It has been awhile since I last wrote but I choose to avoid the NBA suspensions simply because I was to angered by the whole situation even rant about the NBA. So many things wrong with it so many things ti believe yet Bill Simmons in his column and the Dan Patrick podcast from his show yesterday with David Stern said it all. If you did not listen, Patrick had Stern on the ropes from the outset, and while the commish quarreled with Patrick for the first 12 minutes of the interview he finally admits the rule is bad it shouldbe changed bu he must enforce it and then is left speechless when Patrick explains that what he finds unfair is that the dirty team is getting benefited and why should that be when he is the commissioner of the DAMN LEAGUE!!!!

The hayday of the NBA was the mid-80's to the late 90's, the face of the league was MJ, and it has been a shock to me that the NBA is going downhill when they have talents like Lebron, Kobe and Shaq who give the league a new identity, and then a situation like the Horry hip-check on Nash (IN GARBAGE TIME) and then I remember that the reason the league is on a sharp decline is because no one plays defense. This, in my mind, stems from the fact that players are instructed by these NBA rules to not be allowed to play with chips on their shoulder and have removed a lot of the competitive edge by enforcing and restricting many aspects of the game that made the NBA more competitive. By eliminating fights, you take away the one real oppurutnity to see who cares and with the new technical foul ruling, players have to shut up and walk away, when all they want to do is argue the call and show passion for the game they play. It is a disgrace and Stern is trying to be a Roger Goodell only the NBA commish will not have 41 of its players on the cover of USA today being arrested anytime soon so why make these changes. Makes no sense to me.

Finally, another subject. It is Kyle Farnswort. Just as I, and many other predicted, when you play on a baseball team with 25 guys in the clubhouse, there are going to be differing "opinions" about certain aspects of the way each organization handles its players and the Yankees enabling Roger Clemens to go fishing for four days and show up every fifth day does not seem to be a problem for the most important Yankees who were asked by Torre what their stance was before the deal, but the fact that someone does have an issue with it, enter Farnsworth, will only create more tension in the clubhouse no matter how you paint it. Farnsworth made the judgement call to air his "true opinion" on a Chicago sports radio station before admitting he would be irked with Clemens' special treatment before the Yankees loss today. Kyle, word to the wise, seeing as your a below average reliever who does not know what to do with a 98 MPH Fastball (hint: THROW IT MORE OFTEN) I would reccomend not airing your true feelings, but since he did, he opened the door for the inevitable "well even with Roger the yankees are losing and the clubhouse chemistry is certainly a key reason for it. My prediction is you hear something along those lines from the mouth of Steve Phillips in July on a baseball tonight segment.

Patterson to UK- good for gillespie, for anyone thinking Duke needed him, just remember they got three top 20 recruits. UF though could have used him to continue in its quest for a three-peat which has about a 1.8% Chance of occuring

Mets comeback win- As a Met fan I cannot believe I missed the end of the game live, but the ending was sensational. If the Mets can win a Major League game starting Endy Chavez, Ruben Gotay, Julio Franco, David Newhan and Ramon Castro, I am sold on this team's chances in the post-season. As Howie and Tom would say it on the FAN, "put it in the books."

NBA predictions- My dallas over chicago pick failed me, my new pick is SA over DET, yes I know real original, back for more over the weekend as my new MSG gig has me working long hours but is great fun