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tommytrump
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Name: Thomas
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Gender: Male
Member since: January 30, 2006
Last visit: January 09, 2009

tommytrump has posted 155 links and 1234 comments to SportsFilter and 0 links and 76 comments to the Locker Room.

Sports Bio

I have two favourite sporting events. One as an adult and the other as a child.

The most entertaining sporting event I ever saw as an adult was January 9, 1986. Toronto Maple Leafs at home versus the Edmonton Oilers, 99, Mess, Coffey, and the rest of the boys. At this point in my life I had seasons tickets for the Leafs, I lived in London Ontario, about 2 hrs west of Toronto and as a result sold most of my seats to friends who lived closer to Toronto. I kept tickets for 5 or six games that year and thankfully that was one of them. The Leafs led 5-1 at the end of the first period. The Oilers tied the game at 6, and early in the 3rd, Edmonton led 8-7. Final score 11-9 Toronto! We almost blew the roof off the Carlton Street Cashbox that night.

When I was only 7 years old, living near Toronto, my mother and father threw us kids into the car, drove us to Malton (now Pearson) International Airport. From there, we flew to Montreal, Mom, Dad, my 3 sisters, my brother and I. We watched the Expos play the Astros in a double header. We picniced in the park outside Jarry Park before the games, went for a swim in the pool just beyond the right field fence, and most importantly got Rusty Staub's autograph. I still have it! We flew back to Toronto the same night, we even got to go sit in the cockpit of the Air Canada jet. That's something that wouldn't happen today!
It was the first time any of us, my parents included, had been on a plane. Way too cool.

I've seen the Leafs 4 times at the Air Canada Centre, each time as the guest of friends in their private box. It's the only way to fly, if you can afford it.

I've seen plenty of NFL games in Detroit and Buffalo, C.F.L. games in Olympic Stadium, Frank Clair Stadium, C.N.E. Stadium and Skydome(Rogers Centre).

My family had seasons seats for the Blue Jays for the first 8 years of their existence. I could only guess at how many games I attended, maybe 350? I go to Rogers Centre a couple of times a year for Jays games now, and Comerica Park to see the Tigers at least once a season.

I've been to a Toronto Rock lacrosse game, entirely too much fun and entertainment.

I've seen 2 N.B.A. games live, the Raptors home opener in MoPete's rookie season, and at The Palace of Auburn Hills, against the 76'ers, on the night the Pistons honoured Chuck Daly.

My two sports loves are the Toronto Maple Leafs and the late, lamented Montreal Expos.
May The 'Spo's rest in peace. Damn you Jeffrey Loria, Bud Selig, and the rest of you baseball bastards.

Recent Links

Bargain-basement league: Several NHL clubs are slashing ticket prices and throwing in all kinds of freebies to haul in fans, any fans.

The Panthers are similarly generous, offering a regularly priced $42 ticket for $17. Fans also receive free parking, a combo meal and a $5 gasoline card. Parking is usually $10 at the Panthers' arena, which means that if the other amenities are subtracted from the ticket price, you could make a case that the club is actually paying the fan to attend the game. Happy holidays!

posted by tommytrump to business and law at 07:15 PM on December 19 - 3 comments

Boatmen lose all-time great: Considered by some to be the greatest Toronto Argonaut ever as well as the greatest player of his era. The nickname said it all.

Joe Krol, known as King, was the supreme ruler of the Toronto sports world more than half a century ago when he passed, ran and kicked the Toronto Argonauts to five Grey Cups.

posted by tommytrump to football at 12:42 PM on December 18 - 2 comments

Sammy Baugh, N.F.L. Great, Dies at 94 : In 1994, the N.F.L. named Baugh as one of four quarterbacks on its 75th-anniversary team. Baugh was among 17 inductees in the Pro Football Hall of Fame's inaugural class of 1963.

Baugh was taking the field for his first practice session with the Redskins when his coach, Ray Flaherty, handed him the football.

"They tell me you're quite a passer," Flaherty is said to have remarked.

"I reckon I can throw a little," Baugh replied.

"Show me," Flaherty said. "Hit that receiver in the eye."

To which Baugh supposedly responded, "Which eye?"

posted by tommytrump to football at 09:15 AM on December 18 - 3 comments

Latest Fighting Injury another Warning for NHL: It was a hockey fight that started the way thousands of others have over the years, but it ended with a 21-year-old fighting for his life in a Hamilton hospital. Because of a hockey fight, the parents of Don Sanderson of the Whitby Dunlops are sitting by their son's bed wondering when, or if, their son is ever going to wake up. After one surgery and some 60 hours after his fight with Corey Fulton of the Brantford Blast last Friday night, Sanderson was still in a coma. "It was nothing....just a tussle,"..."Under normal circumstances, the 2 guys would have just skated away."

posted by tommytrump to hockey at 10:30 PM on December 15 - 8 comments

Pulling together: Blackhawks support their G.M.: The story that's been dubbed "Millionaires behaving properly" was written in a small town a few hours north of Toronto. It might have remained nothing more than local lore if not for the efforts of a few persistent e-mailers and fan message boards. In an era when it seems we can't get enough news about athletes, when every bar brawl, strip-club visit and parking-lot scrape merits a headline, the best story of the NHL season somehow managed to fly below the radar for nearly three weeks.

posted by tommytrump to culture at 12:06 PM on December 13 - 12 comments

Recent Comments

Raymond van Barneveld comes up with a 9-darter

A good friend of mine played in a dart league for years. A nine dart finish was the Holy Grail. There have been 16 televised Nine Dart Finishes since 1984.

From Wiki, an explanation of Nine Dart Finish:

en.wikipedia.org

posted by tommytrump at 10:30 AM on January 03

Locker Room Bug Fixed

Are we there yet?

posted by tommytrump at 12:33 PM on December 31

The Hoser's NFL Picks, Week 16 2008

Fraze, who was your pick for the Pittsburgh/Tennessee game?

posted by tommytrump at 11:21 PM on December 21

Do You Believe in Miracles!?

For those about to dreidel, we salute you:

ca.youtube.com

posted by tommytrump at 05:58 PM on December 21

Let's Make NFL Extra Points Interesting

That's a hell of a self link there, Paul J. Berry.

posted by tommytrump at 05:41 PM on December 21

Sammy Baugh, N.F.L. Great, Dies at 94

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posted by tommytrump at 07:57 PM on December 18

Boatmen lose all-time great

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posted by tommytrump at 07:56 PM on December 18

Mats' current mood: bashful.

A litte more detail in The Globe and Mail.

www.globesports.com

posted by tommytrump at 07:55 PM on December 18

I will break you!

The oddsmakers don't give Evander much of a chance. Valuev is a 1 to 10 favourite, and Holyfield a 5.5 to 1 underdog.

posted by tommytrump at 08:04 PM on December 17

Dallas Stars Break Up with Sean Avery

You've made all of three comments here and two have been homophobic.

Let's not be too quick to judge, dfleming.

His other comment does show a great deal of man-love for Luc Robitaille.

posted by tommytrump at 11:30 AM on December 15

Dallas Stars Break Up with Sean Avery

It was pretty humorous.

Where exactly?

posted by tommytrump at 10:49 AM on December 15

Vikings Tight End Suffers Wardrobe Malfunction in Locker Room

4th and long?

4th and a foot?

posted by tommytrump at 11:48 PM on December 11

CFL Pick 'Em, Final Post-Season Standings

Aw, now I feel all warm and fuzzy (that could be the flu though).

Do I get a share of the Costanza, I'm just curious.

posted by tommytrump at 09:33 AM on December 05

NHL Suspends Sean Avery Over Crude Comment

He is an angel,or is he full of crap. I think it is the latter.

I'm no angel, and I'm not full of crap. Snappy observation though.

posted by tommytrump at 01:17 PM on December 04

Comments are closed for this entry.

If you have to ask, you don't get to choose.

It's a thread, not a choice!

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice."

Band: Rush Song: Free Will http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MYzGMxGq9rM

posted by tommytrump at 08:08 PM on December 03