Thursday, June 22, 2006
The people have spoken
In the grand tradition of The Daily Show, please give a warm welcome to The Battle of Alberta's new Senior Oilers Correspondent: Andy Grabia.
Many of you will know Andy as the lead contributor (by volume, at least!) for Sports Matters. He only became suitable for this position about two weeks ago when these two things hit him like a ton of bricks:
As part of this fortuitous arrangement, I'll be contributing to Sports Matters on occasion (generally on the topic of my other love - equestrian).
Andy will pop up here sometime in the next few days to get things going. Welcome, sir. And...
Go Flames.
Many of you will know Andy as the lead contributor (by volume, at least!) for Sports Matters. He only became suitable for this position about two weeks ago when these two things hit him like a ton of bricks:
- The Hartford Whalers actually aren't the Hartford Whalers anymore
- Said franchise was standing between the Oil and the Stanley Cup
As part of this fortuitous arrangement, I'll be contributing to Sports Matters on occasion (generally on the topic of my other love - equestrian).
Andy will pop up here sometime in the next few days to get things going. Welcome, sir. And...
Go Flames.
# posted by Matt @ 3:49 pm 
Comments:
Does this count as "signing a big name free agent" or "giving the job to the first person who wants it"?
Good call. Welcome Andy, I'll look forward to your stuff.
Can you tell the other guy (in honor of his other passion)....and the horse he rode in on?
Thank much.
:-)
OT, but they're doing the awards night on CBC right now, and they've got a "red-carpet" sorta thing set up to interview players as they go in, with fans outside taking pictures and all. Scott Oake is playing the part of Joan Rivers it seems.
My mom and sister are making fun of speaking skills of Scott Neidermayer at the moment.
Oh, congrats Grabia. Good to see this blog will live to fight another year.
Can you tell the other guy (in honor of his other passion)....and the horse he rode in on?
What other guy? I thought this was a full-time Oilers blog. That Fenwick guy is still around? Really? I though maybe he had died. Choked to death or something. Or was that just his team?
Oh, this is going to be fun.
If I remember correctly, it's a Battle of Alberta blog as well as a hockey blog...you guys have a few more football games to talk about,with a bit BoA game coming up on Saturday night. Get to it, ladz! I don't want to be the ONLY FRICKEN CFL GUY ON THE WEB! :P (ok, maybe I do, but still).
As much of an Oil fan as I am, I'd love to see the Evil Empire get their asses handed to them by the equally evil Stampeders (what can I say, I like in Saskatoon, I'm a Green and White kind of guy)
"Choked to death or something. Or was that just his team?
Oh, this is going to be fun."
Lame-O. You mean you couldn't manage a brain fart large enough to produce a golfing crack?
Try harder, or Fenwick the Flamer will own you.
You mean you couldn't manage a brain fart large enough to produce a golfing crack?
No, I was too busy signing up for a Blogger ID, rather than just posting anonymously.
Anonymous,
Have you tired the HF Boards? I think it's more up your alley.
Congratulations Mr. Grabia. You better do a good job or else... [fist swirls threateningly in the air]
"Tired" the HF Boards? Man, you and the words are having a hard time getting along lately.
I envision you like an old-time boxer, arms out and moving. Like a drunken Hemingway in a fist-fight.
Wow. Great news! My two favorite blogs coming together. BofA and SM (and the excellent links) are pretty well the reason that all of my projects are going off the rails these days! The equestrian coverage is just a bonus.
Thanks for the great site(s)!
>"Tired" the HF Boards? Man, you and the words are having a hard time getting along lately.
Sigh. I think it's the heat here in Toronto. I sweat just sitting here in my apartment.
I never believed the old "dry heat in Alberta" story until I was in Ottawa last year. It's ridiculous out there. Another good reason to never leave Alberta.
I'm just scared that this "Andy" fellow will use my drunken post-game 7 quote at some point in the future.
But then again, if the Oilers re-sign Reasoner, I'll be providing enough comedy material for the upcoming year.
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Does this count as "signing a big name free agent" or "giving the job to the first person who wants it"?
# posted by 
: June 22, 2006 5:39 pm
: June 22, 2006 5:39 pm 
Good call. Welcome Andy, I'll look forward to your stuff.
Can you tell the other guy (in honor of his other passion)....and the horse he rode in on?
Thank much.
:-)
# posted by : June 22, 2006 6:17 pm
: June 22, 2006 6:17 pm OT, but they're doing the awards night on CBC right now, and they've got a "red-carpet" sorta thing set up to interview players as they go in, with fans outside taking pictures and all. Scott Oake is playing the part of Joan Rivers it seems.
My mom and sister are making fun of speaking skills of Scott Neidermayer at the moment.
Oh, congrats Grabia. Good to see this blog will live to fight another year.
# posted by : June 22, 2006 6:19 pm
: June 22, 2006 6:19 pm Can you tell the other guy (in honor of his other passion)....and the horse he rode in on?
What other guy? I thought this was a full-time Oilers blog. That Fenwick guy is still around? Really? I though maybe he had died. Choked to death or something. Or was that just his team?
Oh, this is going to be fun.
If I remember correctly, it's a Battle of Alberta blog as well as a hockey blog...you guys have a few more football games to talk about,with a bit BoA game coming up on Saturday night. Get to it, ladz! I don't want to be the ONLY FRICKEN CFL GUY ON THE WEB! :P (ok, maybe I do, but still).
As much of an Oil fan as I am, I'd love to see the Evil Empire get their asses handed to them by the equally evil Stampeders (what can I say, I like in Saskatoon, I'm a Green and White kind of guy)
# posted by : June 22, 2006 10:18 pm
: June 22, 2006 10:18 pm "Choked to death or something. Or was that just his team?
Oh, this is going to be fun."
Lame-O. You mean you couldn't manage a brain fart large enough to produce a golfing crack?
Try harder, or Fenwick the Flamer will own you.
# posted by : June 22, 2006 10:18 pm
: June 22, 2006 10:18 pm You mean you couldn't manage a brain fart large enough to produce a golfing crack?
No, I was too busy signing up for a Blogger ID, rather than just posting anonymously.
Anonymous,
Have you tired the HF Boards? I think it's more up your alley.
Congratulations Mr. Grabia. You better do a good job or else... [fist swirls threateningly in the air]
"Tired" the HF Boards? Man, you and the words are having a hard time getting along lately.
I envision you like an old-time boxer, arms out and moving. Like a drunken Hemingway in a fist-fight.
Wow. Great news! My two favorite blogs coming together. BofA and SM (and the excellent links) are pretty well the reason that all of my projects are going off the rails these days! The equestrian coverage is just a bonus.
Thanks for the great site(s)!
>"Tired" the HF Boards? Man, you and the words are having a hard time getting along lately.
Sigh. I think it's the heat here in Toronto. I sweat just sitting here in my apartment.
I never believed the old "dry heat in Alberta" story until I was in Ottawa last year. It's ridiculous out there. Another good reason to never leave Alberta.
I'm just scared that this "Andy" fellow will use my drunken post-game 7 quote at some point in the future.
But then again, if the Oilers re-sign Reasoner, I'll be providing enough comedy material for the upcoming year.
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