Baseball season, NBA playoffs … new show?
By Brian Doolittle. Filed in Cardinals, NBA, Royals |
I very much enjoy the free Extra Innings package preview on DirecTV the first week of the season. Today I am able to track both the Royals and Cardinals games, which makes for a nice backdrop for a Thursday afternoon. However, I did miss the first 4 innings of the Cardinals-Reds as the 11:35 start combined with watching my one-year-old threw my sports focus off. And just as I snuck in 15 or 20 minutes of some quality baseball watching during nap time, my brief window of sports euphoria slammed shut. Jason Mott gave up a game-winning HR to Johnny Gomes … and moments later I heard some impressive crying in our baby monitor.
The final three innings of the Royals-Tigers are on DVR, so maybe that game worked out well. KC’s starting pitching has been awesome and even Ricky Ankiel came through big on Wednesday!
I still have not locked into any type of regular employment, but am on the verge of, hopefully, hosting my own NBA Radio show in St. Louis. I actually hope to have a broadcast launch date by Friday, so stay tuned. At least I’ll have zero direct competition. I am excited about this possibility and ultimately hope this show can grow and prosper in an organic manner, with all local sponsorships and live broadcasts from local sites. I believe there is a niche basketball audience to tap into, so we’ll see. Much more coming soon …
I do think the Jazz-Thunder showdown on Tuesday night was this season’s best game. Kevin Durant was definitely fouled at the end of overtime, but it is impressive how he’s handled that in the media. He was revved up at the time, but did not make a scene and was calm and collected in subsequent interviews. Very classy and likable player. His tweets are also enjoyable to follow. For Utah, it blew an 11-point lead in the final three minutes. But Deron Williams was clutch through to the end; he scored those 42 points on just 23 shots while KD went 13-for-29 for his 45. Williams had just 1 turnover in 43 minutes.
I think it’s fair to say those teams would put on a great show in the first round. In the West, I’m hoping for: Lakers-Spurs, Nuggets-Blazers, Mavericks-Jazz, and Suns-Thunder. I just do not want OKC to finish in the No. 8 spot as that would be awful. I want the Spurs gone, but at least they could beat up on LA for 5 or 6 games.
The Thunder announcers were out of line on Wednesday night for acting as if Carmelo Anthony was “playing possum” and just lying on the floor to exaggerate a foul non-call. He was obviously KNOCKED OUT! They did not even apologize or soften their point of view afterward. Why was J.R. Smith trying to drive around his unconscious body? Oh, because he’s J.R. Smith.
