Armadillo: Monday's six-pack
-- Washington is in early lead in NL East; if they contend all year, they'll have a huge decision to make as far as Strasburg's innings go. They want to keep him around 170 IP this year, but what if they're a contender?
-- Angels are 3-6; they don't have much of a bullpen.
-- Dodgers are off to a 9-1 start, their best start since 1981.
-- Mike Tirico was saying today it takes around 40 people to change the Staples Center from a basketball arena to a hockey arena. Laker game ended around 6:00; Kings' game started at 10:45. Pretty cool.
-- Sad to report the passing of former Florida Gator Dwayne Schintzius (43) and former Rams' center Rich Saul (64). Life is short; lets have fun.
-- Temps in the northeast are expected to be in low 90's Monday, way too hot for the Boston Marathon. Hope everyone stays hydrated.
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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Happy Patriots' day, everyone........
13) MLB is going to have special uniforms to honor Jackie Robinson where every player wears number 42 every April 15; they need to put their names on the back, so we can tell who is who. Wouldn't cost much more.
12) Richard Pitino gets his first head coaching job at age 29; his dad was 26 when he got his first head coaching job, at Boston U. Few of the players at FIU asked for their scholarship release after Isiah Thomas was fired, but the school turned them down. Curious to see what happens there now.
11) Celtics played their ninth game in 12 days Sunday. Hard to believe the NBA has subject its players to such a grueling schedule. At some point, the league has to look out for its product, no?
10) SMU is talking Buzz Peterson as its new hoop coach; Peterson is good guy, but he is one of the few coaches in America who is more nomadic than Larry Brown, and he hasn't won enough to merit being a Big East coach.
Put it this way: SMU is in Dallas, a talent-rich city. Moving up to the Big East, they need a bigtime coach to get some of that talent to stay home.
9) Before he homered Sunday, Ike Davis had come to bat with 35 men on base, and hadn't knocked any of them in.
8) A's won their game Wednesday, on a walk-off HBP; they also loaded the bases on a HBP, making it the first game to end on consecutive HBPs since 1966. Have to take these wins any way you can get them.
7) The first cellphones were made by Motorola in 1983, and cost $3,995.
6) Tampa Bay's Matt Joyce has already batted 9th twice and cleanup five times this season. In nine games. You don't see that every day.
5) They show Greg Louganis diving highlights on the scoreboard at Staples Center after the Kings are called for a penalty. Apparently someone thinks the Canucks have been embellishing big hits by taking a dive.
4) How do the Penguins allow eight goals in back-to-back playoff games? They had home ice in the series, but seem to be in the tank, down 3-0.
3) Norfolk Admirals of the minor league AHL won their last 28 games in the regular season; wouldn't expect them to lose a best-of-7 playoff series.
2) Lance Berkman has already suggested that Marlins will move the fences in at their new stadium, within two years. Very pitcher-friendly right now.
1) If the playoffs started Monday morning, Mets-Arizona would be the NL one-game Wild Card playoff; can't tell about the AL, because multiple teams are tied for the Wild Card spot. 5.5 months to go, anyway.
-- Washington is in early lead in NL East; if they contend all year, they'll have a huge decision to make as far as Strasburg's innings go. They want to keep him around 170 IP this year, but what if they're a contender?
-- Angels are 3-6; they don't have much of a bullpen.
-- Dodgers are off to a 9-1 start, their best start since 1981.
-- Mike Tirico was saying today it takes around 40 people to change the Staples Center from a basketball arena to a hockey arena. Laker game ended around 6:00; Kings' game started at 10:45. Pretty cool.
-- Sad to report the passing of former Florida Gator Dwayne Schintzius (43) and former Rams' center Rich Saul (64). Life is short; lets have fun.
-- Temps in the northeast are expected to be in low 90's Monday, way too hot for the Boston Marathon. Hope everyone stays hydrated.
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Armadillo: Monday's List of 13: Happy Patriots' day, everyone........
13) MLB is going to have special uniforms to honor Jackie Robinson where every player wears number 42 every April 15; they need to put their names on the back, so we can tell who is who. Wouldn't cost much more.
12) Richard Pitino gets his first head coaching job at age 29; his dad was 26 when he got his first head coaching job, at Boston U. Few of the players at FIU asked for their scholarship release after Isiah Thomas was fired, but the school turned them down. Curious to see what happens there now.
11) Celtics played their ninth game in 12 days Sunday. Hard to believe the NBA has subject its players to such a grueling schedule. At some point, the league has to look out for its product, no?
10) SMU is talking Buzz Peterson as its new hoop coach; Peterson is good guy, but he is one of the few coaches in America who is more nomadic than Larry Brown, and he hasn't won enough to merit being a Big East coach.
Put it this way: SMU is in Dallas, a talent-rich city. Moving up to the Big East, they need a bigtime coach to get some of that talent to stay home.
9) Before he homered Sunday, Ike Davis had come to bat with 35 men on base, and hadn't knocked any of them in.
8) A's won their game Wednesday, on a walk-off HBP; they also loaded the bases on a HBP, making it the first game to end on consecutive HBPs since 1966. Have to take these wins any way you can get them.
7) The first cellphones were made by Motorola in 1983, and cost $3,995.
6) Tampa Bay's Matt Joyce has already batted 9th twice and cleanup five times this season. In nine games. You don't see that every day.
5) They show Greg Louganis diving highlights on the scoreboard at Staples Center after the Kings are called for a penalty. Apparently someone thinks the Canucks have been embellishing big hits by taking a dive.
4) How do the Penguins allow eight goals in back-to-back playoff games? They had home ice in the series, but seem to be in the tank, down 3-0.
3) Norfolk Admirals of the minor league AHL won their last 28 games in the regular season; wouldn't expect them to lose a best-of-7 playoff series.
2) Lance Berkman has already suggested that Marlins will move the fences in at their new stadium, within two years. Very pitcher-friendly right now.
1) If the playoffs started Monday morning, Mets-Arizona would be the NL one-game Wild Card playoff; can't tell about the AL, because multiple teams are tied for the Wild Card spot. 5.5 months to go, anyway.
