TopShelf's Journal: Getting back on track

After hitting a bump in the there in late December, the weight loss plan is back on track - down 2 pounds over the week back down to 186, and resuming the routine of 3 workouts a week at the Y, with the odd 15-minute walk during the workday thrown in. The new hockey season starts in a couple weeks, so the more I can drop before then, the better...

Gotta get back to watching the rest of the Steve Yzerman jersey retirement night. Wow, what an event...

Stevie Y

[RailGunner]

Yzerman = class act.

Hey do you read the Detroit News? Lynn Henning's article about why he didn't vote for Trammell is infuriating.

Tram deserves a statue at CoPa, as well as an induction into the Hall of Fame. Tram is easily one of the top 15 shortstops to ever play the game.

Ozzie Smith, 1978-1996

Offense:

Career Batting Average: .262
Career On-Base Percentage: .337
Career Slugging Percentage: .328

Single Season Highs:
Batting Average: .303, 1987
On-Base Percentage: .392, 1987
Slugging Percentage:

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[TopShelf]

I like how the crowd booed Yzerman at one point - when he said (paraphrased), "I think the praise of my leadership skills was way overblown." And seeing Konstantinov walk out onto the red carpet ran a chill up my spine. I was there when they won the Cup in '97, and the limo accident that disabled him happened only a mile or so from where I grew up.

You could make the same argument HoF for Lou Whitaker, as well. Henning's thinking is downright bizarre in that piece. How he could vote for Trammell a few ye