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SPORTS
A great deal of events have been happening in the world of sports lately, so let me weigh in with my two cents.
Baseball
The trade: Rodriguez to the Yankees
Yes, it makes the Yankees better...much better. However, they still have some question marks on the mound. Boston's staff is better, and the Jays staff is at least equal to. The other big problem down the road, as I see it, is Jeter. How can he stay at shortstop when beside him at third will be, arguably, the best shortstop ever to play the game? Wouldn't it make sense to move over to allow A-Rod to do his thing. To me, A-Rod at third is just a waste of talent. A-Rod at second makes more sense. We'll have to wait and see how this all unfolds.
There is another angle to this. What does this do to baseball as a whole? Look at the size of the contract A-Rod has. Texas had to eat a good chunk of it to make the deal happen. They needed to move A-Rod to start bettering their team. Does this say to the rest of the league that they too can pay an enormous amount of money to a player for a year or two and then, if the "experiment" doesn't bear any fruit unload the player to the Yankees? After all, they are pretty much the only team that could afford him. What about the ridiculous payroll the Yankees will have this year? 200 Million! The Jays are looking at 50 million. How do you possibly compete? Yes, the games are won and lost at field level, but it must be a little disheartening for many to know that they have little hope of winning it all.
Hockey
The Leafs are still near the top of the league, but are playing pretty sloppy lately. The importance of Belfour has been magnified over the last two games where they have given up 10 goals. If Eddie's back doesn't bounce back for the playoffs, the Leafs are in trouble.
The Flyers are looking pretty strong still. Even without JR in the lineup. The addition of Burke is huge, I think. He is a goalie the team will have great confidence in going down the stretch.
With the trade deadline looming it will be interesting to see which teams make the moves to try and better their chances at the Cup.
Basketball
The all-star game was typical. Lots of high flying dunks and very little hard defense until the end. Vince Carter, in my opinion, got ripped on his playing time. Only 16 minutes? He started off with 9 points on his first stint on the court. Then, nothing. He certainly deserved more, especially being the leading vote-getter...AGAIN. Respect isn't something Vince seems to have throughout the league.
The Raptors, are up and down. They desperately need some quality size. Don't know where they can get it though. There isn't much out there that is available that I would give anything up for. Maybe we won't have to. In the NBA there is as much consideration to the salary cap during a trade as there is to the talent being moved. Toronto has about 5 players with expiring contracts that may make them attractive to a team that is looking to clear cap room for next year. If we can find someone interested, dumping the contracts of Montross and Bradley wouldn't hurt the current team and depending on what comes back will help us.
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