March quickies

Wow. Things have been busy. I'm sure there was lots to write about, just no time to sneak it in. Oh well...here's a recap of March.

1) How come every year when I do my fantasy baseball drafts, I feel the need to waste a late round pick on Richie Sexson? Why? His numbers from last year looked like this: 21 hrs, 63 rbi's, 100 strikeouts, a .205 average and 1 stolen base (that I guarantee when I look it up came off of my totally inept Orioles) And his numbers are progressively going down. I mean way down. The guy used to be a he-stallion and my brain cannot let that go and move on. Its kinda like the brain remembering the Madonna of old and then coming to the startling realization that she too is on a downward progression. One that will inevitably end with her becoming Skeletor. Mark my words, its going happen. She is about 5 years and a purple hoodie away from the end of her downward spiral. I don't think Sexson is going to last that long.

2) There are now kids all over North America who want to be: Stephen Curry. Who you ask? Uh, that would be the pipsqueak who led the NCAA tournament in scoring by playing for a 10 seed named Davidson (?!) and lighting up Gonzaga for 40pts, Georgetown for 30pts, Wisconsin for 33pts, and Kansas for 25 pts in a nail-biting losing effort. The kid just turned 20 years old and he looks like he is 13 years old. But wow can he shoot. Over people. Under people. Through people? I have seriously never seen a performance like that in the NCAA tourney. The last player I remember being that dominant was Carmelo Anthony the one year he played college ball and led Syracuse to a title. I can't remember anything else that comes close. The refreshing part is that he intends to graduate and he is a humble young man. People question whether he can play in the NBA due to his size...but let me make this perfectly clear to my Milwaukee Bucks...are listening you dismal fools?...IF Curry is available when WE draft in 2009 or 2010...PICK HIM!!! Don't pick some neanderthal who still has trouble tying his shoes just because he is 6'10" (yes I am talking about you and your velcro Kwame Brown). And don't pick the next Chinese monster coming out whose name starts with "Y". Alphabetically, that player should by then be named Yu. Let me say this one more time...the Milwaukee Bucks should select Stephen Curry...and let the Knicks take Yu...'cause they will. End of rant.

3) The New Orleans Hornets are really good and I will be cheering for them in the playoffs. Because my team won't be there.

4) I am not going to write about the NHL team that I am going to cheer for the in playoffs. Because I still hope and believe my team will be there.

5) This was nice. And not only because Allen Iverson made a pass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_IJPi1s9XY

6) April will be a good month if: the Canucks are still playing at the end of it, Leicester City does not get relegated to Division 1 of English soccer, the NFL sked gives me a chance to go to a game this fall, UCLA wins the Final Four, the Orioles win 5 games, my wisdom teeth come out without a fight and I don't trip over the dog and go toes-over-nads down the stairs. Yep, I would be content with all of that.

I'm going to finish up with something that concerns me as a sports fan. It's a picture of my buddy JR Smith again. Why can't athletes just take a normal picture for their internet Yahoo sports profiles? I really can't decide if I am supposed to be scared of him because he really is a thug...or look at this and say...so that's what the illegitimate son of Jean Chretien and Mr Hankey the Christmas Poo would look like. Google image those two and try to tell me that JR would not be their spawn. I dare you.