The Jazz sensitive side exposed

I heard the resident commie on the Jazz showed his sensitive side after taking a defeat at the hands of the Rockets Saturday. Kirelinko evidently was bawling after losing game 1. The Kremlin would not be happy with his outward display of his inner feelings. Andre, Oprah on line 2. Sloan may want to book an appointment with Dr. Phil for the communist because he may be downright suicidal after this series.

Still O-fer against the Warriors

My disdain for all things Dallas has me quite pleased with the task at hand for the Mavs. The Warriors athleticism matches up well with the Dallas 'playmakers'. Baron Davis must be consistent with the monster games in the playoffs to truly make it to the next level of superstar status as well as advancing the Warriors into the next round. Dirk is the one that should be taking advantage of the Warriors every which way. He showed again tonight (14 pts, 12 reb.) why he is not quite the superstar everyone makes him out to be. Superstars take their game up a notch in the playoffs. They do not lay an egg every 4 or 5 games like Dirk.

The look on Cuban's face when Davis dropped one more 3 in for good measure with about a minute to go = Priceless

1-0 Good Guys

You could see the look in T-Mac's eyes after hitting a couple of shots in the 3rd quarter. He assumed control when Utah failed to take advantage of his slow start. Yao was steady money and Chucky made the hustle plays. Hayes will need to continue to exert his will over the Utah frontcourt in order for the Rockets to be victorious.

The flopping by the likes of Okur and company should be no surprise. Referees should be embarrased to participate in such a charade. To let a guy appear to have a concussion one moment in drawing the foul, then seconds later he's high-fiving a teammate for drawing the foul. Probably the lowest form of sportsmanship, but it's the Utah way. We have beat it before, and we will beat it again.

Grand Salami!

Biggio's 2,945th hit is a Grand Slam in the ninth of a tie ball game. Yea, this guy can still play a little. I don't know how many times recently I have heard people say Loretta or "lets get this 3,000 thing over with and sit him more." I don't care what you say, but Biggio in the first half of the year is as good as any 2nd baseman in baseball for the most part. Especially Loretta. Just let him do his thing until the All-Star game with a few more days off peppered into the schedule like Gar is doing. Re-evaluate if their is significant tail off after the break. Maybe, just maybe he catches a groove somewhere early, and can parlay it into one last mid-summer classic appearance.

Rockets Red Glare

The Rockets come roaring into the playoffs playing on a level with some of their best, if not their best basketball of the season. The two clydesdales are at a level together that we haven't seen all season, that's for sure. You keep hearing about "Haven't advanced past the 1st Round since '97", but more importantly, we haven't had a contender since 1997. Seems like yesterday. And the more things change, the more things stay the same way. It's the playoffs, and we are facing the Jazz and the dirtiest coach in the business, Jerry Sloan. 20+ years in the league, most respected, blah, blah, blah. John Stockton, Karl Malone and Jerry Sloan started the disease we call flopping amongst other things. They were practised at the art of deception. Pretty boy John Stockton was probably one of the dirtiest players of all-time. I'll put him in the Maurice Lucas class. Anyway, looking forward to this years playoffs I think they need to go out and find someone who can guard T-Mac because by the look of their roster, they have nobody who can handle that assignment. Okur, stay out at the three point line while Yao dominates the inside. Thanks.

Who's Your Daddy? El Caballo

.340, 5 HR, 16 RBI is the reason we are back to .500. Los Caballitos fan club? Sure, sign me up. As long as Berkman comes around and the pitching stabilizes itself, we should be fine. Let's see what Albers does.

And yes that is the one and only JR Richard throwing out the first ball for Tuesday night's game.

Women Who Hate The Cowboys

I think she was going to burn Texas Stadium down if I didn't get this posted. Her hatred dates back to the Danny White days. The ultimate back up quarterback forces incumbent quarterback into retirement. Ahh, the good ole days.

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Things looked bleak back at the beginning of April 1995 too, but the worm turned then.

Astros, come on people. We are three whole games in. Psst. Pence and Nieve are ready and waiting down in Round Rock.