Sunday, April 30, 2006
Stinky Mavs steal one in OT....
Dirks drains a 3 off of a broken play where they were trying to get 2 and then foul. Amazing stuff. You need stuff like that, bounces, occurences, happenings, that benefit you. No one goes through the playoffs in any sport without stuff like that. Fumble calls go your way, the baseball takes a little jump off the dirt, the puck goes off a defensemans skate and in.... you need those little helping plays. And so Dirk found the ball coming at him out of a cluster of inept rebounders.
This is where it gets good, though.
They got the bounce, but then Dirk had the presence of mind to take FULL advantage, step back behind the 3 point line and then hit a tough shot in a tough building. Where was this Dirk last year? Doesn't matter, he's here now. Doing more MVP like stuff than Steve Nash is anyway....
And you didn't think Dirk-ier was a real word.
Mavs in 4?
Thursday, April 27, 2006
I thought College ball was over....
And one of these teams will play the phoenix Suns in the 2nd round. L-O-L. What a waste of everyones time.
Meanwhile, in Oil town...
The Red Wings set a "pick" up near the blue line, a blatant interference penalty the likes of which we've never seen. And Refs let it go by, setting up the Go Ahead goal. Game over. The CBC and OLN crew were all baffled by it, and the entire Oiler crowd was chanting "bull-shit." At the top of their lungs. But in a Kobe like fashion, the Red Wings are used to getting super star treatment, and Edmonton loses whatever chance they had of winning this series.
All in all, not good sports watching tonight.
Mavs at Grizzlies on Saturday!!
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
The Little General Shines.....
Before I go to bed, lots of action tonight....
Congrats to Avery, coach of the year. I personally think that maybe out of guilt people voted for Avery, because they knew they weren't going to vote Dirk MVP. Maybe, maybe not. Honestly, if I had a vote, I'd vote for LeBron. He plays on such a bad team, and so does Kobe. As much as I love the big German, his team is pretty bad ass...Steve Nash deserves little credit this year. If the 3 pointer didn't exist, the Suns would be the 8 seed....that's right, I said it.
The Oilers look awesome, then give up 2 goals in 18 seconds. The second one being a flukey sort of affair. Another chance for the CBC commentators to wrap their canadian lips around Steve Yzermans.....stick.... So to speak. Overtime will tell.
Calgary wins in Anaheim, home Ice advantage has been anything but, tonight.
OLN poll....Which team will overcome their 0-2 deficit? Dallas, Carolina, New York, or Phili??
LOL. OLN is pretty pinche chistoso. None of those teams will overcome it. Most of them will not win a game. I expect Carolina to get at least one.
Brett Farvrvrvre or however you spell his stupid name, will play next season. Images of Troy Aikmen on his back come to mind at the end of his career. How selfish is Brett Favre? VERY VERY. Nonetheless, the man who has a street named after him already, will no doubt garner praise in the cold ass city of Favreley love, for making a decision before the draft. Honestly, the Packers should go ahead and try for a quarterback anyway.
Barry Bonds hits a home run. This will give Dan and Keith something to talk about tomorrow on ESPN radio. Not much else though.
Mavs tomorrow night on TNT and UPN21. Just depends on if you want the crappy picture quality of UPN, or Reggie Miller talking about how the Grizzlies are losing the game, or the Grizzlies did something good. Honestly, Sunday night, he didn't even acknoweledge the Mavs being out on the floor. The Chuck Barkley anti Mavs vibe has defintely spread nationally....
Go Mavs. Happy Blogging.
You'll laugh...you'll cry....mostly crying
The Stars put the slanty face :-/ on the season today with a franchise record number of wins, and a franchise record worst 1st period ever. 3 shots on goal, 3 goals against. WOW. Anyway, a second period comeback, we got excited for what was ultimately nothing....
Mike Modano, Arnott, Lehtinen....waste waste waste. It's a bitter a loss as ever. Emotional roller coaster, if you will. Down 3? up 1? Tied and overtime? Arnott hits the post, and the next thing you know, you're looking at Edmonton beating Detroit as the only thing that can make your whole spring seem worth while. That and Dirk.
Freaking Gay.
But you know what, listening to Tippet after the game, I realize that his gut wrenching experience is far, far worse than ours. That poor man has to sit there and keep his composure and not say things like "Turco was pretty much the reason we lost." Love you Tipp.
It's only a sport. It's other people lives, and you can't let it run yours, or mine. A wonderful season is behind us now, and the next can be just as good.
Monday, April 24, 2006
Busy Weekend....
But alas, there are soo many other things to say.....
After Dallas (# 2 W conf) lost to the Avs, Montreal (# 2 E conf), Ottawa (#1 Eas Conf), Calgary (#3 W Conf) and Detroit (#1 W Conf) ALL lose at home. Making Dallas not the exception, but pretty much the rule. That's 5 of the top 8 so far, with more game 2's to come tomorrow, one wonders if Rangers will take one from New Jersey. Oh and by the way, I almost forgot, #4 Nashville lost yesterday too.
This all being said, the Stars still played worse than all of them. 4 shots in the second period? Come on.... A whole season of great hockey gets washed away just like that. At least we have the Mavericks....
Mavs win!! 103 - 93
At times they looked to be standing still, but still manage to win by 10. It's just one game, and Gasol was aweful. Most importantly Dirk was the man, like he needed to be. Like he never was last year in the post-season.
Love you Dirk.
First Place Texas Rangers?
Yes for one glorious evening, your Texas Rangers are in a first place tie with the Angels. Enjoy it while it lasts....
Friday, April 21, 2006
The most wonderful time of the year
It Starts tonight. The 2 month march through the playoffs to The Stanley Cup, and that pathetic little gold thing the basketball players win.
I've held my tongue (keyboard) all week, when I could've been ejaculating my boyish excitement and playoff thoughts all over the blogosphere, but now it is time...
Playoff Predictions:
Mavs vs The Grizzle - Mavs in 5. I think the Mavericks are a better basketball team than the Stars are a hockey team. The Mavs have comeback from 17 down often this season, and Avery really knows how to get these guys motivated and back on track if they come out flat. Could have point guard problems if DA and Harris are out...
Stars vs Avs - Stars in 6. Marty Turco, your time is now. The Stars have to win both home games to begin, or they will be in for a long 7 game affair. I'm very nervous about this. The Avs scored the second most goals (280) in the conference behind only the Wings. We need Marty to come through, and we need to stay OUT OF THE BOX. And everything will be great.
As Bob Sturm so eloquently put it...
If you like hockey, things are going to be busy starting today. If you like
basketball, things are going to be busy starting tomorrow. If you like both, you
are going to be worthless to society for about 30-60 days.
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Let the Playoffs Begin...
Monday, April 17, 2006
1st Round Matchup Set...
Razor says, that Colorado is the better matchup for the Stars, rather than Anaheim. I tend to agree. Giguere can get too hot in the playoffs, as everyone knows all too well. And Colorado has been struggling a little, going from the 3 spot to the 7 spot the last few weeks of the season. Their power play has really cooled off too.
The plus side, I think Edmonton can give the Wings at least a 5 or 6 game series. Which is all you need. Detroit is so freaking old, that a few extra games really helps out everyone in the West. They always collapse on account of being too tired. And old. Did I mention they're old?
Nashville and San Jose? Thank god one of them has to take eachother out. Same with Calgary and Anaheim. All 8 teams in the west are dangerous.
It's crazy.
It's the NHL playoffs.
It's greatness, Real life human drama. Reality TV that's actually Real. Really....
Notes:
Turco v Theodore: Turco hasn't "proven" himself in the playoffs yet. Well Theodore hasn't ever played a single playoff game in a Colorado uniform, and was 18-16 this year. I like our chances....
Kudos to the awesome officiating crew in Detroit tonight. They called off the second Stars goal, because the Ref "couldn't get his whistle up to his mouth on time, but had INTENDED for play to stop earlier." Yeah well the Stars INTENDED to score a goal, and did. The goal judge thought so too. The red light came on, the scoreboard changed.
The OLN guys were confused, Ralph and Razor were confused. I was confused. I think that might have been an NFL ref in there with skates on....
Seriously, awesome job.
Saturday, April 15, 2006
Friday Night Fun....
Ice Age 2 - Attracts small children
Ice Age 2 - NOT FOR SMALL CHILDREN
Before this one comes to a close, you've heard "ass," "crap," and "damn." Sexual content is hinted at very strongly, and the word pervert is used, with a pause following. This allowed the young 8 year old boy sitting to our left to yell out "What does that mean??"
I don't have children yet, but someday I will, and I'd like to think a PG movie is ok. This one paves the way for a rocky future. Don't get me wrong, I liked it. But hell, I'm nearly 24 years old.
Kids roamed the theater unattended and unchecked. It was loud, it was extremely obnoxious, any kidnapper could go to Grapevine Mills and pick up a youth of any age and color. Seriously.
Taking your kids to the movies?? GO ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Idiots. Don't you remember? We work hard all week. We'd like a nice quiet friday night at the movies.
Kids are great, blah blah blah. Bottom line is, they should still be SEEN and not HEARD.
Rangers win!
Rangers finally get a "quality start" out of their should be ace(Kevin Millwood). Record improves to 4-7. Despite pitching being better than it has been in years. Can the Rangers save our summer?? NO! But it might be fun to hang on to some false hope for a while. Can't wait to watch Padilla pitch again....oh and I said yesterday, Gary Matthews Jr stays. More RBI's tonight.
Stars Note...
Looks like Colorado is the most likely first round matchup at this point. If Colorado loses their last 2 games and Edmonton wins one, it could be the Oil. Then again if....BLAH BLAH BLAH We'll talk about it Wed.
Happy Easter Everyone.
Friday, April 14, 2006
"Good" Friday
I left my apartment 15+ min late today, and got to work 5 minutes early. Apparently I'm the only sucker who went in to work today.
Mavs vs Suns last night...
Playing the Suns (who had rest) on the second half of a back to back is a tough thing. I thought Dirk was fantastic last night, clawing his way to the basket and knocking down those tough spinners in the lane. He was feisty. He didn't have that look in his eyes last year. I think he'll be fine in the playoffs.
Phx was 16 of 24 on 3-pointers. With hands in their faces half of the time. It was sick. They can't keep that up. As much as we hate to admit it in Dallas, you gotta love watching Stevie Nash do his thing. He's a freak.
Rangers.
They had their best day of their malodorous season so far yesterday. It was their first off day.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Sluggish Mavs....
The Mavs rebounding last night in the second half was as bad as I've ever seen. So much for boxing out. Aweful stuff last night.
The good news is, now they can stop this stupid talk about getting the #1 seed. Time to focus on the Clippers or the Grizzlies. Or will they?
You've heard of a "trap" game. What about a trap series? Avery has to have this team focused on round one, and not looking ahead to the Spurs in the second round. The Mavs are perfectly capable of losing to bad teams, as they proved last night.
Notes:
I have to move to building 11. Which means I'll need a truck to drive the 15 seconds over there, because I'm not carrying couches and dressers for 10 minutes across the complex.
Walk the Line was good, we watched it last night. What were those pills he was taking the whole time?
In what must be a time honored tradition in her family, Britney Spears dropped her kid on its head. Oh yeah "her nanny" did it.
Gary Matthews Jr and Gerald Laird spark the Rangers offense last night to an 11-3 victory. Buck likes to work everyone into a game early in the season. These two should stay.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Texas Rangers blow a lead last night. That's one of the nicest thing I suppose you could say about them so far this year. They had the lead!
More on this, never. Theyre terrible.
MVP talk heats up. Dirk? LeBron? Nash?
The NBA refuses to define MVP. Most valuable to the league? to your team? best player in the league? Best player on a good team?
Who knows? I'll give out my own brand(s) of MVP awards.....
Most Vindictive Player - Ron Artest. Doesn't get more vindictive than those haymakers he was throwin. Get 'em Ronny!
Most Vivacious player - I know, a little gay, but you gotta like Earl Boykins, or Darrell Armstrong here. Eduardito Najera - honorable mention.
Most Venerable Player? Well, Shaq is older than everyone and bigger than everyone.
Most Voluptuous Player? hmmm....no
Most Virile Player? Hey Now!
It gets worse from there, turns out V is the gateway to a lot of....well....gross words.
Apathy at the AAC....
Not in section 321.
Kudos to the guy and his girl who came to watch the last 4 and a half minutes of every period, spending the rest of their time elsewhere, The family behind us who was kicking me in the head, the people to my right who were only there to see a fight, and left early when none came, and everyone else too.
Stars Score. No one stands up. They golf clapped I think....
Then the AAC sucks the energy out of the place even more, by displaying text messages on the scoreboard, WHILE THEYRE PLAYING THE GAME! I don't even think half of the people there SAW the 3rd goal.
Hopefully the playoffs will spice it up in there. The 40th of 41 home games was a little drab.
Notes....
Stephan Robidas continues to impress. His speed and tenacity make up for the occasional bad pass across the ice or turnover, and I think he and Trevor Daly can only get better watching Zubov night after night.
Jason Arnott scores again on the power play. He'll have to score the Cup Clincher this year if I am ever going to get the image of him in a Devils uniform against the Stars in '00 out of my head.
The AAC sold out last night. It was the quietest sell out in NHL history...I could hear beer men from 3 sections over.
Jaro Svoboda scores his 4th last night. I hope to see him dressed more often in the post season than Perrott or Tjarnquist.
Among the hours of waiting for SQL queries to come back at work, and given how much I enjoy reading the Blogs authored by those in the media, such as Razor Reaugh, Bob Sturm, and Keith Olbermann, I decided to cave to political pressure and start a blog. Trust me, the politicians were all over me.
No thanks MySpace...
So we'll talk some Sports, what really "grinds my gears," and maybe someone will read it...
and now...tacos.