Will Cavs win it all?
The Cleveland Cavaliers are playing their best basketball of the season right now. Granted, it has been against Detroit and Atlanta, but I expected both teams to be more competitive.
Atlanta might have played and lost only a couple of games to Cleveland so far, but it's just a matter of time before they are knocked out. The Cavs are clicking on all cylinders and LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love are getting it done.
Maybe the Miami Heat, with seasoned veterans Dwyane Wade, Goran Dragic and Luol Deng, and their "nothing-to-lose attitude," can take the Cavs out in the next round, but that's doubtful.
Yet, I wonder if frustration will set in if Cleveland gets into a tight game.
My partner on Fox Sports radio and I visited with Kevin Harlan, play-by-play announcer for the NBA on TNT. He commented that everything was going Cleveland's way right now, but I asked what will happen if they encounter some adversity?
We will see.
Good move by Hahn:
Kudos to the Chicago White Sox for the John Danks demotion. When people say games in April or May don't matter, don't listen, because they do!
Obviously the Sox agree, because after a 0-4 start and a 7.25 ERA, general manager Rick Hahn decided to cut ties with Danks. It was a great move by Hahn, who knew he had to do something - and sooner than later.
If the White Sox don't get into the playoffs by a game or two, we might look back at those four losses. But the Sox are in first place, so that won't be a plausible excuse. They gave Danks every chance, but at the end of the day it was the right thing to do, and the veteran pretty much understood.
Cubs like '39 Yankees:
On the other side of town, the Cubs are like a machine.
I'm impressed that a loss here or there doesn't seem to affect them negatively at all. Playing .750 baseball is one thing, but they are dominating like the 1927 and the 1939 Yankees.
I heard baseball analyst Tim Kurjian from ESPN talk about the '39 Yankees holding the record for run differential at 411, meaning they scored 411 more runs than they gave up. Right now the Cubs are on a pace to score 500 more runs than they give up, which means they could beat the Yankees' record.
I don't believe that pace will continue the rest of the season, but after 26 games the Cubs have a 93-run differential.
We will see. But if they sustain that pace, they should win it all!
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