Monday, June 19, 2006
Random Thoughts
• Ain't it great that the N.L. West is so horrible? You can be a game under .500 and still be just two games out of first place. Way to go Giants!
It looks like Seattle is the place where Barry Bonds gets the kindest reception from fans besides in the Bay Area.
• So Dwyane Wade is rapidly becoming, like, the best NBA player. Is there any doubt that Miami can win the championship if it just gives Wade the ball every time down the floor? The man is taking over. Although we have to say, we didn't spot a foul on that one call late in the game last night. But anyway, the guy is ridiculous.
• It can't be possible for the Americans to advance to the bracket rounds with a win against Ghana, can it? They haven't scored a freakin' goal yet (their goal against Italy was a ridiculous own goal, of course). But if they beat Ghana and Italy beats the Czechs, they're going to advance.
And what's with giving a guy a red card for making a slide tackle? Yo, ref. Did you hear how badly you were being ripped on by Marcelo Balboa on the ABC broadcast? Probably not. You were out of control.
Having said that, there was one red card that was completely earned, when the Italian player elbowed Brian McBride in the eye, spilling Ragu all over his face. Dude, if you break open a guy's grill with a cheap shot, don't complain when you get a red card. Holy crap, dude!
But anyway, congrats to the U.S. team for getting its first-ever World Cup point in a game played on European soil.
• Nothing like Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Amazingly, tonight's game between Carolina and Edmonton will be only the 13th Game 7 in Stanley Cup Finals history. Between 1965 and 1987 there were exactly zero Game 7s. Sheesh. Something's changing, though; tonight will be the fourth Game 7 in five seasons.
It looks like Seattle is the place where Barry Bonds gets the kindest reception from fans besides in the Bay Area.
• So Dwyane Wade is rapidly becoming, like, the best NBA player. Is there any doubt that Miami can win the championship if it just gives Wade the ball every time down the floor? The man is taking over. Although we have to say, we didn't spot a foul on that one call late in the game last night. But anyway, the guy is ridiculous.
• It can't be possible for the Americans to advance to the bracket rounds with a win against Ghana, can it? They haven't scored a freakin' goal yet (their goal against Italy was a ridiculous own goal, of course). But if they beat Ghana and Italy beats the Czechs, they're going to advance.
And what's with giving a guy a red card for making a slide tackle? Yo, ref. Did you hear how badly you were being ripped on by Marcelo Balboa on the ABC broadcast? Probably not. You were out of control.
Having said that, there was one red card that was completely earned, when the Italian player elbowed Brian McBride in the eye, spilling Ragu all over his face. Dude, if you break open a guy's grill with a cheap shot, don't complain when you get a red card. Holy crap, dude!
But anyway, congrats to the U.S. team for getting its first-ever World Cup point in a game played on European soil.
• Nothing like Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. Amazingly, tonight's game between Carolina and Edmonton will be only the 13th Game 7 in Stanley Cup Finals history. Between 1965 and 1987 there were exactly zero Game 7s. Sheesh. Something's changing, though; tonight will be the fourth Game 7 in five seasons.
