For the life of me, I can't understand the excitement over Daisuke Matsuzaka's spring training "debut" yesterday. Yes, he pitched two scoreless innings, striking out three (and giving up a double). But does this really tell us anything? The Sox were playing against Boston College. The only way this would have been interesting is if his arm had fallen off.
Pop-culture maven and basketball fan Chuck Klosterman has a nice piece attempting to deconstruct Gilbert Arenas. The article gets at why I think everyone (including myself) seems to like him so much: he's acutally willing to admit that his personality is at least partially self-consiously constructed. I think we're all that way, but it's rare for anyone (especially someone famous) to actually admit it. He's just a tough guy not to like. Part of it is just his naturally warm and playful personality. But even when he talked up the 50-point game in Portland and then stunk out the joint, it made him seem more real and human...how many of us have talked big sometime and then didn't come through?
Last night I had the pleasure of watching one of the most thrilling basketball games in recent memory, Texas' double-overtime win over Texas A&M. I wouldn't want to play either of these two teams in the tournament. This game not only featured likely top-2 pick Kevin Durant (30 pts), and unofficial NCAA clutch player of the year Acie Law IV (33 pts, with two 3's in the final seconds of both the 4th quarter and the first overtime to tie the game), but had a hilarious moment that had the guys in my dorm laughing it up at the time - the video is up at Deadspin.
