My morsels for today:
NBA: Yes, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban should have apologized to Kenyan Martin’s mom Lydia Moore for whatever Cuban said to Moore following the Mavericks’ controversial loss Saturday to the Denver Nuggets. But Glen Davis of the Boston Celtics was baited into issuing an apology to 12-year-old Nicholas Provetti for accidentally pushing the boy after making a last-second shot Sunday night that beat the Orlando Magic. Young Nicholas’ hat flew off after the 6-foot-9, 289-pound “Big Baby” pushed him. That was the extent of the damage. No harm, no foul. Nicholas had a courtside seat, but was standing up when the incident took place. Instead of Nicholas being the toast of his school and the coolest kid in town, his father Ernest Provetti embarrassed him by demanding an apology from Davis.
NHL: The league has to be ecstatic about three of four conference semifinal series going to a Game 7. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals will get it on Wednesday night. Two more winner-take-all matchups were set up Tuesday night when the Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-2 and the Anaheim Ducks defeated the Detroit Red Wings 2-1. This is the fourth straight time that Carolina has gone to a Game 7. The Hurricanes won three previous three. The Red Wings, meanwhile, are in a Game 7 for the first time since the 2002 conference finals, when they beat the arch-rival Colorado Avalanche on their way to a Stanley Cup.
MLB: It’s 30 games and counting for Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who is giving us a reason to care about his team. Zimmerman stretched his hitting streak to 30 games Tuesday night. The last major leaguer to reach 30 games was Moises Alou in 2007.
MLB: You’ll find out that I love sports statistical oddities. That’s why I read agate (small) type as much or more than stories. Today, I found out that Baltimore Orioles pinch-hitters are 0-for-13 with eight strikeouts this season. That’s pretty darn bad. On the other end of the spectrum, I learned that the Milwaukee Brewers just completed what should have been a brutal 20-games-in-20-days stretch with a 14-6 record that improved their season numbers from 4-8 to 18-14. The Brew Crew didn’t let up Tuesday night after an off day, beating the Florida Marlins 6-3.
That’s all for today. See you Wednesday.
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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