Random Thoughts

What a terrific Game 7 between the Celtics and Cavaliers...great performances by Paul Pierce and LeBron James...P2 played a wonderful game to lead Boston...but it will end for the Celtics in the conference finals...Detroit will beat Boston in 6 games...

Why do the Celtics have good veteran players like P.J. Brown and Sam Cassell and the Cavs don't?...Boston has three stud players in Garnett, Piece, and Allen...veterans like Brown and Cassell, but the Cavs can't get other veteran scorers to help LeBron...Ben Wallace is good on defense, but he is worthless on the offensive end...I just can't understand why Cleveland lacks that other stud player or two...

I'm tired of hearing about Spygate...I am not a Patriots fan, but let's be honest, Bill Belichick did what probably many other coaches have done over the last few decades...

Think about this, before Spygate ever broke, why have offensive coordinators, who are on the sidelines, always cover their mouth when they call in a play?...or when plays were signaled in, there was always at least two, and sometimes three, players signaling in the play...only one of the players would be "hot" while the other two players would be signaling in fake plays in order to throw off the opponent in case they were trying to steal signs...suddenly, people are making this big case against Belichick like he has been the only one stealing signals...

My blogger friend Zach, over at The Big Picture, posed a question last week...who would you select if you can pick just one pitcher and one position player to start a baseball team?...my selections were Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain and Marlins shortstop Hanley Ramirez...

If this question was asked last year, Cleveland Plain Dealer sports columnist Terry Pluto would have selected Jeremy Sowers as his pitcher...Pluto wrote, many times, that Sowers was a "phenom"...and Buzz Bissinger questioned the writing of bloggers?...the word "phenom" should be used sparingly and not thrown out to just any athlete who was outstanding in college or the minor leagues...

If you are a baseball fan and looking for a good read, pick up Working at the Ballpark by Tom Jones...Jones interviewed 50 people who are involved in baseball...from the front office people all the way to the beer vendor and mascot...it is an oral history and a quick read...