What kind of Blog Junkie am I? West Coast Edition

Sorry for the hiatus, but there this weekend was a busy one...really, I was hungover on Sunday morning, and I wasn't intending on posting on Saturday (due to two events unfolding on Sunday, the U.S. Open, and Mets-Yankees)...this weekend was a classic sports weekend, one of the best, and even included an appearance from our boy, Pacman...

So...where do I start? It's gotta be Mets-Yankees, and yes I am a huge Met fan (i had baseballs autographed by Kelvin Torve, Pat Howell, Shawn Hare, and Chris Donnells, even though I lost 'em, by playing with 'em)...i hate the Yankees, but there is no franchise, in the world, that compares, and I want my franchise to be just like the Yankees (I love the history of baseball, it fills up probably half of my head, which means that a quarter of my brain has Yankee history in it)...going into game 1, I realized that there is a good chance that the Mets could be humbled this weekend...the first game was a beauty with Roger Clemens locking up with Oliver Perez in a good pitchers duel...a decent amount of baserunners, and action, with the game ending up 2-0 Mets...the second game was a mess with the Yankees winning 11 to 8, and they won on Sunday night as well 8 to 2...I don't want harp on these games, because they were predictable... a hot team ran into a cold team and took two outta three, just like their first series...but there are a couple of things the Mets must do:

(1) Get rid of Heilman

For an eighth-inning setup man...he doesn't miss as many bats as I would like...he has a good sinker that gets ground balls, as long as he keeps it down, and has a good change..but these aren't working on a regular basis, which means he is a good seventh-inning guy...Rick Peterson has done a good job with him, but before Rick Peterson, he was absolutely meat...trade him now while his stock is high enough to get something of value...

(2) Do Not Trade Carlos Gomez

So Peter Gammons comes on ESPN and says that there are talks about the Mets trading for Mark Buherle, or Brad Lidge (to steal a line from one of my favorite radio personalities, Joe Beningo: "By the way, when has Peter Gammons ever been right.") ... the thing is, as a big market team, we shouldn't have to trade to get guys like these two...we can get them in free agency, when we need to...i would like to get guys like this, but not a the cost of a guy who looks like he's gonna be 20-45 for years to come...

(3) Mets fans, don't panic

We've been here before, and this team is too good to finish second...we can be spoiled by last year's cake walk...a little adversity will tell us what we have for the long haul, and Omar will have a better idea how to make his melting pot better...




U.S. Open

The other great watch of the weekend was Tiger Woods, and the U.S. Open...i enjoyed this event not only because we had a chance to see Tiger come from behind, and win for the first time ever, but I was so hung over, and there is nothing more relaxing than watching (listening) to golf, on a beanbag chair...the only thing I will say is that the courses in the U.S. Open shouldn't play so rigid (that 17 was brutal), and congrats to the guy who won....whatever his name was....

The Stephen Jackson Awards UPDATE!!!!!

Stephen Jackson pleaded guilty to whatever he did last...he's avoiding one year of jail, if the judge accepts the plea bargain...which means that (1) its good to have a good lawyer, and (2) he's going to need the lawyer again, soon...

Pacman is going to steal the show this summer, as he was involved with another shooting at a strip club...and again, he wasn't the trigger man, etc...it seems somebody from his crew fired shots at somebody else and the cops are looking for him to ask him some questions...some scenario it seems from last time... but if he gets himself banned for life from the NFL, we are going to name this award after him, kind of a lifetime achievement award...Good Luck, Pacman!!!

It's kind of a sad story, but J.R. Smith, of the New Orleans Hornets, might have lock up the SJA based on the fact that he may be tried for vehicular homicide in the accident that claimed the life of his best friend, in N.J.... Both were thrown out of Smith's Yukon after Smith ran a stop sign...I'm not going to make light of this situation but let me call in Andrew Bogut, of the Milwaukee Bucks, to tell you how it is in the N.B.A., and why the league still has a bunch of knuckle heads in it:

"The public's image of NBA players is true," he says. "A lot of them get caught up in the hype and do video clips with rappers and all that crap. They want bling bling all over themselves and drive fast cars. But that's just the way the culture is in America - if you've got it flaunt it and if you don't, you can't."

There are guys who drop a hundred grand for a chain. The public's got it right - a lot of NBA stars are arrogant and like to spend lots of money and have lots of girlfriends and all that.(Sydney Morning Herald)

Bogut is quickly becoming one of my favorite (favourite) players...he seems to get it, and is a rugged center who doesn't get much press...he does everything asked of him, and will be a problem for a lot of teams in the future...I'll assign points for J.R. Smith's mishap in the next update, which if you ask Bogut, will probably be tomorrow...

The Night in Sports 6/12/07

This happens to be one of the best nights you could hope for on a Tuesday night...During the day, the only thing that really happened was Pacman Jones dropped his appeal (You know, stripclub, money coming from ceiling, people stealing it, people getting shot)... When I think of the follies of Pacman Jones, I think that he shouldn't be suspended the whole year...Let's look at the three other cases the NFL has to handle this year... One, Chris Henry, drinking with underage girls in a hotel room, suspended 8 games...Two, Michael Vick, dog fighting, not suspended yet...Three, Tank Johnson, has a small arsenal in his house, goes to jail, suspended 8 games...Pacman? He basically tried to entertain onlookers with a surreal display of dollars coming from the heavens, while professional dancers did their tribal dances, in the moonlight of Las Vegas...a little altercation ensued...and bam, the whole year?!?!? I'm all for cleaning up sports, but not when (1) The suspension doesn't fit the crime and (2) when one man takes the fall for everybody else... Basically, if those ho's and their promoters wanted the money they shoulda went to Pacman's room, and asked him for the $81,000...Yes, the promoters would have a cap in 'dey ass, and the ho's would be all about $200, for the next hour, richer, but they got greedy and tried to steal from Pacman!! Pacman probably got suspended, because he was supposed to see Mr. Goodell, and went to a strip club the night before, but c'mon, can't you hook a brother up with 8 game suspension?!?!

Now that Pacman is off the keyboard (thank you, Pacman, for your proper grammar, and not "setting up shop" on my block), Justin Verlander has to get props for his no-no...this fool was throwing 101 up to the last batter...Word on the street is that Gary Sheffield was told by management to tell Verlander to throw the No-No...For you who don't know, Sheff is the only black player who can be told what to do, and tells everybody what to think, and do...In part, he is right...I asked a black guy to shut the f up in a movie theater, he got louder, at me (suprisingly)...I told a Latino guy in the same theater to be quiet, and that mother hit me in the head with a baseball bat, and took my wallet...i know what guy i would sign, i would rather have a guy who can hit and steal...anyways , the Detroit Tigers seemed to be ready for another series run...as long as they can find all these black guys sitting at home who are better than the Latinos in the MLB, AAA, AA, A, etc.

(This brings me to the point I think Sheff was trying to make...The black people in baseball now, just don't speak English...scientifically, who fits the prototype black person: Tiger Woods or Alfonso Soriano??? If you have to be from the U.S.A. to be black, then sorry white people, Steve Nash and Dirk aren't yours...there are officially zero white people in the NBA)


Who's the black guy? Well, black guys like cars, gold and platinum, and white girls...that might be Tiger's saving grace.



Finally, LeBron's run seems to be over...Duncan is putting the finishing touches on a Spurs-esque, late 90s victory...(Tony Parker just nailed a three, and then they showed Eva Longoria...I think that ABC is going to start a reality series of their newlywed summer...Tim Duncan will show up to the house, and instead of Tony saying "Holy Shit, the best big man in the last 15 years is in my house", he'll say, "Gotta bang out my piece of ass wife, and wipe my ass with hundred dollar bills...Oui Oui!" I'll then get in my car, and try to drive to France, to f-up Tony Parker! (How did I stay away from the Cleveland Steamer joke?)) The problem for the NBA is that the best teams, are too good at defense...It's almost unbearable to watch...The court needs to get bigger (which is almost impossible, due to the configurations of NBA arenas), but these teams didn't get over a hundered points, each, in any game so far, that isn't a fun thing to watch...and the Finals haven't been competative...there needs to be changes...David Stern needs to realize that the short term money isn't worth it...he needs to establish a loyal fan base, by making the games start earlier, and making the season and playoffs shorter (in terms of days, not games)...and the salary cap needs to be revised to increase player movement, and to allow teams to keep their stars...I can't believe that the Suns might trade Shawn Marion, just so they can make a profit next year, and not get shafted by the luxury tax...and if the commish wants Kobe on the Knicks, he needs to step in and make it happen (pleeeeeeeeeze, i'll crawl back to NY for him... )

I'm out like Eva Longoria, after she realized Tony Parker hit her off with a cleveland steamer....