oh the hours i spent

 inside the Coliseum,

Dodging lions and wastin’ time

Oh, those mighty kings of the jungle, I could hardly stand to see ’em

Yes, it sure has been a long, hard climb (Dylan)

the world of sports....often a punching bag of mine, but still a source of humor , enjoyment and inspiration on occasion.

Brian Boyle.....i was watching highlights on the NHL network the other day and they showed a young boy....8 or 9....front row.....holding a sign proclaiming that he beat Cancer and asking for players in warmups to sign his poster.......Brian Boyle, an all around good guy and one of my all-time favorites did more than that ....he came over to the boards and had a private chat.....gave the boy a fist bump through the glass and posed for pictures.....Boyle himself is a Cancer survivor....a lukemia blood cancer threatened his life in 2017......and i will never forget his first night back in the league.....on Hockey Fights Cancer night, he scored the game winner.....for a guy who has been playing over 15 years for 7 or 8 teams and has a total of 140 goals...that was a big deal.

Seth Beer.....it was opening Day in Arizona.....it was National BEER day....and so it was fitting the Seth Beer came to the plate in the bottom on the 10th of a tied game....and well the rest is the stuff of which legends and funny tales are born....of course he went yard and won the game with a Homer.......the Dbacks play by play guy reacted as if it was Mazeroski's homer in game 7 to beat the Yanks...but why not, it is opening day.

the Masters.......wish it was a little warmer yesterday, but i managed to pack a cooler and sit in the yard and watch the final round....i had Sandgae IM in the infamous Br Murphy pool.....and although the little korean came up short, at least he gave me hope for 4 days........something very American about sitting in the yard on the Sunday evening of the Masters.....of course i reached into my golf bag and took a few swings with a 3 iron.

talking hockey playoffs......be careful what you ask for ....so i'm not asking for anything....just some observations.....the 4th place team in the Adams family will probably swing over to the Patrick Division and vice versa ...so personally i would rather finish 2nd and play the penguinis and or Caps.....let the Canes win the division and face either Boston or Tampa in the 1st round.......Boston will wear down and become easier to beat as they playoffs get to the 2nd or 3rd round......and although TB is beatable...i would never want to play a defending Cup Champion in the 1st round.

10 games to go and Kreider is sitting at 49 goals.......i mistakenly thought Adam Graves was the single season Goal leader for the Rangers when he netted 52 in 1993-94.......totally forgot that Jagr reset the mark at 54 in 2005-06......i can't even remember that now....but let's hope Kreids gets 55 or more.

can't really root for the mets until they get rid of the BLM cancer in the clubhouse , but i still love baseball and i'm glad its back....especially working remote and sitting in the yard watching wed and thurs matinees......also something very American about that.

sail around the world in a little gondola,

of to be back in the land of coca-cola