WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!

CHAMPIONS WEEK ended last night so here we go.  (cue the music from the QUEEN album)

fire robin ventura. (frv)

A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS who won their third in six years and appear poised to be a threat to win it for the next five years.  these guys cost all of us a lot of sleep with all their overtime games, especially that triple o.t. in anaheim, a game that ended around 1 a.m. but worth every wink lost. a fun team to watch and an easy team to like.

frv

the GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS captured the NBA CROWN with a dominating run thru the playoffs and crushed lebron james and company after making adjustments early in the series and winning three games in a row to lock it up.  the warriors are young, play good defense and have a great offense plus a coach in STEVE KERR who's been there many times before so look for them to go deep into the playoffs. kerr finished second in the coach of the year balloting but those votes are counted when the playoffs begin.  i think he'll be happy with another ring.

frv

the VIRGINIA CAVALIERS upset VANDERBILT, two games to one, to take the NCAA BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP away from the defending title holders.  considered a long shot at best when the tournament started, the boys in orange won a couple of walkoffs, made spectacular plays defensively and got great relief pitching from the round of 16 on to the title. the team won the least total games for a champion since 1965 but i don't think they care. late bloomers.

frv

the CHICAGO CUBS have returned to respectability and the north side sewer rats are emerging from their holes after five years to fill the stands once again at urine park and pound their chests and declare to the baseball world how much of a diehard they are and that they never miss a cubs game.  lying maggots aside, attendance is beginning to reflect their rise in the standings and a very likable cubs team (other than starlin castro) will once again put a smile on the face of every ticket broker in downtown chicago if the success continues and then the maggots will have to choose between elevated ticket prices or buying cocaine on clark street. ah, baseball on the north side.

the cubs still need to pull the trigger on a major trade for pitching.  they need a closer and two more starters because ivy leaguer KYLE HENDRICKS has lost the magic from rookie year and the hundred and fifty million dollar mistake is 4-5 and hasn't won a game since may 16th and i have no idea why TSUYOSHI WADA is even in the rotation but even i think they're fun to watch with loads of star power developing and home runs flying out of wrigley once again.

and on the south side (FRV) the death watch has begun and it's a matter of time until the summer hand grenade settles on U.S. CELLULAR and the team is blown up.  general manager RICK HAHN gambled and lost and now he is sitting on a very hot seat because when you lay mega-contracts on former stars who then hit .220 and develop palsy in the field, it's a matter of time until you sleep with the fishes. incompetent manager robin ventura needs to go first but hahn also has to be held accountable for moves like melky cabrera, adam laroche and the long term deal for adam eaton.

the white sox suck in every important statistic and they really only have three assets in chris sale, jose abreu and avisail garcia so they have to go shopping.  

does your team want chris sale?  i think he's available but you're going to have to open the door to your roster because the sox have so many holes to fill. it would probably cost you two off your current roster and your top two minor leaguers but in return, you get one of the top five pitchers in baseball with a very friendly contract thru 2017 and then two option years. and remember, you have to give to get!

AS AN EXAMPLE AND ONLY AN EXAMPLE..... would the cubs give up minor leaguer KYLE SCWARBER, second baseman ADDISON RUSSELL and currently injured outfielder JORGE SOLER for CHRIS SALE?  before you scream no, think about it.  you get the best left hander in the game today and he's only 26 years old PLUS he's a strikeout machine which is always good in wrigley field AND your cupboard is loaded with prospects and movable parts and you only give up ONE player from your starting lineup that's currently eight games above .500.  whew. catch my breath.

think chris sale would get you to the playoffs where anything can happen?  WOULD YOU MAKE THAT TRADE? i'd really like some feed back.

bye for now. FRV