Well another action packed sports weekend has passed and as one season closes another one starts to blossom. It was a quite a weekend to be a sports fan in this crazy sports landscape known as the metroplex. We really are lucky to have so much going on in our back yard as far as sports go.
With that said, let's discuss the mavs first to get it out of the way. What can you say? The Mavs lost to a better team. You can come up with any laundry list of excuses as to why Dallas couldn't win it all this year (Nellie's retirement, not even rookie coach, Dirk's inability to take "the leap" to superstar, or our inability to stop any of phoenix's athletes), but what it boils down to is the suns were better than the mavericks this season.
The sub-plot with Nash playing his old team (Cuban as a cute secondary figure) made this series more interesting than it reallly was. I like the mavericks just as much as anyone, but we need to regroup this offeseason (i just picture Cuban spending 72 straight hours mulling acquisition and trade options). And I think we will.
Future is bright for this team:
--Dirk is going to be pissed all offseason.
--Josh Howard is going to be a good player in this league for a long time.
--Dampier will be at least adequate as a big man
--Avery is the right guy to coach this team and use his Popovich and Nelson to tutelage to win a championship.
RANGERS SWEEP SORRY STROS
Now, onto better news. This weekend couldn't have been better for Rangers fans. Not only sweeping a team at home, but you get to make fun of every sorry person associated with Houston the whole summer. The stros just stink. There are no two ways around it. I understand rebuiliding can hit you really quickly all of the sudden. It happened back in around 2000 when the Rangers playoff runs ended. The rangers became a really old team that relied on old veterans to win games. And they didn't win many. I vividly remember the Caminiti, Gallaragga type acquistions that were doomed from the beginning. I don't think the astros are as screwed because they have a better farm system, front office situation than those rangers teams. But rebuilding is never fun. Unless you are a Dallas fan who enjoys seeing Houston suffer, whatever the endeavor may be. I kid. I kid.
Moving back to the Rangers for a minute, this team really has some potential to be putting something special together. It may not be this season, shoot it may not even be 2006, but sooner rather than later the Rangers are going to be competing for a championship. First off, the west is automatically easier to win just by the fact it's the only 4 team division in MLB. So by default, you have a better chance to make the playoffs.
Combine that with the knowledge and experience of a Buck showalter and a great young nucleus of players to build around (Coco, Myoung, Blalock, Tex, Nix, Mench, CYoung, etc.) and you have something special working. These guys play the game the right way and it is just a matter of time before we put it all together.
Not to sound too major league cliched, but the rangers really excited me in a good sort of Major League way.
See in the pecking order of sports movies, Major League just is in that other level as far as funny sports movies. I like Caddyshack just as much as anyone, but Major League has always been funny to me on all levels.
From the fat guy running out twice on the end celebration scene, to bob uecker as harry doyle, "this guy her is dead", it's all great stuff. I feel that way about the rangers. For whaveter reason, there is something about this club that appeals to my emotional heart.
So to the Texas Rangers, you are my Major League.
I'd like to end by giving a special award to my buddy Marcus (he's 26) who ended up running the bases (apparently this happens at some rangers games) with all the kids after the Rangers 2 nuthin shut out of the stros. He even cut himself diving into homeplate. If you have never met Marcus, you are really missing out. The guy is a true one of a kind.
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