Just a day dreamin’ the other day...

Wonderin’ what it would be like for the rest of my life...

Don’t think I could take it...

So I decided to reduce it to the next five years...

Then I had to make the big decision...

Who do I pick???

And who can I stand to live without...

Amongst my many favorite teams...

Clippers, Lakers, Chargers, Kings, Aztec football...

Once I pick I can’t go back...

For five looooooong year...

You are cordially invited to join me...

And select only one team...

Just one team you can watch and follow for the next five years...

And you have no access to the other ones...

No access whatsoever...

Read the paper, it ain’t in there...

Watch TV...

Just a snowy picture...

Same for that radio station...

It ain’t there either...

Who do you love the most???

Who can’t you live without...

And the others just don’t exist...

For five years...

You won’t even know when they’re playing...

Or not playing...

So...

Imagine the off-season...

The loooooooong off-season...

If you pick a basketball team

You can’t watch the other sports...

Not just your team...

But the entire sport...

Well...

Maybe we could let you watch the other sports...

Or maybe not...

But not your team in that sport...

Is your absolute favorite team in your absolute favorite sport???

Tough choice???

Will it be based on how well that team is playing at the time???

Or will you pick a crummy team in your favorite sport???

I must say...

This is a tough one for me...

Baseball is my favorite sport...

That’s my generation...

But there’s nothing like going to a hockey game...

Or sitting in the stands with my season tickets...

Watching SDSU...

My college football alma mater...

If I don’t pick a college basketball team...

I miss March Madness...

Do I mind missing the Super Bowl???

Or the World Series???

The Stanley Cup...

Could I bear not getting to watch???

The dreaded Pro Bowl???

And...

As with any challenge like this...

There must be an *asterisk...

A disclaimer...

*Your actual mileage may vary...

*Member FDIC...

*If it lasts for more than four hours, call a doctor...

Okay...

One more thing...

Soccer doesn’t count...

You can’t pick a soccer team...

Because most soccer fans are one-sporters...

The wouldn’t miss the other sports any ways...

And that’s not fair to the rest of us...

Does that hurt you soccer fans???

Then fall down and fake an injury...

So...

Who’s your pick???

Are you going for quantity???

162 baseball games???

Or quality???

A four month college football season...

As for me...

I will pass on the Clippers and the Chargers...

I will miss the Clips...

But I can definitely live without the Bolts...

Especially after being Norved to death the last few years...

It’s between the Angels and the Kings...

And if I don’t take the Halos...

What do I do during the summer months???

Hmmm...

I could go to a minor league park???

Does that count???

I’ll count it...

I’m the boss here...

I’ll pass on the Angels...

So the only one left is...

GO! KINGS! GO!

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I’m so used to not expecting it...

Figure I’m gonna get out of there at a certain time...

Maybe I’ll even leave a bit early if the score is lopsided...

And even if it IS a barn burner...

In baseball, it’s usually over by the tenth or eleventh at best...

Basketball usually just has one “Oh-Tee”...

A kickoff return or short drive can end in football...

And because there’s more scoring in those three...

Chances of extra time are less likely...

But you go to an NHL playoff game...

And you could be there for another hour or two...

That was my feeling precisely Saturday night...

Kings hosting the Blues...

Seats on the glass with my friend and fellow blogger, ArK Razor...

Even though the Kings won 1-0 in regulation...

As the Blues were pressing LA in the third...

I got to thinking...

Hey, we might be here a while...

And with hockey...

Sudden death happens so quickly...

Literally blink and you may literally miss it...

Hold that bladder...

The munchies can wait for the break...

Or the break after that...

Yes, baseball has a few marathons each year...

The Los Angeles StrAngels lost (blew) a 19 inning tilt...

One of many defeats this year...

But as you know, baseball isn’t sudden death...

Even the term "sudden death" is scary...

Football is...

But the intensity doesn’t match hockey...

Speaking of intensity...

Who can forget the Easter Epic???

Kelly Hrudey was stellar for the Isles...

LaFontaine’s goal was fabulous...

Exhausted after ending it...

But the intermission after the 2nd OT??? 

A classic in its own right...

Mike Emrick and Bill Clement...

Some called it unprofessional on Clement’s part...

Give me a break...

That was flat out entertaining...

A nice contrast to a tense game...

Loosen up and enjoy life, Bucko...

(BTW, I miss ESPN’s Tom Mees. He passed way too early...)

So... 

Keep the game close...

I’ll sit back in my recliner...

With toothpicks in my eyelids...

Just waiting for that special moment...

He shoots...

He scores...

Game over...

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Make sure you control that gun real well when aiming it at the bad guy...

The question isn’t “if the trigger will be pulled”...

Rather...

“When the trigger will be pulled”...

As MLB begins...

And NHL/NBA ends...

You have the eternal speculation as to who is on the firing line...

More often than not...

A coach/manager get fired too soon...

Someone has to be the scapegoat...

Occasionally...

A team waits too long to fire its head man...

(Cough...Chargers...Cough...Choke...Chargers...Cough-Cough...)

You can just sense it as it builds...

Does a coach’s ability to coach deteriorate in time???

Not usually...

A good coach is a good coach is a good coach...

But some excellent coaches do have short shelf lives...

Basketball’s Larry Brown...

Hockey’s Mike Keenan...

Just to name a couple...

So...

Why and when do they decide to pull the trigger...

To appease the fans???

To change things up???

Midseason???

Wait until the end???

Sometimes the players need a different voice...

They shouldn’t, but they do...

I mean...

With all that money, what does it matter who’s at the helm???

And with some guys...

You just know it’s a bad fit from the beginning...

(Choke...Valentine...Cough, Cough...Valentine...Choke, Cough)

And it’s just a matter of time...

So now we come to the Angels’ skipper Mike Scioscia...

One of MLB’s best...

But suffering through a few lean years...

And off to another bad start...

In spite of high priced free agents...

C. J.  Wilson, Albert Pujols, and Josh Hamilton...

The trigger...

To pull or not to pull...

Angels' fans have done a lot of second guessing recently...

Did pulling Zach Greinke early a few games last year chase him away???

That wouldn’t surprise me if it did...

Granted...

Injuries have not been the Halos’ friend this year...

And the pitching was suspect from the very beginning...

That’s not Scioscia’s fault...

But he does seem to be getting more stubborn in his old age...

And when firing any manager, it must be considered...

Is there anybody out there who can right the ship???

Probably not...

But if you ask me...

(And nine times out of ten I usually say “no”...)

The time has probably come...

Need a new face...

Need a new voice...

And Scioscia could use a change of scenery...

Sorry, Mike...

Love you...

Not really your fault...

But like they say...

It’s a business...

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So...

Josh Hamilton goes to Texas...

And he gets booed...

And...

The former Angel Torii Hunter goes to Anaheim...

And he gets yayed...

Wait a sec here...

The got it wrong...

Texas should be yaying...

Cus Hamilton is stinking...

And...

Anaheim should be booing...

Cus Torii is playing lights out...

So...

What makes a crowd decide to boo...

And another crowd decide to yay...

Did the booing crowd wake up on the wrong side of the bed???

Was it a bunch of women PMS-ing???

And the yaying crowd...

They are so happy their “hero” came back to town...

What are those people smoking???

Aren’t you supposed to boo the guy on the other team???

He’s the bad guy, you know...

Who borrowed the handbook on when to booo and when to yay???

And then sometimes a boo isn’t a boo...

It’s a Cruuuuuuzzzz...

Or in hockey...

It’s a Luuuuuuuuuuc...

Does this bug the “uuuuuuu” people???

Or do they know their fans are really happy to see them???

They have no one to blame but themselves...

And their parents...

Mommy and Daddy shouldn’t have given them an “uuuuuuuu” name...

I don’t boo much...

I prefer cute little clever lines...

Like when the announcer announces Chase Headley...

I say...

"Hedd-lehhhhh"...

Just like Harvey Korman did in Blazing Saddles...

Or when Junior Felix came to bat...

I’d yell “Hoon-yur”...

And always embarrass my brothers...

And then not too long after “Hoon-yur” retired...

My brother Scott told me Junior Felix and his wife had a baby boy...

And named him Junior Felix, Junior...

Can’t wait until he gets to the majors...

“Hoon-yur, Hoon-yur”...

And there was always Greg Gagne...

I would always respond...

“With a spoon!!!”

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So...

Whatever you do...

If you yay...

Or you boo...

Have fun at the game...

Then toodle-uuuuu...

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A little girl prayed...

“Lord give me patience”...

“And give it to me right now”...

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How do you make something bad even worse???

Just put it in the hands of the media...

And the political commentators...

That’s an easy blame, isn’t it???

It’s as if they are waiting...

Even worse...

It’s as if they even WANT something like this to happen...

Opportunists they are...

With zero evidence they make their claims...

How sick can you be???

You have those with zero IQ blaming right wing extremists...

It had to be one of those pro gun guys, didn't it???

The media tripping over each other...

Just to be the one to break a story...

“You heard it here FIRST!!!"

“Exclusive videos exclusively as we bring it to you FIRST!!!”

“Before everybody else does”...

Listen to me now...

The Boston Marathon is the race, NOT the news coverage...

I don’t give a rat’s rear end who breaks the story...

No need to "jump the gun"...

Okay, yeah...

That’s great...

You broke the story 15 seconds before they did...

That and three dollars gets you coffee at Starbucks...

Enough with the self=aggrandizing...

It ain't about you...

Just get it right, please...

Keep your trap shut, Michael Moore...

Double-check your sources, CNN...

Before you look even more buffoonish...

Quit wetting your media diaper in order to beat everybody else... 

Have some consideration for the victims...

Let the families grieve...

It’s life...

And death...

All we want is the truth...

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