The Musings of a Giant Idiot

The Crosspoint softball team did it again, sweeping the double header and evening our season record to 3-3. Continuing the great hitting we had Thursday night, we scored 20 runs for the third straight game. Everyone had a great night hitting the ball and our triple play specialist, Chad Pickering hit 3 monster blasts in the 2 games. The defense has come around and a shout out goes to, 3rd baseman BJ Parker and SS Brian Dishon, for keeping the left side of the infield on lock down. Our next games are Friday night and we hope to continue the stellar play in the field and at the plate.

With the announcement of the Madden cover today, I started thinking about my favorite video games. I get the newest edition of Madden every year and enjoy playing it. But to me nothing beats the memory of my younger brother and I using our considerable thumb speed to defeat the enemy in the game that is famous for the code at the top, most guys over 25 will know what game it is from.

Tomorrow at 2 o’clock (3 for those that “flyover” us) the NFL draft will get under way. To make the draft more TV friendly the NFL decided to cut the time teams have to make picks in the 1st round from 15 minutes to 10 minutes.Since the 1st pick has been known since Tuesday, the speculation is what the Rams will do with the 2nd pick and how the draft will play out from there. Mel Kiper has been all over ESPN the last month and tomorrow he will be in the spotlight along with the players getting drafted.

I will be monitoring the draft but will really pay attention when the Tennessee Titans are on the clock with the 24th pick. Tennessee needs to draft a wide receiver that will help Vince Young but for some reason I think they go with a defensive player and load up on receivers in later rounds. This is the same tactic they used in 2005 when they chose Pacman Jones with their 1st round pick and then picked up 3 WRs in the next three rounds. None of the receivers have really panned out although they have had their moments.

One thing about the draft I am not looking forward to is listening to Chris Berman. I do not understand why he is still on the air. When I was a kid his nicknames were funny and his “backbackback” calls were amusing, but he has not changed his act in 20 years. He reminds me of an uncle who was hilarious when you were a kid but his jokes are stale now that you are grown up.
ESPN did a smart thing by bringing Bobby Knight in for analysis during the NCAA tournament I wish they would do the right thing and limit Berman’s airtime.

One last thing on the NCAA tournament, I have always thought the tournament is the most exciting sporting event because of the one and done scenario. So since 1974, why has the Final Four been announced by a curmudgeon like Billy Packer?