The Heel is for Real

UNC just finished another piss-pounding of a quality team on a hot streak and I'm enjoying it very much. I love how they can just pull Zellmer and Woods off the bench and not lose much productivity. Lawson is playing at a ridiculous level where he doesn't turn the ball over, yet constantly pushes the pace and drops dimes. Tomorrow night will be the culmination of Hansborough's college career, do you really think he's not going to win a Championship?

Tonight also marks the start of baseball, which is a decent time. It's going to give you something on TV every day for the next 6 months, that's not a bad thing. I won't pretend to know how things are going to pan out, but I really like the Red Sox and they're crafty pick-ups of Smoltz and Penney, two veterans who can be called on at any time. You know if you option Clay Bucholz to AAA that things are going well, kid struggled last year but as a rookie went 3-1 with a no-hitter, he has decent stuff we'll say. I look at the Brewers to be .500ish, but no dice on the playoffs run, the Central is really deep this year and pretty tough overall. This can't include the Pirates who just had some of their top prospects lose to a community college team, yes they suck with committment. I like the Mets in the NL to meet the Sox, they improved their bullpen astronomically by adding Putz and K-Rod, and their lineup has never been an issue. They are a bunch of no heart pansies come postseason time, but this year they have the bullpen to not fuck up 8th inning leads.

The NHL playoffs are coming, also known as when I start to watch and act like I care somewhat. Hockey in HD does look just astounding, and color announcer Mike Emrick is simply the best announcer for any one sport, he carries the entire broadcast like nobody else. When he raises his pitch for a slapshot and just gets SO excited it makes me happy. SHOT SAVE MADE, REBOUND AND A GLOVE SAVE VAN BIESBROOK. I don't know much about hockey, I do know the Bruins are rocking again, I'll just go with the Red Wings because they have crafty veterans that seem to have no trouble raising their games come playoff time.

That concludes the sports round-up, it's just a great time of year. The cherry on the sundae comes in the form of the NFL Draft, because football is a form of religion. Weather is improving, sports are heating up, it's just a great time of year. For people who don't care about real sports you even have the Masters.

I love Spring.