The King No More

The "king" Lebron James, and the Cleveland Cavaliers, were ousted from the NBA playoffs by Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic last night.

So The King is no longer The King. Dwight Howard or Kobe Bryant can claim that title depending on who wins the NBA Finals.

It's interesting how everyone thinks Lebron is a basketball God, but the same people are the first to slam him and the Cavaliers since they were knocked out of the playoffs.

Now the talk is how Lebron will be traded, how he can't win a title in Cleveland, and how the Cavaliers, if they are going to keep Lebron better get some better players to support him.

Fact is, they have the players to support him, just not quite good enough. Mo Williams, he's fine, I have no problem with him. Gibson sat the bench a lot in the Magic series and he's a star just waiting to blossom. Varejo is a waste of money for the Cavaliers. He doesn't play defense, instead falls to the ground on every little bump he takes trying to draw a foul, but instead the person he's defending scored easily every time. The Cavs, in order to bring Lebron a NBA title need to trade Gibson and Varejo away and get another top tier player. I'd love to see Michael Redd return to Ohio. He's the star for the Milwaukee Bucks, but he's an Ohio State star and one helluva player. Team him up with Lebron and a title would come to Cleveland.

My Fantasy Baseball Roster

C - Dioner Navarro (Tampa Bay) - I need to improve here.
1B - Albert Pujols (St. Louis)
2B - Emilio Bonifacio (Florida)
3B - Jorge Cantu (Florida)
SS - Felipe Lopez (Arizona)
OF - Manny Ramirez (L.A. Dodgers)
OF - Willy Tavares (Cincinnati)
OF - Jeremy Herminda (Florida)
Util - Travis Hafner (Cleveland)
Bench - Carlos Quentin (Chicago White Sox)
Bench - Ian Steward (Colorado)

SP - James Shields (Tampa Bay)
SP - Daisuke Matsusaka (Boston)
RP - Jon Papelbon (Boston)
RP - Joakim Soria (Kansas City)
P - Bobby Jenks (Chicago White Sox)
P - Jonathan Broxton (L.A. Dodgers)
Bench - Joe Saunders (L.A. Angels)
Bench - Hiroki Kuroda (L.A. Dodgers)
Bench - Brad Ziegler (Oakland)

I can swap in guys on Bench at any time, and normally Carlos Quentin is my regular starter in OF. And my Bench pitchers I usually rotate into my lineup depending on when they are going to pitch.

Not a bad team. Could improve at catcher and I need some more power in my outfield. But not a bad team coming out of draft.

Baseball

I've played recreation baseball for years and this year decided to take a stab and try out for my school team. I MADE JUNIOR VARSITY! I'm actually the starting 2B! I'm batting 9th, but that's okay with me. I stole two bases in the first game of the year! Of course our team sucks, we got beat 19-15 (yeah no defense) the first game, and lost 15-4 in the second game. Oh well. The idea is to try to improve, right?

I'm also playing fantasy baseball for the first time this year. My draft is tonight. I have no idea what I'm doing, but hey, gotta start somewhere. I'm going to cheat and have a baseball nut help me out with the online draft. I'll post my roster on here when the draft is finished.

The Indians sure got pounded last night in their first game. Cliff Lee stunk. Once again we're gonna see the Indians hopeful season turn out to be a disaster. I still have no idea why they traded away so much talent in the past 3 years. If they had kept everyone around they would dominate the AL Central.

On the upside, the Indians AAA team this year is our own Columbus Clippers! FOUR Central Ohio guys are starting for them this year. And all four are elders of the Saints of America. I actually should say they are four guys who help found the Saints of America! Wait until opening day, the stadium will be packed with about 1000 Saints of America members. TV last night mentioned that opening day will be the largest crowd ever for a Clippers opening day. Gee, I wonder why! It's gonna be great to see people I know playing AAA baseball this year!