Sorry for the couple day hiatus, been trying to get over my trip to Orlando, where "snowbirds" are owning the streets for hopefully one last week. The weather in the dirty south has been unbelievable! So much so that we are starting are hurricane season a little earlier than usual. I have many thoughts on my mind today with the baseball season and other topics in sports. I heard that the Connecticut weather has been great lately! And just so you know, the high school baseball regular season is coming to a close...in April!
During my entire life of watching football on Sundays (or Mondays) I have heard the voice of John Madden. For better or worse Madden was always there to make you chuckle. Whether it was Sunday afternoons, Monday Nights, or Sunday nights he was the voice you really just got use to over the years. His passion for the game of football really showed while he was broadcasting games, especially for the older players on the field. Ones that put their time in the game, like he did. Madden announced his retirement today from being the ultimate color-man on television during the fall. It is certainly going to be a weird season not hearing his voice, especially during the playoffs. I don't know if I am going to miss him in the booth, but he certainly will never be forgotten!
My father decided last week during the opening of the season, and more so now, that he is going to root hard for all the underdogs in the Major League this year. He sure picked one hell of a year to do that. 5 of the six divisions in the Majors currently have 1st place teams leading the division that were suppose to finish in the gutter at years end. Out of all the teams the Florida Marlins are currently 8-1, after sweeping the Braves this afternoon. My father quickly has jumped on the bandwagon. Living in Florida and watching young talented kids playing the game you love is awesome! That's why it was so easy for me to like the Rays last season. There is something about watching young prospects make a name for themselves that is fun to watch. Yea, some might be playing for themselves so that they can get that multi-year contract. But they are all playing hard and every inning you see them taking the extra base or diving for balls. How can you not love that? I just hope the Mariners can keep it up!
It was just announced on ESPN that Kevin Garnett might miss the playoffs. Sorry Boston, maybe next year!
The hateful Duke basketball guard Greg Paulus is now trying to play football. After a being a 4 year bball player as a Blue Devil he is going to try and play a sport that won him Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior in high school. First he tried out with the Green Bay Packers, like Aaron Rodgers doesn't have enough to worry about, and now he says that he is going to compete for the Michigan quarterback job. You heard correctly, the University of Michigan Wolverines! NCAA rules state that if a player does not have a red-shirted year, and since he is graduating this year, he can go to a graduate school and play one more season. And since Michigan really doesn't have much of a competition for their starting QB job, why not the Wolverines? Obviously, having sat on the bench a little more this season at Duke got him to thinking about the future and his alternatives. He's 6'1'' and 180 pounds, if he does get to play this year, maybe being a hated Dukie really wasn't worth it after all.
I never thought that I would say this but...I hate Mel Kiper right now. Yea, I can't stand the quarterback situation in Washington right now, but that doesn't mean I want a QB taken 13th overall in this month's draft. Kiper has the Washington Redskins taking Mark Sanchez with their 1st of 5 picks in this years draft. With so many needs at other positions, this makes me look forward to the upcoming season less and less. And now owner Dan Synder wants to draft him. Somebody must hate me!
Oh and before I leave, if Isiah Thomas' reputation hasn't taken enough of a hit. Did you hear the Athletic Director announce him to the podium as "Isiah Thompson"? Still trying to find the video so I can show it. Hilarious!!!
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