Trying to understand is like straining through muddy water. Be still and allow the mud to settle. -Lao Tzu
1. Anaheim wins the cup. Hooray Anaheim! Does anybody really care? Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care? If so I can’t imagine why. I’m glad for the Flying Fin, Temu Selanne. But that’s about it. I blame ESPN. How do they cover Arena Football and not the NHL? It’s just a disgrace. I mean honestly, the New Orleans Voo Doo. The Las Vegas Gladiators. Not the Montreal Candadiens? Not the Boston Bruins? It breaks my heart. My achy breaky heart. Where have you gone Eddie Shore? Where have you gone old time hockey?
2. Spurs/Cavs tonight. Like the rest of the country, I’m pulling for King James. How can you not be? But does anybody truly think they can win? Does anybody truly think Drew Gooden is enough? Does anybody truly think Larry Hughes is enough? Does anybody think Boo Gibson is enough? I don’t. The Spurs in a landslide.
3. I gushed over the New York Post sports section yesterday. I should have been gushing over the paper I grew up with. The Boston Globe. I was spoiled. I had Peter Gammons. His Sunday morning baseball column should go down as the best read of all time. Of all time! I had Will McDonough on football. I had Bob Ryan on the Celtics. It’s fun enough to read about your team when it is winning, but to read Bob Ryan writing about Larry Bird and the boys, simply out of this world. I had Leigh Montville writing on everything under the sun. The Curly Headed Girlfriend, Jackie McMullin, Michael Holley. Yes, I was spoiled. Oh ya, I had the Sports Huddle too. Long before sports radio was sports radio.
4. I don’t know what to make of all this Giambi Juice nonsense. He clearly was using. Pun intended. But does going all Joan of Arc on his ass help. I’m not so sure. So many dudes were on the junk. I honestly don’t know. The voyeur in me wants to see all the names. The pragmatist wants to put it all to bed. Let sleeping dogs lie. Just keep it clean from here on out. But the scientists will always be ahead of the testers so I’m not sure it can be cleaned up. Just another fine mess you’ve gotten me into, Ollie.
5. You heard it here first folks. The Phillies just sent the Mets into their first three game losing streak. I said it before, I’ll say it again. Be afraid Mets fans, be very very afraid. Not for nothing I love the Flyin’ Hawaiian. I love Shane Victorino. Did you see him gun down Carlos Delgado at the plate for his ninth outfield assist in the fourth inning. I did. Yowza!
6. Should I be worried about my beloved Sox. I’m taking the Aflac goat’s position on this one. Naaaaaaaaah! You knew a skid would be coming. Here it is. They’ll be back. Could you help me? Police on my back. They will catch me, if I dare drop back. Won’t you give me all the speed I lack? No worries Sox fans. We won’t be hearing those lousy 2004 chants for much longer.
7. These are the names I’ve been hearing as the Celtics’ draft pick: Joakim Noah. That’s the name I like least. No how no way, please. Corey Brewer. Eh. Could be worse. But don’t we already have him in Gerald Green? Brandan Wright. I dunno. This cat is athletic. He dunks, rebounds and is fun to watch on the fast break. But at the same time, sometimes he just struggles to finish. And, he couldn’t contain Jeff Green to save his life. Al Horford. I wouldn’t mind this dude, but we already have a enough big guys who aren’t centers. I just don’t see where he fits. Jeff Green. Big East Player of the Year and all. Maybe. And there’s Yi. That old compromisin’, enterprisin’, anything but tranquilizing. Right on Yi.
8. The Rocket threw a total of 62 pitches in a workout on Wednesday as he aimed for a Saturday debut with the Bombers against the Pittsburgh Pirates. We are not impressed. Clemens pitched in the NL Central last year. A far cry from the AL Beast. In fact, of the 129 pitchers that pitched more than 100 innings last year, Clemens ranked 118th in quality of opposing hitters. In 2005, he ranked 112th of 140. Needless to say, he will face better-quality hitters this time around. Combine that with the fact that he has not his normal spring training. He did not have the WBC to get himself into shape. There is no way this guy is fully prepared to pitch into September. He may pitch well early, but come late in the season, kaputzville baby, kaput.
9. Randy Moss. On almost any other team I do not think this would work. We’ve all seen what this cat can do to a team. Both good and bad. But make no mistakes. On this team, he is to be feared. What made him so unbecoming lately was the fact that he didn’t care. You said that you’d be true. Baby said that you’d be true. I don’t care, I don’t care I don’t care, I don’t care. Now he has a reason to care. A legitimate shot at a Super Bowl. A legitimate shot at a ring. And like Duke Ellingtion always says: It don’t mean a thing if you ain’t got them rings, ba ba doo dah doo.
10. His offseason tune-up already complete, reports say Cadillac Williams is back in tip-top shape and running like a champ again. I’ll believe it when I see it. What you see is what you get. And you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. I sure haven’t I was drinking the Cadillac Kool-Aid for two years now. I had a Kool-Aid ear to ear smile. I had Caddy on my Fantasy Team. He blew. I’m staying very far away this year. Very far away.
Peace out homies. Six Two and Even!
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