I think I'm in shock and awe and how appropriate to be listening to XM online with Devo playing "Gut Feeling". A Cleveland sports team delivered in what I thought was the "most important Cavs game in our collective lives". S. and I watched the game at the Ironwood Cafe and I was surprised the female population turned out as much as they did. It's always good to watch playoff hoops with a crowd. Even if they smoke. A lot.

Where do you begin? Drew Gooden seemingly on the bench since Monday, banks in the eventual game-winner with 30 seconds left. Eric Snow with a heads-up play, not only stealing the ball with under 10 seconds to go, but throwing it into the backcourt to waste even more time. Detroit tracks it down with only 1.9 seconds, calls time, and fails to deliver. LeBron James, oh, he's good, has the quietest 32 points you'd ever want to witness.

I can't believe we are on the edge of such a big upset, but the Pistons have been exposed as a perimeter team. It's amazing the Cavs with their weak defense were the ones to figure it out.

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Katharine touches her McPhees in this video (Click at bottom, prolly SFW). The article is correct, it's lame. The Ewok is now gone. Down to two. Uh-oh.

The Macca and his wife separate. At least she'll have a leg to stand on.

Central Park goes wireless. Hey, there's Bill Clinton downloading porn over there.

Exercise Yard

Remember when Curt Schilling threw 133 pitches against the Tribe on a cold night a few weeks back? You know, the effort that was a big WTF at the time? Since that game:

Four starts of 6, 7, 5 and 5.2 for 23.2 innings
31 hits and 17 earned runs in those 23.2 innings
7 homers given up
ERA has gone up from 2.60 to 4.17
Pitch counts of 98, 106, 100, 116
Somehow, two wins and only two losses

I guess what I'm saying is it's an even bigger WTF since that game.

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