What the heck are the Sonics thinking? Now they have two of the best spot up 3-point shooters in the game with Ray Allen and Brent Barry (Rashard Lewis can knock it down too), but no one to create off the dribble, draw the defense and get them open shots. AND they get an underachieving…

This article seems to back up what I was saying earlier this month. Baskeetball needs a minor league system or something that reduces initial player salaries and keeps these raw young players from taking up bench spots before they are ready to play. Each NBA team has players that they draft and then sit on…

I was pretty excited when I got some tickets to the A’s fan fest in the mail because the insert said there would be autograph opportunities. I’ve never been much of a memorabilia guy, but I took some action photos at A’s games last year that I was pleased with and I thought it would…

I think Charles Barkley is a pretty smart fellow, but I don’t think he’s thought this all the way through. As Michael Jordan comments at the end of the article, what is Vince Carter supposed to do? The fans voted him in, obviously they want to see him play, the game is for the fans.…

I’m getting better about supporting the web sites that I really appreciate. Baseball-Reference is such a fantastic resource, it was a pleasure to sponsor several players. Alvin Davis was the lone bright spot for my Mariners for many years as I was growing up. I was happy he was available. Andy Van Slyke caught my…

Dave Barry has a blog. Very cool. I was ranting about this with some friends a week or two ago. I think I agree with this. Basketball is getting a bit out of control. With the kids going to the NBA so early, they’re killing 2 games at once – college hoops and the NBA.…

Well, I predicted that if the Bucs could pressure Gannon, they’d win, but I thought the game would be more like 20-17. Gotta hand it to Gruden and the Bucs. Simeon Rice is my pick for player of the game.

I’ve been really pleased with a lot of the Mariners moves so far during the off season. Since Pinella was going to leave anyway, getting Randy Winn back in the deal was a fantastic steal. Gillick played that masterfully as the D-Rays could afford to give up Winn since they won’t be planning to win…

Ryne Sandberg was my favorite baseball player growing up. I played my entire high school career with a his mini-baseball card stuck in my hat. This year he is Hall of Fame eligible and I think he deserves to be voted in. He was the premier second baseman of his time, setting fielding records and…

Good sports day today, went golfing and we had our volleyball league playoffs.

For those of you in my fantasy basketball league, I will be posting "per-game" stats on a weekly basis to help us see how the teams rank after adjusting for number of games played. The overall standings Yahoo! keeps are a bit skewed as some teams have used many more games than others have.

I thought I had a pretty good team in my fantasy football keeper league, but I’ve lost a bunch of close games and now sit in 16th place (16 team league). There is no playoff system in this league, so I’m well out of it at 3-7. Time to trade for next season, which I…

It appears I have a crybaby on my fantasy basketball team… it is getting harder and harder for me to enjoy NBA basketball these days, and it’s a shame because there are a lot of great players (and good people) in the game right now – there’s just too much of this crap.