After working all weekend, I finally found the time to catch up with whats going on in the world. Here are the top stories from the weekend and my reaction.
*The Boston Red Sox were unceremoniously swept this weekend by the Tampa Bay Rays. Yikes. The Sox wasted two outstanding starts by Clay Buchholz and Josh Beckett as Buchholz took a shutout into the 8th before surrendering a 2 run blast to Akiniori Iwmaura. Beckett struk out 13 in his start but recieved no run support as the Sox fell 3-0 in the final game of the series.
There is no doubt in my mind the Rays are an improved ball club, however, it is unacceptable to be swept by them if you are the Boston Red Sox. The Sox need David Ortiz to get back on track in the worst way. I am starting to get very annoyed with his lack of production and his "free pass" is losing is approaching its expiration date.
*The NFL Draft took place this weekend. Michigan offensive lineman Jake Long was selected first by the Miami Dolphins. The Kansas City Cheifs have to be the biggest winner from this weekend's draft with their selections of DT Glenn Dorsey, CB Brandon Flowers, and RB Jamaal Charles. The Tennessee Titans are the biggest losers from this weekend because they simply did not get anything they desparately needed. They had the chance to grab a wideout to give Vince Young someone to actually throw to. Instead they drafted another running back in Chris Johnson. That makes zero sense to me.
*With the Dallas Mavericks being blown out yet again by the New Orleans Hornets they find themselves on the brink of a first round elimination for the 2nd year in a row. Assuming the Mavs are eliminated, which they will be, look for owner Mark Cuban to make some drastic changes. If I was Cuban, I would shop Dirk Nowitzki and Jason Kidd, and essentially rebuild the team. The Devin Harris trade was a huge mistake for Cuban, one that I am sure he regrets making. But I feel it would be in his best interests to try and acquire the top pick in the draft, and get Michael Beasley or Derrick Rose, and build the team around them and pot smoking Josh Howard.
*The combination of Chien-Ming Wang, Joba Chamberlain, and Mariano Rivera has proved lethal for the New York Yankees all season long. It is to bad the Yankees have zero pitching after Wang. I have said it before and I will say it again; The Yankees will not make the playoffs this year.
*It seems the NBA playoffs are all about trash talking these days. Whether its between LeBron and Deshawn Stevenson or Mike Bibby/Al Horford and the Boston Celtics, its everywhere. This definitely makes for an entertaining post season. You know it serious when Jay-Z comes to the defense of his buddy LeBron and writes a rap slamming Deshawn Stevenson. It is to bad that if Stevenson's buddy Soulja Boy writes a diss, everyone will laugh at them even more.
I have zero idea what Horford and Bibby are doing mocking the Celtics. There is a rather strong possibility the Celtics will win each of the next two games by 30 points a piece. Memo to Al Horford: You are not playing for the Florida Gators anymore. This is the NBA and you have not arrived yet. Prepare to be posterized several times in the next two games.
*After tonight's WWE pay per view, there is a new champion. For the twelfth time in his career Triple H has won the belt, defeating JBL, John Cena, and Randy Orton in a fatal four way match. Where the company goes next is anyone's guess. But I would not mind seeing an HBK-HHH feud for the next couple months. The company has rebounded strongly since the Benoit tragedy. And that was something that I thought would take a long time to overcome. Kudos to the WWE.
*I will stay away from the Bill Walton quote to close out this post. Instead I will turn t Vince Lombardi for a quote that summarizes how I feel about the Celtics loss to the Hawks in game 3.
"We didn’t lose. We just ran out of time."
-Vince Lombardi
-Scottie
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