Playoff Time!

Looks like the Cleveland Gladiators have made the AFL Playoffs. Sweet! The first game will be next Monday (the 30th), in Cleveland against the Orlando Predators. The Gladiators already beat the Predators by three touchdowns earlier this season at home, so hopefully the trend can continue. Raymond Philyaw and Otis Amey are going to need to keep hooking up for TD's on a consistent basis if the Gladiators want to make a deep run in the Playoffs. Also, the defense is going to have to step up--just like they did Saturday night against the Columbus Destroyers. They held them on quite a few 4th downs to cause turnovers.

On another topic, the Tribe lost again today, again because Paul Byrd doesn't know how to pitch like a Major Leaguer. I don't know how much more I can take of this bum pitching for us every five days. He's now "improved" his numbers to 3-8 on the season, with a beautiful 5.21 ERA. This guy is terrible. If the Indians want to have any shot at sticking around in the AL Central, Paul Byrd needs to get the hell away. Speaking of pitching, did you happen to see C.C. Sabathia's MONSTER HOME RUN yesterday? He hit a tape-measure 440 foot shot out of the stadium. Yep, you read that right. From a pitcher.

Well, the NBA Draft is Thursday, so I'll be back that evening, complaining about how dumb Cavaliers management is for drafting whoever they take. Who knows--maybe they'll surprise me and actually draft someone who can help the team out.