In order to win, you have to lose. Sometimes you have to lose big. The 2016-17 didn't lose big very often, but they lost a lot (59 games to be exact).
My Phoenix Suns had a 20% chance to secure the top pick in this year's NBA Draft. My Suns had the NBA's 2nd worst record. That alone should have given me hope that we would get a high impact player that could help get my team out of a franchise worst seven-year playoff drought.
Even during the "drug years" of the 80's, the suns were out only 3 straight seasons. And before the miracle run to the NBA finals in 1976, the Suns missed out on the post season for five years.
I even texted a friend of mine who is a Phoenix Suns TV producer that I hope we get a high draft pick. He prayed back to me in a return text. As I went to bed on Tuesday Night, I had to miss the draft lottery as it was happening LIVE on ESPN.
In the end, I'm glad I missed it. When I woke up at 1AM on Wednesday, CURSES!!!!! I see that the Suns only got the 4th pick in the NBA draft. FOURTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To make things worse, the Suns' most bitter rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, got the 2nd overall pick. I guess Lonzo Ball is making daddy Lavar happy by going to LA (which is what I think will happen).
The Boston Celtics, who are in the Eastern Conference Finals, got the TOP overall pick thanks to the Brooklyn Nets (and the draft lottery gods).
You can't convince me that the NBA doesn't have the fix going on for the bluebloods like the Lakers and Celtics. The Suns being a 2nd tier team don't get the big breaks like the more established teams do.
I'm just frustrated that my Suns can't catch a break and that they're gonna be stuck either in last place or mediocrity for years to come. It makes my Arizona Coyotes seem more hopeful than my Suns.
I hope me and my fellow fans can overcome this bad luck and get back on the winning track starting next season.
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Journal Entry for the Week in Review for August 22-28, 2016
I don't remember much about Monday other than I went to work, so I'm skipping that day. See the pictures down below for TUESDAY, Ben's first day back at school. I hoped it would be a good one.
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| ABOVE AND BELOW: I had to tell Blake that he couldn't go to school with Ben today. CREDIT: Zach Irwin |
I don't remember much about Monday other than I went to work, so I'm skipping that day. Now I'm at TUESDAY. See the pictures up above. Ben looks sleepy for his first day back at preschool today. I guess he takes after his daddy in that category. Ben had to be motivated to get ready to go. I promised him that I would let him take Doggy with him on the car ride. Poor Blake. He looked so miserable and I had to break it to him that he had to wait a year to go to school for the first time.
WEDNESDAY was sort of a big day for me. I had my first Crystal Pepsi in more than two decades. Once again, I had to get past the fact that the drink looked like water or some sort of car fluid. Once I opened up the cap, I took a sip, a swig, and I thought to myself 'boy that tastes good.'
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| I LOVE SODA |
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| MY BOYS BLAKE AND BEN |
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BLAKE AND BEN PLAY TOGETHER
THURSDAY Was a mad dash again to pick up Ben from preschool and get me off to work. I don't remember much from that day.
FRIDAY: WEEKEND!!!!!
SATURDAY: My family and I took a trip to my wife's mom's house. My family got to swim, run around the yard, and get a little bit of a tan. It would be one of the last times we'd get to go swimming this year. The weather will be cooler as the Fall approaches. As you can see in the end, I got (happy) tired after a fun-filled day.
      
SUNDAY: We got home a little late, but we got home happy and safe.
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Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Sports Writing for early April 18, 2017
2017 APRIL 18 Sports Update Material
MLB/BRAVES
HOW SWEEP IT IS.
THE ATLANTA BRAVES WALK OFF WITH A FIVE-FOUR WIN OVER THE
SAN DIEGO PADRES, SWEEPING THEM IN A FOUR GAME SERIES ON MONDAY NIGHT.
DANSBY SWANSON GOT SUNTRUST PARK’S FIRST WALK-OFF WIN IN THE
BOTTOM OF THE NINTH WITH A BASE HIT.
BRAVES ARE NOW 4-0 IN THEIR NEW HOME AND WILL START A
THREE-GAME SERIES AGAINST THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS ON TUESDAY NIGHT.
NBA PLAYOFFS
CAVS 117 PACERS 111
GAME TWO (CLEVELAND LEADS 2-0)(LEBRON, LOVE, AND IRVING COMBINE FOR 89)
SPURS 92 GRIZZLIES 82
(SAN ANTONIO LEADS 2-0)(KAHWAI LEONARD WITH 37)
TONIGHT’S GAME TWO’S
MILWALKEE AT TORONTO (MIL 1-0)
CHICAGO AT BOSTON (CHI 1-0)
UTAH AT LA CLIPPERS (UTAH 1-0)
NHL PLAYOFFS
OTTAWA 4 BOSTON 3
(F/OT) OTT LEADS 2-1
TORONTO 4 WASHINGTON
3 (F/OT) TOR LEADS 2-1
NASHVILLE 3 CHICAGO 2
(F/OT) NASH LEADS 3-0
ANAHEIM 5 CALGARY 4
(F/OT) ANA LEADS 3-0
TONIGHT’S GAME THREE’S
MONTREAL AT NY RANGERS (MTL 2-1)
PITTSBURGH AT COLUMBUS (PIT 3-0)
EDMONTON AT SAN JOSE (EDM 2-1)
Friday, April 7, 2017
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Sunday, January 29, 2017
Dreams of news and a TV cop show came together
Early this morning, I had a scary dream where I was going to be late for an early morning work shift. I was afraid that I would over sleep, and I did.
I was on my way to work, but instead of editing like I usually do, I was set to cover what I believed to be a crime story. I was going to shoot and field edit video from a crime scene. In there dream, there were two piles of money lying around. For a while, I thought I was on the set of a TV crime drama.
The work/TV crime drama was set somewhere near North Hollywood near where the 134 and 170 freeways meet.
I had to edit/blur out some video that I was supposed to cut in order to make air on time. Instead of using an AVID machine like I would usually use, I had to edit with a blurry screen covering a camera in order not to show some things nobody should see on TV. Presumable, I had to avoid showing some of the gory parts of a crime scene near a couple of TV trucks.
Along the way, I met with an engineer that I normally work with here at CBS46 in Atlanta. He seemed calm, cool, and collected while I just stood somewhere clueless and didn't know what was going on.
In reality, I woke up from the dream and I woke up twice. I got up a bit early at 1:15am and then I woke up for good at 1:26am. I made it to work on time and early around 2:50am. I'm about to go home for the day very soon.
Let the rest of the day begin.
I was on my way to work, but instead of editing like I usually do, I was set to cover what I believed to be a crime story. I was going to shoot and field edit video from a crime scene. In there dream, there were two piles of money lying around. For a while, I thought I was on the set of a TV crime drama.
The work/TV crime drama was set somewhere near North Hollywood near where the 134 and 170 freeways meet.
I had to edit/blur out some video that I was supposed to cut in order to make air on time. Instead of using an AVID machine like I would usually use, I had to edit with a blurry screen covering a camera in order not to show some things nobody should see on TV. Presumable, I had to avoid showing some of the gory parts of a crime scene near a couple of TV trucks.
Along the way, I met with an engineer that I normally work with here at CBS46 in Atlanta. He seemed calm, cool, and collected while I just stood somewhere clueless and didn't know what was going on.
In reality, I woke up from the dream and I woke up twice. I got up a bit early at 1:15am and then I woke up for good at 1:26am. I made it to work on time and early around 2:50am. I'm about to go home for the day very soon.
Let the rest of the day begin.
Monday, January 23, 2017
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
My dream of being a Chargers fan ended on January 12, 2017
After all the Boos from me about this, and me booing Chargers Owner Alex Spanos, I recognized a death in my fandom.
I've had a week to let the loss of (what once were) my Chargers in San Diego last week. Even thought I haven't lived in Southern California for more than 3 decades, I still felt some sort of a kinship with that team.
It's true that the team probably never knew my name, but I knew most of theirs (both players and coaches). I really started following football in 1990 with the Phoenix Cardinals and later the San Diego Chargers.
The Chargers didn't start winning again until 1992 after starting off at a horrific 0-4 clip. My Chargers went 11-1 to finish the season and win the AFC WEST and a home playoff game versus the Kansas City Chiefs. My fandom reached an all-time high at the time.
My fandom would be eclipsed in a big big way in 1994. My Chargers started 6-0 to propel them to another AFC WEST crown and a pair of playoff victories (including an improbable win in Pittsburgh to win the AFC and a trip to Super Bowl XXIX).
That victory and the start of Super Bowl XXIX were the peak of success for my team and would never be reached again.
After that, I suffered through Kevin Gilbride, Ryan Leaf, and Mike Riley among other things before Marty Schottenheimer, Drew Brees, and LaDainian Tomlinson turned things around for my team and gave me hope again.
Some of my best times as a Charger fan were when I got to log some games for CNN and get paid for them. I even went into fanboy mode and bought an LT jersey (I got another one as a gift).
After my team fired Schottenheimer, I suffered from the Norv Turner years (even though he took Marty's team to the 2007 AFC TITLE GAME). I even suffered through the Mike McCoy years (even though we got a playoff victory out of him).
The next best times of my Charger fandom were when I attended the Christmas Eve Monday Night Football Game vs. the Broncos in 2007 and this season's game here in Atlanta vs. the Falcons on October 23, 2016. Little did I know that was the last San Diego Chargers game I'd ever see again.
Now that they've moved on to Los Angeles, a move that nobody wanted. I will always have my memories of them. My three favorite teams are the following, the ones that defied all pre-season expectations: the 1992, 1994, and 2004 teams.
When the Chargers "bolt"ed for San Diego, a piece of my heart was taken away from me as well.
I've had a week to let the loss of (what once were) my Chargers in San Diego last week. Even thought I haven't lived in Southern California for more than 3 decades, I still felt some sort of a kinship with that team.
It's true that the team probably never knew my name, but I knew most of theirs (both players and coaches). I really started following football in 1990 with the Phoenix Cardinals and later the San Diego Chargers.
The Chargers didn't start winning again until 1992 after starting off at a horrific 0-4 clip. My Chargers went 11-1 to finish the season and win the AFC WEST and a home playoff game versus the Kansas City Chiefs. My fandom reached an all-time high at the time.
My fandom would be eclipsed in a big big way in 1994. My Chargers started 6-0 to propel them to another AFC WEST crown and a pair of playoff victories (including an improbable win in Pittsburgh to win the AFC and a trip to Super Bowl XXIX).
That victory and the start of Super Bowl XXIX were the peak of success for my team and would never be reached again.
After that, I suffered through Kevin Gilbride, Ryan Leaf, and Mike Riley among other things before Marty Schottenheimer, Drew Brees, and LaDainian Tomlinson turned things around for my team and gave me hope again.
Some of my best times as a Charger fan were when I got to log some games for CNN and get paid for them. I even went into fanboy mode and bought an LT jersey (I got another one as a gift).
After my team fired Schottenheimer, I suffered from the Norv Turner years (even though he took Marty's team to the 2007 AFC TITLE GAME). I even suffered through the Mike McCoy years (even though we got a playoff victory out of him).
The next best times of my Charger fandom were when I attended the Christmas Eve Monday Night Football Game vs. the Broncos in 2007 and this season's game here in Atlanta vs. the Falcons on October 23, 2016. Little did I know that was the last San Diego Chargers game I'd ever see again.
Now that they've moved on to Los Angeles, a move that nobody wanted. I will always have my memories of them. My three favorite teams are the following, the ones that defied all pre-season expectations: the 1992, 1994, and 2004 teams.
When the Chargers "bolt"ed for San Diego, a piece of my heart was taken away from me as well.
Monday, January 16, 2017
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