Sports on My Mind

I'm back sports fans. Been gone for a while, but I'm ready to get rolling again. Last I left you the NCAA lacrosse championship game was about to take place. Most of you may already know, but Syracuse beat Cornell in overtime in an incredible thriller. Syracuse was down two goals with three minutes to play, and scored two, with the second coming with four seconds left in regulation to force the overtime. Then in overtime, Syracuse scored just a couple minutes in to win the game.

In the NBA, the Las Angeles Lakers will be squaring off against the Cleveland, oh wait, the referees in that series must not have gotten the memo. "LeBron gets all the calls his way so that he and the Cavaliers could face off against Kobe and the Lakers." Whoops!!!! Someone screwed up. Someone got the correct memo for game five, but must have accidentally deleted it for game six. Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic destroyed the Cavaliers and will face the Lakers in the finals starting on Thursday.

In baseball news, the fans in Baltimore got their first look at the catcher sensation Matt Wieters. To a standing ovation, Wieters went 0-4 for the day, but certainly showed some poise and promise at the plate, and showed that he could call a good game in a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers. He then went 2-4 on Saturday and then 0-3 today as the designated hitter. Although he is only hitting .203, from the looks of things, he is going to be a force in this league for a long time. In other baseball news, how do two teams among the leaders in MLB in team batting average, and runs scored have two of the worse records in baseball, pitching, that's how. The Baltimore Orioles are 8th in team B.A. and 11th in runs scored, while the Washington Nationals are 14th in average and 12th in runs scored. While there are 30 teams, this puts both teams in the top half in both categories for the entire league. So how does a team like St. Louis, which is 20th in team B.A., and 17th in runs scored, both in the bottom half of the league, have a winning record (29-21) and find themselves in second place, only a game back. One word, Pitching! The Cardinals lead the league with a 3.56 E.R.A., while the Orioles are 28th, and the Nationals are 30th. Just a thought for the two clubs, did anyone tell them that pitching wins championships. While I do not know what the Nationals have in their farm system, I do know that the Orioles have some wonderful prospects in the Minor Leagues, and with a strong nucleus of young talent already producing offensively, they have a promising future, but one never knows until they are promoted and get into the real action of the major leagues.

Thanks again for reading, and have a great Monday. Rock and Roll Sports Fans.