I also saw that the Yankees lost to the Mets, 5-3, the Magic look like they just want to end their season already, showing no fight whatsoever against the Celtics, and I saw the Flyers shut out the Canadiens for the third time this series to bring them one win from a Stanley Cup appearance. Are you kidding me?
I took Nathan out last night when the Yankees had bases loaded and one out in the 8th inning, expecting to hear a neighborhood erupt after a big hit - I was let down. There was no big hit - all they did was get a bases loaded BB and a FC groundout by Derek Jeter. I walked back in to see Mark Teixeira strike out in the 9th, and ultimately turned the game off, not wanting to see K-Rod's antics following the final out of the Mets win - apparently every save requires a song and dance. Just take a flyer from Mariano and shake the catcher's hand, and talk about the inning.
I flipped on the Magic-Celtics Game 3 - and immediately turned it off. Boston was up 75-47 going into the 4th quarter. Looking at the box score, Dwight Howard (7 pts., 7 reb.) is highly overrated. I mean like Hideki Irabu overrated. He's so coy and funny in press conferences, but he has way too many games where he doesn't even show up - you're supposed to be an NBA Superstar - nope. I'll take a pass. Nice shoulders though.
And Michael Leighton is a name Flyer fans are loving right now - the hottest goalie in the NHL shut out the Habs for the third time this series (111SA/108 SV) and have the longshot Flyers a game from the Finals. I'll be honest, I haven't watched a whole lot of NHL Playoff hockey this year, but if the Flyers are in the Finals, I'm watching - I was a huge Flyers fan growing up, I have no idea why, I think I used them on NHL '94 all the time, with Lindros, LeClair, Renberg, Desjardins, Brind'Amour, the immortal Ron Hextall in net. The wraparound was a classic goal scoring move. Let's go Flyers!! Time to head to the diner again, I am getting close to being able to memorize the menu. Then it's off to send off our seniors from ever sitting in a college classroom again. Congratulations guys. The only thing left for them to do in college after today is play baseball - good for them.
Signing off!
