During a downturn in the Atlanta Braves ‘ fortunes, and with the boys trailing and heading for another certain loss, play-by-play broadcaster Skip Caray summoned his dry wit and said viewers had his permission to turn off the television and walk the dogs as long as they patronized WTBS sponsors.
It’s reaching that point — well, maybe it already has — for the Avalanche.
On Sunday night, they fell 3-0 to the St. Louis Blues at the Pepsi Center, suffering their 11th shutout loss of the season — “closing” to within one of the franchise record, set in 2008-09, the season that got them in position to draft Matt Duchene.