Billy Crystal made his New York Yankees’ debut against the Pirates Thursday and to the surprise of probably no one, he was punched out. However, he did draw a 3-1 count and didn’t go down without a fight.
I don’t care what anyone says – he looked good up there for 60 years old.
The “Hell yes, Guy!” makes a good point about MLB in one of his latest blogs.
What it comes down to is: there are 15 teams out of the 30 in MLB that matter when the season starts. Sure, there might be a surprise or two, but accounting for the annual let downs, the numbers stay just about the same. As an Indians fan I’ve had plenty of years in each of the situations, even just in recent memory. Good years (90’s) bad years (early 2000’s) surprises (2005) and let downs (2006). I guess I would say, the most disappointing thing is that there is very little competition. I’m not saying that over 162 games there aren’t games where a bad team beats a better team; I’m just saying that we all know over the long hall there are some teams that have no shot. All you can do is pray that you’re not rooting for one.
This is part of the reason why the NFL has become so popular. Not everyone likes parity (in fact, there are more than a handful of fans who long for the “good ol’ days” when there were a couple of great teams everybody gunned for each season), but there’s no denying how exciting it is that a team can turn around its misfortune so quickly. It breeds hope after your team just went 4-12.
But in baseball, it’s a rarity for a team to jump from last to first. Baseball is all about the haves and the have-nots.
Two players to watch in the NCAA Tournament are Adam Emnecker of Drake and Jeremiah Dominguez of Portland State. Both point guards led their teams into the Big Dance and were named MVP of their respective conferences. After watching Emnecker all year and Dominguez last night I fell in love with both players ability to win games without scoring points.
They are prototypical point guards who set up their teammates for easy baskets. While the major media people only watch BCS level leagues and pump up those players, I will give you a heads up. Find out when Drake and Portland State play in the NCAA tournament and tune them in. You will be treated to FUNdamental basketball at it’s best.
How about the job that Scott Sutton has done at Oral Roberts. After bowing out to UMKC in the first round of the conference tournament 2 straight years he has went on a run that has seen the Golden Eagles win 3 straight Summit League Championships and finish runner-up in the other year (lost at the buzzer). A great run this year considering he lost his two best players (and two of the best to ever play at ORU– Caleb Green and Ken Tutt).
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