Just a few observations worth mentioning..

I really have become less of a fan of inter league baseball than I used to be. I know some will say it is because the Mets can't beat the Yankees(which is a lie), but I really think that it has lost something for me. Plus the match ups really are unbalanced. The Royals play St. Louis six times which helps St. Louis. Washington and Baltimore should be the game of the week. Detroit and Los Angeles is a real rivalry that I cannot wait to watch. The Colorado and Kansas City game should be ESPN sunday night baseball. Why do the Boston Red Sox one year play the Braves and then the next year play the Phillies? Did you know that the Florida Marlins for years had the most wins in Inter league play. Who cares right!!!! I think that when the same teams play each other year in and out, if they met in the World Series, the surprise element is gone!!! Plus these days so many players have changed teams that everyone has faced everyone somewhere down the line. With the All star game possibly expanding to get more pitchers in the game and both leagues trying to make sure that the starting nine players play longer the speculation or wonder of how Roy Oswalt would do against Derek Jeter in a real game goes away. I almost said Halliday but i remembered that he is a Philly and he has faced Jeter hundreds of times. The only games worth watching was Phillies and the Blue Jays but the games have been moved out of Toronto because of a G-8 Summit. In short I will still watch them all if I can but I really think that I prefer watching teams play each other for a purpose.
Why is it so difficult to play on clay in Tennis? Every year some unknown male or female makes a name for themselves based on how well they do on the dirt. The French Open is upon us and i wonder how many top players will not make it beyond the first week. Is it conditioning? The rallies are longer, the ball is easier to get to, slicing and side spins tend to win while playing on this surface. Pete Sampras and Andy Roddick never won on this surface because they can not over power an opponent. Serve and volley style tennis works but only in right situation. Serena and Venus use the tactic when they are in trouble and when they are serving well. Rafa uses his spins to move his opponent on and off the baseline and when he is serving well, he is impossible to beat. Federer just makes you hit one more shot and if you miss it he usually makes you pay. We shall see what happens.
A quick observation about Lebron James. He is going to get paid no matter where he goes. He should stay in Cleveland and become a hometown legend bigger than anyone since ..... no one. The city of Cleveland has had some of the worst luck in sports. Micheal Jordan, Edgar Renteria, John Elway are people who have killed the city's hope of winning a title. Think about it,what superstar has been a superstar in his hometown. Joe Mauer is the only one I can think of. He has not won a title there yet and probably will never. Lebron needs to stay home. He can be a Yankee fan anywhere. Cleveland needs you!!!!