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Armadillo: Saturday's six-pack
-- 46,314 watched the Reds-Blue Jays game in Montreal last night; where were those people when they had a team in Montreal?
-- Game in Montreal took 2:10, which is too fast. 2-0 baseball games are generally not that much fun, epsecially when around 30% of that time is TV commercials.
-- Three countries in the world still don't use the metric system; United States, along with Burma and Liberia.
-- Dallas Mavericks are 9-16 against Western Conference playoff teams.
-- Twins' pitcher Ervin Santana gets 80 games for PEDs, the same steroid that got Ben Johnson DQ'd from the '88 Olympics.
-- Bowling Green's basketball coach was making $335,000 before he got fired this week; assistant coach who just left Missouri for another job was making $325,000.
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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind.........
13) If they do wind up putting another baseball team in Montreal, it'll be either the Rays or A's, two teams that can't get anyone in their current city to build them a stadium. Would be very sad if the A's ceased to exist so there could be a rebirth of the Montreal Expos, in a city that only likes hockey.
12) Woman in the express lane (14 items or less) in front of me at the grocery store Friday spent $111.23 on roughly 21 items; the complete lack of manners some people have today defies belief. I sound like someone's father, but.......
11) Brooklyn Nets are 13-9 since trading Kevin Garnett; Minnesota is 4-17 since they made the trade.
10) Shaka Smart had a $500,000 buyout at VCU; to satisfy part of that, Texas has to play the Rams home/home, or send them a check for $250,000.
9) Angels sounded disappointed that Josh Hamilton didn't get suspended for his drug relapse, as in "You mean we still have to pay him?"
8) NBA record for having played for the most teams is 12, held by four guys: Joe Smith, Jim Jackson, Tony Massenburg and Chucky Brown. Three of those four guys played college ball in the ACC, the fourth in the Big 10-- its hard to become an established star in the NBA.
7) Fireworks nights are big draws at baseball parks across the country, so the A's are having six of them this season.
6) Stanford Cardinal won two of last four NITs, which isn't all that good; most coaches would rather make the NCAA tournament and lose than win the NIT.
5) adidas put up a billboard near Wrigley Field Friday that says "Worth the Wait", referring to third base prospect Kris Bryant.
4) Every time I watch the Milwaukee Bucks play, they play great; they're under .500 but will make the playoffs-- maybe I should watch more often
3) Knicks were down 30-8 at Washington Friday before the pizza got cold; its incredible how depressing a team they have.
2) NBA's problem is the Lakers make the Knicks look promising; plus they're in the West, so they're getting pummeled by better teams and its going to take them a lot longer to become relevant again.
1) Exhibition baseball games have been great to watch this month, but after a month of them, they get a little mind-numbing, simply because the results do not count. Will be great to watch some games that matter, with no players wearing #98 or #85.
-- 46,314 watched the Reds-Blue Jays game in Montreal last night; where were those people when they had a team in Montreal?
-- Game in Montreal took 2:10, which is too fast. 2-0 baseball games are generally not that much fun, epsecially when around 30% of that time is TV commercials.
-- Three countries in the world still don't use the metric system; United States, along with Burma and Liberia.
-- Dallas Mavericks are 9-16 against Western Conference playoff teams.
-- Twins' pitcher Ervin Santana gets 80 games for PEDs, the same steroid that got Ben Johnson DQ'd from the '88 Olympics.
-- Bowling Green's basketball coach was making $335,000 before he got fired this week; assistant coach who just left Missouri for another job was making $325,000.
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Armadillo: Saturday's List of 13: Clearing out a cluttered mind.........
13) If they do wind up putting another baseball team in Montreal, it'll be either the Rays or A's, two teams that can't get anyone in their current city to build them a stadium. Would be very sad if the A's ceased to exist so there could be a rebirth of the Montreal Expos, in a city that only likes hockey.
12) Woman in the express lane (14 items or less) in front of me at the grocery store Friday spent $111.23 on roughly 21 items; the complete lack of manners some people have today defies belief. I sound like someone's father, but.......
11) Brooklyn Nets are 13-9 since trading Kevin Garnett; Minnesota is 4-17 since they made the trade.
10) Shaka Smart had a $500,000 buyout at VCU; to satisfy part of that, Texas has to play the Rams home/home, or send them a check for $250,000.
9) Angels sounded disappointed that Josh Hamilton didn't get suspended for his drug relapse, as in "You mean we still have to pay him?"
8) NBA record for having played for the most teams is 12, held by four guys: Joe Smith, Jim Jackson, Tony Massenburg and Chucky Brown. Three of those four guys played college ball in the ACC, the fourth in the Big 10-- its hard to become an established star in the NBA.
7) Fireworks nights are big draws at baseball parks across the country, so the A's are having six of them this season.
6) Stanford Cardinal won two of last four NITs, which isn't all that good; most coaches would rather make the NCAA tournament and lose than win the NIT.
5) adidas put up a billboard near Wrigley Field Friday that says "Worth the Wait", referring to third base prospect Kris Bryant.
4) Every time I watch the Milwaukee Bucks play, they play great; they're under .500 but will make the playoffs-- maybe I should watch more often
3) Knicks were down 30-8 at Washington Friday before the pizza got cold; its incredible how depressing a team they have.
2) NBA's problem is the Lakers make the Knicks look promising; plus they're in the West, so they're getting pummeled by better teams and its going to take them a lot longer to become relevant again.
1) Exhibition baseball games have been great to watch this month, but after a month of them, they get a little mind-numbing, simply because the results do not count. Will be great to watch some games that matter, with no players wearing #98 or #85.
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