I wonder...

...how many "Why I'm rooting for the Thunder" pieces have been worked out over a cup of Howard Schultz's coffee.

Personally, I don't care why you're rooting for the Thunder or the other guys or anyone in the NBA. I'm more interested in international soccer, and I don't care a bit about international soccer.

So, how 'bout that no-no-no-no-no-no the other night?

Oh well...

...29 days to pitchers and catchers.

Go Mariners!

Good for the Phillies.

Good for Jamie Moyer. And good for Goldy, too. And (oops) N in Seattle.

Any other Philly phans I missed, too. Good on ya'.

A cunning plan.

"When McCain is speaking, he will switch to the Phillies game."

At the perfect tavern we'll likely have the game on the big screen up front and the debate, as usual, on the backroom plasma, retaining, of course, the split-screen option out back.

Bonds, Aaron, Ruth, Mays, Sosa and…

Junior!



Good job. Phone home.

Headlines.

Army soldiers to see shorter war tours

Not short enough.

Not few enough, either.

Florida lawmakers pass "take your guns to work" law

Hmmm. I imagine an armed bartender could do pretty well, tips-wise...

Clinton, Obama skirmish over Iraq

Near as I can figure, she's mad because he hasn't stopped the war yet, even though he says he will. Of course, he didn't start it. Didn't even help.

A-Rod whiffs 4 times as Royals top Yanks

And they say I never report the good news.

MY OH MY!

Seattle's voice of summer, Dave Niehaus, is headed for Cooperstown.

I fell in love with baseball on the radio listening to Vin Scully in LA. When I moved home 25 years ago, I hardly hoped to find a broadcaster as skilled, knowledgable and entertaining as Scully waiting for me. Heck, when I left home, we were still a PCL town. Little did I know.

I don't know how many times I've sat in the car, waiting on Niehaus' next call, when I could have stepped inside and watched the game on TV. Sometimes you can see more when he tells it than when you see it. It's that kind of magic that makes a Hall of Famer.

9 days 'til the Cactus League opener in Peoria.

Yay Dave! Go M's!