Afternoon Baseball

Filling a few gaps in my writing here with this entry, I hope.

I flew Southwest this weekend, arriving Monday a mere 25 minutes before my flight. A lady in front of me in line commented that Southwest, the only major airline without assigned seating, was going to end that free-for-all practice because people didn't like it. Lo and behold, they are experimenting with assigned seats.

Speaking of Dallas, the fans were as classy last night as the Mavs were during the whole series, loudly booing during the title presentation to the Heat. Even Mark Cuban politely clapped (well, after encouraging louder boos) for the team that proved to be more cohesive, more explosive and plain better than the supposed "chemistry and youth" team symbolizing the new NBA. Seriously, fans, just go home rather than stay and look petty. And the Dallas Mavs come across as a collection of SOBs. Pretty pathetic, considering the head cases Gary Payton, Antoine Walker, and Jason Williams, among others, play for the other club.

The Heat, by the way, are not setting the NBA back 20 years, no matter what Bill Simmons thinks. That vicious NBA he thinks was happening in the 1980s was really overhyped fights in the midst of no-contact play that produced little defense, terrible uniforms, and a lot of unathletic guys who would be overwhelmed today. Sorry. Nostalgia doesn't work for this sport.

A weird article about Stephen Hawking from China. I much prefer the "Family Guy" version, myself.

I'm stunned by this, but then again, I'm not a pure coffee fan. You can get the java from beans taken from the behind of an Indonesian marsupial. That's right.

"The Office" season 2 is available for pre-order. Another favorite, "Newsradio," is just about to have season 4 come out (season 3 debuted only 4 months ago).
Also, the awesomely bad "F Troop" from 1965 (the black-and-white season) is coming to DVD after too many years of being unavailable. They filmed an astonishing 34 episodes. I absolutely love this show, even though it went off the air about 17 years before I was born.

OK, that's it for now.

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