Sharks by Number

Ok, we're now to our second to last edition of Sharks by Number. This time, we take a look at the 40's, which, as you can imagine, are not exactly popular numbers in hockey. Fortunately, they're not all duds. Let's take a look:

#41 - Tom Pederson

The rest: Ryan Kraft, Douglas Murray, Jed Ortmeyer

Easily taking the #41 title is Tom Pederson, a defenseman who played for the Sharks in the early and mid-90's. He only played over 70 games in one season, so I'm going to go ahead and assume he was somewhat of a borderline NHL player

Squids Fantasy Roundup - Weeks 10, 11, and 12

As I've mentioned before, I've been quite busy over the past couple of weeks with work. Every week I've been traveling down to Southern California, and coming back home to the real California (might do a post on that later) for the weekends. As such, I haven't really had time to follow fantasy football or make stupid posts about how much my team sucks (this has not been a good season for any Oakland football team, fantasy or otherwise).

But before I begin: a monumental very short story. On one of my many flights to/from Orange County, something amazing happened. Something that I had been dreaming about for years. At baggage claim, my bag was THE VERY FIRST ONE TO COME OUT. I never thought it would happen to me. I was rock hard the entire drive back to my apartment.

Anyway, what's been happening with the Squids fantasy league? In week 10, the league's highest scoring player was Tavon Austin, who remains unowned. The week's second highest scoring player was Drew Brees, and he led Team Joey to victory. In week 11, the top scorer was somebody named Bobby Rainey. I have never heard of this player. He is unowned. The week's second highest scorer was some rapist (alleged) named Roethlisberger. That may not be spelled right. He is also unowned. The week's third highest scorer was Calvin Johnson, who played in a losing effort for Drew's team. In week 12, the high water mark was set by Josh Gordon, who led Team Joe U to a win. So it was three weeks of unusual top scorers.

Current projected winner: Joe U

Oakland's Vinyl Vault - Harvest

Hello again, friend. I've been at trial in Southern California for the past two weeks and haven't had any time to post (the courthouse doesn't have free wifi, which is total bullshit. What are my taxes even paying for?) Being away from home also means that I'm away from my records, so I haven't really listened to any in a while. Luckily, the randomizer spit out an album that I'm very familiar with, so I really didn't have to listen to it to review it (though of course I did). The Vinyl Vault returns with Neil Young's Harvest.

Release date: February 14, 1972
Singles: Heart of Gold, Old Man

Top 5 Signs You Lived at the Schnoz

5. You know what "the Schnoz" is.

4. You've made your own foosball table legs (and learned that foosball table legs are shorter than you'd think)

3. You know that "A-bar" stands for "after bar"

2. You've heard of the band White Witch

1. The summer of 2009 is one glorious blur

Sharks by Number

Here is the fourth installment of Sharks By Numbers. Now into the 30's, where we finish up with the goaltenders and get a few surprises.

#31 - Antti Niemi

The rest: Wade Flaherty, Steve Shields, Nolan Schaefer

Another all-goalie number, #31 has been taken over by the current Sharks netminder, Antti Niemi. Niemi won the Stanley Cup with Chicago, and was rewarded by Chicago letting him go. The Sharks picked him up, and he has been one of the top goalies in the league over the past couple years.

Squids Fantasy Roundup - Week 9

Good news everyone! I sort of watched some of the games this week. I mean, I didn't watch a full game or anything, but did occasionally see a TV that had football on it. That counts right? Luckily for me, I am in Orange County for work again this week, and even though this is former Raiders territory, they did not show the Raiders-Eagles game so I was spared having to watch that debacle.

 

Speaking of the Raiders-Eagles game, this weeks high scorer was of course Eagles QB Nick Foles, who threw for 400 yards and 7 TDs. Foles, however, is unowned in our little 8-team league, so the highest scoring owned player was a wide receiver by the name of Johnson. Andre Johnson, to be exact. Andre Johnson helped Joey's team cruise to a win this week.

 

Current Projected Winner: Drew

 

Oakland's Vinyl Vault - Against the Wind

"Just take those old records off the shelf/I'll sit and listen to them by myself." Wise words from this week's artist, Bob Seger. Crazy Pat's uncle's look-alike gets us going this week with Against The Wind.

Release Date: February 25, 1980
Singles: Fire Lake, Against The Wind, You'll Accomp'ny Me, The Horizontal Bop, Her Strut