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The Basketball Guru Talks Baseball Midseason Report

This is the first installment of the basketball guru talks baseball, a spinoff of chase's notorious NBA blog, and the basketball guru talks hockey, two somewhat successful blogs of mine. I am here with a review of the first half of the baseball season going by division, starting with the AL East.

AL EAST

Baseball's most competitive division just got a whole lot more interesting this season witht the emergance of the Rays, the suprise of the season with baseballs best record and are 5 games ahead of the Boston Red Sox, who saw this coming? The Yankees are finishing their last season in the House That Ruth Built and hope to go out in style, but they have their work cut out for them. The Orioles are still over .500 and the Jays are suprisingly in the cellar, but have kept things interesting, wth the re-hiring of Cito Gaston. Who knows how the season going to end up for these teams.

Chase's Notorious NBA Blog Vol. 14 Ft. Goodbye Seattle

As you can likely see to you right as you read this, Seattle and the owners of the Sonics came to a agreement to end their lease and allow the Sonics to play in Oklahoma for the 08-09 season, ending 41 years of history in Seattle.

Seattle had one of the most loyal fanbases in the NBA and the Key Arena when it opened in 95, was labeled as state of the art by David Stern, and now it was rund-down according to him. Hey Stern, should we move your Knicks out of New York because MSG is the oldest stadium in the league?

Chase's Notorious NBA Blog Vol 13 Ft. NBA Draft REVIEW

I did this last night, but I accidentaly hit go back while on the internet and lost it so here is the blog.

1. Derrick Rose, Chicago Bulls

This is an excellent pick for the Bulls, Beasley was looking like a good pick, but it was reported he was three inches shorter than his Kansas State playing height. Rose will improve a Chicago Bulls team that should make the playoffs next year.

2. Michael Beasley, Miami Heat

Not sure about the future of Beasley, all of the pre-draft news about him was negative, Pat Riley usually knows a good player when he sees one and if his gut feeling was not to pick Beasley he should have went with Mayo or Bayless. The jury is still out.

Chase's Notorious NBA Blog Vol 12 Ft. Season Review

You know the drill it is me, thebasketballguru, coming to tell you about the good old Association. Except this is not about some current events, but a summary of the 07-08 NBA season, which could go down as one of the best seasons in the NBA's history. There will also be a rundown of my off-season specials that will get you your basketball fix through out the off-season.

Let's get started with the review.

Regular Season

EASTERN CONFERENCE

The Stray-Train has stopped

I have not been able to get to a computer since Michael Strahan has retired, so I am pretty sure you have heard the news, but as an avid Giants fan, I would like to talk about his illustrious career.

Strahan played 15 NFL seasons, all with the New York Giants, he went to two Super Bowls, losing to the Baltimore Ravens in his first Super Bowl appearance, and winning the last Super Bowl against the New England Patriots. He went to 7 Pro Bowls, and was an All-Pro selection 6 times. He holds the record for most sacks in a single season with 22.5, surpassing Mark Gastinaeu's record of 22 set in 1984. He also is the Giants All-time leader in Sacks.