Inside The Park Blog: Saturday March 10, 2007

by user InsideTheParkFantasy

So I was watching the Washington State University vs. USC game last night, which the Cougars unfortunately lost, and one of the announcers was talking about a previous team that won the Pac-10 Tournament and he referred to a player like so “Desmond “Flopping Like A Salmon” Farmer”. No joke, I double checked with the other people that were watching it with me. I had never heard of Desmond Farmer before but from googling it I found out he played for USC and had very short stint in the NBA for the Sonics and Pacers. But I still have no idea what “flopping like a salmon” referred to. Does anyone? I’m curious.

Oregon really made a statement in the Pac-10 Tournament; they easily won all three of there games. They beat by 19, Cal by 18, and USC by 24 for the title. Those are all pretty impressive, I don’t like Oregon but I do give respect where it is due. Looks like they are playing their best ball going into the tournament.

In the Big East title game Georgetown beat Pitt by 23. I think Georgetown looks very good, they have two good big men and I like them to go deep into the Tournament.

I thought Oklahoma State was going to beat Texas and then beat Kansas tomorrow but they decided to turn the ball over in the last minute of the game to blow that opportunity. Don’t know if they will be going to the tournament now.

Good games tomorrow: Kansas vs. Texas, North Carolina vs. North Carolina State and Ohio State vs. Wisconsin. I like Kansas, North Carolina State and Ohio State. Too bad I’ll be on the road and miss watching them.

Scanning the spring training box scores…..

Bill Hall had another good day going 2 for 3 with 2 runs and 1 rbi. Billy boy seems to be getting it done in spring training.

The soon to be homerun king, Barry Bonds, hit his second homerun of spring training. I am a Barry Bonds fan, yes I said it, but I think it is a little stretch for him to get the 22 or 23 homeruns (I forget exactly) this year considering no one over 40 has hit more than 20 in a season but he is Barry Bonds.

Willy Taveras stole another base making the total for spring training 5. I think that Taveras will be a good option this year in fantasy leagues for stolen bases and runs.

That was all the interesting stuff I found, I was hoping for more.

Well time for me to get back to packing. I look forward to filling out my bracket it tomorrow!

-Erik