Is it too good to be true?

A few quick hits on the previously mentioned topics before I get to what is easily my favorite story right now.....

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....

Time to get Blog-Tastic All over your Faces!!!!

Alright Party People, I'm trying to get this thing rolling again whether you like it or not ahaha

1) NBA Playoffs
-----The Cavs are being handed the East on a silver platter, right? NO KG, NO Problem? yeah I don't know about that. The Magic were the one team that worried me in the East anyway. Their outside shooting and DHoward playing against a not 100% Big Ben is a scary thought. But even after thinking that it all comes down to this one point, in any series, any time : WE HAVE LEBRON. In the East, that trumps anything else. The Magic may have good outside shooting, DHoward, but WE HAVE LEBRON. The Heat have DWADE who can go off for 50 at anytime, but......WE HAVE LEBRON. The Celtics won the title last year (although the outcome would've been different if the Cavs had Boobie during the 7th game, just saying), and are "battle tested", which is the absolute dumbest argument I have ever heard, I mean how are they battle tested? Big Baby, Marbury, Special Ed Moore, Tony Allen, and I still contend Leon Powe (because the yhad the safety blanket of PJ Brown) have done NOTHING. They either weren't in the playoffs (Marbury, Special Ed Moore), or Hurt (Tony Allen), or didn't get off the bench (Big Baby, who sucks BTW). Paul Pierce is one year older, so is Ray Allen. Kendrick Perkins and Rondo still aren't top flight players, and Doc Rivers was bailed out by teh fact that KG was playing Free Safety in the back of their Defense. KG was the reason they won that title last year. He allowed everyone else to flourish, while the other team focused on him. He is the heart and soul of that team. Period. Don't get me started on why Paul Pierce isn't. Man, I hate Paul Pierce..ANYWAY to sum up WE HAVE LEBRON, and they DON'T.

And the Cavs actually have a TEAM this year. Yeah LeBron plays like LeBron every night, but now he has Mo Williams, Delonte West, BIG Z, Wally, Joe Smith, and by some act of GOD Varejao actually palyign with him on any given night. I mean when have the Cavs ever had a guy like Mo who can go off for 25-30 on any given night? Never since LeBron's been there. And Z actually plays a role this year. He has finally realized that all he needs to do is hit open Js, instead of initiating his own offense, which never works out well for anyone. Also, in the Playoffs, LeBron always raises his game to an unseen level. This year though, he'll have help. Have I mentioned I hate Paul Pierce, by the way?

I'm picking the Cavs over the Lakers in 6 Games with Homecourt advantage ultimately deciding the series, and the Lakers losing 2 games based solely on Pau Gasol's Facial Hair, and their shoddy PG play, and Lamar Odom finding some good weed in Cleveland, and basically not showing up for 3 games.


The NFL/Browns
------Well, I have 2 Theories on the Browns. 1) ManKok (mangini and kokinis combined) is basically just gutting the team and starting from scratch with the hope of draft picks and Jets retreads. 2) Mangini has been given way too much power for a guy who hasn't won anything yet.

I guess you can't really argue with the first one because the Browns had one winning season in the last 6 years., and frankly these guys can't get any worse. But why trade the best playmakers on Offense? I can see Braylon, because the guy says every other week ow much he wants out, so if you can somehow get a 1st rounder for him, do it up. And then Draft my boy CRABTREE 5th, and then Laurinaitis, or another LB at #29. The whole Brady Quinn thing puzzles me. Don't you think there's a reason teams are asking for him and not DA? Why would you trade the QB everyone wants, and keep the one No one else wants? See where I'm going here? I know Brady has only played like 3 games, but someone obviously saw something in him to offer the #10 pick in this year's draft (rumored, SF) for him, don't ya think? Just sayin......And if you do do that, do you pick Sanchez at #10, so you're basically in the same position just with a 1st round QB who played at USC instead of Notre Dame AND you end up paying him like 5 times what you pay BQ? Just not really seeing what the plan is here. Then they talk about helping the D out, and sign only one real starer (Eric Barton)., and address the secondary with Hank FREAKIN Poteat.

And what has Mangini done really? They're treating the guy like he's won multiple Super Bowls. he couldn't go to the playoffs with Brett Favre at QB last year. I just am not seeing what they're doing. Do you think they can just put the Browns and Bengals together and make one team? I mean you have to figure they can put together a somewhat competitive squad, right?

Alright, that's it for me...........remember YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SCOTTY I, YOU WANT TO BE BETTER THAN SCOTTY I