Looking Back with Confused Acceptance, Looking Forward with Careful Hope

Welcome back the the blog, everyone. The All Star break has come and gone, and baseball will resume its season tonight. The Mets travel to San Francisco tonight 4 games behind the Braves in the division and just a game out of the wild card race. If you told the fan base that the Mets would be where they are today, very few of them would be upset. That being said, the 2010 Mets may be the streakiest, roller coaster ride of a team in baseball history. Either everything is clicking and they're winning nine out of ten or the wheels fall off and they score three runs in five games. Like all other teams, consistency and health will be the keys moving forward. But before we go full steam ahead, let's take a look back at the last four months is terms of the good, the bad, and the Snookie. It's the only way to bring a little bit of simplicity into a wild first half.

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Well folks, tonight is one of my favorite events of the baseball season. The home run derby may be quite simple (a swing is either a home run or an out--no exceptions.)  But in this case, simplicity is bliss. Along with chicks, I happen to dig the long ball. I don't care that the pitches are being lobbed right down the middle. I don't care that some paranoid farts think that the derby messes up players' swings. The home run derby is the highlight of my All Star Weekend, and I don't expect tonight to disappoint. So without further ado, let's meet tonight's derby participants.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Miguel Cabrera, Tigers
2010 Home Runs: 22 (Tied for 2nd in ML
Most Homers in Career: 37 (in 2008)

Las Vegas Odds to Win: 2.3-1

Derby Outlook: Definitely one of the heavy favorites in Anaheim. Cabrera has been a masher ever since coming up with the Marlins. A complete hitter, he leads all of baseball with his ridiculous .336 batting average. A ... << MORE >>

Hello again, friends.  Today, July 1 2010, marks the mystical date that basketball fans have waited for.  The free agency period officially begins, and teams have been unleashed to woo the likes of LeBron, Dwyane, Chris, Dirk, Joe, A'mare, and others to join their squad.  The tri-state area has both of their horses in the race, as the Knicks and Nets have spent months and months getting rid of bad contracts and clearing salary cap space in an effort to land one or even two big names. ... << MORE >>

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The 2010 hockey season began all the way back in, well, 2009. On October 1st, the Capitals defeated the Bruins in Boston to kick off the season. Just over 8 months later, the Blackhawks took down the Flyers in Philly to send the season out in style.

First, let's get to how it all ended. In overtime, Patrick Kane (who became a recognized player to the casual fan after his Olympic performance for team USA) fired a shot that somehow snuck through Flyer goaltender Michael Leighton and into the net. It had all the makings of a storybook, legendary goal. The problem was that Kane was literally the only man on Earth that knew his shot had gone in. The fans  in the arena had no idea where the puck was. People watching the game on television couldn't see anything (and neither could the announcers, which meant a potentially-legendary goal call was turned into an awkward/confused verbal diarrhea in the broadcast booth.)  Hell, even the referees had no clue.

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Yep, we're still sending you to YouTube for the time being.  Hope you enjoy the kinda-sorta first NY Sport Blog vidoe blog with any kind of substance to it.  Please excuse the peculiar glances to the ceiling and the fact it looks like I'm vlogging from an insane asylum on Alcatraz.  All small details that will get better with time... ... << MORE >>

I don't think I've written an NBA column since my epic preview section on the now-defunct Reilly Sports Blog. The NBA Finals prediction from that post: Trailblazers over Cavs in 5 games.

I will say no more. I'm no NBA guru. I don't want to waste my time pretending to know what I'm talking about it, and I certainly don't want you to waste your time reading it. Just know this: the Celtics will defeat the Lakers in five games.

And your MVP for this series?

GLEN DAVIS

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It's June now, which means the World Cup is only ten days away! While some of you may have already flipped to espn.com to avoid reading the rest of this soccer article, hopefully the rest of you will read a few of my thoughts leading up to the World Cup.

I'm not psyched about this US team

Landon Donovan said this is the best US team he's been a part of. Guess what, Landon. You're a filthy liar.

This isn't the best team Landon's been a part of. This isn't the second best either. If this isn't the worst team, it's certainly the one with the most inexperience and injuries he's ever been on. Aside from Donovan himself, Tim Howard and maybe Clint Dempsey, nobody on this team has either the experience or the tools

Soccer 101: The most important parts of the game are scoring and preventing goals. The man expected to head the US scoring, Jozy Altidore, is 20 years old and coming off of a highly disappointing season at Hull City in the ... << MORE >>

Hello everyone!

A very happy Memorial Day to you. Hopefully everyone had a great long weekend--the weather in the tri-state area was perfect for barbecue, beach, and everything else people do to celebrate America.

Tonight's a big night for the NHL as game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals is underway in Chicago (0-0 after one very entertaining 1st period.)  Besides that, nothing else is really going on. How do I know this?  Well, let's look at the prime time lineup for ESPN's networks tonight...

ESPN2
7:30-9:00 Harlem Globetrotters vs. Washington Generals
9:00-12:00 World Series of Poker 2009

ESPN
7:00-9:30 Home Run Derby 2009

So, uh, yeah...Luckily though, the blog has a big announcement to make. Sure, I could just type it for you. But I'd rather just SHOW IT TO YOU!

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