Thursday, March 4, 2021

The Bruins are in the hole

They lost to the Capitals in a shootout last night, putting them in 3rd place in the east and 12th place in the league.

Rask had a hell of a game, stopping shot after shot but the team can't put it all on the goalie. They need to control the puck, make good passes and put their shots on net. When you shoot at the goal and the puck sails up over the glass, you aren't shooting at the goal, you are flipping the puck up in the air.

They've played 20 of their scheduled 56 games, leaving 36 left in the season. That's still a fair amount of game to play and if they play like they should, they can take back first place. As a matter of fact, the Bruins are predicted to win the east and maybe the league but not if they keep playing like this.

As for the Red Sox, not only did NESN and WEEI not carry the game against the Orioles today, MLB did not have a gameday feed for me to look at every once in a while.

Turns out the Red Sox lost to the Orioles which means they aren't using up all their wins during spring training.


Watching the news stories about the process for scheduling a covid vaccination is fascinating. It's almost like an online auction where you have to be first in line in order to get an appointment.

Personally, I think the whole "giant vaccination center" is a bad idea. Herding thousands of people through a large facility is, at best, dehumanizing. Seems to me that numerous small sites taking care of small groups of people would mean less waste, easier appointment scheduling and shorter wait times.

Then again, what the hell do I know. Maybe huge sites are the best way to do this even if it is dehumanizing.


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