UngsungBlog: A (Fantasy) Sports Blog

Minutes away from the start of the Final Four games, and I can’t decide what food I want delivered! I’m so sick of pizza, but that severely limits my options for food. Hopefully I figure out what I want by the end of this blog entry

- Lakers’ coach Phil Jackson will reportedly be elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. I can’t say that I’m surprised by this decision. In fact, I was wondering when he was going to be elected; I wasn’t aware there was a 25-year (of service) rule before a coach could be eligible for the HOF. Let’s see…900+ wins, nine NBA titles, three three-peats…yeah, that sounds like HOF-material. I don’t want to hear the argument that Jackson has his nine rings thanks to MJ, Scottie, Shaq, and Kobe. Doug Collins and Del Harris couldn’t win rings with these guys. Neither coach turned a bunch of spare parts into big-time complementary players. Props to you, Coach Jax.

(just to stray away from the topic slightly…I’m putting the over/under on the number of stupid comments made by Billy Packer tonight at 2.5, an d I’m taking the over. If there was a way for me to mute the TV when Packer talks, and un-mute it when Jim Nantz talks, I’d pay money for that technology)

- Ricky Williams wants back into the league. Am I supposed to be surprised by this decision? He’s gotta make money somehow to pay for his medicinal marijuana. Then again, it wouldn’t surprise me at all if the league, and the Dolphins, allow him to re-join the team. Even though he is 30, he could still be a productive runner as a backup to Ronnie Brown. Then again, with a new coach, perhaps Cam Cameron might not want the headache that is Ricky Williams on the team. If that’s the case, do not be shocked to see Williams join another team, either this year or the year following. I still cannot fathom what the Saints (and Mike Ditka) were thinking when they traded somewhere in the vicinity of a thousand draft picks for the rights to draft Williams. Herschel Walker thinks the Saints gave up too much for Williams.

A few random Final Four thoughts, as the opening tip is about to happen:

- If Oden puts up a stinker today against Georgetown, could he conceivably drop down further than #2? Would he decide to come back for another season, which I believe would be a wise move? Great article by ESPN’s Gene Wojciechowski about this topic, by the way. I see a lot of Dikembe Mutombo in Oden, minus the offense, and that’s saying something–considering the Mutombo’s offense includes that ugly hook shot and offensive rebounds. Oden is about 99% likely to leave after this year (as if any of us could pass up the tens of millions of dollars he’ll get as a top-2 pick), but I have to imagine his development will suffer if he’s stuck on the bench of a team like Memphis, Boston, or Milwaukee. By the way, as I post this blog entry, Oden already has two fouls. I’ve noticed that his footwork is terrible at best; most of the shots come simply because he can shoot over his opponent. Also, it wouldn’t surprise me if the guy averages 1.0 offensive fouls a game; I don’t remember an OSU game I’ve seen in which he didn’t commit a charge. CBS just posted a graphic saying that Oden has averaged 4.3 fouls/game in his last three!

- OSU 14, Georgetown 7, 10 minutes left. OSU’s on an 11-2 run since Oden left. Exhibit A that the most important OSU player is PG Mike Conley Jr. and not Oden.

- Gators-Hoyas is the overwhelming choice for Monday’s championship game, according to ESPN experts. I’m surprised that UCLA actually got picked by one guy (Jay Bilas).

Ok, I’m not sure how OSU is up 7 on Georgetown, and it’s probably due to my posting this blog entry. How the hell does Bill Simmons keep such an accurate running diary of games he watches?!? And darnit, I haven’t decided what I want to eat yet

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A bit less than 24 hours before the Final Four commences, and I’m having withdrawals. I’m also suffering from The Office and Heroes withdrawals

I plan on commenting on the latest news regarding Pat Tillman, but I’ll save my thoughts for a later post.

- Anyone wanna take a trip to Dublin, Ireland? Try these directions on for size

- ESPN Insider John Hollinger wrote a piece on the 25 best contracts on the NBA. Again, an ESPN Insider subscription is required to access this article. It’s not surprising to see Chauncey Billups–a mid-level signing, if you can believe that!–and Steve Nash–did you know he isn’t a max-salary player?–on the list. Seeing Chris Webber–post-buy-out–Michael Finley, and Eddie Jones–post-amensty waivers–on the list doesn’t shock me either.

- Kentucky is going to offer Florida coach Billy Donovan a $1 million a year raise. Donovan, in an earlier press conference, said he was solely focused on UCLA at the moment, but notice that he did not rule out leaving for Kentucky at the end of the season. If Donovan had no interest, at all, in the Kentucky job, wouldn’t he have said that during the interview? If Florida repeats as champions this year, I’ll say it’s 75%-25% that Donovan will bolt for Kentucky after the tournament. Call it a cash grab, if you want, but I have to disagree. Florida would be insane to not match any offer Kentucky makes to Donovan (assuming it’s not a huge pay increase), unless they don’t want to stand in the way of what Donovan really wants, and I’m guessing Donovan really wants to coach in Kentucky. Why wouldn’t he? Kentucky is, arguably, the second-most storied franchise in all of college basketball, and Donovan brings the team instant credibility in the recruiting race. It would not surprise me if Donovan went to Kentucky and brought an NCAA championship in the next seven years.

- A man in Arlington won’t be charged for the murder of his wife’s lover. Instead, the wife will be charged with manslaughter and making a false police report. Wow. I’m not sure the woman will get convicted, but good for the grand jury to attempt to make the charge stick on the woman. Having an affair with another man, getting caught by her husband, and then accusing the guy of raping her? She truly deserves any punishment that’s coming to her, though I forsee a slap on the wrist coming for the false report charge.

- Hornets’ sharpshooter/benchie Peja Stojakovic suffered a setback, and his return to the team is in doubt. Um, how is that news? And how was this guy not on Hollinger’s list of worst contracts of the league? What, did NOK expect to get a full season out of this guy? By the way, the Hornets do realize that there are ten games left in the season, right? According to the article, his return will be “pushed back.” How much farther can that be? Let’s say that he is able to return in two weeks; that would leave about five games left in the season. Even assuming he shakes off the rust quickly, how many meaningful games will he be able to play? Peja, shut it down for the season.

I know I have more to talk about, but I’m drawing blanks right now. More to come later.

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- So Wacko Jacko continues to (not) amaze me. Apparently there’s a plan to create a 50′ robot of himself and have it roam about the Vegas desert, “greeting” people flying into the city by firing laser beams. I’ll admit, I’ve always wanted a 50′ robotic replica of myself! Imagine rolling around town with something like that flanking you! By the way, someone better check the lasers in the robot. For all we know, they could be scanning incoming planes for little kids (yes, I went there :P).

Also, exactly where would the lasers be coming from? Actually, never mind…

- The guy who had to change his name to Peyton Manning after the Colts beat the Bears in the Super Bowl can’t legally change his name anymore. The judge ruled that the name change would be “too confusing” and it “might infringe on the privacy” of the Colts’ QB. What??? The judge might as well rule that people can’t wear jerseys of their favorite players, due to casual fans mistaking them for the players. What if the guy requested to change his name to Rex Grossman? Would the judge have a problem with that? That would probably be worse, actually. I guess I shouldn’t try to change my name to Kolby Byrant.

- Here are the twenty-five worst contracts in the NBA according, according to ESPN’s John Hollinger (ESPN Insider subscription required). The Knicks have so many players on that list that they are listed in two different categories: current Knicks and “already waived Knicks.” If that doesn’t prove that the Knicks are the laughing stock of the league, nothing will. I don’t care if they aren’t the worst team in the league, record-wise, but a team that spends over $100 million in salaries should, one would think, contend for a division title every year. Then again, when you have four shoot-first point guards, a center who is allergic to defense, and millions of dollars in salaries to players that aren’t even on the team anymore, I guess you can’t really be that good. It doesn’t help that you are run by Isiah “I nuked the CBA” Thomas. Oh well, at least there’s no luxury tax penalty or anything for far exceeding the NBA salary cap…

That’s all I got for now. Happy blogging!

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(yes, the misspelling is intentional :P)

- So Jeff Van Gundy wants every team to be eligible for the NBA Draft Lottery. I can’t say I 100% disagree with Van Gundy’s proposal. What I do find laughable, though, is his suggestion that every team should have an equal chance at winning the #1 pick. Why should teams like the Mavs, Suns, and Spurs be given as much of a chance to get a franchise player like Greg Oden as the Hawks, Grizzlies, and Celtics? If the NBA allowed every team to be eligible for the NBA Draft, they should keep the system that is currently in place: the worst teams should have the best chance, percentage-wise, to land the #1 pick.

How about this for an alternate system? Have a lottery for the first three picks for those teams that missed the playoffs. Then, have a lottery for the next few picks or so that encompasses the entire league (minus the three teams that won the top three picks, that is).

By the way, I don’t believe tanking–intentionally losing games to get a better chance to win the #1 pick–is as big a problem as people say it is. After all, finishing with the worst record in the league only gives you the best chance (25%) at winning the overall #1 pick. If my math is correct, that means there’s a 75% chance that that team won’t get the #1 pick. This isn’t like the NFL, where the worst team in the league gets the #1 pick automatically.

Hey JVG, why don’t we just stick to the system we currently have? It seems to be working quite well…

- What was more ridiculous about the Rasheed Wallace 60-foot prayer last night? The fact that it went in, or the fact that Denver blew an inbounds pass with 1.5 seconds left?!? Up 3, 1.5 seconds left, on the Detroit half of the court…all Denver had to do was get the ball inbounds and make a single free throw to win (heck, they could have bricked both throws and Detroit would still need a desperation 3 to tie)! As fluky as the entire sequence was, plays like this are the reason why Denver is not nearly on par with the West’s elite teams.

- A lesbian falsely accused a man of rape in an attempt to win back her former lover. The man was seriously injured from a fall around the time of the accusation, and, evidently, without DNA evidence–he was identified from a photo ID parade!–the man was still charged with rape. While the guy’s life was spiraling out of control–his ex-wife denied him seeing his children, he was sent hate mail, and attacked in public–the woman continued the charade, until friends of the accuser began coming forward, exposing the fraud. I cannot believe the woman is only getting 18 months for what she did! The woman needs to spend years in prison, or a mental health facility, at the least. And no, woman, a letter of apology is not going to fix the guy’s life that you (pardon the term) screwed up.

- A man was ejected from a Serena Williams tennis match for shouting a racist remark at the tennis star. What the hell was the guy thinking? I’m glad the chair umpire, and the officials at the match, acted as quickly as they did to remove and ban the guy.

- Finally, I must say that Kobe Bryant is the greatest scorer in the history of the NBA. As ridiculous as the notion might be (Wilt? MJ???), I stand firmly by my declaration. Put Kobe’s last week into perspective: he scored 50+ four straight games, and had an off-night (where he scored only 43). And it’s not like he was shooting 40 shots a game to score those points. In fact, his team needed his scoring to win each of the previous five games! He’s shooting at over a 50% clip during the streak as well!

Now I’m not saying that Kobe is the greatest player in the history of the league; that would probably be MJ right now. All I’m saying is that, if I needed one guy to score one basket, I would probably give the ball to #24 at this point.

By the way, did anyone know there’s a Women’s NCAA Basketball Tournament going on as well?

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(sorry, this blog entry will have nothing to do with Jessica Alba :P)

Georgetown v Ohio State. Florida v UCLA. NCAA Men’s Basketball…it’s FAN-tastic!

- After proving that Aaron Grey really is an overrated stiff, UCLA proved that Bill Self is one of the best coaches at doing nothing with plenty. A few off-balance threes with the shot clock running out didn’t hurt, either. Unfortunately, I missed about eight minutes of the game because I was en route to my sister’s birthday party, so I had to suffer through listening to the game on the radio. The Bruins defense, especially in the last five minutes, was unbelievable. I don’t want to hear Jayhawks fans whining that they missed too many gimmies; I’m sure the Bruins’ defense had nothing to do with those bricks. Next up: Florida (ugh!)

- I’m embarrassed to admit that I missed most of the other three Elite Eight games, due to various reasons. I caught little of the Memphis-Ohio State game, mostly because the game bored me to death. I caught the end of Florida-Oregon at a restaurant, while on a ‘business’ lunch. I only managed to catch OT of UNC-Georgetown, also due to said ‘business’ lunch. BTW, UNC, why did you bother showing up in OT if you were going to play like THAT? Props to Georgetown’s D, but UNC could have, at least, taken a time out after the first couple baskets by Georgetown in the extra period. Oh well, I had Georgetown beating UNC anyway

- Pacman Jones might be charged with various charges for his role in a Vegas shooting during the NBA All-Star Weekend. Good. At the rate he’s going, not only does he need to be removed from the Titans, he needs to be removed from society. BTW, how have the Titans not cut this guy yet?!? What else, save for murder, does this guy have to do for the Titans to finally wise up and drop the guy?

- Ron Artest is retiring! Oh wait, no he’s not. I’ll say it’s 5:1 that he’s retiring; I just don’t see it happening. Maybe a “retirement” is his way of asking out from Sacto.

- Out with Theismann, in with Jaws. Excellent move my Monday Night Football! I can’t stand Joe Theismann and his constant bickering with Tony Kornheiser (who’s not exactly the greatest color guy in the world, either). I remember Jaws doing a game either last season or the season prior, and I thought he did an excellent job with his insight and analysis of the game. I like Mike Tirico, and hopefully the existing chemistry between Jaws and Kornheiser makes the MNF broadcasts better next season. MNF just needs to stop bringing in guests every week, unless the guests are relevant to the game!

Quick Final Four picks: Georgetown over OSU, Florida over UCLA (go anti-jinx!)

Damn, four days from my last post…I have tons more to say! Oh well, I’ll save some of the stuff for another post (maybe later tonight?)

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Ungsunghero.com is finally live! W00t!!!

- What a game between Kansas and S. Illinois! It’s a shame I missed most of the first half of the game, and the early part of the second half. Watching the home stretch of the game, I thought KU was going to choke the same way they did in the past two years. That turnover by Falker at the end of the game was huge. Kansas awaits the UCLA-Pitt winner, which is going on as we speak.

- Memphis escaped against Texas A&M. There’s no other way to say it. That missed layup by Acie Law IV near the end of the game would probably have iced it, even though the lead would only have been three. What a pair of clutch free throws by Antonio Anderson, who was 1-4 prior to those two attempts! It’s too bad CBS made me watch Kansas-SIU; I would much rather have watched this game. When I initially picked Memphis over A&M, II almost immediately changed my pick to A&M. I decided to, reluctantly at first, stick with my pick. Lesson learned: always stick with your first choice! Next up for Memphis: the OSU-Tenn winner.

By the way, A&M did NOT get robbed by the refs when a full second was taken off the clock (near the end of the game). If you watch the replay carefully, the ball was deflected, hit the ground in bounds, bounced up, then was touched by a guy on press row. That, in my opinion, would have taken at least 1.1 seconds.

UCLA 10, Pitt 9! I’m eating dinner! I guess this will be a two-part post

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This guy’s blog entry speaks for itself. I don’t know what’s more ridiculous–the guy extorting people by threatening to get their Adsense accounts locked, or the idea of a free energy machine. For those of you that don’t know, a free energy machine is a machine that produces more energy than is input. A nice idea, sure, and definitely something that would shock the scientific community, if such a machine was possible. James Randi’s website documents quite a few examples of these free energy machines. All I have to say is, I’ve never been threatened in an email with “special robots.” Will the inventor take $1000 in Iranian currency? According to XE.com, that would be worth about $0.11 USD

By the way, someone on AnandTech says that this guy really does make tons of money a month on Adsense. I guess I won’t be expecting an email from the scammer any time soon.

- The David Carr era in Houston is likely over. I don’t consider Schaub that much of an upgrade over Carr, though; what the Texans really need is an upgrade on the offensive line. I firmly believe that Carr’s disappointing career, to date, is a direct result of the sieve-like offensive line that was paid to protect him. On the bright side, maybe Carr will be able to resuscitate his career elsewhere. It doesn’t hurt that he’s leaving the Texans. I don’t expect Carr to get a starting role to start next year, but I can see a team like the Vikings signing him to a deal to back up Tarvaris Jackson.

- Adam “Pacman” Jones might be suspended for the entire 2007 season for his off-field antics. The only thing that surprises me about this decision is the fact that the Titans aren’t the ones punishing Pacman. Ten off-field incidents in two years? Does the total have to hit twelve for the Titans to react? The Titans were a great story last year; the play of Vince Young (thanks Texans!) and the wonderful coaching job of Jeff Fisher makes them one of the sleeper teams next year, even if they play in the same division as the Colts and Jaguars. As good a player as Pacman is, no team needs a distraction like him. If the NFL does suspend Pacman for the year, I would expect the NFL Players’ Union to respond immediately and try to overturn the suspension. On what grounds, who knows; maybe they’ll argue that Pacman didn’t actually kill anyone…

- Michael Jordan gets unfair advantages over other teams, says many league executives. I completely agree with the majority opinion of the article; how is it NOT an unfair advantage that MJ gets to be around these high school basketball players? He gets intimate contact with these players, far more than any other league executive could imagine, and he can do so without penalty! Compare this to Danny Ainge, says the authors of the piece, who got fined $30,000 for sitting next to Kevin Durant’s mom. I know the NBA is in between a rock and a hard place; they can’t allow one GM to have a decided advantage over others. However, how much backlash would the league suffer if they tried to levy a heavy punishment on the league’s most popular player, past or present? Also, one can’t ignore the positives of basketball camps on young players: further development of basketball skills, teamwork, and mentoring from camp alumni. When MJ became minority owner of the Bobcats, I’m sure the NBA envisioned all the publicity that would come with his return to the league. Like the little shove MJ gave Bryon Russell–Game 6, 1998 NBA Finals–it appears, so far, at least, that the NBA is turning a blind eye on the entire situation.

- Here are my quick Sweet 16 picks: Kansas over S. Illinois, Pitt over UCLA (consider this an anti-UCLA jinx!), Memphis over Texas A&M (despite the essential home court advantage), Ohio State over Tennessee, Florida over Butler, Oregon over UNLV, Georgetown over Vandy, and UNC over USC in the game of the Sweet 16. If I get a chance, I’ll give a more thorough analysis of each Thursday game before the games start.

Ah, it’s good to talk about college basketball again! Until then, happy blogging!

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So I’m enjoying the leftover corned beef we cooked yesterday–yeah, a day late, I know–as I type this blog entry up. I’m enjoying the meal with a glass of cheap Trader Joe’s red wine, which took me an hour to uncork, as I don’t have a corkscrew. One of these days, I might explain why it took an hour to uncork the bottle.

To fit the title of this blog, here are my thoughts of last night’s NCAA tournament games.

- In the day’s only real upset, UNLV defeated Wisconsin, unless you consider Southern Illinois’ win over Virgini Tech an upset. Not much to say about this game, as I didn’t watch either game yesterday.

- Actually, the only game I really caught was USC’s thrashing of Kevin Durant and Texas. I picked Texas to win, though I figured USC had a decent chance to pull the upset. No way did I expect USC to handle Texas so easily, though. The Trojans absolutely dominated the Longhorns, especially in the second half. Next up for the Trojans: a date with UNC. While I have to figure that UNC is going to be a huge favorite over USC, I wouldn’t be all that surprised if the Trojans pull the upset and get into the Elite Eight.

- Speaking of Kevin Durant, a number of teams have been fined for “improper contact” with the future NBAer, the biggest fine going to the Boston Celtics. On PTI today, Mike Wilbon suggested that these fines were ludicrous, since Boston wasn’t “recruiting” Durant, the way college football teams could illegally recruit high school stars. It’s not like Boston could just sign him once he decides whether or not he’s going to the NBA; he’d actually have to be drafted by the Celtics, after all. I 100% agree with Wilbon. All Ainge did, apparently, was sit besides Durant’s mom during the USC-Texas game. Now I know rules are rules, and if one violates a rule, he should be punished. However, what Ainge did–and for that matter, what Charlotte and Golden State did–should not have been fine-worthy. Maybe the NBA should fine any team that even utters the names “Oden” or “Durant.”

By the way, Mr. Durant, I’m not buying what you’re selling; we all know you’re going to the NBA. After all, you have tens of millions of reasons to go.

Some quickies to end this entry:

- Chris Simon will not be charged for his homerun swing on the Rangers Ryan Hollweg. I hate to ask, but if Hollweg was seriously hurt, would he then have been charged?

- Oldie, but goodie (and stinky? and noisy?)

- Pro Wrestlers involved with steroids? No way! Also on the news wire: water is wet, the sky is blue, and OJ Simpson is evil.

Ugh…I ate too much. That’s all for today!

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Before I get to yesterday’s NCAA games, I need to make mention of this. I always claim that, when something really bad happens to me, I immediately witness something even worse happening to someone else–usually within the next 24 hours. Yesterday, as we got home from a quick trip to the grocery store, we noticed a guy parked right in front of the gateway to our parking lot. Immediately we noticed his car was leaning a bit to one side, and I got out of the car, offering to help him push the car out of the way. It turns out his entire front axle was damaged, which explained why we was unable to move the car out of the way. He tried forcing the car to move, by jamming the accelerator, and I noticed bits of metal flying out of the bottom of his car, so I immediately waved at him to stop. Fortunately, a friend of his came by soon after, and I guess they both got in contact with a tow truck, as the car was gone a couple hours later.

- That slopfest between UCLA and Indiana was quite enjoyable for about 35 game minutes; everything other than that run by Indiana to tie the game up was great to watch. The first half, which ended 20-13 UCLA, was absolutely hilarious. Turnovers, missed free throws, bricked layups, a shot that went 3/4 down and back up…talk about a defensive onslaught. The second half featured a much more open game, and clearly that benefited Indiana. Thank goodness for that turnover on the inbounds pass by Indiana with 30 seconds to go! On to the Sweet 16 and a matchup against Pitt! I hope my anti-UCLA jinx works; I picked Pitt over UCLA in my bracket

- I can’t believe I missed the best game of the day!!! What a triple by Ron Lewis to send the game into OT! By the way, I saw Oden’s fifth foul, and my initial reaction was that the foul wasn’t enough to be called intentional/flagrant. Upon further review, OSU got bailed out by the non-call. Xavier couldn’t have been more of a class act after the game, though; during the end-game press conference, Justin Cage blamed himself for the bricked free-throw that could have iced the game, instead of the officials for not calling the intentional foul on Oden.

- A&M over Louisville had to be the best non-OT game of the day. Edgar Sosa, great player, but what an awful finish to the game. Down a single point, he missed two free throws. Still down a point, he heaved an awful three point attempt with plenty of time left on the clock. A&M couldn’t stop the high pick-and-roll all day, and you settled for that shot?!? Props to Louisville coach Rick Pition for acknowledging that freshmen make mistakes, and that his team wouldn’t be where they are without Sosa’s performance. That being said, I’m glad my favorite college basketball player that doesn’t attend UCLA–A&M’s Acie Law IV–is still in the tourney.

- Pitt over VCU in OT; Vandy over Wazzu in double OT! This is what March Madness is all about!

More bracketology talk, including coverage of today’s game, will come either later today or tomorrow. A couple quickies, though:

1) How the heck is Texas down 18 to USC?
2) How the heck did UNLV beat Wisconsin?
3) The Midwest bracket is what is absolutely killing my overall bracket.

Oh yeah, ungsunghero.com–the future host of this blog–will be live shortly! Finally, my own domain! Thanks Krunk for practically walking me through everything I needed to do to set up the domain (what can I say? I’m a total website n00b :P)

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So what a great way to start the weekend. I had a $5,000 guaranteed poker tournament at Sportsbook.com poker at noon…um…I mean, I would have played in a $5,000 poker tourney if poker were legal here in the states. I had to accompany my sister to our local Toyota dealership in the morning; her damn Camry broke down for the eleven billionth time a few nights ago. Her piece of junk was at the dealership, and we had to go to the lot, call AAA, and wait for a tow truck to lug the heap of scrap metal back to our place. Our journey started at 9:25 with breakfast, and we arrived at the dealership at 10:00. The freaking tow truck, which was supposed to meet us there at 10:30, didn’t make it until 11:45, and I didn’t get home until around 12:30.

Now, missing a tournament by 30 minutes isn’t that big of a deal; I would have lost some chips to the blinds, but I would still have had a decent amount of chips to work with. Of course, that’s when we discovered our next probem. Apparently the car was in such bad shape that the battery was dead. Not a big deal, since the car was toast anyway, right? Well, the mechanics had rolled the front driver’s window down, and the doors were unlocked. And since the battery was dead, we couldn’t roll the window back up! After a brief inspection under the hood, we felt that perhaps a jump would be all we needed–just enough juice to get the power windows working, we hoped. I found a set of jumper cables in my sister’s loaner car–her friend left her a 4Runner to use…LONG story. The jump worked, and we spent the next few minutes cursing at the car.

I ran back into my house, logged on to the Sportsbook.com Poker software–that is, if I actually played online poker anymore–and found that I had already been eliminated from the tournament in 15th place! The worst thing is, only 30 people, out of an expected 250, actually showed up, and the top 10 spots earned prizes! I missed a 1-in-30 chance at $2,500!!!

Of course, since I don’t play online poker, I’m not too ticked off. Now excuse me while I drown my sorrows in a cold drink. Bracketology talk later tonight.

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