This it it folks.  The last Sunday that college basketball will be played for the 2008-09 season.  Today the last two teams will win their games to advance to the Final Four.  I cared up until a few nights ago when Kansas blew a 13 point lead and for all intents and purposes knocked me out of my Bracket Pool.  But, I must say that the games are starting to really get interesting.

The days of the early round upsets seem to be a thing of the past.  Parity once was, but is no longer a factor in College Baskeball any more it seems.

It’s also the last Sunday before the official start of spring.  Yes, playing meaningful baseball games for real is so close that you can practically taste it in the air, the you can smell the sweet scent of fresh cut grass.  When the umpire screams at the top of his lungs, “PLAY BALL!”, winter is officially over and everyone’s hopes and dreams for the new year are still a possibility if not a distinct reality.

I love this time of year.  And, I hope that you’ll get out there and start to root for someone, somebody, or something.  Don’t sit on your keester.  Get up and cheer!

• Saturday! Saturday! Saturday! Saturday's alright for fighting.  Why?  Is there a good time to fight?  Can fighting resolve anything?  I think it can... so long as it's constructive and not destructive. When fighting can lead to resolution and a lasting peace with greater understanding and tolerance then it's all good. There will always......
• Talking Baseball... Brett Gardner leads off the Grapefruit League season for the Yankees with a Homerun!  I guess that settle's who the opening day center fielder will be. A-Rod hits an A-Bomb in the opener. Phil Hughes pitches two perfect innings. The Yankees are undefeated.  Did someone way 162-0?  Well, if they......
• Happy Holidays! Regardless of your religious persuasion or not, wishing you the happiest of holidays seasons as we close the door (thankfully) on 2008 and prepare for what will, by all accounts, and predictions (not the mention hopes and wishes), and fantastic 2009! So, get out your dream board, and start fine......
• Cold Weather Leads to... Colds.  I don't care what people say that you can't get a cold from a chill.  And that it's a virus and the only way to get it is to come in contact with someone with a cold.  I say the cold (as in weather not the illness) reduces ones......
• Time to Post Again Sure ain't got nothing better to do now since there will be no more baseball to be played in New York.  Say goodbye to Yankee Stadium; Bid sayonara to Shea (please implode that monstrosity ASAP).  Congrats though to Mike Mussina for winning 20 games in a season for the first......

• New Year's Resolutions For 2009, I Mean 'Goals For 2009' Whoa.  2008 is a blur of political ads, Hank Paulson's face, Apple logos, and rambling pundits.  It was a good year for me on a personal level, but the country suffered.  We enter 2009 anxious for better news, but many speculate it will be worse than 2008. The Weakonomist......
• New Year Resolutions are for Lemmings! Greetings for El Paso, TX.......wow...it is nice and warm here. I am in the midst of a series of sporting events...next is the the Sun Bowl in El Paso, TX.  The Sun Bowl is hosting two teams that fell hard from the elite rankings earlier this year.  Both reached the......
• New Years Resolution Two: Wake Up At 4:30AM This is the second of a three-part series, New Year's Resolutions for 2009. It might go down as the most unique New Year's resolution I've come up with to date.  You are probably asking yourself why getting up at 4:30am is important enough to be declared an official "resolution."  Well,......
• A new year ahead, and Arts win First day of the New Year... what can we say about the old one? Many problems we faced, worldwide. The crisis is still ahead, but all the Countries are working to solve it soon. I feel a new atmosphere today. People are more relaxed, the New Year brings fresh air......
• Visiting New Years Past This year The Captain and I will be celebrating our 10th New Years Eve together! That will be a decade of New years! I decided to get nostalgic and look through old albums. Sometimes I forget we've been together so long! I guess over time the years blend together, but it was fun......

Tags: Baseball, Basketball, final four, ncaa, spring

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