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Don’t call it a comeback!  I been here for years, rockin’ my peers and puttin’ suckas in fear.  -LL Cool J

Guess who’s back.  Back again.  Beltran’s back.  Tell a friend.  That’s right folks, tell a friend Carlos Beltran is back.  Tell a friend Carlos Beltran is back with a vengeance.  Vengeance is mine, I will repay, sayeth the Voltron.  And repay Carlos Beltran surely did last night.  He repaid with three big bombs.  He repaid with his first three bomb game of his career leading the Metropolitans to a 9-5 victory at Coors Field.  How about that?  How about this:  All three of Beltran’s ding-dongs were two-run shots.  He’s only the second player in Mets history to hit three home runs with runners on base in one game.  He joins Dave Kingman, who did that at Dodger Stadium on June 4, 1976, with a pair of two-run homers and a three-run blast.  Wooooo doggie!           Read More »

(VS 9PM ET)  Like my main man Jed Clampett always says, “Woooooo doggie!”  NHL Playoff Hockey.  The Thrills.  The spills.  Oh, the humanity!  You saw what happened the other night.  The other night the Red Wings made history.  They made history rallying for three goals in the final 10 minutes, erasing a 1-0 deficit in the third period for a 3-1 victory over the Sharks.  Hooray Red Wings!  For those you of you care about these things, the Wings became the first team in NHL history to force a Game 7 by winning consecutive games – specifically Games 5 and 6 – in which they trailed in the third period.  How about that?  Can they do it again?  Huh?  Can they?  Yes they can.  They can because Pavel Datsyuk says they can.  Everybody yips about Alexander Ovechkin.  Everybody yaps about Sidney Crosby.  Yipping and yapping.  Flipping and flapping.  Aren’t you guys forgetting someone?  Aren’t you guys forgetting Pavel Datsyuk?  For my money, Datsyuk is the best two way player in hockey.  Red Wings coach Mike Babcock:  ”If you’re down a goal in the last minute, who do you want out there—Ovechkin, Crosby, Malkin or Datsyuk?  Any of them.  But if you’re up a goal in the last minute and need to protect the lead, who would you want?  You’d want Pav.”  You got that right.  Get your popcorn ready!

Peace out homies!  Six Two and Even!

Like my father-in-law always says, “See what happens?”

Peace out homies. Six two and even!

And he was talkin’ ‘fore I knew it, and as he grew, he’d say “I’m gonna be like you dad.  You know I’m gonna be like you.”  -Harry Chapin

Just a short little fun one.  A here we come on the run with a burger and a bun one.  And a dish of apple sauce on the siiiide!  Prince Fielder.  Cecil Fielder.  The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.  How do you like these apples:  Last night, Prince hit his 200th career home run.  Hooray Prince Fielder!  Big deal you say?  Whos cares you say?  I say, he and his dad, Cecil (319 homers), are just the fourth father-son tandem to each hit at least 200 homers in the major leagues.  Wanna know who the other ones are?  Huh?  Do ya?  Sure you do.  The others are Bobby and Barry Bonds, Felipe and Moises Alou, and Gus and Buddy Bell.  Pretty cool huh?  How much is ball like that worth you think?  After the game, Prince Fielder was preparing to negotiate with a well-known Miller Park ball hawk who caught his 200th career home run ball in right-center in the fifth inning.  Fielder indicated there would be a limit to what he’d be willing to give up for the milestone ball, though.  “If he wants the ball that bad, he can keep it – with nothing on it.”  I think that’s the first time prince ever used the phrase with nothing on it.  Sorry.  Couldn’t resist.

Peace out homies.  Six two and even!

And so it was later as the miller told his tale that her face at first just ghostly.  Turned a whiter shade of pale.  -Procol Harem

Last night Royals prodigy Eric Hosmer hit his first home run.  Hooray Eric Hosmer!  But this wasn’t just any home run.  Oh no.  This was a home run at Yankee Stadium, the house that Grady Sizemore built.  For those of you keeping score at home, Two members of the 500-home run club hit their first big-league bombs as a visiting player at the old Yankee Stadium: Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez.  Are 500 bombs in young Eric Hosmer’s future?  Only time will tell.  Among the many other players to hit their first big-league bombs as a visiting player at the old Yankee Stadium were Kent Hrbek, Mark Belanger and Luis Tiant.  Huh?  Luis Tiant?  That’s right.  Luis Tiant.          Read More »

I see the bad moon arising.  I see trouble on the way.  I see earthquakes and lightnin’.  I see bad times today.  -Creedence Clearwater Revival

On May 9, 1974, 25-year-old Bruce Springsteen played at the Harvard Square Theater in Cambridge.  Although popular with the college crowd in the Northeast, Springsteen was not yet a star.  That night, he and the E Street Band opened for Bonnie Raitt.  The influential music critic Jon Landau was in the audience.  Overwhelmed by what he had heard, Landau wrote, “I saw my rock and roll past flash before my eyes. I saw something else: I saw rock and roll’s future and its name is Bruce Springsteen.”  Last night, May 12, 2011, the Miami Heat vanquished the mighty mighty Boston Celtics at American Airlines Arena in Miami.  Overwhelmed but what I saw, I write, “I saw my basketball past flash before my eyes.  I saw something else:   I saw basketball’s future and its name is the Miami Heat.”     Read More »

Former Michigan star basketball player and Detroit native Robert “Tractor” Traylor was found dead in his apartment in Isla Verde, Puerto Rico. According to his professional team, the Bayamon Cowboys, he had been missing for a few days and apparently died from a heart attack. He was 34. He will be missed.

Peace out Tractor. Six two and even!

Watch above as an embarrased Bulls fan takes off his cowboy hat with a quickness when he notices he is on camera. Haven’t we seen this kid before? Doesn’t he look a little something like that guy to your left? And not for nothin’, that reminds of a story that goes a little something like this. One evening, when Karl Malone was on the Lakers, he was wearing a cowboy hat and boots. Now apparently Kobe’s wife took notice of this and asked Karl, “Hey, cowboy, what are you hunting?” To which Karl replied,”I’m hunting for little Mexican girls.” Little Mexican girls. Oh that Karl.

Peace out homies. Six two and even!

Just cut the stuff, ’til you get enough.  ‘Cause we’re rougher than tougher and rougher tougher than tough!  -Run DMC

Ok, here we go!  Like my main man Popeye always says, “I’ve had all I can stands, I can’t stands no more.”  How many times do we have to see it?  How many times do we have to see D-Wade flying to the hole?  See him death defying to the hole?  See him electrifying to the hole?  How many time do we have to see Delonte West’s booty call’s son get into the lane?  Get into the lane without shame?  Again and again?  Until he’s drinking champagne?  Enough is enough.  The Boston Celtics need to get tough.  Rough and tough.  HR Puffnstuff.  Can’t get a little ’cause you cant get enough.          Read More »