A month of sports

It's been over a month since the last post. I can't for the life of me remember what's been happening. It's been blur of me following the Stanley Cup playoffs and NBA playoffs. Unfortunately, because of the time difference I only got to watch a few basketball games here and there. The best moment was watching game six of the Stanley Cup finals live because I didn't have to go to work that day. The worst thing about that - I was having an argument on the phone while trying to watch the third period. In hindsight I should have hung up and left it at that. It only diminished my joy for getting to watch the championship game a little bit. For the record, I'm glad I was wrong about doubting Osgood.

I'm ecstatic the Wings finally came through after being a dominant team every year in the regular season only to fail come playoff time. Babcock is like the Bill Cowher of hockey. He's one of those coaches you'd like on your bench cause he looks like he'd jump on the ice and take down an opposing player. There was one Steelers game when Pittsburgh threw an interception in overtime and the defensive player was streaking down the side lines where Cowher was standing. He was absolutely pissed off watching the guy run toward him. Cowher had his fist clenched so tight he was white knuckling. There was a split second there where it looked like Cowher was going to clothesline the guy. Those two guys are guy you play for cause you know they've got your back.

One last thing regarding sports: Go Boston! HA! HA! (Nelson voice) Kobe and the Lakers blew it. I love it when Kobe fails. MJ you are not. I hated Jordan til near the end of his career and I missed him when he retired. Basketball wasn't the same for years afterward. MJ dominated in a way that Kobe never will. And he won championships with way more gumpy white guys (Bill Wellington and Luc Longley) than Kobe has had to play with. I'll never root for Kobe and I won't miss him when he's gone.

Now baseball has the stage all on its own. The Giants aren't that bad and the Tigers are a huge disappointment. Ok. The sports tangent is over.