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Monday, March 21, 2011

Free Beer!

The arrival of spring saw the return of grady sizemore to the field. This was a great sight for all Indians fans...not just the females. Tribe celebrated by getting a pair of wins this weekend, 10-7 over the Angels and a 5-3 rout of the Diamondbacks reminding them that yes, Arizona is the worst state in the union.

Grady went 0-2 in his debut, Travis Buck continued to lit it up this spring with 2 more hits and a homer this wknd, and Luis Valbuena cemented his roster spot with the triple-a team by hitting a homer. Shelley Duncan chipped in with a homer and 3 rbi.

Cavs dropped a 100-92 decision to the Clippers. JJ led the way for the Cavs with 28 and Ramon added 18. Baron didn't suit up due to back spasms. Blessings upon his back.

My brackets...not so good, but I still have two Final Four teams left: Ohio State and UConn.

Friday, March 18, 2011

May I See Your Brackets?

Cavs split a pair of games this week out west. Pounded the Kings 97-93, and fell to the Blazers by a mere margin on 41 points. The good guys take on Billy Crystal's LA Clippers this afternoon. Ramon threw in 20 and JJ added 17 against the Kings. Ramon led they way again with 14 and Boobie chipped in 12 against Greg Oden's Blazers. We are holding strong at 13-54 and are close to clinching the most ping-pong balls in the lottery.

Tribe fell to the Reds 5-1 and to the Royals 6-5. Bats woke up to wale on the Twins 12-6 in tonight's game. In left side of the infield news, Mr. Chisenhall had 2 more hits against the Royals and Asdrubal went deep against the Twins.

I went a solid 24-8 in the round of 64. I have all my final four teams intact, and 7 of the elite 8 still alive. So, boom!

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

vacation, an update and final 4 picks

i went on vacation this past week so i apologize to my reader for not posting witty observations for over a week...but anyways, here we go:

since last week:
cavs went 0-2 making their record 12-53. sadly, we are mathematically eliminated from the playoffs
team leaders: baron 18 ppg, andy 9.7 rpg, baron 5.7 apg
tip-off vs mitch richmond's sacramento kings any minute now

indians went 3-2-1 making their spring training record 00-00
pretty good: lonnie chisenhall 11-23, .478, .913 slugging; chad huffman 10-22, .455, 4 rbi
not great: 2 of my favorites...sweet lou marson 2-16 .125 and matty laporta 6-38, .158

my guaranteed to be correct final four: ohio state, pitt, uconn, and my sleeper...purdue. then ohio state will beat pitt in the finals. so there ya go...take that to the bank

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Few losses in AZ, Cavs back-to-back and NBA Playoff preview

Rough few days for the Tribe in Arizona as they dropped a 16-5 decision to the DBacks and fell to the Padres today 9-2. Fausto and Co. got roughed up by Arizona, but Mr. Chisenhall continued to boost his odd to make the big team with 4 more hits. In today's loss Luis Val bopped a homer and Carlos had a double...a welcome sight.

Cavs fell to the Warriors last night 95-85. Cavs were led by Baron's 19 but we will not have Mr. Davis tonight against the Bucks b/c his grandmother passed away.

In my attempt to understand all major sports, here are the nba playoff matchups if the season started today. (however, i do not believe the playoffs start today)

West East
1 Spurs v. 8 Grizz 1 Celts v. 8 Pacers
2 Mavs v. 7 Hornets 2 Bulls v. 7 Sixers
3 Lakers v. 6 Blazers 3 Heat v. 6 Knicks
4 Thunder v. 5 Nuggets 4 Magic v. 5 Hawks

Cavs are holding steady with the worst record in the league and the Clippers (whose pick we now own) has the 8th worst record in the league

Monday, March 7, 2011

MLB predictions and lots o' runs

Mark this day on your calendars, because today, the 7th of March, I will pick all 8 MLB playoff teams and I will be proven correct.

AL East: Yanks. In my opinion, this is the last year for the Bombers. Jeter and A-Rod are running out of big seasons, Cano won't be as good this year, but CC still scares me
AL Central: Tribe. People may laugh at this, but i am telling you, we were much improved in the 2nd half and getting another year of experience for our youngins will help. PLUS we are getting Grady and Santana back for a whole season
AL West: Rangers, I really like their lineup. PREDICTION: Hamilton 40 hr and 120 rbi
AL Wild Card: Red Sox, first I hate Boston and all they stand for, but they will be good this year

NL East: Phils, they are good. They do not have a #1 starter though, they have 4.
NL Central: Reds, my ohio ties may be swaying me here, but they have lots of young talent carried over from last year's playoff team.
NL West: Giants. Reason A: I love watching Lincecum. B: I wrote about my beard fetish in my last post, and Brian Wilson has a sweet one.
NL Wild Card: Braves, they always seem to sneak in the playoffs despite the fact that i can not name 3 current Braves.

Indians made out with their sister today 16-16 with the Chicago White Sox. Luis Valbuena helped his cause to make big league team with 2 homeruns and canadian Nick Weglarz also homered for the Tribe. A young man named Ezequiel Carrera collected 3 hits against the hated Sox.