Are You Kidding Me?

With major sports leagues' seasons overlapping this time of year and the start to the NBA season still a short three pointer away, I guess I missed the Celtics signing  "Rasweed" Wallace as a free agent. What in the hell is Danny Ainge thinking?

Signing such a selfish player can't be a good thing. It won't work. There are certain uniforms in sports that demand respect and should be considered an honor to wear.  Requirements for wearing a uni like the Celtics green should necessarily exclude players like Wallace, well known to be a disruptive force on any team for whom he's played.

He has the potential to dishonor the uniform that so many  guys who went before him were honored to wear. I'm calling a technical on Ainge.

Finally...It's Over

This had to be the longest NBA season of my life and thankfully the NBA Finals ended last night. I had minimal interest at best. I confess to not being either a Laker or Magic fan. As the NBA goes there seem to be more and more teams each year I grow to dislike or am disinterested. But if pressed, I hate the Lakers. The team of my youth were the Russell/Bird Celtic's and since my relocation to the Valley of the Sun, I love the Nash led Suns. I was raised in a basketball family and I love the GAME of Basketball. Maybe that's why I'm having a fallout with the NBA version. I admit being a basketball snob and a bit of a purest and I hate that the best players in the world are held to less of a standard when it comes to the rules of the game. Traveling, palming, grabbing, slapping, flopping, ball at three quarters court late in a game, superstars being protected are just some of the items that cause me to rant. And I have been know to rant. I would recommend the College game but they are close behind in the same tactics. So for now, its down to the high school level for those of us who want to see rules enforced like they were originally written. If only the NBA would see the error of their ways and bring back the the most beautifully played game we have. It would be "Fantastic".

"The Monday Morning Fullback"

I was thinking over the weekend about this "Joe the Plumber" phenomenon. It just amazes me how quickly the liberal print and broadcast media can jump on a guy like Joe, find info about back taxes owed, the status of his plumbing license, his personal life etc. and then basically give a free pass into any connection Barrack Obama, the leading presidential candidate might have with a known terrorist, Bill Ayers, a convicted felon, Tony Rezko, a wacko pastor, Jeremiah Wright and ACORN. Seems to me they have asked more questions about a plumber from Toledo, Ohio than they have all the above mentioned items combined. Oh to be the "anointed one"

2.) Fox is looking at the lowest rated World Series of all-time. Rays-Phillies will even stretch the limits of nonsense Tim McCarver can spew. I guess they'll give us more close-ups of the crowd. And how many "American Idol" singers are lined up for the National Anthem?

3.) Texas looks tough to beat. At least for now. Think how good they must really be because the last time I looked Mack Brown was still the head coach.

4.) Walking the beaches in San Diego sure can beat whatever ails you.

5.) Finally, thank God. Red Sox Nation is in tears. I can watch the World Series now if I want. Could be a start to a very long year for the Beantowners. Patriots stink and won't be making the playoffs. Celtics will prove to be a one year wonder and the 2009 AL East already has the Red Sox penciled in for fourth place.