Public Knowledge

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.  -Carl Sagan

Public Knowledge:

1.  Nobody likes a big mouth.  Who’s a punk now Quentin?  Punks jump up to get beat down!  The Knicks sure did get beat down last night.  The Knicks gave up last night.  They gave up on themselves.  They gave up on their team.  They gave up on their fans.  They gave up on their coach.  There is no turning back.  There is no righting the ship.  Short of firing Isiah Lord Thomas, that is.  The anti-Midas.  Badluck Schleprock.  Everything he touches turns to garbage.  From the CBA to the Raptors.  From the Pacers to the Knicks.  Every day this cat still has a job makes me shake my head in wonderment.  But even if Zeke does go, Dolan will still be there.  And that’s not good news for any self respecting Knicks fan.

2.  Fantasy Nation weeps.  You’re in your 1st week of your fantasy playoffs.  You got Brett Favre going.  Down goes Favre!  Down goes Favre!  Down goes Favre!  And in comes Aaron bleepin Rogers.  There goes the season.  There goes the neighborhood.  Just hope that’s the league you didn’t pay money to play.  You know the one.  The one where half the managers stopped changing their line-ups five weeks ago.  I hate that.  Show some commitment for once in your life.  People are counting you godammit!

3.  I picked the Packers to win outright.  I was wrrrr.  I was wrrrrrr.  I was wrong.  The Cowboys outmuscled, outclassed, outplayed, outeverythinged the Packers.  If they don’t make the Super Bowl it will be shocking.  So don’t touch me.  ‘Cause I’m electric.  And if you touch me you’ll shocked, shocked, shocked.  But then they’ll have to play the Patriots.  And you know as well as I do as well as Clubber Lang does what will happen then:

4.  I was switching back and forth between Celtics and the football.  You got me lookin’ up high.  You got me searchin’ down low.  You got me, I know you know.  You got me jerkin’ back ‘n’ forth.  Jerkin’ back and forth between Marv Albert and Bryant Gumble.  Jerkin’ back and forth between maybe the greatest play by play guy of all time and possibly the worst.  Just some food for thought.  Yessss!  And the foul.

5.  What about Brett Fav… ruh?  Does he play next week.  Or doesn’t he?  Does he keep in tact the most incredible streak of all time in any sport or does he sit this one out for the team.  Sit out and take one for the team.  Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team – no one more important that the other.  Sit it out so he can play in the play-offs.  Sit it so he can he play when it really matters.  My gut says he plays he next week.  My head says he shouldn’t.

6.   The Red Sox have offered pitcher Jon Lester, center fielder Coco Crisp and a couple of minor leaguers for Johann Santana.  The Yankees are willing to offer pitcher Ian Kennedy and an outfielder, and haven’t refused Phil Hughes.  This is win-win for the Sox.  Like my main man Joey LaMotta always says, “You win, you win.  You lose, you still win.”  The Red Sox win the Johann Sweepstakes and their pitching staff becomes the best in baseball for a very long time.  Maybe the best staff ever.  The Yankees sign him, it means the Red Sox have driven up the price so high, it will probably have included some untouchables.  Robinson Cano untouchables.  Joba untouchables.  Guys like that there.  And then the Sox go out and get a guy like Danny Haren and still have the best staff baseball.  You win, you win.  You lose, you still win.  And don’t look now but contract extension talks between the Orioles and Erik Bedard stalled yesterday.  This guy could be on the market as well.  This guy could be the cream of the crop.

7.  More You Tube fun.  This time with Kevin Garnett:

8.  The Mets have traded Lastings Milledge to the Nationals for catcher Brian Schneider and outfielder Ryan Church.  Is the guy that much trouble.  I truly believe Milledge is going to be a superstar in this league.  Superstar.  Live large.  A big house.  Five cars, you’re in charge.  To trade him for that bunch of nothing makes no sense to me.  No sense whatsoever.

Peace out homies.  Six two and Even!

Need More? Craig Sager, Kevin Garnett, Random Notes, Rocky