Random Thoughts

Another "small market" team has made a move to try and win the World Series...the Milwaukee Brewers went out and traded/rented C.C. Sabathia...I thought only the New Yorks, Bostons, and Chicagos made those type of moves for a player of that magnitude?...small market baseball is alive and well...

I am a New York Yankees fan but if the Yankees don't make the playoffs, I am pulling for the Tampa Rays...Tampa's improvement this year gives hope to teams like the Orioles, Pirates, Reds, and Royals...if the Rays can win the A.L. East, then anything is possible when your management team makes smart baseball decisions and uses its luxury tax money to improve the organization...

If Tampa makes the playoffs, they will be tough to beat in that bandbox of a domed stadium...

Well, PTI's Michael Wilbon was right that Roger Federer would not win Wimbledon, but he was way off base when he made the statement that Federer is "done"...it's inevitable that Rafa Nadal will become the number 1 tennis player...but Federer showed that he is still capable of winning a Grand Slam event...

Most NFL teams go with the theory of having a two back offense...I am just surprised that no one has signed former Seattle running back Shaun Alexander...Alexander's better days are behind him, but you mean he cannot make it as a back-up for some team?...I think he would fit nicely with the Cleveland Browns subbing for Jamal Lewis...I think Alexander can still carry the ball 5-10 times a game and be effective...

Has anyone seen the new Nutrisystem commercial with Jillian Barberie-Reynolds?...she claims that she lost 40 pounds...that may be so, but I think she also added some weight to her chest too...her chest looks huge in those commercials...

I can't believe that she married Burt Reynolds?...

NBA Draft Thoughts
The two basketball players who made a mistake coming out early have to be Kosta Koufos of Ohio State and Chris Douglas-Roberts of Memphis...Koufos was selected 23rd overall by Utah even though he was predicted to go in the top 15...with more experience, which he would have gotten at Ohio State, Koufos would have been a top 10 pick in a year or two...

I have no idea why CDR left Memphis?...this kid was a first team All-American but he slid all the way into the second round at 39th overall to New Jersey...whoever advised him to leave early made a mistake...

The best "value" pick was by Sacramento taking Patrick Ewing Jr in the second round at 43rd overall...I am not saying Junior is going to be like Papa...but it seemed liek Georgetown always played better whenever Junior was on the floor...I could see him being one of those guys who can do a little of everything including being a defensive stopper...

Finally, with the All-Star Game coming up next week, I found the old theme song from "This Week in Baseball"....hearing this reminds me of Saturday mornings in the early 1980s and Mel Allen....sit back and enjoy...