Random Thoughts on a Mid May Day

With apologies to Todd Rundgren..."Hello, yeah its been a while".  It's been over a month since I last posted and I am doing just fine.  I hope you are too.

My last post was that North Carolina would win the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.  They didn't and Villanova did.  Congratulations Villanova.  You were good.

Now onto something I care about...baseball.  My beloved Cardinals have been mediocre thus far this season.  As I write this they are two games over .500 and 7 1/2 games behind their rivals the Chicago Cubs.  The Cardinals don't seem to have the hitting this year to win the National League Central or earn a wildcard spot.  I hope I'm wrong but at the end of the year I suspect they will be right at the .500 level.

Speaking of the Cardinals the Birds seem to have some power this year but so do a lot of other teams.  I think the ball is juiced and this article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch might make you think the same thing.

Let's Go Blues!  Congratulations to the St. Louis Blues on advancing to the NHL Western Conference Finals.  The Blues eliminated the Dallas Starts four games to three last night with a 6-1 win in Dallas.  Prior to that they knocked off the Chicago Black Hawks in 7.  Up next its either the Nashville Predators or San Jose Sharks.  LGB (Lets Go Blues!)

I will write again when I have some time and will try to make it before another month passes.  Thanks for your patience and thanks for reading.

Another Who Cares Final Four

As I write this I am watching the 2016 NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four.  Of the four teams who are playing I really could care less who wins.  In year's past I have always thought of this as one of the nation's top sporting events.  But, tonight because of the makeup of the field I just don't care who wins. There is a team from the Big XII, two from the ACC and one from the Big East.

I have no use for the Big XII and Oklahoma in particular because of its idiot Athletic Director Joe Castiglione.  I'm sure Villanova is a perfectly good University from an academic point of view but I have no use for its so called "student-athletes".  Syracuse was only the 6th best team in its league and its coach, Jim Boeheim is a known cheater having sat out a month this season as punishment.

I guess if I have a team I will cheer for it is North Carolina.  I have a lot of respect for Roy Williams and hope he is able to pick up another national title with the Tar Heels.  Ideally, Villanova will beat Oklahoma and then Carolina will knock out Syracuse.  In the title game I would like to see the Tar Heels beat the hell out of Villanova.

I guess we'll see how much of this happens as the Final Four plays out.  In the meantime I think I'll change the channel and go watch "The Big Bang Theory" instead of these games.