Braves beauty
I am not sure we give enough credit to one of the great fictional characters of the modern realm.
Ladies and gentlemen, I truly believe we should put more respect on Cousin Eddie’s name.
Like all true works of art, Cousin Eddie is based in reality, crafted around truth and given a pinch of over-the-topness that makes real life satirical.
Cousin Eddie’s “That’s a beaut, Clark” was all I could think of while watching the Braves last night.
Well said, Ed.
These Braves are 17-3 in June, have cut the Mets’ lead to 4.5 games and did so last night with a three-run bottom of the ninth that led to a 4-3 win over a San Francisco bunch that is right there with the best in baseball.
To that end, the Braves have taken two of three from the Giants, and grabbed wins when San Fran has handed the ball to two of the best starters in the NL.
Sure, rolling to 14 straight to start the month is great, but that streak was against a collection of dregs and after thoughts – “Save the neck for me Clark” – that will be dealers at the deadline and looking at prospects come Labor Day.But the Giants? And then Freddie Freeman and the Dodgers coming to town?
And the Braves are handling it like, ell, like World Series champs.
Feeling the draft
So Jay Bilas, who truly is one of three best on-air personalities at the mothership, believes this is one of the deepest drafts in NBA history.I love the draft. You know this. In fact, we will be filling up the Twitter machine tonight with draft discussion. Who’s with me?
(Side ranking, if you take off the SportsCenter hosts, and Randy Scott and Matt Barrie are excellent in an old-school Eisen, Patrick, Kilborn kinda way, who is your top five ESPN personalities? For me Bilas is clearly up there. I love Matt Berry’s work on NFL fantasy football. I think Michael Collins on golf is enlightening and entertaining, and that’s high praise. Barry Melrose is the quote and makes hockey interesting at times to even those of us who are not interested in hockey. And of course the tandem of Pepper and Cotton on ESPN the Ocho. Thoughts?)
Bilas’ argument is a fair one, especially at the end of a generation that has been littered with NBA drafts that were about hunting potential rather than finding players and pieces.
The Big Ten will have a slew of names called tonight, and several of them will be long-time starters in this league, and some of them will be available at pick 15 or pick 20.
The SEC will have several names called too, and the same applies.
And this is not just role players making rosters that will be available into round 2, Bilas contends. These are long-term options that will be multi-year pros.