Playoffs Round 1

The 2009-2010 playoffs start tomorrow, so it's time for the fourth annual predictions on this blog...!

Let's get right to it:

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Washington Capitals (1) vs Montreal Canadiens (8) - Was. in 6
NJ Devils (2) vs Philadelphia Flyers (7) - NJ in 6
Buffalo Sabres (3) vs Boston Bruins (6) - Buf. in 6
Pittsburgh Pens (4) vs Ottawa Senators (5) - Pit. in 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Jose Sharks (1) vs Colorado Avalanche (8) - Col. in 7
Chicago Hawks (2) vs Nashville Predators (7) - Chi. in 6
Vancouver Canucks (3) vs Los Angeles Kings (6) - Van. in 5
Phoenix Coyotes (4) vs Detroit Red Wings (5) - Det. in 4

This is gonna be an amazing playoffs, again. Go AVS!

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Tags: NHL, Playoffs, Stanley Cup, Predictions, Hockey, 2010

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Medal Ceremony

Pictures from the Medal Ceremony on Feb 16, 2009. Click to enlarge.

The venue

The flags of all the participating nations

A Canadian won silver in snowboarding

Canadian flag being raised, as the American anthem plays

Celebratory confetti

This is Pakistan's first winter Olympics

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More Baseball

A continuation of the previous post.

High resolution here

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Little League Baseball

The 2009 Little League Ontario Baseball Championship is currently underway. In Ontario, Little League baseball (little league means that all players are younger than 10 years of age) is divided into ten districts. The teams in each district play each other in a regular season and then a playoff to determine the champion. Finally, all ten district winners compete in the Championship to crown the ultimate winner.

The tournament is being held in Oakville, Ontario this year. It was a great atmosphere; kids having fun, parents enjoying the nice day out and players' siblings just having a great time. The weather was surprisingly cooperative:

See, no rain and nice and warm!

So here are some of the pictures (everything shot with Tamron 70-300 lens at ISO 200 and in aperture priority mode at f/7.1).

The home plate!

The pitcher

Pitcher for the other team

Outfielder

When the baseball gets hit out of the field, the kids' siblings start playing catch with it!

The outfielder for Napean.

I left after five innings, but apparently Napean won 9-2.

Note: As far as I know, there is nothing illegal about posting these pictures online; the players and spectators were all on public property.

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Tags: Baseball, Sport, Little League, Championship, Photography, Tamron, Warm, Game

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Predictions Round 3

Another round of the NHL playoffs starting in just 15 minutes! So here are my predictions:

EASTERN CONFERENCE
Pittsburgh Pens (4) vs Carolina Hurricanes (6) - Pit in 6

WESTERN CONFERENCE
Detroit Red Wings (2) vs Chicago Hawks (4) - Det in 6

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Tags: NHL, Hockey, Stanley Cup, Playoffs, Predictions

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