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The Griffins beat the Toronto Marlies last night with an impressive comeback in the last 10 minutes of the game. The Griffins advanced to the Western Conference Finals and face off with the Oklahoma City Barons (Edmonton farm team) starting Friday. I'll be attending the game Friday night and am trying to get as many people as possible to join me. There are a plethora of reasons to jump on the opportunity to go see the Griffins. Here are a few... See Wings prospects in action and get Prospect Boners... They're much more intense when you watch live. $2 beers and $2 hotdogs Cheap tickets. Even glass seats are only $33 The Griffins have a great team and they're a thrill to watch The Griffins organization does a fantastic job of making the whole game experience fun and entertaining Hockey Watch Teemu Pulkkinen and his Holy Slapper and find out why his nickname is "Angus".. Mrazek, Jurco, Tatar, Pulkkinen, Ferraro, Callahan, Billins, Lahsoff, Sheahan, Mursak.. I could go on and on. Please comment if you'll be there, or if you think you may so we can try to coordinate seats. Pass the word around, invite your friends, family, strangers on the street, etc... This Griffins team is a blast to watch. So who's in? I'll be in section 109 Row A, seat 9 There are a few WiiM/Twitter people who are going as well. Who else is interested? Get your tickets here. The Griffins beat the Toronto Marlies last night with an impressive comeback in the last 10 minutes of the game. The Griffins advanced to the Western Conference Finals and face off with the Oklahoma City Barons (Edmonton farm team) starting Friday. I'll be attending the game Friday night and am trying to get as many people as possible to join me. There are a plethora of reasons to jump on the opportunity to go see the Griffins. Here are a few... See Wings prospects in action and get Prospect Boners... They're much more intense when you watch live. $2 beers and $2 hotdogs Cheap tickets. Even glass seats are only $33 The Griffins have a great team and they're a thrill to watch The Griffins organization does a fantastic job of making the whole game experience fun and entertaining Hockey Watch Teemu Pulkkinen and his Holy Slapper and find out why his nickname is "Angus".. Mrazek, Jurco, Tatar, Pulkkinen, Ferraro, Callahan, Billins, Lahsoff, Sheahan, Mursak.. I could go on and on. Please comment if you'll be there, or if you think you may so we can try to coordinate seats. Pass the word around, invite your friends, family, strangers on the street, etc... This Griffins team is a blast to watch. So who's in? I'll be in section 109 Row A, seat 9 There are a few WiiM/Twitter people who are going as well. Who else is interested? Get your tickets here.

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Darwin Barney had a good night last night. How good? His 4-4 with a triple raised his batting average 31 points, from .192 to .223. His OPS climbed a full 70 points to .695, and his OPS+ went from 71 to 90. It’s amazing the difference one night can make, and it’s a reminder of the nature of sample sizes. It’s also amazing how a single game can recontextualize how we view a player’s value. A 71 OPS+ Darwin Barney is really questionable as a starter, even considering the Gold Glove defense at second base. A 90 OPS+ Darwin Barney, on the other hand, is an above-average overall starter, and a guy whom you’d love to have starting for your team (especially considering his pre-arbitration status). Best of all, there are reasons to suspect it’s only going to get better for Barney at the plate. For all the early-season worries about his bat, the peripherals say Barney is developing nicely. His walk rate (10.2%) is excellent, and is the highest its ever been in his career by leaps and bounds (aided, yes, by four IBB). His strikeout rate (9.3%) is at a career low. His IsoP (.155) is at a career high. His BABIP is just .233, far below his career average, which is usually around .300. Take all of that together, and you’ve got a guy who might be on the verge of a (relative) offensive breakout. Imagine the value that someone like Barney could offer the Cubs if he hit something in the range of .270/.350/.425. That’s an All-Star caliber player in this offensive environment, particularly when you consider that the player is among the best defenders at any position in the game. If that line seems like a stretch to you, it shouldn’t. That’s the line his peripherals say he should approximately have this year, if his BABIP were closer to his career average. Barney is eligible for arbitration for the first time in 2014, and the Cubs have him under control through 2016. If the offense comes along, they’ve suddenly got an extremely valuable piece – whether he stays on as the starting second baseman, or is shopped in the near future. Of course, if the Cubs believe in this year’s peripherals, I’d hope they hang onto Barney as tightly as they can. Who knows? Maybe last night is simply the beginning of an extended breakout. Maybe it’s already started: over his last ten games, Barney is hitting .371/.405/.629. Related posts: Darwin Barney’s Defense is So Good That He Might Be Average His season at second base so far is reaching historical... Lukewarm Stove: Teams Are Asking About Darwin Barney, and the Cubs Might Consider Moving Him WIth his offense ticking up this year, and his defense... Darwin Barney: Gold Glover As we'd hoped, if not expected, Barney takes home the...

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If you are like me, then the only Chicago Blackhawks fans you will engage in conversation with are the intelligent, respectful types. Especially on twitter, which sort of corners the market on rude little trolls. @Hockeenight and @AndrewCieslak are two such Hawks fans. Not everyone from opposing fanbases (and their blogs) needs to be angry, venomous, hateful, bitter, poor sports and sore losers with conspiracy theories on the NHL and its officials. With that prefaced, I think everyone should take time to look at this series from a Hawks fan’s perspective and read what was posted on Hockeenight yesterday. The last two games are scary for myriad reasons. First, the Hawks and Wings have a history. You might have heard about it. The phrase "you never went through us" has to strike a nerve. The Blackhawks didn't beat Detroit when the won the Cup in 2010. They never had to. For more: http://hockeenight.com/2013/05/21/killed-the-lord-left-for-the-new-world-.aspx Ah yes. A true statement that is fun to say to Hawks fans when you wish to get under their skin. The article goes on to mention his fear and dread that this is actually happening the way it is, and the frustrations at seeing Joel Quenneville more interested in gooning it up at the end of Game 3 than trying to tie it. Has Q not seen the Boston/Toronto game? A 2-goal deficit with 90 seconds remaining is not the end of the world… But as a Wings fan not from the area, I lack a bit of the hatred that fuels an intense fire burning down all objectivity, reason, and respect when dealing with Chicago fans. So I sort of get to see this thing from the outside looking in, I guess. And I think it is fascinating. Mostly truth written there, Chicago is the better team. We have a history that (since we have dominated) means little to them. But since we have lorded it over them for so long, they wish to cash in on our rebuilding era and league-leading injury rates to finish this rivalry on a good note, which to them means embarrassing us. I just have to believe that ending it the way Game 1 played out, a 4-1 stomping and the potential for a sweep (just ask any “expert”), is ill-befitting of the nature of this great rivalry. The two organ-i-sations have gained great renown over the years. The Hawks now have Scotty Bowman and quest after the same dynasty that we once held. The Wings have 22 consecutive playoff appearances, 6 times reaching the Stanley Cup Final and winning 4 in that stretch. We have been and admirable, if not honourable, foe for all of our rivals along the way. This fight does not end abruptly. It may not end pleasantly, either, but at least everyone will know that battles on the ice being fought by rookies and led by European players deemed to lack talent (you are an idiot, Glen Healy) will still end this rivalry with as much intensity and competitiveness as it rightfully deserves.

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