CBJ - Love that they've made it to the playoffs but three uninspiring efforts thus far has me feeling pretty down. Very depressing to be out played this badly in three games. Also, for the life of me I cannot understand why Freddy Modin is still on the ice? He has passed the puck to Red Wings players more times than Pavel Datsuyk, I promise you if he was on the side of the road looking for help I would open my car door as I drove by to knock his ass out.
NFL - I have absolutely zero idea what the Browns are doing. Seriously. I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I do follow a lot of sports and think I can generally get at least a decent grasp on what's happening. Not with this team. Some days I try to convince myself this is a good thing, and that they're keeping their "master plan" guarded for good reason and they're all of a sudden going to spring it on everyone this weekend, but then I remember it's the Browns and I go searching for alcohol.
NBA - I know the Cavs vs. Lakers is kind of a fore gone conclusion, but would a shake up of this finals really be catostrophic? Let's look at two intriging possibilities.
- The young Bulls lead by Derrek Rose come together and grow up right before our eyes and establish themselves as a force in the East.
- The young Blazers do the same thing in the West lead by Brandon Roy thrown in with a little Greg Oden redemption.
If one of these two scenarios plays out and one of these teams makes the finals how is that a bad thing? Also a note regarding ZG's Pacers...they will be the 4 seed next season as long as they don't do anything stupid (like sign Vince Carter or Tracy McGrady), and lock up a defensive presence (either a shot blocking rebounder, or a shut down guard or small forward). Granger is a beast (no lie this time next year he will be talked about with Lebron, D-Wade, Kobe, and Durant). Troy Murphy is a double double machine, Brandon Rush grew up a lot at the end of the year and they have a bunch of good role guys. If I were a Pacers fan I would be really happy.
MLB - The Reds are somehow afloat with a AAA team right now and a pitcher as our most reliable right handed bat off the bench. The Indians are showing life, mainly b/c it appears Hafner has returned to using roids and is back on track, so that bodes well for them turning things around.
Now my favorite story.....Ken Griffey Jr.
If you've seen me write anything on this page or know anything about me, you know that I will always have an emmense appreciation for this player. He opened the season with a HR as he returned to the city where he began his major league career. He has provided a few other timely hits since then and I can only hope has provided some happiness to the Mariners fans this season. He is the only superstar that has been able to avoid the suspicion of performance enhancing drugs and is a reminder of what athletes are capable of if they take full advantage of there natural gifts and work hard. He had a number of bad breaks and freakish injuries through his career but in the end is still "The Kid" and I hope that by the time the All Star break rolls around this year he will be on track for another 25-30 HR season and have his average around the .250-.280 range and one of the better feel good stories in recent memory. I know the old saying is "if it seems to good to be true, than it probably is", but I really feel like baseball and sports in general could use this one ever lasting icon from this era, and I'm going to hold on to it for as long as I can.
Glad that everyone is coming back to the blog.....it will be good to have this thing rolling again....
0 comments:
Post a Comment