Hello friends. It seems as if my good friend Danny is not going to be faithful to this blog. I'm a little shaken by this, but will continue to post for my faithful readers. On today's agenda, the NBA playoffs, a Yankees update, and other topics. Here we go.
-Brett Farve. I'll be honest, I'm fine whether he stays or goes. I'm tired of what I will call the "Twitter Effect." I realize that 50 percent of my audience my very likely use Twitter and while I would hate to lose all 5.5 of you I ask that you hear me out. Twitter is a social networking tool used to give updates, much like a facebook status. While I don't mind Twitter, I'm tired of Sportscenter being used as Brett Farve's personal Twitter. For example, "Farve to meet with Vikings today," "Farve to meet with Dr. James Andrews today," "Farve feels good after throwing with high school team in Mississipi," "Farve to petition NFL to play in Wrangler jeans." As you could tell, I really could care less about the day to day activities of Brett Farve. Tell me if he's staying or going when he makes that decision. In the meantime, cover everything else going on in the World of Sports.
-Can I just say that I'm tired of owners being over involved in their teams? I realize that as a Cowboys and Yankees fan, my teams are arguably two of the worst offenders (that does not mean I endorse those owners actions). I just have a simple request for Mark Cuban: Just put the best team you can on the floor, support them, and get out of the way. Leave Kenyon Martin and his mother alone. Is Denver a bunch of thugs? Probably. Just remember during these times that you have Josh Howard on your team who apparently has no problem with smoking marijuana and not standing for the national anthem, and relax.
-On to the rest of the NBA. I predicted today that Clevland will sweep Orlando. Orlando did impress against Boston, but I still don't see them as a great team. Dwight Howard is still limited if you slow the game down in the post, they will not shoot the lights out from 3 every night, Rashad Lewis plays like he has a spine only 40 % (estimated) of the time, and I find it hard to believe that Hedo Turkgalou will have 25 pts and 12 ast being guarded by King James.
-As much as I'd like to see Denver win, I'm still calling for the Lakers in 7. They have great depth, have a lot of roll players, and I would not bet against Kobe in the 4th quarter. Carmelo must have the series of his life (as of this writing he has 39 pts in Game 1) not only on offense, but he must dig down deep and play some D against Kobe.
-Onto the Yankees. My good friend James left a massive comment on my last post on why I should be worried about the Yankees. Since then, they have won 7 straight, Tex has caught fire and made some clutch deffensive plays, A-Rod has homered in 4 games straight, Phil Coke has emerged from the bullpen, C.C. Sabathia has settled down, Johnny Damon is sitll on fire, oh and to make matters worse, Big Papi has become Big Poopy. James, while the Rays and Sox had great years last year, remember that the Yankees went most of that year without their 1st, 4th, and 5th starters, Joba got hurt in august, A-Rod was out for awhile, Posada and Matsui went down in May (Matsui was leading the league in batting average before he got hurt). While I'm not taking away anything from the Rays or Red Sox, injuries played a huge roll in the Yankees demise last season. Looking at the standings currently, it should be a very interesting August and Septemeber for the AL East. I'm not sure if I'm sold on the Blue Jays yet, but then again, I said that about the Rays this time last year. However, with C.C. settled down, Tex and A-Rod killing the ball, Johnny Damon playing out of his mind, and Brian Bruney and Chien Ming-Wang making their returns soon, I like our chances.
Until next time, these are my confessions......
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