Baseball Season Around the Corner

The baseball season is around the corner, and I'm pretty excited. Baseball has to be my second favourite sport next to football. Theres nothing like a nice baseball or football game outdoors in sunny weather. People find baseball boring on television, but it's a whole different ball game when you are watching it live at the ball park. I love the 2 hour trips in the summer to watch the Seattle Mariners play.

The Mariners have a solid team this year. They picked up Erik Bedard, who is one of the best pitchers in the MLB. The Mariners also have Felix Hernandez, Miguel Batista, Carlos Silva, Jarod Washburn and one of the best closers in baseball J.J. Putz. This gives them a great pitching lineup.

I have high hopes for the Seattle Mariners and I strongly believe they will win their division, which is the AL West. They should make the postseason and they could possibly go for a long run in the postseason.

Mayweather competing in WWE

Floyd Mayweather Jr. is known as the best pound for pound boxer in the world today. Nobody has ever been able to beat Mayweather in the boxing ring since he started boxing in 1996. He is one of the most cockiest fighters in boxing today.

Recently the WWE has given the 147 lb Mayweather 20 million dollars to wrestle a 450 lb giant named The Big show at Wrestlemania.

I know wrestling is fake, but Mayweather is a boxer not a wrestler. His real punches will be useless in a fake wrestling match. However, I'm sure the WWE has Mayweather as the winner in this wrestling match, because its entertainment. If the WWE offered me 20 million for a fake wrestling match, I would do it too. I'm sure anyone would take this offer.

Golfer Kills Hawk

I'm not a golf fan, neither do I play golf. I actually find it one of the most boring sports besides curling. However, I do know that Tiger Woods is one of the most popular golfers of all time. Well Tiger Woods wasn't the most popular golfer last week. A golfer by the name of Tripp Isenhour stole the spotlight.

Tripp Isenhour was taping a tv show and a hawk started to distract him. What did Tripp Isenhour do? He started to fire golf balls at the bird. The hawk then moved closer, and Isenhour said, "I'll get him now." Isenhour fired and he hit and killed the bird. Now Isenhour may be going to jail or doing some community service. Isenhour later apologized and said that he was only trying to scare the bird. How are you trying to scare the bird when you clearly said, "I'll get him now."Isenhour needs a lesson from Michael Vick. Do not hurt animals, or you will pay the price.

Back to the Future

The Colorado Avalanche brought back Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote, returning their team to the way it was in 2001. It was reported that Peter Forsberg wouldn't return to the NHL this season because of a foot injury, but these were all just rumours.

Signing Peter Forsberg will help the Avalanche get closer to the Stanley Cup. Although some people may think of this as a huge risk, because of Forsberg's previous injuries. I believe it is worth the risk. There aren't many players as good as Peter Forsberg.

Adam Foote has been known as the Canucks killer in the past. He used to be one of the players the Canucks didn't like to play.

I believe that this Peter Forsberg and Adam Foote will help the Avalanche get to the Stanley Cup. The only piece of the puzzle their missing is Patrick Roy and Ray Bourque. They would be unstoppable if those two were still on the team. I like this move and hopefully it eliminates the Vancouver Canucks out of the playoffs.

NHL trade deadline

The NHL trade deadline is approaching and teams that need help in the playoffs will be very busy. The deadline is on Feb, 26th, 2008 and there are a number of big names out there. However, Mats Sundin will not be a player getting traded. He has decided to stay in Toronto and not waive his no-trade clause. Sundin's name was in the center of all trade rumors a month ago.

The big names that are rumored to be traded are: Patrick Marleau, Marion Hossa, Brad Richards and many others. This seems like a very tough and intense trade deadline. Hopefully it turns out like the NBA trade deadline, which included many blockbuster deals.

Canucks fans, don't get your hopes so high hearing those rumors. I expect the Canucks to do nothing or they may decide to pick up a useless player for draft picks. Even if the Canucks don't do anything, the trade deadline will be very intense.

The Canucks

How can I have a sports blog in Vancouver without talking about the beloved Canucks. Well here is the first and hopefully the last post about the Vancouver Canucks.

Unlike everybody in Vancouver, I hate the Canucks. Every year I hope they don't make the playoffs or are eliminated very quickly. They usually make the playoffs and are eliminated in the first or second round.

The reason I don't like the Canucks is that I'm so sick and tired of hearing about this team over and over again. I even hear about the Canucks all day when the NHL season is over. I find it pretty boring and not entertaining. I especially hate it when people tell me that the Canucks are going to win the Stanley Cup. I've been hearing that for about 5-10 years now and it hasn't happened yet. It probably won't happen anytime soon either. The team seems to be very inconsistent and needs improvement. However, the GM of the Canucks hasn't really made any good moves after firing Brian Burke. He has only made one good move since he's been here and that was when he brought in Roberto Luongo.

I haven't heard anybody tell me that this is the Canucks' year yet. I think I just stopped paying attention or maybe the Canucks fans are starting to give up on their team. I hope they don't make the playoffs and a rival wins the Stanley Cup. That should drive Canucks fans crazy.

Shaquille O'Neal to the Phoenix Suns

On Wednesday, February 6th, 2008, the Miami Heat traded Shaquille O'Neal to the Phoenix Suns for Shawn Marion and Marcus Banks. This was probably the most unexpected trade in the sports world. Two years ago Shaquille O'Neal helped the Miami Heat win the NBA championship. However, Shaquille O'Neal was not the same player he was two years ago. O'Neal seemed very lazy and not motivated to play anymore. Therefore the Heat traded O'Neal to the Suns.

The Suns believe O'Neal is the missing piece in the puzzle and that he will help the Suns win a NBA championship. Others believe O'Neal will not help the team at all and will destroy the chemistry the Suns.

I disagree with the people that say O'Neal will destroy the team. Shaquille O'Neal is the most dominant center to ever play in the NBA. He may be getting older, but he can still help a team win, especially when you have a player like Steve Nash, who makes everyone around him better. O'Neal also makes everyone around him better because he draws double coverage, leaving other players open. I believe that O'Neal will help the Phoenix Suns get to the NBA finals this season and possibly even win the championship this year.