The Indians by all accounts have to be the surprise of the season. Everyone picked the White Sox to compete with the Twins for the division title this year. Maybe that will still happen; but not if the Indians are going to win 5 out of every 6 games against the Pale Hoes.
The Tribe's starting rotation is making the organization look like geniuses. I know things will come back to earth, but when your weakest starter is Jake Westbrook you have hope for the future. Masterson seems to be the pitcher with the worst luck this year. He is pitching OK but the team behind him is letting him down. He has an ERA of 3.00 but has given up 10 runs! That's because there are too many errors behind him. Now, he is walking too many guys; but he's also striking out about 1.4 per inning!!
Choo is becoming the player we all thought Grady Sizemore would be this year. Sizemore may come around; but apparently taking goofy nude pictures of yourself does more damage than we thought.
Hafner won't be the 42 HR guy (and 6 Grand Slams!) we used to know..but at least he is becoming respectable again.
AND PLEASE CUT/TRADE/FIRE/DEMOTE/DO ANYTHING TO GET RID OF Jhonny Peralta! I can't take any more of his crappy performances.
If the Tribe is .500 by the end of April, the fans might start trickling in after the Cavs are done in the playoffs. Otherwise you can forget about it.
I'll keep watching and listening because I'm a sucker; but I promise I won't like it.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Cavs go up 2-0. Other Playoff Ramblings..
LeBron after the game told the reporter that the most important thing now is Game 3 against The Bulls. I get the feeling that last year, at no point did they say "Alright, the most important thing right now is Game 1 against The Magic." They were saying "We've got this locked up, bring on L.A." Resulting in too much of this:
Last year in the first two rounds the Cavs were not tested whatsoever. Hopefully the Bulls and the Celtics/Heat put up a fight for us to keep us on our toes. And this time around we should be more than prepared for the Magic. And if it's not the Magic, it will either be the Hawks, the Bucks, or the Grizzles. Mike Brown better not overlook ANY of those teams. The Bucks have Darnell Jackson - they could know our entire playbook by now.
Actually, I bet every team in the NBA knows our playbook.
Play #1: Wing Pick LeBron Option/Dunk - LeBron stands at the top of the key dribbling. Shaq takes up a body under the hoop. Delonte and Mo pop out to opposite wings. Varejao sets a screen. LeBron drives and 1) Dunks on some poor bastard. 2) Dunks on some poor bastard and draws a foul. 3) Is held and draws a foul. 4) Kicks it out to either Delonte or Mo for an open three. 5) Shoots his own long jumper or three. 6) Fires it to "Out of Control" Varejao for a layup/crash into photographers.
Play #2: Mo Running Decoy Option - LeBron outside, waiting for a 3. Mo dribbles and runs in a giant circle under the hoop and back out. Pass to whoever is open for a jumper.
Play #3: Play #2, but substitute Delonte for Mo.
Play #4: That LeBron/Varejao/LeBron/Varejao pass that almost always results in Varejao getting a layup.
There's a play that lets Antawn hit that floater he always makes. There's that new play where they kick it out to Moon for an open three. There's the play where Parker hits the open three. And really that's about it. They just run Play #1 75 times per game and it usually works since LeBron isn't human.
This is alright, because the Magic only have one play:
Play #1: Superman Four Pass Option - Howard has the ball, he posts up. He has an option: 1) Get Double Covered, pass to Lee, Lee passes to Rashard, Rashard passes to Nelson, Nelson passes to Turkaloo for an open three. 2) Don't get Double Covered, Dunk on poor bastard and draw a foul.
Play #1 has since been modified, since the disappearance of Turkaloo and Lee. Instead of Lee, there is now Vince Carter, who modifies the play for himself, and instead of just continuing the pass, he dribbles around and bricks a jumper. This makes the pizza guy do this:
And they also lost Turkaloo, who decided it would be a better career move to play for the Toronto Raptors instead of Orlando; and a bunch of midcarders in that Vince Carter trade.. And now the Cavs have players of their own who can just drain open threes all game, so it's looking like they have a better chance.
And also - back to Orlando's Play #1, now that poor bastard that Dwight Howard will be posting up against is Shaq....
But first thing's first. Chicago Bulls - Game 3.
Last year in the first two rounds the Cavs were not tested whatsoever. Hopefully the Bulls and the Celtics/Heat put up a fight for us to keep us on our toes. And this time around we should be more than prepared for the Magic. And if it's not the Magic, it will either be the Hawks, the Bucks, or the Grizzles. Mike Brown better not overlook ANY of those teams. The Bucks have Darnell Jackson - they could know our entire playbook by now.
Actually, I bet every team in the NBA knows our playbook.
Play #1: Wing Pick LeBron Option/Dunk - LeBron stands at the top of the key dribbling. Shaq takes up a body under the hoop. Delonte and Mo pop out to opposite wings. Varejao sets a screen. LeBron drives and 1) Dunks on some poor bastard. 2) Dunks on some poor bastard and draws a foul. 3) Is held and draws a foul. 4) Kicks it out to either Delonte or Mo for an open three. 5) Shoots his own long jumper or three. 6) Fires it to "Out of Control" Varejao for a layup/crash into photographers.
Play #2: Mo Running Decoy Option - LeBron outside, waiting for a 3. Mo dribbles and runs in a giant circle under the hoop and back out. Pass to whoever is open for a jumper.
Play #3: Play #2, but substitute Delonte for Mo.
Play #4: That LeBron/Varejao/LeBron/Varejao pass that almost always results in Varejao getting a layup.
There's a play that lets Antawn hit that floater he always makes. There's that new play where they kick it out to Moon for an open three. There's the play where Parker hits the open three. And really that's about it. They just run Play #1 75 times per game and it usually works since LeBron isn't human.
This is alright, because the Magic only have one play:
Play #1: Superman Four Pass Option - Howard has the ball, he posts up. He has an option: 1) Get Double Covered, pass to Lee, Lee passes to Rashard, Rashard passes to Nelson, Nelson passes to Turkaloo for an open three. 2) Don't get Double Covered, Dunk on poor bastard and draw a foul.
Play #1 has since been modified, since the disappearance of Turkaloo and Lee. Instead of Lee, there is now Vince Carter, who modifies the play for himself, and instead of just continuing the pass, he dribbles around and bricks a jumper. This makes the pizza guy do this:
And they also lost Turkaloo, who decided it would be a better career move to play for the Toronto Raptors instead of Orlando; and a bunch of midcarders in that Vince Carter trade.. And now the Cavs have players of their own who can just drain open threes all game, so it's looking like they have a better chance.
And also - back to Orlando's Play #1, now that poor bastard that Dwight Howard will be posting up against is Shaq....
But first thing's first. Chicago Bulls - Game 3.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
Drunk in the Stands
I went to a Browns game with my crew one time.. and our tickets turned out to be in the "Family Section," which is also the "Visitor's Section."
Why anyone in their right mind would want to subject their family members to Steelers' Fans (and also probably fans of rape and taking advantage of young girls) is beyond me.. If anything, the family section should be smack dab in the middle of the dawg pound.. hook 'em while they're young.
Anyways - the game I was at was the Green Bay game last year. Right in front of us was an uptight Packers fan and his three kids. Behind him, was Foz.
If you know Foz, then you know everything that followed. If you don't know Foz, I'll say he was hammered before the game started and immediately pissed off the Green Bay fan who was angry that a drunk showed up in the family/visitors section: "I paid a lot of money to have these seats, there should be no drinking in this section!" Okay, Green Bay fan, first of all these are the cheapest seats in the stadium, second of all, I wish that Foz would've done this to him:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5098407
Matt, I know you wanted an interesting take on this article, but all I can really say is "lol"
Why anyone in their right mind would want to subject their family members to Steelers' Fans (and also probably fans of rape and taking advantage of young girls) is beyond me.. If anything, the family section should be smack dab in the middle of the dawg pound.. hook 'em while they're young.
Anyways - the game I was at was the Green Bay game last year. Right in front of us was an uptight Packers fan and his three kids. Behind him, was Foz.
If you know Foz, then you know everything that followed. If you don't know Foz, I'll say he was hammered before the game started and immediately pissed off the Green Bay fan who was angry that a drunk showed up in the family/visitors section: "I paid a lot of money to have these seats, there should be no drinking in this section!" Okay, Green Bay fan, first of all these are the cheapest seats in the stadium, second of all, I wish that Foz would've done this to him:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5098407
Matt, I know you wanted an interesting take on this article, but all I can really say is "lol"
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
Roethlisberger not charged, but he's still a jerk
Ben Roethlisberger was exonerated from a crime today; but the District Attorney in Georgia made it clear that some bad things happened. Reading between the lines, you can tell that the police found evidence that Roethlisberger took advantage of the girl in question, just not to an extent that he was guilty of a crime.
The DA said the girl was extremely intoxicated, there was 'DNA' on/in her, and Ben was seen following her down a hallway and into a bathroom. So, we all know what happened. This girl was completely drunk, agreed to have sex with Ben, and then became extremely emotional when realizing (or have to confess to friends) what happened. She ran to the police 'in hysterics' and said she was 'assaulted'.
Look, only a jerk takes advantage of some girl he barely knows like that. The DA said in this case 'we don't prosecute morals'. Clearly he knows what happened too, and is calling Big Ben a huge jerk in front of everyone.
The Steelers have quite a situation now. Their Super Bowl winning quarterback is a jerk, everyone now knows he's a jerk, and they have to try to sell his jersey and get fans to support him. At this point, I will have a hard time looking at Big Ben supporters and thinking nothing more than 'that person supports a-hole athletes that take advantage of women'. And truthfully, that has nothing to do with the fact that I'm a Browns fan.
The DA said the girl was extremely intoxicated, there was 'DNA' on/in her, and Ben was seen following her down a hallway and into a bathroom. So, we all know what happened. This girl was completely drunk, agreed to have sex with Ben, and then became extremely emotional when realizing (or have to confess to friends) what happened. She ran to the police 'in hysterics' and said she was 'assaulted'.
Look, only a jerk takes advantage of some girl he barely knows like that. The DA said in this case 'we don't prosecute morals'. Clearly he knows what happened too, and is calling Big Ben a huge jerk in front of everyone.
The Steelers have quite a situation now. Their Super Bowl winning quarterback is a jerk, everyone now knows he's a jerk, and they have to try to sell his jersey and get fans to support him. At this point, I will have a hard time looking at Big Ben supporters and thinking nothing more than 'that person supports a-hole athletes that take advantage of women'. And truthfully, that has nothing to do with the fact that I'm a Browns fan.
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