The King is Dead

It looks like Nike can scrap the Lebron vs. Kobe Puppet commercials. It is always comforting to see a marketing campaign go straight down the toilet. If your pumped up to see a Magic vs Lakers NBA Finals then something is wrong with you. King James could not will his team to victory and the Cleveland Lebrons are no longer. People forget that Lebron is only a 24 year old man. So what if he has not won an NBA Championship yet, he still had a hell of a season (MVP) and will look to take Cleveland to the promised land next year before he jets to the Big Apple..

Speakin of 24 year old men and their accomplishments, I need to update you all on the opening double header of the Northern Virginia (NV) Blues. Let me first give you some background on this leauge so you can get a better idea of the competition level. We were playing on a field that has no drainage system, had standing water right in front of home plate, and weeds growing in the outfield (Though it was @ the highschool that Grant Hill attended: South Lake High Seahawks)! The team is composed of a bunch of guys, mostly in their mid to late 20's who have amounted to very little thus far. To get some outside perspective on the quality of games, my college buddy Kevin Malaney (aka Flamingo) attended and left after 5 innings. When I called him after the first game to see where he was he said "This league is terrible and I ran out of Bud Light so I went home."

Coach tells us the starting line up and what do you know but the Millman is starting at shortstop and batting cleanup (Little does Coach know, Millman hasn't played competitive baseball since 10th grade and was pretty lousy back then). Millman makes coach proud though going 2-3 with a walk, double, 2 RBI's, and an absolute shot that hit the right center field wall (almost my first career dinger).

My roomate Dave, 3 years removed from back surgery, is the starting Center Fielder. This kid refuses to stop playing sports even though he can't move his back or swing a bat. Just last week he had bloodwork and an MRI done because his back was killing him. I wish you all could have been at the game because it was a treat for all in attendance because there was a carnvial blasting music for all to hear. So I keep looking back at Dave in Center Field and he is doing the CHA CHA Slide in the middle of the game stomping his feet and clapping. The kid is a mental case. One inning after dancing in center field he is cursing out the 75 year old umpire for calling him out on a play to first. He starts screaming "I Know it's late, but we pay good money for this league." He then continues on to the guys in the dugout about how the 75 year old umpire is going to be in his trunk on his ride home"

Oh Summer Baseball. NV Blues Record: 1-1.