To less important things like sports...
- The piano is playing the full tune as the Masters are underway....Tiger Woods tees off in under 2 hours from press time here...I'm excited....It's the golf tournament that suddenly becomes a major sporting event even if you don't watch golf....
- Bills RB Marshawn Lynch suspended for the first 3 games by Roger Goodell....I'm not surprised...the tyrant that Goodell has become keeps on ticking...but I'm actually in agreement with this one....
- 38-1....that's the Cavs home record...looking to match the Bird Celtics record of 40-1....I think it's a foregone conclusion....impressive
- The Braves bullpen IMPLODED yesterday...I could rant about this all day....but aside from the shear obviousness of the fact they couldn't throw a strike....there were 2 curious decisions by Bobby Cox... #1) Why start the inning with O'Flaherty (up 10-3) when he's your only left-hander and he pitched 1 1/3 innings the day before? It was almost like he was matching lefty-lefty...with a 7-run lead....no idea....why not pitch Bennett or Campillo (your long relievers)....try to get 2 innings out of them while you have a lead and save your horses.......and #2) Blaine Boyer? Really? The guy who has a history of control problems and is the last guy to make your team? That's who you bring in with the bases loaded and 1 out in a game that's slipping away? I don't understand....Bringing in Moylan is defensible b/c he hadn't pitched yet, and you wanna see what you have....but yikes.....
- Miggy Cabrera on the way to the MVP already...2 HR yesterday, 4 RBI....and the other guy with 2 HR yesterday? Mr. Nelson Cruz....a bigggg-time prospect for the Rangers in the OF...keep an eye out....and can somebody, ANYBODY get Nick Markakis out of Baltimore purgatory? 3-3 with a bomb yesterday...standard for one of the most the most under-rated hitters in the majors...
- The Spurs did something they never do....blow a 20-point HOME lead to the Blazers (who are a terrible road team) and end up losing...by 12? I don't know how that happens....
- NBA early defections: James Harden, Jordan Hill and Demar Derozan....all of these were pretty much considered locks to leave....Harden is a top 3-5 pick who is the standard at the swingman spot (as of now)....an explosive scorer with athleticism question marks....Hill is a consensus top-10 pick b/c of his athleticism....but he's a one-year wonder who I'm highly skeptical of....Derozan is the best athlete in the draft...period....but right now, lacks an NBA jumpshot and is very raw....still may be the #2 wing off the board after Harden (battling with Earl Clark and others)
That'll do it....tune in to Augusta...
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