Congratulations to the Columbus Blue Jackets for finally making the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs. The CeeBeeJays were the last of the new wave teams to get a seat at the Big Boy table. Let's hope the good citizens of Columbus are ready for their first taste of playoff hockey ... That means no shaving your beards, no changing your underwear and throwing lots of disgusting dead sea creatures on the ice. Game On!
The 2009 MLB season got underway this week. And an awkward beginning it's been for my beloved Philadelphia Phillies, the defending world champeens. It's always awkward for the reigning kings. Giddy fans get to enjoy raising the banner and the ring ceremony and last pitch replays and national TV games and magazine covers and of course ... dreams of repeating. It's one big giant civic High Five and everybody is in on it.
And then they start playing the games and after four quick ones, the Phils are 1-3 and playing like they still have champagne in their eyes. Be careful, fellas. Yeah, I know what we promised last October. You're right, we said we wouldn't boo you ever again if you won it all. But that was a campaign promise. I mean, hey look, the Obama girls still don't have their puppy yet. Time to play some ball, boys, or we're gonna be warming up our leather lungs.
More on Columbus' first Stanley Cup playoff berth ... I checked and there are no SEC colleges playing ice hockey. You will be playing an NHL team. So rest easy because unlike that other team in your town, this time you have a chance.
No, I really don't wanna talk about the Evil Empire winning its 5th NCAA title. Sometimes the Death Star blows away Alderaan and sometimes the womprat-shooting kid blows away the Death Star. This was an Alderaan year, simple as that. It is a teeny-tiny consolation that Ol' Roy has now won as many titles in six years as his beloved mentor, Dean "Snuffy" Smith, won in 36. Sigh ... So I got that going for me which is nice.
If you're a Twitterer, you need to follow Shaq at http://twitter.com/the_real_shaq. Last night, The Big Tweet gave out 4 tickets to Suns at Memphis to the first person who found him while he was taking the tour at Graceland. No truth to the rumor that Shaq also shared a peanut butter and banana sandwich with the winner.
See ya next time.
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