Alfred …”When I hear you give your reasons,” Watson remarked, “the thing always appears to me to be so ridiculously simple that I could easily do it myself, though at each successive instance of your reasoning, I am baffled until you explain your process. And yet I believe that my eyes are as good asContinue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor #7: Seeing vs. Observing”
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The Fantasy Hockey Professor #6: Plugging In and Tuning Out
…Once again, you may want to insert some ear bobs and close the door. In case you feel like dancin’ like no one’s watching. And I apologize in advance for the annoying YouTube ads. It’ll be worth it. Especially when you get down to “Zee Dubs”…but first, “O.k, so after the war, my father satContinue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor #6: Plugging In and Tuning Out”
The Fantasy Hockey Professor #5: Young Sailors
…Roman Josi is -21 right now. And he’s injured? Are you kidding me?! Zero-G? How about Zero-D? As is the custom, this is not the place to come for your waiver wire pickups or under the hood analysis. For that, and as I have continually (insert more eye rolling emojis here students) admonished, please listenContinue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor #5: Young Sailors”
The Fantasy Hockey Professor #4: (un?)Happy Cycling
…there’s an Emily Dickinson poem that goes like this: I’m Nobody! Who are you?Are you – Nobody – too?Then there’s a pair of us!Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know! How dreary – to be – Somebody!How public – like a Frog –To tell one’s name – the livelong June –To an admiring Bog! …andContinue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor #4: (un?)Happy Cycling”
The Fantasy Hockey Professor #4: (un?)Happy Cycling
…there’s an Emily Dickinson poem that goes like this: I’m Nobody! Who are you?Are you – Nobody – too?Then there’s a pair of us!Don’t tell! they’d advertise – you know! How dreary – to be – Somebody!How public – like a Frog –To tell one’s name – the livelong June –To an admiring Bog! …andContinue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor #4: (un?)Happy Cycling”
The Fantasy Hockey Professor #3: Outside the Gilded Cage
…seriously, it’s like borderline…uh,…how do I put this?…insanity…how this stuff germinates… I mean, I started this on Monday and it turned into this? (You’ve got a bunch of musical references coming up, so seatbelts and headphones please). Genres include: Weekend Planner Let’s tee this thing up with this underrated tune. There’s a Chinese proverb thatContinue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor #3: Outside the Gilded Cage”
The Fantasy Hockey Professor #2: Truly Atrocious
“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.”–Robert Frost …while vacillating between burying my head in the sand and reemerging, I’ve found myself taking a peek. For now at least. So the affair at hand involves opening up a new document and staring at a blank page. WithContinue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor #2: Truly Atrocious”
The Fantasy Hockey Professor: Arc of a Diver
…it’s a funny thing. For someone who appears outwardly extroverted, I’m actually quite the opposite. As a school teacher, caddy, father, husband, and friend (I hope), I’ve had, and continue to have, many opportunities to be in front of others. Dare I say, as a sort of “go-to” person. And yet, I love nothing moreContinue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor: Arc of a Diver”
The Fantasy Hockey Professor: Three on a Match
…o.k, so now what? There’s an old baseball broadcasting anecdote that goes something like this… —two broadcasters who’ve worked together for the entire season have just finished calling the last out of the last game of the year. One of the guys breaks down in tears after the game and the other says to him,Continue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor: Three on a Match”
The Fantasy Hockey Professor: Occam’s Razor
…in a nutshell and thinking out loud here…on paper… you’re probably gonna need a few extra minutes to get through this one…Lotta side trips coming up with, of course, the requisite complement of old school R&B standards, 80’s/90’s allusions, and classic film references in an attempt to add some levity and context to our fantasyContinue reading “The Fantasy Hockey Professor: Occam’s Razor”
Apples and Ginos 