The Mets win!!!

Well, they won a series from the Phillies, which is a rarity given that in doing so they broke a 9 game losing streak to the Phillies dating back to the end of last season. Of note in the game was Jose Reyes getting a two out double in the bottom of the twelfth and Angel Pagan following with a game-winning single. I guess there was some controversy about whether or not Reyes tagged the plate before he was tagged by the catcher. While the catcher successfully blocked the plate preventing Reyes from sliding across with his foot, he clearly tagged the bottom of the plate with his left hand just ahead of the catcher slapping a tag on his sweet, sweet ass.

Early in the season Pagan has been impressive filling in for the oft-injured Moises Alou in left. He had a monstrous spring and earned his starting spot in the lineup, and now finds himself in a position to drive in game-winning runs in extra innings at the top of the lineup. Good for him. I hope he's able to continue his success as he is a young player, something the Mets are hurting for after Reyes and Wright.

I didn't see any of the Stanley Cup playoff games, and honestly nothing terribly noteworthy happened that I'm aware of. I will say that Montreal trounced Boston in game one 4-1, which just goes to show that if you're a bunch of worthless assholes who throw people out of your home building for drinking while they are legally old enough to do so, bad things will happen to you. Let's go Habs!

Something that everyone definitely missed was the two big upsets in college hockey last night. Relegated to Thursday night on ESPN in an effort to not conflict with the basketball tournaments, BC annihilated North Dakota 6-1. The midwest has long dominated the college hockey scene. This year only 5 of the 16 teams in the tournament were from the East. Of those 5, only BC and Clarkson made it out of the opening round. Clarkson fell to #1 overall seed Michigan in the quarterfinals, but BC prevailed through to the Frozen Four by taking out #2 overall Miami of Ohio. BC showed that New Englanders can still play hockey by stomping North Dakota. At least they showed New Englanders can still recruit enough Canadians to come to our area and represent our cities in college hockey.

The big upset of the day was Notre Dame taking out Michigan. In their first ever trip to the Frozen Four, the fourth seeded Fighting Irish (think a 16 seed in the basketball tournament) jumped out to an early 3-0 lead then regrouped and won in overtime after blowing it to the mighty Wolverines. Literally dozens of Irish fans rejoiced that they could at least beat Michigan in SOMETHING. The finals are Saturday at 7 PM and no, I will not be watching either.