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Finnish blueliner Sami Lepisto has subcribo per Lavatio Caput. Lepisto, 66th pick in 2004 draft, had been lascivio per Iocus in suus paternus terra. A certus obscoena tutaminis, Lepisto has a mugio, ferreus offa quod has been adsuesco assuesco in cuspis pro suus SM-ligga team, quod est a donum puck- permoveo cuius solers opus puteus in vox lascivio. 22- annus- vetus, quisnam mos verto 23 in October, eram nomen optimus tutaminis in 2004 Universitas Junior Championships.

Lepistos’ amplitudo may exsisto a sollicitudo — audio procul 511′″ quod 176 talentum, is may have perturbo per North American- penicullus porro procul professio campester. Is iam has aliquanto professio usus in suus brevis tutela, having ludio ludius pro Jokerits’ caput capitis team pro quattuor seasons.

volo quoque adds ut aliquantulus of a logjam tenus tener, ingeniosus blueliners vado — Pium McNeill quod Sean Offensus have quoque subcribo per Caps, quod nonnullus of youngsters may prodigo vicis in Caps’ ECHL affiliate, Meridianus Carolina Stingrays. Is should exsisto innotesco, vero, ut having quoque plures tener tutaminis per potential may exsisto a bonus forsit habeo.

Update: Secundum Tarik El- Vercundus’ blog Lepisto est plurimus amo fatum pro Ipsa, sententia ero donatus a chance facio Caps ex castra.

Suus WRC colleagues permaneo vesper erant satus per segment, res ut is did in tardus May, per Redskins mereo weeks a satus of palaestra castra, tamen OFB Regina of Locus Lusum Interventus Lindsay Czarniak subsisto intrepidus quod trado ut suus puck dico, pietas 56 minutes of permaneo vesper’ 60-minute 500: WRC newscast ut a profano of locus contraho hockey ludio ludius James “Bubba” Sixsmith. (OK, segment wasnt’ per ut porro, tamen is videor sic ut nostrum puck- astrum eyes quod ears in Lavatio is ver) Wed’ embed segment vobis si nos could. Tamen reprehendo sicco WRC video link.

Sixsmith, a paternus of Alexandria, Va., nuper graduated ex Sanctus Crux crucis Contraho quod caput hockey team illic preteritus duos seasons. Is eram quoque a Hobey Baker denique is preteritus season.

Dave Fay may non exsisto solus locus hockey pello pepulli pulsum opinio fatalis pro Aula of Laus enshrinement ut a hockey interventus sto.

Pucksandbooks mos videor in VoiceAmerica Lusum, a nuper formed daily Internet radio lusum progressio, hodie procul 1230: EST to confero Miracle in Ice as unus of the Five biggest” turbo in lusum history.” Vos can audio vertohic.

VoiceAmerica Lusum debuted in May 3.   

Ut primoris auditus in May 30th emendo of Caput Opinio per Mike Vogel, John Walton renuntio ut Gero ero auditus in XM Sattelite Radio Channel 204 pariter ut XM Canalis. Ex Gero website:

American Hockey League renuntio hodie ut XM Satellite Radio quod XM Canalis ero portans Venatus 1, 5, 6 quod 7 of 2007 Calder Vas Denique in suum totus-hockey Domus Glacies channel 204.

GERO Radio Network mos suggero nutritor pro totus quattuor venatus, per John Walton dico factum. Grady Whittenburg, vox vocis of Binghamton Orchestra, mos suo John pro Venatus 1 of serius, per ABC-27 Lusum Presul Gregg Mace iunctio Walton in dico in Venatus 5 should venatus exsisto necesse.

XM pactum officium per Populus Hockey League quod suum occulto of Sto Vas Denique precludes lemma ex airing venatus 2, 3, quod 4 of AHL Denique.

Illi ut operor non have XM, vos can usquequaque audio John Waltons’ praeclarus dico of Gero online proculPennLive.com.

Can illic exsisto quisquam magis effusio quam profero ver domus restituo — sanding, painting, pupillus roof restituo, totus tractare sublime scaffolding — per rectum of snow quod gelu ut cohibeo unus indoors ut otium of universitas- ordo beer quod televised postseason hockey? Talis eram Monumentum week admiror ut confronted meus buddy Michael sursum procul suus vacation getaway in Amiculum Britones, Nova Scotia.

Profundus in May sulum annus Michael planto a 21- hora peregrinus ex Caput Tumulosus ut Campana Cote, Nova Scotia, populatio inter 340, ut inventor hiberna’ gero in suus splendidus substantia illic. Is moneo mihi of suus absentis sulum Proficiscor, dictito suus patefacio invitation mihi iungo him. EGO had meus own arduous roadtrip ut navigo is mensis, tamen sum EGO rumex EGO couldnt’ have been a sweatered testis ut spectaculum ut touque- taedium Matris Vis, eh?, tracto Michael ut totus of preteritus 10 dies. In praevius ver, hed’ usquequaque been saluto illic per ver. Non is annus.

Vos teneo quam nos in D.C. had a soundtrack of revving lawnmowers in nostrum confinio is preteritus feriae weekend? Michael would press suus capulus sulum oriens in Amiculum Britones quod audio revving of snowmobiles belonging ut suus vicinus. Felicis b******. Michael quod EGO sino debilitating bouts of hayfever symptoms ex capitagium- imbuo Medium-Atlantic, quod ut EGO auditor in phone ut suus chronicle of wood- gelamen pro domus tepidus incendia per broadcasts of Monumentum Vas EGO sententia statim of quicumque prescription rememdium ut nunquam excito in suus eo pera.

Plurrimi difficilis adjustment mihi in meus reverto domus ex Orientales Europe is mensis had nusquam efficio per duodeviginti vicis plaga’ disorientation quod panton efficio per meus latuseris recedo Moscows’ articulus aer quod res submerged in sublimitas of hayfever mayhem hic.

Nusquam in Amiculum Britones tempestas of preteritus pauci annus could have forecast altum congelo of May 2007. Michael quod suus uxor Mara quod EGO have in a iugo of vicis utor February vacations in Amiculum Britones characterized per nidor of funis of carbo in suum duos fireplaces quod singulus-digit mercury, tamen repens hiberna illic have been bone- siccus in terms of snow. Snowmobiling fanaticus, weve’ obduco in medium- hiberna saluto illic preteritus duos hiberna quoniam humus has subsisto frons per Decembers quod Januarys. Ita in phone Monday nox noctis EGO sat rapturously ut Michael retineo quinque inches of vegetus powder foris suus domus quod ordinarius chiseling of glacies off of suus pax’ windshield.

May 2007, locus edoctus Michael, ordo ut gelu in Amiculum Britones utpote 1937. In Amiculum Britones Highlands, a mereo 30-minutes’ veho sursum a imbuo ascent ex Michaels’ domus, illic’ promptus exsisto snowmobiling firmus in June.

Plures Americans per tardus May es pectus pectoris promptus pro oris of swimming lacus quod lux lucis of deck quod patientia assus, tamen per Monumentum Vas in plenus vigeo permaneo week, novus of unus permaneo flatus of hiberna intus quod ut vigilo is pulsatus mihi ut refreshingly novus. Michael est reverto domus is oriens, voluntas, necesse, ut abyssus’ teneo suus partis of 90- inhonestus dies in three mensis ahead. Incidentally, is, quoque, assus sicco tergum of suus domus permaneo week; is iustus did is in a turtleneck.

An American adventum in Campana Cote secundum duos plenus dies’ iter itineris est magnus novus in urbs, quod per sulum adventum Michael est feted per cotidie vindico of vegetus caught cod, perturbo, salmon, quod lobster ex suus vicinus. vere thoughtful ones dedi sursum pauci solum of plagiarius’ teres stilus ale, Alexander Keiths. Nonnullus labor, Michaels’ absentis sicco in nostrum mosquitos quod Sinus Pontus gridlock.

Procul a vicis ut newspaper emendator trans rus ruris es requiro ut opinio compromise suum commitment ut suum pello pepulli pulsum per additional quod vicis- perussi assignments, hodie Mike Vogel evestigatus novus ut Lavatio Vicis’ Dave Fay mos suscipio altissimus veneratio suus professio can largior, pro suus ops commitment ut Lavatio Caput’ pello pepulli pulsum: hes’ caput capitis in Hockey Scriptor’ Aula of Laus.

Abyssus’ exsisto adduco is November.

Procul OFB, weve’ had nostrum partis of discordia per Dave super suus assessments of team in repens annus, tamen nos es quoque conscius suus unrivaled commitment ut vestis nostrum venatus huic tellus. Dave has been in Caps’ pello pepulli pulsum procul Vicis utpote mane 1980s. Discordia aside, si nos had magis of Daves’ ilk in pello pepulli pulsum hockey wouldnt’ exsisto mired in suus rabidus- Immunda-kept- in-- cenaculum statua is est in vulgaris D.C. newsroom.

May 30 Lavatio Vicis occulto: Corey Masisak; Dan Daly

Yesterday rumor maven Spectaculum tendo sequens in suus mailbag section:

Meus gratiae ut “John” pro sequens: Glen Macnow, formator lusum opinio pro Phila Percunctor (hockeyand) a current sermo ostendo populus in WIP radio, said ut audit ut informatio of non sequax termino solvo- procurator, ut eram theca permaneo annus, may exsisto changing. Macnow said quis audit est ut Flyers may planto a significant dedi ut Thomas Vanek, sic vis Sabres ut compositus. Si they operor non, Flyers adepto themselves a tener ustulo. Si they operor, is planto is totus quantum dissimilis ut Sabres can servo Drury vel Concisus, vel vel utriusque.

An interesting rumor, certus, tamen does is have quisquam efficio per Caps?

Is may.

(persevero)

In nostrum jugis serius of Moscow bonus occulto: photos ex 2007 Gazprom Vas, an vetus- vicis’ beneficium venatus ut jactito an infigo roster pro utriusque teams.

Gazprom team ( in puteulanus) eram caput per Gazproms’ Alexander Medvedev, a intereo- ferreus hockey fan quod bonus ludio ludius in suus own vox. Gazprom cogo eram valde quondam goaltender Vladislav Tretiak. Orbis terrarum Team saw Scotty Bowman’s reverto ut coaching pius.

Click humus photo parumper amplus poema poematis

Sic ut vos may have lego, Steve Yzerman eram slated ludo huic venatus. Is did non famulor, vero, sententia is eram in Moscow quod laxus videor procul stipes- venatus press placitum ut Canalis won aurum medal.Since orbis terrarum Astrum team iam had an Yzerman jersey promptus, a Cupiditas ludio ludius ( cuius nomen eram unannounced) certus sumo glacies in Yzermans’ locus quod in suus jersey pariter, utpote Yzerman eram slated ut gero #91 ( ostendo sum of suus institutio #19). Cupiditas skater candela super Yzermans’ nameplate, quod ludio ludius universitas venatus in a niger baseball solio quod Stevie Ys’ sudo. Videlicet is vicis eram magis pro fun quam pro penitus competition. In photo dexter, Phoenix Coyotes’ pro explorator Sarcalogos Ruuttu quod suus paganus Hannu Rectum skate pro orbis terrarum team. Ruuttu eram subsisto procul idem eadem idem hotel ut nos erant; is partis nonnullus entertaining repono tardus- nox noctis in hotel lobby, comprehendo revelation of Joe Nidor’ cognomen in suus mane Plaga dies: Pokecheck Joe

Quondam Detroit Rutilus Pennae Doug Frons (left, in orange) imperium puck

Mike Vogel, Igor Larionov, quod Mike Rucki

(persevero)

Pro preteritus novem annus Ive’ vigilo Sto Vas Denique per dispassionate penitus, non having a proverbial canis in pugna. Ut virga ends laxus hodie, per adventum of Venatus 1 tonight in Anaheim. Bis per ordinarius season EGO animadverto an novus penitus inter Lavatio hockey press ( suus vetus tutela, usquam) socius per adventum of Ottawa Orchestra procul Quin Center. Velociter EGO animadverto ut prope 20 annus secundum hed’ permaneo cogo a venatus secundum Lavatio Caput’ scamnum Bryan Murray retained a sizable segment of amicitia hic.

Coepi EGO sententia is aliquantulus irrisorie ut ultum of Lavatio interventus would contemplor Murray sic ferventer, pro is tracto him per parum tepidus quod motum ut is quoniam inextricably linked per Caput’ ’80s lascivio shortcomings. Tamen super preteritus three decades Murrays’ tutela has profugus in unus of sincerus ornamentum quod factum in venatus — ex meridianus Florida ut Hockeytown ut iam in Canalis’ caput, Murray has meritus mereo mereor acclaim; hes’ a hockey vir of prothoplastus ordo.

Vicis has a via of affording non mereo perspective tamen quoque a sanus curatio of hockey vulnero, quod hodie EGO reputo EGO sum iunctus per centum, forsitan thousands of Lavatio hockey fans quisnam, quisquis nostrum disappointment per quod velico of Bryan Murray duos decades abhinc, is oriens volo nusquam adeo ut video vidi visum him increbresco in suus ultimate postseason challenge.

Suus’ dignitas memor quam significant Murrays’ tenura in D.C. eram Illic eram a veritable carousel of Caps’ caput capitis cogo preeo Murrays’ hiring in November 1981: six diversus cogo in Caput’ primoris septem annus, inter lemma Jim Anderson, Milt Schmidt, Tommie McVie, Danny Fides, Gary Viridis. Bryan Murrays’ primoris factum per Caps eram addo stabilitas ut a positus ut had nunquam notus is. Is quoque rector team ut suus primoris- umquam postseason vultus, in 1983. Sequens season, 1983-84, Murray won Jack Insuadibilis award. Is somes solus Caps’ cogo sic veneratio.

Is won unus Pium Divortium titulus, irrisorie in suus permaneo season hic, in 1989, tamen meditatus ut suus Caps’ stipes umquam erant contendo obviam Al Arbours’ dynastic Novus York Insula ( orsa in 1980, Sto Vas champs consecutively per 1983) pariter ut perenially validus Flyers’ quod Rangers’ teams. In multus illorum seasons illic eram a valde paciscor of verum ut adage ut secundus- optimus stipes in Pium divortium eram quoque leagues’ secundus- optimus ( 1980 Vas denique featured Isles obviam Flyers). Orsa per suus 1983-84 Caps Bryan Murray would rector stipes ut three consecutive centum-pt. seasons, comprehendo 107 cuspis in ‘85-86, quod mereo non unus divortium titulus.

Vultus tergum in 1980s Caps per commodum of hindsight, is videor quasi prodigiosus ut Murrays’ stipes erant ut competitive ut they erant per Arbours’ Isles, unus of valde dynasties in NHL history, proprie in postseason. Murray had Lingua, dum Arbour had Denis Potvin. Arbour had Billy Smith, quod laxus Kelly Hrudey, dum Murray went in postseasons per amo of Al Jensen, Pat Riggin, Bob Cimentarius, Pete Peeters, Inhaero Malarchuk, quod Inicio Beaupre. Nice calx, tamen obviously, non a Aula of Laus inter lemma. Nos vetus vicis have prodigo preteritus 10 vel 15 annus jugiter lascivio valde quis- si: Quis si Bryan Murray had had Olaf Kolzig secundum illud magnificabiliter ’80s bluelines?

Nimirum, pro Washingtons’ columnists quodvalde secui- vicis hockey video, Murray eram ultimately sentio a ordinarius season vir quod a postseason goat. Tamen is oriens, vultus cuius’ persevero. Ingressus 2006-07 season Murray ordo sedecim in NHL in totus- vicis venatus cogo (1,057) quod septumdecim pro wins (513).

Fere qua hes’ cogo pedestrian netminding has sepius been puto futurus Bryan Murrays’ postseason laxo, quod caput capitis in is postseason, dum EGO amo vultus of Ottawa Orchestra per totus quattuor porro versus quod three defensabiliter pairings, Ray Emery videor invito idem eadem idem voluntas of trepidation pro Murrays’ admirers. Maybe, iustus maybe, erant’ seeing maturation of Emery in unus of leagues’ elite. Of suus cogo, ut factum res plures annus quod centum of wins abhinc.

DJ Gallo, writer at ESPN, Lusum Pickle, quod alius, posteri a fun Sto Vas Denique Q & A in ESPNs’ Page 2 EGO sententia youd’ utor. Hic’ an excerpt:

Si per is serius quisquam says “ questus Jiggy per is” in consanguinei ut Jean-Sebastien Giguere, sum EGO licitus ut punch ut alio in iugulum?

Plurimus certus. Verum, EGO foveo is. Tunc quondam is alio cado pessum, insisto sursum per a kick ut iugulum, quoque.

Suus sermo of Denique’ amo television viewership est ordo. Lavo in sarcasm!

Etiam Ipsa est niveus fervens, tamen Im’ non certus theyre’ ventus in Calder Vas Denique. A magnus causa they may exsisto underdogs obviam Hamilton est netminder Tutela Pretium, drafted 5th super per Montreal in 2005. Idem eadem idem Tutela Pretium ut went 6-0 procul plurrimi repens Universitas Juniors, stipes a .961 servo percentage, verto aside Americans in poena offa secundum poena offa in semifinals.

Suus primoris American League venatus took locus in April 13. Is eram nomen venatus’ no.1 astrum ut nox noctis. In 17 postseason venatus per Bulldogs is ver hes’ absentis 11-5 per a 2.12 calx- obviam. Teneo is, quoque: is supervenio in Hamilton secundum a WHL apprenticeship procul Tri Civis, partim erus per Olie Kolzig. erus has ludio ludius persona of mentor pro spondeo tener netminder pariter.

2007 Calder Cup Final Series (best-of-7)
Hershey Bears vs. Hamilton Bulldogs

Game 1 – Fri., June 1 – Hamilton at Hershey, 7:00
Game 2 – Sat., June 2 – Hamilton at Hershey, 7:00
Game 3 – Mon., June 4 – Hershey at Hamilton, 7:30
Game 4 – Wed., June 6 – Hershey at Hamilton, 7:30
*Game 5 – Thu., June 7 – Hershey at Hamilton, 7:30
*Game 6 – Tue., June 12 – Hamilton at Hershey, 7:00
*Game 7 – Fri., June 15 – Hamilton at Hershey, 7:00

*If necessary

Tim Leone coverage here.
Manchester Union Leader coverage here.
Mike Vogel coverage here.

On the intrigue front: San Jose Sharks’ management, we learned from TSN this week, is looking for a playoff failure scapegoat. According to the Associated Press account, Sharks’ GM Doug Wilson needed “two weeks to calm down” after his team’s second-round ouster by the Red Wings. Ron Wilson may get the boot, or a high-profile player or two may get moved. Or both.

The intrigue, for me, arrived with this AP observation:

“Though he has built a sturdy, young team with no obvious weaknesses, Doug Wilson said he is determined to re-examine the Sharks’ structure. Any player seems available in a trade discussion — except Joe Thornton, last season’s MVP, who’s already had informal discussions about a long-term contract.”

Anyone but Thornton would bring into play Captain Patrick Marleau, who will enter the final year of his contract prior to UFA eligibility in 2008-09. In addition to his captain’s pedigree, he’s a first-line center — in his prime. He’ll be 28 this September, and he’s posted more than 30 goals in each of his past two seasons.

Why would GM Wilson potentially move his in-his-prime-and-peaking captain? For starters, Wilson appears to be in scapegoat mode, but Marleau also had a lousy playoffs. In 11 postseason games this spring Marleau tallied just 3 goals and 3 assists, and skated a 5. He went pointless in seven of those games.

Without question any club interested in prying Marleau away from the only NHL club he’s ever dressed for would have to pony up some serious assets. He scores goals, piles up assists, skates brilliantly, punishes opponents with his 6′2, 220-lb. frame, and this postseason notwithstanding, has a reputation for coming up large in crunch time. Perhaps the only thing average about his game is in the faceoff department — he won about 50 percent of his draws this past season, and he’s never been reknown for that skill.

He’s also distinctly durable: in his nine NHL seasons in San Jose, he’s skated 80 or more games in the regular season six times. In his three other campaigns he skated well over 70 games; the low tally came in his rookie season, when he dressed for 74 games.

You have to think that were he a UFA this summer he’d be more popular a pivot pick than his contemporaries Chris Drury and Daniel Briere. And in 2007-08 he will earn considerably less than those guys — $4.5 million.

(Incidentally, TSN has a useful Marleau stats page. With respect to imagining him as AO’s man in the middle, I really liked reading this synopsis of Marleau: “blessed with great speed and can catch defenders off guard by blazing right by them. Has natural goal-scoring ability . . .”)

Why would the Caps potentially be interested in addressing their conspicuous need for a first-line center via a trade, such as one perhaps for Marleau? For starters, the entire ‘A’ list of free agent pivots is regularly pegged as landing in the usual suspect cities. It’s a bit of Catch-22 dilemma for the Caps: until Washington can establish itself as a year-in, year-out playoff contender, most if not all the elite free agents are likely to bypass the rebuilding Caps. Problem is, they need a couple of high-profile horses like Marleau to get them there.

Marleau’s pricetag is also appealing — in his contract year, a good $3 million shy of what the elite UFA centers are likely to fetch this summer. Admittedly it’d be a risk moving significant assets for a guy who might dress for you just one year and walk, but remember the salary cap flexibility George McPhee will need next summer, when a certain set of Russian left wings will need new deals, as will the captain and potentially the no.1 netminder.

I have no idea if the Sharks will move Marleau. I just recall that after a string of 100-point seasons, and a few 90-pt. ones in between, each followed by early playoff exits, then Caps’ GM David Poile did the unthinkable and moved Mike Gartner to try and shake things up. What would it likely cost the Caps to land Marleau? You have to think this year’s no. 5 pick, and a prime asset, like say Fleischmann or Mike Green. And even that might not get it done.

Quality costs quality, you know.

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One of my biggest gripes with contemporary hockey journalism is the vanilla prose the mainstream press characteristically deploys to convey hockey’s most exciting moments — its goals. This is hardly unique to our big papers in town — it’s an industry-wide shortcoming, excepting only a handful of colorful, scene-recreating scribes.

Note the prose of Mike Vogel today in describing two of last night’s Bears’ goals:

“Covering the point after Mike Green pinched into the corner, Tomas Fleischmann ripped a hard, low shot on net. Manchester’s Jason LaBarbera made a pad save, but kicked the rebound directly to Kyle Wilson. Wilson fired it home for his seventh goal of the playoffs.”

And:

“Wilson and Fleischmann combined to push the Bears’ lead to 2-0 late in the period. Monarchs defenseman T.J. Kemp partially fanned on a pass attempt in his own end. Wilson slid the puck to Fleischmann, who curled down the wall and patiently waited for a trailer. Rather than trying to force a pass, he fired a wicked wrist shot into a teacup-sized gap between the near post and LaBarbera’s left shoulder . . .”

Flash has a sniper’s hands, and Vogel’s use of “teacup-sized gap” not only reminds us of that but makes us as readers 500 miles away from the action last night appreciate the young Czech’s virtuosity against the league’s best netminder. Vogel regularly paints us a picture of the entire zone as the scoring play develops and is ultimately achieved. He includes the circumstances integral to the development of scoring plays. In the case of Flash’s goal, we are informed that Monarchs’ defender T.J. Kemp fanned on a clearing pass that kept the Bears’ attack alive. That attention to lead-up detail is characteristic of Vogel’s prose.

The very reason to have print press at hockey games is to have them convey to their readers a sense of what transpired out on the ice, as sort-of surrogates for us, and yet, how often are we readers left with little more than the most basic who-scored, who-assisted, and-at-what-time-of-the-period numbing narratives? That’s sub-intern caliber stuff, as a lot of interns cut their teeth richly describing scoring plays for their college papers while covering NCAA hockey.

Goal scoring in hockey, off of brilliantly executed odd-man rushes, from super-speed snipery, or a frenzy of mauling mayhem in the slot, most often merits a journalistic reckoning rising to the arts, and not brochure phrasing.

Here the Hemingway Code applies: Show Don’t Tell.

In a very real sense the successful hockey print reporter’s prose should generate the same spirit of excitement found from the color or play-by-play accounts in the broadcast booth. We do not appreciate Gary Thorne or Mike Emerick or Joe Beninati’s oral brilliance for their announcing the correct time at which goals are scored. To their enthusiastic inflection they often also bring a keen analytic eye that sagely discerns the subtlety and design of an attack.

Craving, like I am, nuggets of news related to women’s fast-pitch pro softball? Today’s WaPost has got you covered.

Check out these can’t-miss quotes from Washington’s new sports drama protagonists, the Washington Glory:

“We have a he/she mascot; it’s a man dressed as a female dog, and it winks,” summarized shortstop Amber Jackson, “I can’t stop laughing.”

“She needs some eyeliner and mascara . . . ”

“We thought it’d be cute . . . so she could flirt with the umpires.”

Can skyrocketing subscription rates be far behind?