Month: June 2014

California Chrome falters in Belmont; Colburn sounds off

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By DANIEL DULLUM
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Saturday, June 7, 2014

The dream may have ended, but Steve Coburn’s exit rant from the Belmont Stakes will resonate for quite a while.

California Chrome, co-owned by Colburn, fell short in its bid for the elusive Triple Crown of horse racing. Chrome, winner of the Kentucky Derby and The Preakness, finished in a disappointing fourth-place tie with Wicked Strong at Belmont Park on Long Island, N.Y.

Tonalist, the 2014 winner at Belmont defying 9-1 pre-race odds, was running his second race since February. Under the point system that sets the Kentucky Derby field, Tonalist was nowhere close to qualifying.

Commissioner, the second-place finisher, hadn’t run since the Peter Pan Stakes on May 10 – as did Tonalist. Medal Count, which finished third, did run the Kentucky Derby but passed on The Preakness. Same for Wicked Strong, which tied California Chrome for fourth.

This has happened in six of the last eight Belmont Stakes. And that’s the rub.

After the race, a bitter Coburn told NBC Sports that the handlers of Tonalist – along with other owners whose horses didn’t run in either or both of the first two Triple Crown races – took “a coward’s way out.”

Yahoo columnist Pat Forde took offense with Coburn’s rant, calling him “part class, part ass,” and seemed to miss what Coburn actually said. Coburn wasn’t directly calling the other owners “cowards,” but was attacking the system in general. Coburn didn’t name anyone individually.

Colburn has a point – the system is flawed and has been for some time. He had to know at least that much before taking the plunge with California Chrome. The system has been set this way for decades, carefully maintained by the One Percent’s wine-and-cheese crowd that tends to dominate The Sport of Kings.

The system, by its nature, works against the possibility of a Triple Crown winner, something the sport hasn’t seen since Affirmed in 1978.

Tonalist covered the 1 ½ -mile course in 2:28.52 and paid $20.40, $9.60 and $7. Second-place Commissioner paid $23.20 and $13.20, while Medal Count paid $13.20 to show.

As for the race, California Chrome seemed to be trapped within the pack for a little too long. By the time he started to make his run, it was too late, and the horse, whose story has captivated sports fans across America, wound up settling for a tie for fourth.

At the same time, three grueling races in five weeks may have taken its toll on California Chrome. Jockey Victor Espinoza told the media, “as soon as he came out of the gate, he wasn’t the same.”

In his post-race rant on NBC, Colburn continued, “It’s not fair to these horses that have been in the game since Day One. If you don’t make enough points to get into the Kentucky Derby, you can’t run in the other two races. It’s all or nothing. … This is not fair to these horses that have been running their guts out for these people and for the people who believe in him. This is a coward’s way out, in my opinion.”

Frankly, Colburn could eat those words if he keeps Chrome out of The Breeder’s Cup, as many other owners tend to do. If that comes to pass, Colburn would have been better served to keep his rant to himself.

While this fairy tale ended on a sour note. Colburn and his partner, Perry Martin, should still be proud with what they accomplished with what started as an $8,000 investment – bargain basement by sport standards.

For what it’s worth, Colburn’s verbal exit from the Belmont Stakes was an enjoyable tweak-of-the-nose of horse racing’s upper crust establishment. Thank you, Dumb Ass Partners, for crashing this pretentious party.

TAGS: Belmont Stakes,California Chrome,Daniel Dullum

Stanley Cup Final: Kings Win in Double OT, Lead Series 2-0

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By Mary Walsh

The Los Angeles Kings took a 2-0 series lead over the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday. They took their first lead of the game and won more than ten minutes in to double overtime. A Willie Mitchell shot, the game winner was redirected by Dustin Brown.

It was Mitchell’s second point of the game. After the game he said:

I don’t know, we’ve been digging ourselves holes here lately, but our resiliency… We find a way to dig deep and that’s something you just can’t re-create.

The Kings seem to be re-creating it with some proficiency. They have a thing for allowing two goals early and coming back to win anyway. Saturday, they had to recover from three two-goal deficits, twice cutting the deficit to one and finally tying the game in the third period at 4-4.

This is the first time in Stanley Cup history that the first two games of the Final have gone to overtime three seasons in a row.

For their part, the Rangers played valiantly, pushing the Kings back again and again, but they never could stretch the lead past two goals, or hold any of their leads for long enough. Rick Nash, who needs to score, gave it a good shot. Eight shots, actually, leading the Rangers in shots on goal.

Jonathan Quick made 33 saves for the win, Henrik Lundqvist made 39 saves for the Rangers.

The first period was rough and tumble. Kings forward Jeff Carter got tangled up in a hip check from Ryan McDonagh, which sent him briefly to the Kings’ dressing room. As soon as Carter got back to the bench, Jarret Stoll put Rangers’ forward Dan Girardi into the boards and Girardi left the game for a bit with a right hand injury. He was not gone for long. That all happened in the first half of the period.

The Rangers had the first power play of the game 7:58 in, when Marion Gaborik was called for tripping. The Rangers started very well and got credit for a couple of shots, but could not convert against the aggressive Kings penalty killers. Those penalty killers also found a short-handed chance, as is their habit.

It was just a few seconds after the penalty expired that the Rangers took advantage of a turnover by the Kings’ Justin Williams. Dominic Moore sent the puck up to Ryan McDonagh at the point. He wasted no time and fired the puck in before Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick knew what was coming.

With just under five minutes left in the period, McDonagh went to the box for cross checking Kings captain Dustin Brown. The Kings only managed one shot during the power play. Despite a good chance after the penalty expired (thwarted by a snappy glove save from Lundqvist), the Kings found themselves in another two goal hole before the period ended.

The second goal came from a scramble in the Kings’ end. Derick Brassard got the puck behind the net, sent it up to McDonagh, whose shot went off of Quick to Mats Zuccarello. He was waiting at the corner of the net, and gently tapped it in.

Unlike the last game, the Kings did not get one back before the period ended. The shots after the first were almost even at 10-9 for New York.

The Kings wasted no time with their comeback in the second. At 1:46, the Kings took advantage of a turnover from Brad Richards. Dwight King sent the puck to the slot where Justin Williams was ready to shoot and go to the net, and then pick up his own rebound. He controlled the rebound and passed it back to Jarret Stoll, who found Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist out of position and cut the Rangers’ lead in half.

 

Just past the ten minute mark of the second, the Kings took a too many men penalty. The Kings did a good job of pushing the Rangers out of their zone, but the Rangers made good use of a fast entry, a two on one of Martin St. Louis and Derek Stepan. Stepan set up St. Louis for a nice shot from the circle to give the Rangers a 3-1 lead.

The Kings got another power play when Mats Zuccarello swept Dustin Brown’s leg out from under him. It took them a while to get set up  but Willie Mitchell made good use of traffic in front of Lundqvist to score from the blue line.

The Rangers only let that stand for 11 seconds. A faceoff win and a slick forecheck caused havoc in the Kings’ zone. Quick went to move the puck then tried to leave it for defenseman Willie Mitchell. When the puck bounced over Mitchell’s stick, Mats Zuccarello was right behind him to pounce on it. Zuccarello had barely moved the puck ahead of the goal line when Brassard snapped  it in to restore the two goal lead.

It was the quickest two goals in a Stanley Cup Final in 67 years.

The period ended with the shots slightly favoring the Rangers 22-20.

The Kings scored early in the third period, a goal that had Lundqvist verbalizing his objections. Dwight King fell on the Rangers’ goalie just before the puck went in. It could be argued that he was pushed over by the Rangers’ defenseman, but he was not pushed in to Lundqvist, and was in fact in the blue paint behind Lundqvist and McDonagh before he fell.

In any case, King got the goal with assists to Matt Greene and Justin Williams.

The next few minutes were marked by oddly symmetrical back and forth play. In the seventh minute of the period, the Kings finally held the zone for long enough to put some pressure on the Rangers. Even after a timeout, the Rangers had trouble getting in to the Kings’ zone. A failed clear at the Rangers’ blue line, followed by McDonagh losing his footing near the net, and the Kings had the Rangers outnumbered in front of their net. Marian Gaborik tied the game with his 13th goal of the playoffs.

The Kings did not score in the first two minutes of the next period. On the contrary, the Rangers had the Kings trapped in their own zone five minutes in, forcing the Kings to use their timeout after an icing. The game picked up again after that with both sides trading chances.

One second over the half way mark, Dominic Moore was called for catching Jeff Carter in the face with his stick. The high sticking penalty had the potential to be a heartbreaker. Instead, the Rangers held the Kings off until Rick Nash could sell a convincing interference penalty that put Justin Williams in the box and evened things up for about 30 seconds.

With their own man advantage, the Rangers had no better luck, on that power play or the next that came when Jeff Carter ran into Lundqvist behind the net. There was some concern about Lundqvist’s fitness to continue but he stayed in and seemed no worse for wear.

The first OT period ended without any resolution to the game. The second OT period lasted for ten minutes and was penalty-free. Anze Kopitar won a defensive zone faceoff for the Kings, Slava Voynov took the puck out. Kopitar controlled the puck near the Rangers’ faceoff circle, then sent the puck up to Willie Mitchell at the point. Mitchell’s shot went in between Gaborik and Brown, allowing Brown to tip it past Lundqvist.

The teams meet again in New York, on Monday at 5:00 pm PT.

A’s Beat Fiesty Orioles 4-3 In 11 Innings

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Baltimore Orioles third base coach Bobby Dickerson, second from right, backs Manny Machado (13) away from Oakland Athletics second baseman Nick Punto, second from left, and third baseman Josh Donaldson after Donaldson tagged him out in the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 6, 2014, in Baltimore. Also pictured is umpire Gabe Morales, left. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Baltimore Orioles third base coach Bobby Dickerson, second from right, backs Manny Machado (13) away from Oakland Athletics second baseman Nick Punto, second from left, and third baseman Josh Donaldson after Donaldson tagged him out in the third inning of a baseball game, Friday, June 6, 2014, in Baltimore. Also pictured is umpire Gabe Morales, left. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

By Kahlil Najar

 

BALTIMORE – The A’s received homers from Josh Donaldson and Brandon Moss and clutch hitting from Yoenis Cespedes and Stephen Vogt to beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 in 11 innings. The win continues Oakland domination in the American League by giving them the best record in the league. Tommy Milone went six innings for the A’s and received the no decision while Francisco Abad earned his first win of the season and Sean Doolittle grabbed his eighth save of the year. Milone gave up 8 hits over those six inning and all three runs to the Orioles including homers to Machado and Davis.

In the third inning things got interesting when Donaldson went to tag Machado for the third out of the inning but as soon as the tag was applied Machado went tumbling down to the ground and threw his helmet in the direction of Donaldson. Machado got up quickly and started yelling at Donaldson, presumably because he thought the tag was harder than it should have been.

Donaldson said, “I just tried to tag the guy. I was walking over there to go pick his helmet up for him, then he jumps up and starts yelling at me. I don’t know what happened on his end, but I’m just trying to do my job and play the game of baseball.”

On the play Machado said, “Right play, he made the right play, but I just didn’t agree on the tag that he made on me and I just had to get up and confront him. You get in the heat of the moment and things start flying.”

The Orioles weren’t about to let the A’s get away with Donaldson appearing to make an aggressive tag on Machado. In the top of the 6th, Donaldson was beaned by Wei-Yin Chen.

“I understand them pitching in. That’s fine,” said Donaldson. “It was just on my hand. Nellie Cruz took one on the hand just the other day, and he doesn’t seem too fond of that either.”

Donaldson gave the A’s a 1-0 in the first with his 17th home run, and Derek Norris connected leading off the second to give the A’s a 2-0 lead. In the bottom of the inning after three straight singles, Jonathan Schoop was able to knock in Hardy and make it a 2-1 Oakland lead.  Chris Davis tied the game in the fourth and Manny Machado homered in the fifth for a 3-2 lead.

In the top of the 11th, pitch hitting Stephen Vogt singled in John Jaso with a ground ball that he placed between second and third and close the scoring at 4-3.

Both these teams head back at it tomorrow when Baltimore sends up Kevin Gausman and the A’s will put up right-hander Sonny Gray, game time 4:15pm PST.

 

Posey goes yard in win

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By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Buster Posey gave the San Francisco Giants their second lead of the night, and this time it held up.

Posey hit a two-run home run off of New York Mets reliever Carlos Torres in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the Giants came back to defeat the Mets 4-2 lead before a crowd of 41,437, the 275th consecutive regular season sellout at AT&T Park.

With the victory, the Giants are the first team in the major leagues to reach the 40-win plateau, after not winning their 40th last season until July 6

It was the third hit of the night for Posey, and it was his first home run since May 3, against the Atlanta Braves, a span of 93 at-bats and first at home since April 29 against the San Diego Padres.

This was Posey’s first multi-hit game at home since April 30 against the Padres

Daniel Murphy’s two-run home run gave the Mets a 2-1 lead in the top of the seventh inning off of Cain.

Matt den Dekker led off the inning with a double down the left field line, as he was the first Mets player to reach second base on the evening against Cain.

That would be the score for all of one-half inning, as Brandon Hicks walked with two outs, went to second on a Jonathan Niese wild pitch and then scored on a Brandon Crawford single to center field.

Cain went seven innings, allowing two runs on three hits, walking no one and striking out three; however he did not fare in the decision.

Niese went seven innings, allowing just two runs, while scattering four hits, walked and struck out and like his counterpart, he did not fare in the decision.

Ruben Tejada broke up the no-hitter with an infield single leading off the top of the sixth inning, and was immediately retired on a double play from Hicks to Crawford to Michael Morse.

Cain did not allow a baserunner until rightfielder Curtis Granderson walked on a 3-1 pitch, as he led off the top of the fifth inning.

Following the Granderson walk, Cain was able to get leftfielder Andrew Brown to ground into a double play, as Hicks made a great play at second base.

Hicks scored the Giants first run of the game in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he tripled off of Niese with one out and then scored on a Crawford sacrifice fly to left field.

The triple by Hicks in that bottom of the fifth inning was the first triple of his major league career.

On the sacrifice fly, Brown came up throwing and throw got away from catcher Travis d’Arnaud, as it gave the Giants a 1-0 lead.

After getting Crawford for the second out of the inning, Niese threw a ball into the ground and it was first called a ball; however Bruce Bochy challenged the call by home plate umpire Rob Drake.

Bochy won the challenge, as it was discovered that Cain was indeed hit on the right foot by the Niese offering and the time of the challenge was one minute and 12 seconds.

Prior to the game, to make room for Cain on the roster, the Giants designated left-handed reliever David Huff for assignment.

Sergio Romo came into the game in the top of the ninth inning, and picked up his 19th save in 21 opportunities.

Jeremy Affeldt pitched the eighth inning, allowing a hit and striking out a batter for his first win of the 2014 season and first ever on his birthday.

Yanks’ Tanaka handcuffs A’s for ninth win

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By DANIEL DULLUM
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Thursday, June 5, 2014

The Oakland Athletics got their first look at rookie pitching sensation Masahiro Tanaka Thursday, and the 25-year-old righthander handcuffed them for a 2-1 win at Yankee Stadium.

Tanaka (9-1) gave up one run on five hits, struck out four and walked one over six innings, as the victory snapped a four-game skid for the Bronx Bombers while ending the A’s five-game winning streak.

Tanaka finished the game with an AL-leading 2.02 ERA while giving up only one run on a solo homer by John Jaha in the first inning.

Drew Pomerantz (5-3) took the loss. Pomerantz surrendered a leadoff home run to Brett Gardner in the third inning that put the Yankees ahead to stay.

David Robertson wiggled out of trouble in the ninth for his 13th save. Oakland’s Stephen Vogt hit a one-out single, and pinch-runner Craig Gentry stole second. Alberto Callaspo followed with a hard ground ball off Robertson’s leg. Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira plucked the carom and flipped to Robertson, covering first, for the second out.

Pinch-hitter Derek Norris struck out to end the game.

Earlier, in the top of the eighth, the Yanks brought in old nemesis Ichiro Suzuki to play right field for defensive purposes. With runners on first and second with one out, Suzuki made a sliding catch on a sinking liner by Brandon Moss. New York reliever Adam Warren struck out Yoenis Cespedes to snuff out the rally.

The Yanks’ Jacoby Ellsbury almost had a two-run homer in the first inning on a drive to the top of the right-field wall. After the umpires ruled it a home run, A’s manager Bob Melvin challenged the ruling and the hit was reversed to a double.

New York tied the game at 1-1 in the second when Alfonso Soriano snapped an 0-for-16 slump with an RBI single. Soriano drove in Brian McCann, who singled and moved to second on an error.

A’s ACORNS: Before Jaha’s blast, Tanaka had gone five starts without surrendering a home run. … Cespedes served as the A’s designated hitter Thursday. Melvin said he was working through some shoulder issues. … Prior to the game, seven veterans of the D-Day Invasion were honored at home plate, and a moment of silence was held for Don Zimmer, who died Wednesday at 83. Zimmer, who came to the majors as an infielder for the Brooklyn Dodgers, was a long-time bench coach with the Yankees for Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre. … Oakland selected 3B Mike Chapman of Cal State-Fullerton and RHP Daniel Gossett of Clemson in the first two rounds, respectively, of the MLB First-Year Player Draft. Chapman was the 25th player taken overall, while Gossett was No. 65.

NBA Finals: Spurs show Miami what Heat is all about on the floor and in the building too

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by David Zizmor

Miami vs. San Antonio: This first game on Thursday night was an interesting game and the Spurs won this one pretty handily 110-95 over the Miami Heat. There is kind of a nice side story that goes with this one. If you were watching this game you had to know that something was screwy and it turns out this game which was played at the AT&T Center in San Antonio with no air conditioning.

The air conditioning was just broke and there is nothing like being indoors with no air conditioning in San Antonio in June. It was sweltering and it got to be up to 90 degrees inside the arena. For anyone playing championship level basketball that’s really difficult.

Those are very unusual conditions and the last time we saw anything like it was back in 1985 between the Lakers and the Celtics when Boston Garden famously lost air conditioning and it was a complete swamp in the place. It was just hot, humid, and damp with all sorts of condensation on the floor.

Not quite as slippery in San Antonio but just as hot, just as sweltering and it just didn’t favor the Heat this time around. You got to figure both of these teams are used to hot and muggy weather in the summertime. The Spurs had the home court advantage and at the very minimum knew about the air conditioning so the Spurs were a little better prepared for it.

The trainers had extra Gatorade for the players on the benches and they were making sure that everybody was hydrated, on the flip side the Heat’s LeBron James was doing everything he could to keep in the game. LeBron left the game on a couple of occasions in the fourth quarter because he was so hot and so dehydrated he was cramping up.

LeBron literally had to come out of the game to get himself a rest and get some water in him and get himself on the court. So when San Antonio is in a situation where they can get LeBron off the court it’s very easy to take advantage of the Heat. If you look at the box score you would see that the Spurs took advantage of this one.

The Spurs took advantage of the situation when LeBron had to sit twice during the fourth quarter. They outscored Miami 36-17 to end the game. When you do that your just going to win everytime. The Spurs won by 15 and the game was reasonably close until that last fourth quarter. Next game is on Sunday night at San Antonio for game two, the Spurs say they have assured everyone the air conditioning should be ready for that one.

David Zizmor is covering the NBA Finals for http://www.sportsradioservice.com

Giants finish off Reds in style

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By Jeremy Harness

The Giants continued to play great baseball on the road, as they gained the upper hand on the Cincinnati Reds, 6-1, at the Great American Ball Park Thursday afternoon.

They leave town having won two of the three-game series and are arguably the best team in baseball at this moment. It was also the first time in five seasons that the Giants have won a series in Cincinnati, with the exception of the 2012 Division Series during which the Giants roared back from a 2-0 deficit to win the final three games there to move to the next round.

In the process, the Giants surpassed the A’s for the top spot in Yahoo! Sports’s power rankings, a place that they haven’t been in quite some time.

Madison Bumgarner paced the Giants on Thursday, retiring the last 16 batters he faced en route to going eight dominant innings while giving up only one run on three hits, walking none and striking out five.

Well, it was another game, and another tape measure shot by Michael Morse, who doesn’t look like he’s coming down to earth any time soon. In the second, righty Mike Leake left a fastball on the inside part of the plate, and the big man smashed it 440 feet into the upper deck in left field to tie the game at 1-1.

Brandon Crawford gave the Giants the lead for good with a three-run homer off Leake. Buster Posey added just a little insurance in the seventh with his RBI single into shallow left to score Angel Pagan.

The Giants have now won 11 of their past 14 games and moved to a season-high 18 games over .500, which also gives them the best record in the majors at 39-21.

In the process, they moved to 8 ½ games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West, and they get to celebrate by coming home for a three-game series that starts Friday against the New York Mets, a team that is currently four games under .500 and have lost their last three games.

49ers and Kaepernick Agree to Six-Year Extension

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SANTA CLARA-The San Francisco 49ers have signed Colin Kaepernick to a six-year contract extension worth over $110 million. The deal will keep the dual threat quarterback in San Francisco until the 2020 season. Kaepernick signed the deal on Wednesday after a long offseason of contract negotiations with his agents and the 49ers. 

The play-making quarterback was a second-round draft pick in the 2011 NFL Draft, 36th overall. He’s led the 49ers to three straight NFC Championship games, and one Super Bowl appearance. He has the most road wins in San Francisco playoff history. 

In 3 seasons with the 49ers. Kaepernick has started 23 games and six playoff games in his short career. The 6-foot-4, 230 pound quarterback has completed 382 of 639 pass attempts for 5,046 yards and 31 touchdowns. In the six playoff games, the quarterback has thrown for 1,374 and seven touchdown passes. 

Kaepernick also set the regular season and playoff record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 181 yards on the ground against the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Divisional round. 

The Colin Kaepernick signing secures the superstar quarterback a long term deal with the team that he grew up rooting for. Kaepernick  will have a lot of expectations with the new deal to win a championship, but he says that that will not effect his play.

NHL Stanley Cup Finals: There might be no other than these Miracle Kings

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by Larry Leavitt

NY Rangers vs. Los Angeles: They’ve been called the comeback kids, the cockroaches of the NHL, the Lazerus of Playoff teams, three rounds of seven games playoffs all three game sevens on the road and they won them all and they showed up at home on Wednesday night to open up their cause only to trail the mighty visitors from the Eastern Conference the New York Rangers 2-1 after the first period.

The Kings came right back and in the third period got a game winner after the score was tied 2-2 and won it 3-2. If you had to pick one of the big stars for these playoffs for L.A. it would be Drew Doughty, right after Doughty, Anze Kopitar, Jeff Carter, Justin Williams they’ve all been great, and yes Dustin Brown too.

The truth of the matter Doughty is the real thing he made a huge mistake after the first goal in the first period when the Rangers scored. Doughty ended up coming back and makes one of those amazing goals in the second period he got a pass that was kind of behind him so he deflects hit between his legs right in front of him which alludes the Rangers defense.

Doughty just ended up popping it into the net in the smallest of openings and he had plenty of room on the glove side but just found this tiny little crack on the stick side and got the puck to go in to make up for the defensive blunder in the first period where he allowed the Rangers to score on him.

How can the Rangers get back in this series? The only thing that they can do is put game one out of their minds and a regroup and they need to play 60 minutes of hockey. There was a lot of fluke plays and deflections. It’s amazing how it could have gone either way. The Rangers really did play their best game especially there at the end.

The Rangers had some break always and the Kings goalie Jonathan Quick stood on his head and stopped them. The Rangers need to take advantage of whatever they can get, whatever little thing they can get, they can take advantage of and play a good defensive sound hockey and then and when they get that sound offensive opportunity the Rangers need to capitalize on it.

Don’t worry about what the Kings are doing they should play their game and then they have a chance. I actually picked the Kings in five games, the Kings look like they sure are going to win this. But if you love hockey you’d love to see the Rangers come back in this one and really come out with a good game on Saturday night in game two.

Larry Leavitt is covering the NHL Stanley Cup Finals for http://www.sportsradioservice.com