The Morning Wood - 06/20/2006

Stud: Dwyane Wade, err no, Cam Ward
Hey now, I know no one watched the Stanley Cup but I have to give some love to the Conn Smythe winner (which, translated from Canadian, means MVP. He is only the 3rd rookie to lead his team to the title in the last 35 years, joining this guy and this guy.

Dud: Alfonso Soriano.
So you're going to make a serious run at 50 HR's and 40 stolen bases and you're going to cost me a bet. I still refuse to acknowledge you as a superstar when you K three times in a game against a guy sporting a 22.50 ERA coming in. So there.

Talk Around the Cooler:
Inspector Clouseau George Mitchell has contacted the Giants to speak with their coaching staff. In a related story, Armando Benitez contacted a pork rind factory, wondering about being able to buy in bulk.

Game 6 of the NBA Finals tonight with the Heat leading 3-2. Dirk Nowitzki was fined five thousand dollars for kicking a ball into the stands. Sounds like someone else has WORLD CUP FEVER! Oddly enough, he was not fined for failing to show up in Miami.

Quick Hits...
Bronson Arroyo tosses his 3rd career complete game. How you like his commercials now? Bruce Arena, I have a Coach Belichick on line 1, he says he wants his sideline charisma back. Santonio Holmes, sounds like you got the baby mama drama. Again, I wasn't really serious about felonying your way into an ESPN gig. Delmon Young returned from his fifty game R&R. Now if anyone could find his brother. Matt Cain took a no hitter into the 8th last night, which just proves that major league baseball players should be bribing me to drop them from my fantasy teams.