#but I prefer hockey

[savvylittlecoxswain]

Bobby as a catcher in a baseball au fits so well because they’re kind of the ring leaders of sorts because they can see the entire field. It’s all akin to rowing in that everyone on the field is facing one way whereas, much like a coxswain, the catcher is facing the opposite direction. I understand it’s not the case in baseball, but in softball if the catcher gets a hit and ends up on base, they can put in a courtesy runner to take their place so that the catcher can have extra time to put on their gear before the next inning. This would definitely benefit Bobby who had severe asthma so the less running he has to do the better.

I can literally picture Ulbrickson signaling what pitch to throw to Bobby who is then to signal that to Don, but Bobby does what Bobby does best and just signals Don to throw something else entirely. Not like totally random, I mean I’ll bet he studied the opposing team’s line up and knows each batters strengths and weaknesses as far as hitting pitches goes.

Maybe Bobby got kicked off the team initially because he had the varsity pitcher to throw a particular pitch, but the pitcher didn’t hit his spot (ie told to throw low inside but ended up throwing the ball right down the middle either on accident or purpose) and the batter hit a home run.

EDIT TO ADD THIS: again softball related but Bobby is such a shoe in for hitting no. 2 like he’s so slapper/push bunter coded it’s insane

[callisteios]

i made a character uquiz. i 100% promise you that you will get a character you know AND like

[bisupergirl]

fools will try and tell you that kara is a science nerd, but true supergirl understanders know that she's a jock (participated in the kryptonian equivalents of chariot racing, hockey, and track-and-field back on krypton when she was younger) with a passion for the humanities (former actress, nearly joined the artist guild on new krypton, and preferred history to science).

[sportsthoughts]

Day 99 of offseason gifs - In The Room S05E08 - 2016 Stanley Cup Final Game 6

[karlkapri]

"Hockey Poem Economy is Thriving" hockey poem economy is OVER SATURATED. I am fucking TIRED of seeing the same three poems formatted in the same three ways every other post. I'm sick of the hockey poetry trend

👍 thats allowed.

[carnagechicken]

I think the reason I knew I'd become a Kraken fan eventually (besides the name and how beautiful the jerseys are) is because they're so new and thus the team culture wasn't solidified way back in the 60s. It's still a hockey team, so it's not perfect, but instead of a "yeah this is who we are" that got started in 1962, with 1962 ways of thinking, they're getting their "this is who we are" solidified now. A time in history much kinder to people like me. Again, I'm not saying the Kraken are perfect and can do no wrong and won't ever disappoint us with their behaviour, that's impossible, and it's a pedestal no person or organization should ever be on. But think about what we have in Coach Jess! Obviously you can (and should) say that's it's ridiculous that it's 2024 and we only now have the first woman behind an NHL bench but. She's here. She's finally here. And the players respect her and listen to her and like her. And that's no small thing.

Anyway, I just suddenly had Big Feelings about the Kraken and so I'm probably not making much sense but if I can't ramble on this website what's my account for, y'know?

[crossbackpoke-check]

tagged by ko @tofumilanesa for wip wednesday! big shout out to writevember for making me feel like i can actually call any of these works in progress… your guide to my emoji code under the cut

wip!

🪻🐈‍⬛ - the doc title is still just. YOWLING but i am like 7/8 of the way done with omega yamo fic and hopefully salem isn’t reading this so i can just drop it over a year later with no warning <3

🫃2️⃣ - DEWEY^2 P2!!!! she is almost done (i am lying) but she is so close i can almost taste it. sorry to my pwp that grew its own feelings baby

😇🤭 (🕒 -> 🕜) - rip i’m not telling you about this one until it’s posted but it IS complete aside from being ao3 formatted and the eight billion edits i inevitably do right before full-sending it

☁️💧 - cloud petey fic, which exists mostly as an embarrassingly large tag on a different blog and is condensing into a narrative about as well as water at 30° N/S. the time loop fic also falls under this description

eternally in progress (short list)

🌑🐕 - tyler borzoituzzi exists… there is an index of scenes/plot points… it plays like a movie in my head…

💯❕- fantastic! ‘verse

👁️👻 - stevie brandon seeing ghosts au, which has eight different (now nine i guess but you haven't seen the mustache adam post yet) plots. sorry

just. rotating like a microwave

🍎 - because they didn’t have a pomegranate emoji, this is what i used for the fic that feels like it should be a 50k connor bedard character study hanif abdurraqib/cathal kelly thesis about legends and mythmaking in sports and eating your young. yes i know pomegranates aren’t actually pomes and apples are but it’s fine

🦈 - the one cat da fuck they doing over there meme but about the sharks just like. in general. more on this at five

tagging @colap1nto, @songsandswords, @whitenikes, @gordiemeow, @acheronist, and anybody else who wants to share!!

[dvar-trek]

man, sid played that horny fucking avalanche game, carried the pens but still lost, and then said "if nate's dead-eyed intensity is what it takes to win, that's what i'm going to do. i will forcibly win us hockey games, whether the rest of this team remembers how to fucking skate or not." and i think that's so sexy of him.

(DISCLAIMER: this is a pro-nathan mackinnon blog; if you talk shit about him and his intensity i'll kill you)

[wmnylander]

people are freaking out about this yet this is the smartest thing he’s said all year

[heathcliffgirl1847]

temeraire modern au rolling around in my brain where the dragons are elementary schoolers. here is temrer and iskierka

[andtheflameswenthigher]

The site I usually watch the games on isn’t working😭😭

Anyone have any suggestions for where to watch nhl games?

[hughesapalooza]

canucksmin post a high quality photo of quinn hughes’ eyes and my life is yours

[kentjohnson91]

The PWHL has officially released their team names and logos

[andtodustwereturnoncemore]

Can the Avalanche convince mackinnon to release an annual playlist

It's his civic duty as one of the few hockey players who doesn't listen to ear bleeding country ☠

[linskywords]

Willing to bet Lauren and Celeste have been planning this! Its like "ok i get married this summer and you get married next summer"

The polycule continues!

No but really! Even without polycule headcanons this seems perfectly reasonable to me. They each get a chance to be the bride with their best friend supporting them, and now Celeste gets to learn from Lauren's wedding planning experience (and I would be shocked if Lauren doesn't want to share her knowledge).

With polycule headcanon -- the same thing applies, but obviously after Celeste and Leon's wedding the four of them go on a honeymoon together and have a commitment ceremony on a private beach somewhere. 😍

[flaticeball]

hey leafs hockeyblr this is a request to please if you can tag your posts/reblogs with images of the chicago hockey team's logo so that i and other indigenous fans who blacklist that racist image can go without being jumpscared by it, i would really appreciate it :')