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-- Dan Haren left his last two starts with 5-1 leads after 7th inning but didn't win either game, as Arizona's bullpen is a disaster area.
-- Oakland's Vin Mazzaro starts his big league career with 13.2 innings of scoreless ball, beating White Sox, Orioles. A's won last six games.
-- Matsuzaka's struggles continue; he gave up 10 hits in 5.2 innings vs Texas, losing 6-3 to the Rangers.
-- This kid Wells has really helped the Cubs; he allowed two runs in 6.2 IP as Wee Bears won in 14 innings at Cincinnati.
-- The great Roy Halladay threw a 97-pitch complete game, beating the Royals 4-0. Allowed seven baserunners, struck out six.
-- Only three of thirty starting pitchers finished eight innings Sunday; Halladay went nine, Jimenez (Colorado), Davies (Royals) went eight.
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Monday's List of 13: Random thoughts after a very long day...
13) My Sunday began when the alarm rang at 4:50am, and ended when I pulled back in the driveway 20 hours later, as I took the 170-mile trip to Long Island for my godson's high school graduation. Good day, but long.
12) Graduation ceremonies were in Hofstra's basketball arena-- 3,500 or so people there. First high school graduation I've been to since my own 100 or so years ago. Very organized, with 521 kids graduating-- 519 of then are going to college, the other two joining are joining the marines. Three kids received appointments to military academies.
11) One kid's family did the wave in their row when his name was called one guy blew an air horn when a relative walked across the stage-- sadly, someone confiscated the air horn after that. Fun police are everywhere.
10) Anyway, its a proud moment when you finally get graduate school and move on to the next chapter in your life. My godson is heading to St Rose here in Albany, where he play college baseball and hopefully study more than I did when I was in college.
9) The first hour or so of the ride home was made easier by NBA game on the radio, with Hubie Brown/Jack Ramsay doing analysis-- everyone who broadcasts basketball, and I mean everyone, should listen to a tape of their broadcast. They talked about the game, making short points that made the listener feel like they were courtside. Fun to listen to.
8) Dr Jack sounded like he was really pulling for JJ Redick, but from the pain in his voice after a couple turnovers, it is obvious Redick is hurting the Magic bigtime. Dwight Howard didn't touch the ball on Magic's last eight possessions, which is the responsibility of the Orlando guards.
7) If you watch a lot of college hoop on TV, Redick would be the most recognizable Orlando player-- other guys on Magic played at St Joe's, Nebraska, Western Kentucky, Charleston, Fresno State, Texas Tech and Delta State. Five Orlando players never played college basketball.
6) One last Ramsay thing-- he coached two of the most interesting clubs of the 70's-- we all know he coached Bill Walton's Trailblazers to a 1977 NBA title, but he also coached the Buffalo Braves before that-- McAdoo Ernie D and the late Randy Smith, who passed away last week. Braves were an exciting team before they got sold, moved to San Diego, where the sorry legend of the Clippers was born.
5) Eldrick Woods won his 67th PGA tournament Sunday-- funny thing is that the tournaments without Woods get terrible ratings, but they're always more interesting, because they're only tourneys with suspense as to who will win. He is already the greatest golfer ever.
4) Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin is either the dumbest guy in the whole country, or he just doesn't care- he let ESPN's cameras film one of his meetings with a recruit, which is an NCAA violation, Kiffin's fifth minor violation since becoming Vols' coach. He hasn't coached one game yet, and he's already committed five NCAA violations. With rebuilding the order of the day in Knoxville, 2009 could be a long year for Kiffin, but he does have a knack for getting his face on television.
3) Why is gas cheaper on the New York State Thruway than in Albany? This has never been true before, why now? Could it be greedy bastards at Exxon/Mobil need to pay for all the mini-marts they're building?
2) So far, teams in the College World Series are two from ACC (Virginia, North Carolina), two from SEC (Arkansas, LSU), Fullerton, Arizona St and Southern Miss. Texas-TCU winner is the eighth team.
1) The kid on Texas who threw 13 innings of relief and 169 pitches in the 25-inning game again Boston College last week? He faced one batter in Longhorns' split against TCU this weekend- Game 3 is Monday nite. The kid says his arm is fine. I just hope he gets drafted this week.
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-- Dan Haren left his last two starts with 5-1 leads after 7th inning but didn't win either game, as Arizona's bullpen is a disaster area.
-- Oakland's Vin Mazzaro starts his big league career with 13.2 innings of scoreless ball, beating White Sox, Orioles. A's won last six games.
-- Matsuzaka's struggles continue; he gave up 10 hits in 5.2 innings vs Texas, losing 6-3 to the Rangers.
-- This kid Wells has really helped the Cubs; he allowed two runs in 6.2 IP as Wee Bears won in 14 innings at Cincinnati.
-- The great Roy Halladay threw a 97-pitch complete game, beating the Royals 4-0. Allowed seven baserunners, struck out six.
-- Only three of thirty starting pitchers finished eight innings Sunday; Halladay went nine, Jimenez (Colorado), Davies (Royals) went eight.
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Monday's List of 13: Random thoughts after a very long day...
13) My Sunday began when the alarm rang at 4:50am, and ended when I pulled back in the driveway 20 hours later, as I took the 170-mile trip to Long Island for my godson's high school graduation. Good day, but long.
12) Graduation ceremonies were in Hofstra's basketball arena-- 3,500 or so people there. First high school graduation I've been to since my own 100 or so years ago. Very organized, with 521 kids graduating-- 519 of then are going to college, the other two joining are joining the marines. Three kids received appointments to military academies.
11) One kid's family did the wave in their row when his name was called one guy blew an air horn when a relative walked across the stage-- sadly, someone confiscated the air horn after that. Fun police are everywhere.
10) Anyway, its a proud moment when you finally get graduate school and move on to the next chapter in your life. My godson is heading to St Rose here in Albany, where he play college baseball and hopefully study more than I did when I was in college.
9) The first hour or so of the ride home was made easier by NBA game on the radio, with Hubie Brown/Jack Ramsay doing analysis-- everyone who broadcasts basketball, and I mean everyone, should listen to a tape of their broadcast. They talked about the game, making short points that made the listener feel like they were courtside. Fun to listen to.
8) Dr Jack sounded like he was really pulling for JJ Redick, but from the pain in his voice after a couple turnovers, it is obvious Redick is hurting the Magic bigtime. Dwight Howard didn't touch the ball on Magic's last eight possessions, which is the responsibility of the Orlando guards.
7) If you watch a lot of college hoop on TV, Redick would be the most recognizable Orlando player-- other guys on Magic played at St Joe's, Nebraska, Western Kentucky, Charleston, Fresno State, Texas Tech and Delta State. Five Orlando players never played college basketball.
6) One last Ramsay thing-- he coached two of the most interesting clubs of the 70's-- we all know he coached Bill Walton's Trailblazers to a 1977 NBA title, but he also coached the Buffalo Braves before that-- McAdoo Ernie D and the late Randy Smith, who passed away last week. Braves were an exciting team before they got sold, moved to San Diego, where the sorry legend of the Clippers was born.
5) Eldrick Woods won his 67th PGA tournament Sunday-- funny thing is that the tournaments without Woods get terrible ratings, but they're always more interesting, because they're only tourneys with suspense as to who will win. He is already the greatest golfer ever.
4) Tennessee football coach Lane Kiffin is either the dumbest guy in the whole country, or he just doesn't care- he let ESPN's cameras film one of his meetings with a recruit, which is an NCAA violation, Kiffin's fifth minor violation since becoming Vols' coach. He hasn't coached one game yet, and he's already committed five NCAA violations. With rebuilding the order of the day in Knoxville, 2009 could be a long year for Kiffin, but he does have a knack for getting his face on television.
3) Why is gas cheaper on the New York State Thruway than in Albany? This has never been true before, why now? Could it be greedy bastards at Exxon/Mobil need to pay for all the mini-marts they're building?
2) So far, teams in the College World Series are two from ACC (Virginia, North Carolina), two from SEC (Arkansas, LSU), Fullerton, Arizona St and Southern Miss. Texas-TCU winner is the eighth team.
1) The kid on Texas who threw 13 innings of relief and 169 pitches in the 25-inning game again Boston College last week? He faced one batter in Longhorns' split against TCU this weekend- Game 3 is Monday nite. The kid says his arm is fine. I just hope he gets drafted this week.
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