Smile

It’s a great day to be a sports fan in Toronto. If you watched sports last night you were bound to see the goofy grin of Bosh and the dazzlingly white smile of Sundin. Being a simple man who is easily influenced by others; I tend to take my cues from my favorite athletes. When Sundin is smiling it is usually because he has just scored, or the Leafs are winning. I have Sundin in both my hockey pools AND I am Leafs fan so that means when he is happy I am happy. Sometimes I can’t control myself; when I see him lumber over the blue line on a clean break away and put the puck over the goalies shoulder I lose control. Emotions rise up from the under my hate filled heart, I see that huge smile and all I can do is punch the closest waitress. Needless to say when I am forced to watch games at home I focus my joy filled hate into a wall.



Anyone watching the Raptors game last night should agree that the highlight of the night wasn’t the miracle, three quarter court shot by Bosh but the spin move and dunk at the end of the game. That spin was something out of a video game. The defender was still looking at a long necked silhouette while Bosh jamming the ball home. That move almost made me fall off my couch and the scream I let out scared my wife in the other room. It was a great game and Jose Calderon was lights out. He established his shot early and torched the Wizards inside in the second half. I saw a very nervous T.J. Ford riding a bike on the sidelines. Hopefully this will create a healthy competition at point guard and the Raps will benefit from great play from both guys. Parker, on the other hand, chucked up a 3-8 performance….chucker.



Half of my predictions for last night’s game were wrong; Agent 0 was a zero and didn’t put up 40 but the Raps did win. One of my illiterate buddies who reads this site seems to think that I picked the Raps to lose!?!?! I have challenged him to a contest of choosing the winner of each Raptor game. If we both choose the same team then we will devise another category to predict. I am confident that this will prove that he knows nothing about sports (this guy drafted Bill Guerin in our hockey pool!), especially basketball.



So lets hear it Toronto fans, up onto the band wagon. Both teams looked strong in mid-season wins against good opponents. We can all look forward to more smiles!