This title is interesting. There is a  reason why I believe that. Hockey and basketball are finally ending. I no longer have to hear my sports radio host and my sports TV hosts and my blog posters talk about these minor sports. (BTW, just a quickhit, the Suns will win the title and Steve Nash will be the MVP.) Now we can focus once again on the big 2, baseball and football. I know I will get alot of heat for saying that, but listening to hockey talk, and basketball talk defeats me, and it is an arse whipping. Hopefully, we can look forward to baseball and football dominated shows, both radio and television.

By the way, a quick note about Baseball. Barry Bonds has not hit a HR all seasons, however, Bronson Arroyo has hit 2. In case you didn't know, Arroyo is a player that was traded to the Cinncinatti Reds from the Red Sox for Wily Mo Pena and cash. Pretty sad when a A.L. veteran pitcher hits more home runs than a N.L. player that has played for over 10 years

Blow me up,

Sam

As a fan of the great game of baseball, and somewhat a fan of the hometown Texas Rangers, I am dissapointed in how they have started this season out. Granted, we haven't even played 15 games yet, but there is an saying about baseball that is as folllows "You can't win a pennant in April, but you can damn sure lose one." I believe this to be true, but that is not the point. My point is that the Rangers are being held down by a rock. An old, out of shape and fashion rock named Buck Showalter. His philosophy of baseball is not current with today's version of baseball. The Rangers have all the pieces they need to go to the play-offs, and win a World Series,  but the guy that is running it can't put the puzzle together to complete it. In closing, if we lose Buck-ball, then we can focus on baseball and maybe winning a pennant and this team's 1st World Seires

A response to Attorney: No DNA match in Duke lacrosse case:

 

Well.... didn't see this coming!  But, I might be able to say some things that haven't been said. First: How do we know that the stripper is telling the truth? She is a stripper remember? Let's reexamine her statement. Her attackers were white. OK, unless we have a confession, that may not be true. Unless one of those players come forth and says " I did rape her, put me in jail", thosoe boys are innocent. But, they tested 66 out of 67 Lacrosse players. They didn't test the African-American player. Which leads to my second question: Was she lying to the police to cover up for a fellow brutha'? They are known to work together, just to put Whitey down. But, until Duke does the test on the African-American, I will consider them innocent.

Normally I reserve this space for sports observations such as baseball games, and suhc as that. But today I am going off the beaten path to ask, " Is NASCAR bigger than the Masters in Texas?" This question came about last nigth as I was watcing Dale Hansen's sports show. Instead of leading with the Masters, he lead with the NASCAR race at TMS. He took a total of 10-11 minutes to cover NASCAR before he got to the Masters. Now, if you asked 10 people at random in the U.S. which is more important, the Masters or NASCAR, I would gues 7 out of 10 would say Masters. However, come down to Texas and ask 10 people which is more important, and 7 out of 10 will mostly say NASCAR. Also, NASCAR might have led off his show because it was at Texas Motor Speedway. Granted, i like neither of the two, but if I have to choose, Lefty winning the Masters would definatly beat Kahne winning the NASCAR race. That's just one guy's opinion though.

As I watch the Tigers and the Rangers play on this beautiful spring day, I think about the man behind the orange mask. The man that has done all their is behind the plate, and just about everything on it. Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez is no doubt a first-ballot Hall Of Fame candidate. But, was he less valuable to the Rangers that we think. I know that Pudge won most of his awards, mainly the Golden Gloves, with the Rangers, but he never won a World Series or a MVP Awrad with the Rangers. However, after he signed a deal with the Florida Marlins, he won the following: 1. A 11th Gold Glove, 2. A Wild Card Championship, 3. A N.L. Championship, 4. A N.L.C.S. MVP Award, and 5. A World Series Ring. Sounds to me that he did more in 1 year with the Marlins than about 12 years with the Texas Rangers. Makes me wish that Pudge has been drafted by the Marlins when he first started.

This question  has been raised during the off-season when all the trades were being made, and during spring training, whenever we saw the newely modified teams in action. Question: Is the American League stronger than the National League? Some say yes, some say no. Both arguments can be back up. Example: You look at the American League, and you see all the players that went over to the A.L. A.J Burnett, Josh Beckett, Jim Thome,Lyle Overbay, and many more. Also, the AL has won the last 8 out of 9 All Star Games(2002's game was a tie). While the National League still has all their big hitters, it really comes down to favoratism. Whoever you support will, naturally, be the strongest in your mind. Facts can say what they want, but people will ultimately make the decision.