Great day of sports

What a slate today. Stanley Cup Game 3, NBA Finals Game 6, Yanks-Sawx, Mets-D'Backs, Zambrano-Barrett, French Open, Memorial Golf and Nas...ok not Nascar

I would first like to place a link on the site:

Which reminds me, I am legally changing my way to Adam Scott.

Some quick hits: (but not towards Zambrano or Barrett)

- If you do not think what went down in Fenway last night was unintentional, you just do not know the sport. Scott Proctor is the only Yankee pitcher who is willing to take matters into his own hands, and while I do not believe he meant to hit Youklis up high, he wanted to hit him in retaliation for Javier Lopez' blatant hit on Robinson Cano. The Red Sox have hit over 20 more Yankee batters over the past five years that the Yankees have Red Sox, and Proctor has already proven this year (see his four game suspension against Seattle last month) he is going to protect his players and his team.

- As a fan of the Mets, I have never realized just how lucky I am to have a clubhouse of guys who love each other. The Mets shaved their heads last month in a sign of solidarity and coming togehter as a team and something like what transpired at Wrigley yesterday would never be seen in Queens. Unlike the other New York baseball team where their manager, rightfully, throws his star player under the bus, The Metropolitans have not had any "in-house" issues and a lot of it is a reflection of last year's manager of the year Will.....oh wait he did not win it last year? Oh my bad easy to forget at times.

-A team I wrote off before the year, the Minnesota Twins are back on track having won five straight and taking control of third place in the division. The superb play of Justin Morneau and Torri Hunter are making up for the fact that no one else in that line-up is a very good baseball player. Cuddyer and Castillo have been ok and Boof Bonser is becoming a very good major league pitcher, but this team is not one I thought would be hanging around and as usual Ron Gardenhire is doing a lot with very little, especially with his best pure hitter on the disabled list in Joe Mauer. Here is hoping they flop so my predictions have .093736% of credibility.

- Do not look now but the St. Louis Cardinals, my wild-card team, are in second place in the putrid NL Central. Yes it is the central where you could win the divison being five games under .500, but for all that team has gone through they are back and they are winning. How you ask? Albert Pujols. On a down year for the stud first-baseman he leads his team in hits, runs, BA, HR, RBI and Doubles. Gives you an idea of how badly that team needs another bat in the lineup. They are getting by with BRADEN LOOPER as the team ace this year as well. Kudos to Tony LaRussa and Dave Duncan who have righted this ship in a major way.

I was wrong, and I do not admit it often, but I was not buying into the Diamondbacks this season, and while I believe they are at least a year away from seriously competing, they have the pieces in place to make a playoff run in a year or two. Chris Young, Carlos Quentin, Stephen Drew, Conor Jackson and Mark Reynolds are all potential starters under 25 years old and with Eric Byrnes and Orlando Hudson this team has a great nucleus of talent to build upon. Combine that with 2006 NL Cy Young winner Brandon Webb, a revitalized Randy Johnson, innings-eater Doug Davis and rookie Micah Owings. Watch out for Bob Melvin's club because they are not going away anytime soon.

That is all for today enjoy the sports weekend and back tomorrow or Monday