Love me some Bob Marjanovich.
The TSN 1040 personality better known as The Moj runs a fantasy baseball pool that I’m in. One of our team’s key keeper guys is Marcus Stroman, the former Vancouver Canadians hurler with the Toronto Blue Jays.
News breaks Tuesday on the Twitterverse that Stroman is done for the season after tearing up his knee (working on a bunt-fielding drill, of all things) and The Moj starts immediately blowing up my phone, highlighted by leaving a fake newcast about how our team, Viola’s Mustache (an ode to both the fabulous facial hair of former Minnesota Twins ace Frank Viola and longtime Province chat room participant Sami Salo’s Groin), is distraught.
That’s cold, Moj. Stone cold.
Frank Viola, during his Minnesota Twins days. (Getty Images File.)
USA Today looked at Stroman’s situation and how the various other pitching injures are affecting the fantasy fraternity.
Stroman is one of the Twitter stars among athletes. Will all his rehab curtail his 140-character insights or add to them?
And, with that, it’s on with the rest of our show.
THE HOME TEAM
Vancouver Canucks centre Bo Horvat is up to 11 goals this season. (Province Files.)
The Amiable One, Jim Jamieson, checks in today in the big paper with an update on Bo Horvat, the hottest Canuck commodity going it seems right now.
Horvat’s rapid rise makes you wonder if you feelings about former general manager Mike Gillis are changing.
It also makes me think about an excellent podcast. My man PJ puts me through the sports paces every week – this time out, it’s a lot of Eddie Lack. We actually talked about changing the name of the pod to Taco Tuesdays from Casual Tuesdays, but we don’t want to cramp Eddie’s style.
CRUISING CANADA
Former Kamloops Blazer goalie Devan Dubnyk is about to start his 25th straight game for those Wilds.
It’s a great bounceback from a guy who bounced around the NHL and AHL last year.
He’d lost his game. Edmonton ditched him. Nashville quit on him. The Habs wouldn’t let him go anywhere near the NHL.
Arizona let him go this season, because, well they’re only pretending to look like an NHL team.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are always on the flip side of the good-story coin.
The Nazem Kadri story continues, in this case. Prez Shanny isn’t happy with him. The kid’s going to sit for another two games.
Ouch.
HITTING THOSE WHO HIT THE DECK
The Well-Dressed One, Marc Weber, checks in today in the big paper with a story on how MLS is cutting down on diving and how the Whitecaps are keen on that.
What? Seriously? Diving? Soccer? That’s a Nooooooooooooooo.
There’s also that weekly podcast he does with Whitecaps goalie coach Marius Rovde. They talk about Norse gods and stuff.
TSUMURA ON THE SCENE
Love me some Howie.
This was yesterday. He was already pumped:
He’s got a cool little story this morning too. Lord Tweedsmuir and Semiahmoo aren’t names you think of when you think B.C. high school hoops. Long ago, I knew things like this.
Both have made the big dance at the LEC this week. Howie wrote about both.
TRADING PLACES
Craziness galore in the NFL. The Seattle Seahawks make a deal to get tight end Jimmy Graham from the New Orleans Saints.
Defensive back Darrelle Revis rejoined the New York Jets.
And the Philadelphia Eagles and the St. Louis Rams swapped quarterbacks, with Sam Bradford going to Philly and Nick Foles heading to St. Louis.
It prompted one of the tremendous sports pages of all time.
Newspapers still rock.
