Welcome to the tantrums where Uncle B.O.B. was sure it couldn't get any worse in Washington, DC, but hey...these guys find newer lows with each passing month.  It seems the abyss just continues to grow.  The shit going on in DC is starting to remind me of the fall of Rome, and we are inching our way in that direction.  No guys, this isn’t about Republicans or Democrats, they’re both equally guilty.  I fear that if folks don’t wake up soon…

A lot of celebrating going on in Sacramento as the Kings (against all odds) are staying put.  Within hours of the announced sale of the team from the Maloofs, fans were already renewing season tickets and the Kings put out help wanted ads to bring in ticket sales reps.  I've never in my life seen a city come together for one common goal then what I saw here.  The ole barn known formerly known as Arco Arena will be rockin once again while the city builds a new arena downtown that will open in 2016.  Golden State Warrior fan ain't got shit on Kings fans in terms of loud and crazy (in a good way) behavior!  Bottom line is that Sacramento can now move forward and have a vibrant downtown rather than a dead one.

But there are things that resonate outside of Seattle and Sacramento that can turn off a sports fan.  We fans learned far too much about Bankruptcy law, contract law, lawsuits in general, business ethics, arena issues and downtown development, city budgets, accurate and inaccurate media sources, TV contracts, expansion, and many other subjects that don’t have anything to do with what goes on the court. 

MLB.   All this yappin' about the teams that people expected to do well, but oh snap, look whose quietly creeping up the standings -  the Pittsburgh Pirates.  Eight games OVER .500 and 8-2 their last ten.  Will they fall apart down the line?  Probably, but give the Bucs their props - nobody believed this!

San Francisco Giants went 1-5 this week after dropping two in Toronto then three at Coors Canaveral.  Way too inconsistent.  They’re now in third place in the NL West one game behind the Snakes and tied with the Rockies.  It’s only May, so its tough to be concerned, but damn…pitching needs to seriously wake up.  Cain got rocked.  Vogelsong is struggling hard, and Zito is hitting a rough patch.  With that injured bullpen, its gonna be a tough few weeks.

Oakland A’s had a better week going 4-2, dropping two at home to Texas (no shame there) and sweeping the Royals.  Though there was no shame against Texas they kept Texas offense fairly well in check, they are just over .500 and 6.5 games back in the AL West.

NHL.   I caught the overtime on Sunday of Game 3 between Pittsburgh and Ottawa.  Man, the Senators looked a lot slower and a hell of a lot sloppier than the Pens.  How they pulled it out in double OT is absolutely beyond me, but I guess that’s the beauty of the NHL, eh?

Did Detroit really go into the big bad Black Hawk house and sneak out with a win?  Yet another example of why the NHL may have the best playoffs out of all the sports - YOU JUST DON'T KNOW!

NBA.  Is this picture a sign of the two teams who will be playing in the NBA finals?  Perhaps...there's a damn good chance at it.

There is no more tenacious team in the NBA than the Chicago Bulls.  The Heat might have won that series 4-1, but it was a crazy battle and Miami had to work for it against the undermanned Bulls who fought the Heat (literally) every way possible. 

Memphis polished off Oklahoma City 4-1, but I have to ask the Oklahoma City Sonics (wink, wink Seattle trolls!) where the hell were your bigs?  Memphis ate you up.  Nobody with even half a mind should be putting this on Westbrooks injury - this early exit lies at the feet of OKC's bigs.  Where was Ibaka and Perkins?

San Antonio is on what I believe is its last run, and it’s turning out to be a good one at that.  Now they face Memphis and although they are up 1-0, its gonna be tough.  I want San Antonio to win it all so that Tim Duncan can go out with five rings and very quietly ask Shaq how his ass tastes.

Indiana put the Knicks out of their misery finally.  Good.   Now I don't gotta see Spike Lee acting like an ass on my TV.

Memo to the media:  What is your fascination with Dwight Howard and his drama?  What, the playoffs aren’t good enough because its all small market teams remaining?  Are you seriously going to subject the fans to a third straight year of his garbage?  I can’t count the number of stories about where he is supposedly “intrigued” about where to go this past weekend.  Supposedly Houston.  Then it was Dallas.  Hey losers, nobody turns down playing for the Lakers, especially when he can earn $30 mil a year and there’s a good chance they can sign Chris Paul.

Welcome to the tantrums where Uncle B.O.B. laughs at the fact that you find the most common sense when it comes to current events coming from, you guessed it, the Comedy Channel.  Yes, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert make far more sense than all of the news outlets combined.

MLB.   St. Louis is an incredible organization and what their pitchers did to Colorado on Friday and Saturday - somebody better call the cops.  Going 47 batters before giving up a hit?  How ridiculous is that?  I've never even heard of that.

San Francisco Giants went 4-3 this week, struggling w/Philly then taking three out of four from Atlanta.  A bit disappointing of a week and the relievers are starting to drop like flies with Affeldt out on the DL, now Casilla hurts his right knee.  Nevertheless, they are still two games up in the NL West over Arizona.

Oakland A’s had a horrific week going 1-6 at Cleveland and Seattle.  Lots of day to day injuries and shuffling the lineup.  Pitching is killing this team, and the hitting is starting to revert back to last season.  Shake yourselves Oaktown.

NHL.   So far so good for me and the NHL Playoffs.  San Jose advances and gets LA in the second round, the Frenchies got smoked, and the Islanders threw a scare into those dirty Penguins.  But you really gotta look at Toronto and say nice job boys.  Nobody expected this.

Ottawa/Pittsburgh should be fun...as should San Jose/LA. 

NBA.  Steph Curry is incredible, and every time you throw dirt on the Warriors, they come strong.  Now the series is even at two and the Spurs are struggling hard.

Looks like Memphis is gonna beat up a weakened OKC team, Chicago is looking to play football, and Carmelo Anthony is shooting way too much.

NFL.  Tim Tebow’s NFL career is over, but not in a way that he ever envisioned.  No team wants to take a chance on a guy because of “the circus” that surrounds him and that’s a shame because despite a lot of talk, he has the ability to help a team.  When he looks back to wonder “what happened?”, I would suggest to Mr. Tebow that he did a horrible job in stopping the press from being so obnoxiously douchy when it came to him.  He should have cut it off quickly and succinctly, perhaps taking a note from Shane Falco in “The Replacements” and say, “Talk to player X, he’s the real hero…” – don’t give the media anywhere to go with that.

Considering Titus Young’s behavior as of late, I can only imagine what kind of crap he got away with up in Boise.  Dude must figure his NFL career is DOA because this dude is going Pac Man all over the place.

Golf.  Is Golf so desperate for press that we have to hear about Tiger getting liquored up and falling down some stars at “the boom boom room” and having some contrived (and sissified) bullshit stirred up with Sergio Garcia?  How stupid is this???

Speaking of Sergio Garcia - toughen the hell up son.  If Tiger is that far in your dome that it affects your play on the links, get off the course because you've got bigger problems.

Guys, before I get started on the regular sports, I gotta take time here and vent my outrage about what happened in Utah.  To the family of 46 year old Ricardo Portillo, my heart is heavy with grief for what you are going through, and what you will continue to go through. 

Ricardo died because he was reffing a rec league soccer game and a player that didn't like a call slugged him.  Taking a man's life over a game that would have been forgotten about 30 minutes after it ended?  What has happened in our society when a punk goes out and does this?  The State of Utah had better go hardcore on this and prosecute to the fullest extent of the law and punish the assailant just as hard.  This 17 year old needs to be tried as an adult and punished like one. 

When and where does this crap end?  What is it going to take for society to be disturbed enough to start taking control back from these little snot nosed punks?  When did it become OK for juveniles to act out like this?  It's time for we as a society to demand respect and accountability from our youth.  Dammit, we are the bosses, not the kids.  It's time to bring back much stiffer punishments rather than moddy-coddling. 

Lastly, why on Earth would anybody want to be a sports official?  Sports is gonna have a problem down the line if nobody wants to do the job of an official, an admittedly tough job.

Welcome to the tantrums where Uncle B.O.B. is sorry to hear that the Minnesota Vikings cut Punter Chris Kluwe and in typical Kluwe speak, he tweeted "So long Minnesota, and thanks for all the fish."  We here in Gab-land love Kluwe for his outspokenness and refreshing honesty.  Whether or not you agreed with his takes, at least you have to respect Kluwe for taking a stand and sticking by it.  Let's hope my man catches on somewhere else. 

MLB.   So I thought I’d look to see who was the hottest team in MLB right now and was surprised to see it was the Detroit Tigers at 8-2 over their last ten games.  But who the hell woke Cleveland up, winning six in a row until Minny got 'em Sunday?  Beeze should be celebrating that Cleveland made it to Cinco de Mayo over .500. 

San Francisco Giants went 6-0 this week sweeping Arizona and the Dodgers and mostly in the comeback type in close games.  Pablo Sandoval is hitting .331 on the season.  Unfortunately, Brandon Crawford has tanked at the plate.  Brandon Belt is coming on strong and Madison Bumgarner has a 1.55 ERA.  Man, if Cain can start coming around like he did last night in seven innings, it's on!

Oakland A’s went 4-2 and took two of three from both the Angels and Yankees.  Not only that, this is happening when the team is going through some injuries.  Cespedes is picking up some of the offensive load and the A's are ranked #1 in MLB in runs scored - a far cry from last season.  Problem is Texas is running red hot right now and Oakland's pitching is struggling...

NHL.   Henrik Sedin, you are a punk.  You punch Logan Couture in the face just after a faceoff against the guy?  Then that same guy you jaw jacked scores a goal just ten seconds later.  How stupid are you?  Then he adds an elbow to the head on a dead play?  What the hell?  The NHL Sheriff needs to come down on Sedin before a serious injury occurs.

Speaking of which, #76 for Montreal is a little punk instigator too.  Good on the Senators for layin the wood.

Lots being made about Ottawa calling a time out w/17 seconds left in their 6-1 win over Montreal.  While at first I thought it was bush, I got to thinking, maybe the coach was telling his players not to do anything stupid because the series still has to go on and they don’t need to get suspended.

NBA.  Joey Crawford the ref takes a lot of heat for his heavy-handed approach to dealing with players, but I'm not gonna bash him for his performance in that Clipper/Grizzly Game Six.  If anything, he should have tossed both Blake Griffin AND Matt Barnes as well for overall douche-baggery and shit-stirring.

I’m celebrating that fact that a lot of the floppers are gone from the playoffs so now we can watch basketball being played straight up.

Speaking of floppers and whiners, I come to Chris Paul.  I love how folks gloss over his schtick and now are saying he'll stay a Clipper.  I don't believe that for a second.  This cat is gonna end up the starting Point Guard for the LA Lakers next season. 

I was one of those who thought Miami was gonna steamroll the East, but as I look, Miami don’t want none of Chicago, then they have to face the winner of that war between Indy and NYC.

Could we see the mother of all nightmares for the NBA, Memphis winning the West?  The NBA must be freaking the hell out with three of the smallest markets (San Antonio, Memphis, and OKC) fighting it out in the West, and no LA to bail them out after the first round. Man, they gotta be praying for Golden State.

Out West, I’m gonna enjoy San Antonio/Golden State.  There’s a lot of folks who think the Spurs should win this easily, but I believe anything can happen if Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson get hot.  As for Memphis and OKC, with Westbrook out you just don’t know about the Thunder but then again if they go deep, it could teach Westbrook a valuable lesson.

CFB.  So ESPN partners w/the SEC for a new network at the same time they have the rights to the college football playoff?  Yeah, this whole thing will be completely above board (Sigh!).  Think I'll be paying even more attention to D-2 Football in the coming years, even after my son graduates. 

This thing is gonna be even more corrupt than the BCS and the AP/UPI rankings of yesteryear combined!  This is gonna get real ugly real quick and if I was the Big 12 and Pac 12, I'd start looking to form my own governing organization and get out of the NCAA. 

Welcome to the tantrums where Uncle B.O.B. had a question come to mind yesterday – who is a better basketball player, Dwight Howard, or my 22 year old “Middle B.O.B.” whose post moves (footwork and strength) were far better than his last night???  That chick still has it, and is far more mature than Howard.  Good job Baby Shaq.

MLB.   Rough week for the boys in Northern California this week.

San Francisco Giants went 2-5 last week, losing the last two to the Zonies, then went to San Diego and must have went on a Tijuana bender because they got swept outta Petco.  Nothing positive to talk about here.

Oakland A’s also went 2-5 and didn’t look particularly well doing it.  At least they’re gonna get Cespedes back soon, who was doing pretty well in Sacramento at AAA.

NHL.   Hey Hockey guys, can I ask a stupid question here?  How the hell is Minnesota not an NHL hotbed in terms of being a traditionally good franchise?  They’ve got the support.  How the heck did they end up the #8 seed and draw #1 Chicago in the first round?

Now I know most of you are gonna yap about Boston/Toronto in round one, but that isn’t even a matchup.  I’ll watch San Jose/Vancouver.

NBA.  That seismic shift you heard about in Southern California yesterday?  That was the stampede of Laker fans running to the retail outlets to trade in their Laker gear for Clipper gear.

Just so you all know, I watched my daughters rec league team of women play and their play was FAR more entertaining than what the Lakers put out on the floor last night!

Y’all know how I feel about Stephen A. Smith, but I can’t argue with his take that “Superman” got tossed on purpose rather than play it out til the end.  It was the move of a gutless coward.  Do you all think that Howard could thrive in a situation like San Antonio where Popovich could slap some sense into him?

NFL Draft.  I’m one of those losers who had the draft on in the background while I was trollin the net, and I chose to listen to the NFL Network because I respect Mike Mayock and his opinions.  I had hoped that Rich Eisen had gotten rid of his ESPN tendencies, but his constant going back to Geno Smith and the Jets was nauseating.  Mayock was right in his very public exhibition of frustration regarding the subject being continuously brought up.  If he could have gotten away with it, he would have told Eisen to STFU!

Florida State was absolutely shitty last year – an embarrassment.  So what does it say about Jimbo Fisher that the NFL is swallowing up his talent – 11 players – more than any other school were drafted.  With that talent, they should have been playing for national titles, but no...they lose to NC State.  Dammit Seminoles, shake yourselves! 

Forget winners and losers, that doesn’t come for three years, and I heard too many “experts” proclaim “Incomplete” when assigning grades to each teams draft participation.  

Hey Geno Smith, I’m sorry for what you are about to endure.  Hey Tim Tebow, congratulations, you got out of the cesspool after only one year.  Now do the right thing and go to Canada to learn how to be a better QB.  No more drama, if you're serious about continuing your NFL career, go up to Canada and learn.  The league starts in a month or so anyway.

Welcome to the tantrums where Uncle B.O.B. is channeling his inner Jeff Foxworthy this week when I say “If you’re working out at the gym, and a wild turkey comes up to the front door of the gym, you might be a redneck.”  Yep, that’s exactly what happened.  I’m working out and everybody in the gym stops to get their cameras out and take a pic.

Yeah, while I am raging about the events that unfolded in Boston, and horrified by what happened in Texas and the mid-west (floods), I think we need a damn diversion, and maybe sports will help.  Let’s get to it.

MLB.   If the Playoffs were in April, Pittsburgh would dominate.  Did they really dominate Hot-lanta?  Hey Detroit, thanks for laying down against the Angels!  Dicks!

San Francisco Giants went 4-3 this week with a win at Wrigley, then got smoked by the Brew Crew in Milwaukee, and then came back home to sweep San Diego.  Zito and surprisingly Lincecum had great outings this week, but at 12-7 they are sitting 1.5 GB Colorado in the NL West.  Colorado?  Meanwhile one of their relievers Jeremy Affeldt goes on the 15 day DL with a strained right oblique, but Sergio Romo already has 8 saves.  Good thing the bullpen is strong.  Brandon Crawford continues his strong start at SS and the Kung Fu Panda himself has the team lead in RBI’s with 16. 

Oakland A’s came back to Earth this week going 3-3.  They started out with a three game home sweep of Houston, they flew cross-country to get swept by Tampa.  That sweep cost them the lead in the AL West, falling 0.5 GB Texas for the lead.  Across the board, their stats are solid, so my guess is that the Tampa sweep was a blip on the radar.  Hey Boston and Houston, thanks for Jed Lowrie who right now is hitting .394 with 14 RBI with Coco Crisp is still doing real well leading the A’s with 5 HR, but only 4 SB, which he needs to bring up.  Dammit, Brett Anderson hurt his freaking ankle, but at least it was the only injury this week.

MMA.  As a general rule, I don’t watch, but I thought I’d give it a try Saturday Night on Fox.  Well, I came in late when the Frank Mir fight was on, and he got owned by a guy who simply hugged him on the fence.  Wasn’t a good start, but then I got to the last match and there was a lot of action, though the guy who won proposing to his girl after the match was pretty freakin cheesy, not to mention his win was kinda iffy. 

NBA.  Some of you guys know my attention has been diverted because of the ongoing fight to keep the Sacramento Kings here and not move 'em to Seattle.  Mostly have twitter wars with the entitled a-holes who bitched just five years ago when their Sonics got ripped from them and sent to OKC.  Now they have no problem rippin' the Kings out of Sac.  Let me say this:  If this was only about keeping the Kings in Sac, as much as I love 'em I wouldn't have cared, but it's about jobs and fixing our town and the jobs it can create in a downtown that has nothing.

David Lee waited eight long years to get to the playoffs and in the very first game there he tears his hip flexor and is out?  The only legitimate rebounding and inside threat for Golden State?  Major, major advantage Denver.

Tim Duncan is so good and he has four rings.  Why is it that he never gets talked about with the reverence that Shaq does?

NFL.  Draft time.  Now, nobody seems interested and I get it, no big names or anything.  But watching my share of football, I’ve learned that you win or lose games on the lines, in the trenches.  This particular draft will solidify or kill franchises in the years to come, moreso than with drafts that have “name” players.

I don't agree with Warren Sapp a whole lot, but in this case, he's 100% correct.  Tampa, what the hell are you even remotely thinking trading for that malcontent Darrelle Revis?  $16 mil a year?  This guy is a walking complaint more concerned about cash than about playing ball and you’re gonna expose your young impressionable team to this?  He's gonna bitch in a year and hold out for $18 mil a year.  Good luck Bucs, when your players start to develop and demand Revis like money, whatcha gonna do?

Hey Felber, I hope your Ravens weren't counting on Rolando McClain to help y'all out on defense.  This idiot got arrested YET AGAIN in Alabama.  Look, I know its his home and he has every right to go there, but at what point do you just plain stay away from place when you got a freaking target on your back by the local po-po?