No Cal shouldn’t be part of California

“Everybody's very happy
'Cause the sun is shining all the time
Looks like another perfect day
I love L.A.”

--Randy Newman

With the Kings/Sharks game and the Giants/Dodgers games being played simultaneously, I’ve been reminded exactly how much I dislike the entire Bay Area. From the announcers I’m forced to listen to for the Sharks to color of the Giants’ uniforms, I’m not sure that I can find a redeeming quality to anything these teams bring to the table. Definitely makes for an emotion filled Tuesday night.

Is there any team in the Major leagues that has as bleak of a future as the San Francisco Giants? Not only are they awful, but they’re OLD and awful. Usually when a team knows that their season is going to be lost, they’re clearly building for the future. Rich Aurilla and Ray Durham make up the right side of the Giants’ infield. Ladies and Gentlemen, you’re 1998 starting all-star team.

The Kings are already down by a goal. I’m convinced that I’m a masochist, I must love the pain. I know the Kings season is over. I know that we’re competing for the worst record in the league, and I’m also aware that the Sharks are 16-0-2 since they picked up Brian Campbell from the Sabres at the trading deadline. Its to our advantage to tank, lose the rest of our games, and do our best to lock up a better draft pick. If the Kings can stay the course and hold onto the worst record in the league, the worst they can do in the draft is pick second overall. I’m sitting here, and I certainly hope that they remember they screwed up the draft with that important win over the Coyotes in the last game of the season last year. Phoenix drafted Kyle Turris who was just rated as the 2nd best prospect in the world (not in the NHL); meanwhile, Los Angeles drafted Thomas Hickey—the next Brian Rafalski. Bottom line, the Kings need to lose for the rest of the season. I shouldn’t be watching this.

About 14 innings into the new baseball season and I’ve already found my new favorite Dodger: Larry Bowa. He had a world class blow-up while coaching third base. You have to love when a guy can get thrown out of the game for arguing about where he can stand on the field. Here’s how it went down: Ed Montague told him to move back to the coaching box, Bowa said no, words escalate and Montague chucked him. Nothing could have highlighted the differences between the Dodgers’ coaching staff than a calm (almost scared) Joe Torre trying to pry a red-faced Larry Bowa away from killing an umpire. Good news was Torre succeeded in saving the umpire. Bad news, the Gatorade cooler in the dugout wasn’t as lucky.

Would it kill announcers to have an idea of what they are talking about? The Sharks announcer just dropped the nugget that Joe Thornton has more points since he was traded to the Sharks than any other player in that same time period. He went onto add, “more than Sidney Crosby, more than Alex Ovechkin.” Thornton’s a great player that I’d love to have on my team… but lets be real. In the same time frame, Joe Thornton has played half a SEASON more than the two young guns. Of course he has more points! Comparing apples to apples, and Thornton doesn’t stack up as well. Its announcers like this that mislead their fans and create ignorance. The only other explanation is that they didn’t know that Thornton had an extra 30 games to play. Now that I think about it, that very well could be the case. We wouldn’t want facts to get in the way of selling the team as the greatest team ever. If this keeps up, I’m going to root for the Ducks over the Sharks—but that’s not even close yet.

Delwin Young with an infield single in the bottom of the 9th, Furcal scored from 2nd finish the Giants off for the second game in a row. The Dodgers are already 2 games ahead of San Francisco and its only April 1. They’re playing “I Love LA”

I really do love LA.