by some comments of late on message boards, my blog and in some media circles, you would never know that:

  • This Caps team regular season record after 76 games is the second best in team history with 99 points;
  • We have had 6 straight months of above .500 performances and not a single losing month this season for the first time in team history. What was that again about inconsistency?
  • We have a legitimate chance to amass the most points and most wins in team history as well.

So while we have lots of work left to do this season and in the playoffs, let us lay off some of the bad mouthing about this team’s play of late. We have actually been one of the better performing teams and most consistent teams in the NHL this year. I hope I didn’t just jinx us for the month of April and beyond but these are the facts.

A Three-Headed Monster

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

I have been hard at work on my blog for three years now. I blog anywhere from 3 to 6 times per day.

Using a new service from TweetDeck, I now blog as usual but my blog posts automatically go into my status update on Facebook as well as into my Twitter account, TedLeonsis.

So I have created a three-headed monster and hope I am not intruding too much on your time and pixels.

This kind of interoperability is very impressive to me. Write once and publish many places at the same time - what a great idea!

Game On

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

OK - here we go. The race is on now.

New Jersey has played 76 games. We have played 76 games. We have 99 points and New Jersey has 98 points.

We are in second place in the East. New Jersey is in third place. We are both gunning for Boston who has 106 points but has only played 75 games. And we are all looking in the rear view mirror at the other teams with 90 or more points.

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Name the Fastest Growing Sport in America

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

Hockey? Lacrosse? Women’s soccer?

No. No. And No.

It is competitive eating. :-) And here is a film that explains why.

Now this is a sport that I can get into. :-) Check it out on SnagFilms.com.

Read All About It

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

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