On a dugout in Omaha, Neb., the NCAA misspelled the name of its marque baseball event.
As the grounds crew readied the field Saturday for a Mississippi State-Oregon State matchup at the College World Series, a student reporter tweeted a photo of one of the dugouts.
“The third base dugout says Colllege World Series… Ooooops,” Michael Felish tweeted alongside the photo below.
Oops, indeed.
We’ve all been there.
Zoned in at work, so concentrated on the task at hand, that the big picture passes us by for a moment or two.
You screw up — maybe big, probably small — and everyone has a nice laugh.
Thursday night, Major League Baseball umpire C.J. Bucknor lapsed during a New York Yankees-Oakland A’s game.
He punched out one strike too soon.
Embarrassing, yes, but totally understandable.
Especially when you consider the circumstances: this happened in the 11th inning of an 18-inning game.
From Kansas City, Mo., a 13-year-old threw the first pitch at Wednesday night’s Oakland A’s home game.
He rifled the ball towards a screen in K.C. and a robot on the mound in Oakland sent it to home plate.
Nick LeGrande, who suffers from a rare blood disease which prevents him from attending large public events, was able to do this through Google Fiber.
It was the first telerobotic first pitch in Major League Baseball history.
In the wee hours of the night, Chicago Blackhawks grinder Andrew Shaw dropped the f-bomb.
Usually not a big deal, right?
The thing is, it was on national TV and mere moments after Shaw scored a mega clutch goal in the Stanley Cup final.
The slip-up didn’t exactly slip through the cracks.
Shaw, the Game 1 triple-OT hero, told NBC’s Pierre McGuire “f—kin’, it’s unbelievable” to score in such dramatic fashion.
Last Round: 2-0
Playoff record:: 9-5
Stanley Cup Final
So, this is it. The final round.
The Boston Bruins vs. the Chicago Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup final starting Wednesday night at the United Center.
Well, this one should be simple. This one should be easy.
The Hawks were the best team in the league. They’ve come through a tough playoff and ready to take it to the next level.
Not so fast folks.
The Bruins showed the Pittsburgh Penguins you can have all the assets in the world but it doesn’t mean a thing. The Pens were beaten by a better team and beaten in every aspect of the game at the same time.
The Bruins have Tuukka Rask. The Hawks have Corey Crawford. Neither has done it before. That could be the difference in this series. Goaltending could be what it’s all about here. In that corner, I’m taking Rask.
I saw it first hand at the East Final. Rask was outstanding.
Zdeno Chara and Dennis Seidenberg are a force to be reckoned with and that could be a lot for the Hawks to handle. I like Marian Hossa and wouldn’t mind seeing him with another Cup as well.
I will take the Bruins in 6. The physical force will be out the talented Hawks with Jonathan Toews, Patrick Kane and Duncan Keith. Another parade in Beantown this spring.
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