On hockey and age-based admission:
I had this in the newsletter a few weeks ago. More than 80% of college hockey freshmen last year were junior age-outs (20+ years old).
409 out of 509 players.
Roman Anthony HR tonight for USA.
Jarren Duran HR tonight for Mexico
Willyer Abreu great for Venezuela.
Wilson Contreras great for Venezuela.
Masataka Yoshida crushing for Japan.
Ceddanne Rafaela showing out for the
Netherlands.
The Red Sox are putting on a show at the WBC.
Wayne Gretzky's point totals at their career games played:
Macklin Celebrini: 131 games | 152pts
Wayne Gretzky: 131 games | 231pts
Connor Bedard: 200 games | 185pts
Wayne Gretzky: 200 games | 411pts
Jack Hughes: 410 games | 396pts
Wayne Gretzky: 410 games | 961pts
Connor McDavid: 775 games | 1188pts
Wayne Gretzky: 775 games | 1838pts
The Great one.
@engineeringolf What about “playing off the low man” assuming for example that a 15 would still get strokes on the 7 hardest holes against an 8. Does that swing the odds even more, or pretty similar?
It's painfully obvious watching Auston Matthews in the 4 Nations and in the Olympics that he is not captain material for this Team USA group. He just isn't. Jack Eichel playing like a captain. Brady Tkachuk too. Not a massive deal but with this crew, but unmistakable
On a night where the Red Sox got outbid for Alex Bregman, a reminder that the Red Sox have the fifth most expensive tickets in MLB, and rank 23rd in how much of that revenue they spend on players
I asked Maye last week his advice to young athletes: “Play as many sports as you can. I can’t tell you how much baseball and basketball has helped me in playing quarterback.”
Funny… He settled on QB (unlike his brothers) because he was the smallest of the three. (He’s 6’4’’!)
"I want to single out one player - I want to thank Patrice Bergeron...my longest teammate, my co-captain - Bergy, I could always count on you. You showed me and helped me to become a better leader, player, but more importantly a better person." -- Big Zee
You know what I've learned as a dad?
Sometimes your kids don't follow the path you walked. And that's exactly how it should be.
My son Christian retired from baseball at the age of 4. He's now in culinary school.
When I talk about pastries and baking with him, it's like when my dad talked to me about playing catch or hitting.
His eyes light up. His heart starts beating.
If he had a tail, I could see it wagging. He absolutely loves it!
What do you want as a father for your kids?
You want them to find something they love, that they can hold on to and pour themselves into.
God put all three of my kids in my life to transform me.
They didn't come here to be mini versions of Clint. They came to show me what surrendering looks like. What unconditional love means.
Being a dad taught me more about leadership than any dugout ever could.
Time will be the ultimate judge, but believe this is the first time in my 15 years of covering this team that I’ve had multiple people with zero affiliation or allegiance to the Bruins tell me that they really like the B’s draft.
One of my all-time favorite type of videos is pre-fame bands playing their extremely famous songs to a tiny room of people, because they're not yet known.
A thread of some examples:
Bastille playing Pompeii in what looks like someone's living room: