the mad sports man

 Algeria finished first in their group and is the 29th team to qualify for the world cup.  North America and Europe has yet to have games today, so stay tuned.

 Egypt is the 19th team to qualify for next year's world cup, finishing first in their group. 29 more spots. More games tomorrow.

 More like table top arcade game. Watching TronicsFix fix a Donkey Kong Jr table top game to working order (he actually fixed it and played it to make sure it worked), it reminded me of when I had Mario's Cement Factory. Loved playing with it. May have driven mom nuts some days. Even brought it camping. Here is Mario's Cement Factory.

 Here is a scorecard from the 1909 world series. It was 10¢. Pittsburgh was spelt without the H and the word baseball was seperate (base ball). Pittsburgh beat Detroit in 7 games, led by Honus Wagner. 

 A different view of Ebbets field. Shown is from 1913 near completion. Ground was broken in 1912 and took a year to complete. Was named after Charles Hercules Ebbets, who owned the Dodgers at the time.  It was built with steel and concrete. The Dodgers old home - Washington park - was aging, and was a mostly wooden park, which, like other wooden parks, susceptible to fires. First game was an exhibition game vs the Yankees, and the first regular season home game was a 1-0 loss to the Phillies. History lesson.

 Today it's from Weehawken NJ. Weehawken stadium is 299 down the left field line, 405 to left center, and 286 to right field. It's also built on top of the Lincoln Tunnel. Check it out.

 The 1986-87 season had 21 teams and an 80 game schedule. Highlights include: 1. June 6, 1986 had Boston acquire Cam Neely. 2. March 10, Los Angeles trades Marcel Dionne to New York Rangers. 3. April 9, Edmonton scores 13 in a game 2 win over Los Angeles. 4. April 12 Montreal beats Boston in the playoffs for 18th consecutive time (dating back to 1946). 5. Mike Bossy scores 30 goals in a season for 10th consecutive year. 6. April 4, Denis Potvin scores 1000th point - the first defenseman to do so. 7. January 22, a massive blizzard results in 334 people show up at the Brendan Byrne arena to see the New Jersey Devils beat the Calgary Flames 7-5. This results in the formation of the "334 club." Playoffs: DSF; Quebec 4 Hartford 2, Montreal 4 Boston 0, Philadelphia 4 New York Rangers 2, New York Islanders 4 Washington 3, Toronto 4 St Louis 2, Detroit 4 Chicago 0, Edmonton 4 Los Angeles 1, Winnipeg 4 Calgary 2.  DF; Montreal 4 Quebec 3, Philadelphia 4 New York Islanders 3, Detroit 4...