Guess It Wasn't Phil's Fault

I'm making a bigger deal out of Phil Kurashev's healthy scratch for effect, because it's fun and it's something of a calling cardn of mine. But it is funny that when Luke Richardson brings the hammer down for the first time this

Hawks Gameday: Where Do They Get Those Wonderful Toys?

Setting up the visit of the once-hated rival Canucks. Sector 1901 - Where Do They Get Those Wonderful Toys? Vancouver Canucks Lineup Hoglander - Pettersson - Garland DeBrusk - Miller - Boeser Heinen - Blueger - Sherwood Suter - Aman - Sprong Hughes - Hronek Soucy - Myers Brannstrom -

Screaming At The Rain, Counting On The Dregs, And Other Mishegas

We've got a wrap on the Hawks' Saturday night loss to the Sabres, some thoughts on the MLB Playoffs, and whatever else we can scrape out of the barrel... Sector 1901 - Screaming At The Rain For anyone new here, this section usually leads off the newsletter

You Gotta See Where You've Been To Know Where You're Going, Ruffin' It

We're wrapping up the Hawks first home win of the year, and then getting you set up for the home game on Saturday night, high and dry. Sector 1901 - You Gotta See Where You Been To See Where You're Going However we may think the

Podcast: Funny Man

Email special, Live From The Five Hole where myself, Slak, Matt, and Fifth Feather John discuss the Bears playoff hopes/expectations, the Hawks TV trouble, and whether the Sox are actually for sale or not. http://www.faxesfromuncledale.com/wp-content/uploads/Faxes-From-Uncle-Dale-Live-From-The-Five-Hole-10-16-24-Funny-Man.mp3

Hawks Gameday: We Like To Be Here When We Can, The Same Play As 1988

The Hawks open the home campaign tonight with just about the most hanging curveball possible. Then some thoughts on the same old song and dance from Jerry Reinsdorf and on England hiring a member of The Hun to lead their national team. Sector 1901 - Hawks Gameday: We Like To

Karma's A Bitch, My New Enemy

Wrapping up the Hawks loss in Calgary and then somehow surviving the USMNT game with my eyeballs intact. Sector 1901 - Karma's A Bitch The narratives coming out of Saturday night's win in Edmonton was how that was proof the Hawks were a big boy team

Hawks Gameday: Get A Bag Of Flaming Flamers and Tom Ricketts's Missive

We've got the end of the roadtrip to set up, and then some thoughts on Tom Ricketts's treatise. Sector 1901 - Hawks Gameday: Get A Bag Of Flaming Flamers Flames Lineup Huberdeau - Pospisil - Mantha Honzek - Kadri - Kuzmenko Zary - Backlund - Coleman

Is This Adulthood?

Wrapping up the Hawks weekend north of the 49th Parallel, and some Bears thoughts that are probably overly-excited but fuck it. Sector 1901 - Is this Adulthood? Three of four points wouldn't be what anyone would have expected out of Winnipeg and Edmonton. Should the Hawks get anything

Hawks Weekend: Visiting Peggy And Ed

Sector 1901 - Hawks Weekend: Visiting Peggy And Ed At the moment, I want to keep this a Mon-Fri happening. So when the Hawks have two games on the weekend we'll just set them up at the same time. Then we'll do a comprehensive, bullet-filled sum-up

Seth Jones Appreciation, MLB's Same Old Song And Dance

We've got an ode to a player I wouldn't have thought there would be one for, and then dealing with the same complaints about the MLB Playoffs. Sector 1901 - Seth Jones Appreciation It takes a lot for fans to feel sorry for a player. And

Kyle Davidson's Perfect Game, and The Fire Are At It Again

We've got game thoughts for the first time! Or at least the first time in like five years. And we've got the local 11...well, the other local 11...no, the OTHER local 11, making moves. Let's get down and dirty. Sector 1901 -