Sunday, April 19, 2009

New Yankee Stadium Debut.

Well, the Yankees open up the new stadium by splitting a four game series two wins a piece with the Cleveland Indians. Could have been better, certainly could have been worse. Not that it matters at this point in the season, but the bronx bombers are 7-6 and about two games out of first place. I'd say I'm pretty pleased. Obviously, I'm worried about Ching Ming Wang. He's gotten hit to death, to say the least, in each of the three contests he's pitched in. I suspect he's still not physically one hundred percent. Everyone else in the rotation looks great, especially Burnett, who is becoming one of my favorite players. I'm looking forward to that first Yankee, Red Sox game of the year.

I'm going to make some predictions. The team with the worst overall record this year will be the Washington Nationals. The let down of the year will be either the Tampa Bay Rays or the Philadelphia Phillies. And the surprise team will be the San Deigo Padres.

I'm estatic about the Eagles trading for all pro left tackle Jason Peters. It looks like we should have one of the best lines in football. With everyone on the line being 27 or under, two pro bowlers, the return of the big kid Shawn Andrews, and free agent pick up Stacy Andrews. I'm going to miss Tra Thomas and Big Jon Runyan, but they were both in their mid 30's and it was time. In my opinion, Jon Runyan was the greatest right tackle the franchise ever saw. The only downside of the trade is the improbablity of the birds going out and trading for Boldin. I think he'll either stay with the cards, or head to Baltimore. Edwards could become a Giant(vomit). I think Chad Johnson is a realistic option, and after some thought, I've decided I'd like to have him on the team. In my dream world, we would use our first round pick to take Moreno or Pettigrew, give our 2nd and Reggie Brown to the bengals for Chad Johnson, and then use our thousands of 5th round picks to play around with moving up in later rounds.

In other NFL news, I don't think taking a tackle would be a bad move for the lions, but I also think Stafford might be the real deal.

The NHL and NBA playoff's are exciting as always. My predictions? Boston takes the cup(sorry Detroit and Washington), and the Cavs role to a championship.

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