Monday (one glorious month) edition: Wha’ Happened?
Posted on March 31st, 2008 – 9:09 AMBy Michael Rand
Ignore this hideous weather, folks. It’s just a product of the place you live and will have no bearing on the pure joy heading your way (and, for the record, we are still very much glad that the new Twins stadium will not have a roof. End of story). Because the doldrums of February and the warm-up of March are giving way to the pure love that only the next month can bring. In the spirit of all that is good, we are going to rank our favorite sporting events of the next month:
1) Baseball’s back: Yeah, they played in Japan last week, which was cute. But if you live in Minnesota, chances are the season doesn’t really start until Torii Hunter takes his rightful place in centerfield at the Dome for the Angels. Because baseball has such … a long … season, the first 30 games or so are really the best time in terms of optimism ruling the day. Enjoy it. While it lasts (that message brought to you by an inexperienced starting pitching staff and a shakier-than-usual defense).
2. NCAA Final Four: We were rooting hard for Davidson, which looked to be at the skill level of a No. 3 or 4 seed instead of a No. 10, but we’ll take all four No. 1 seeds advancing. Should be some epic games.
3. Playoff hockey: We don’t need to explain, but it is going to happen for sure in Minnesota (just like we did not predict). The Wild took another huge step toward its first division title last night with an OT win over Colorado plus a big loss by Calgary.
4. NFL draft: The RBBH once described an NFL game as being 10 seconds of action and two minutes of glorifying the quarterback. Wait, we think she was talking about the NFL. We hope. In any event, she hasn’t seen anything like the NFL draft — even with the mercifully reduced time between rounds. Nonetheless, it’s a good excuse to hang out on a Sunday weekend.
(Sweet mercy, it is really coming down outside. Ignore! Ignore!)
5. The Masters: The placement of the ol’ golf tournament is certain to draw the ire of one Sassbottom, but sorry. It’s just golf.
6. NBA playoffs: These won’t heat up really until May, though this year in the West will provide fantastic matchups all the way through. So we take that back. It’ll heat up in April. There, one big contradictory paragraph.
7. What did we miss?
Fasola-link! (We’re told the Youtube glitches are fixed. Fingers crossed …) nope.
13 Responses to "Monday (one glorious month) edition: Wha’ Happened?"
Rand, I know the NFL has changed a couple of things about the Draft but I am sure that the NFL Draft still starts on Saturday not Sunday.
According to the WWL the Arena Season has started. (Enough with the commercials already.)
Maybe some of you fancypants snobs enjoy the first couple rounds. Us hardcore folks enjoy rounds 3-7 on Sunday much better. Oh, who are we kidding. I’ll fix it.
No Frozen Four? Are you just trying to tweak the Marth (who is eminently tweakable, or so I hear)?
Umm, it was always rounds 4-7 on Sunday. And, if my memory is serving me correctly (which it very well might not be), I think the draft starts on Friday night this year?
So they could charge prime time rates for the ads, of course. Because like the oil companies, the NFL is hurting for cash.
Hmmm…see, my memory may not be right–now that I go back and look, maybe the Friday night thing was just speculation by ProFootballTalk.
Who’s winning the RB Final Four pool?
and I might be a snob but I definitely am not a fancypants.
I’m winning the RB Final Four pool … for now. Seeing as how 27 of 28 people have a champion still alive and I do not (Georgetown!), that won’t last. Toonces: They’re just doing 1 and 2 on the first day this year, so 3-7 will be second day. At least that’s what I’m told.
I hope you said thank you to the RBBH when she informed you about the NFL Draft changes.
Can someone save me a seat at Hubert’s? I should be there around 4:30. Awesome. Thanks.
Snow be damned, Opening Day is the best darned day of the year.
Hootie save me a seat when you get there. I’ll be there around 5:00. And while your at it order me a pitcher of Mich Golden. Thanks
With any luck, I’ll be spending opening day at Safeco Field. Choke on that, snowbirds.
And shame on you, RandBall. The Masters is not “just golf.” It’s the embodiment of all that is righteous and holy in the most glorious game of them all. I’ll take the back nine on Sunday over anything else you threw out there. And also I’ll take your a$$ at The Bastards Invitational in June.
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Look for the guy in the Mauer jersey trying to figure out what to do with his Vikings sweatshirt, because who has ever brought a sweatshirt to a baseball game?!?
Pitcher of Mich Golden may be partially empty by 5, but I’ll try to exercise some restraint.
