I'm not being sarcastic...

...someone else is. This cracked me up for obvious reasons. Comes from a recent chat with DJ Gallo, ESPN's other writer worth reading. (For those who don't know, this question comes from the fact that UConn just hammered the bejeezus out of Louisville in the Women's NCAA title game. But the question isn't the funny part. The answer is).

"J.B. (Dunmore, PA): Better matchup: UConn women's basketball v Louisville women's basketball or Harlem Globetrotters v Washington Generals?

DJ Gallo: I think you are being a bit disrespectful of the Washington Generals. By the way, I do think this raises a good idea: Why not a women's Harlem Globetrotters team? They could entertain the crowd with sound fundamentals. Look, kids! A textbook bounce pass! "

Not the greatest way to start...

But here's an interesting tidbit. From a recap of Thursday's game on ESPN.com.

"Robinson Cano homered and scored a career-best four runs for the Yankees, who avoided their first 0-3 start since 1998".

It is funny, because usually when you avoid your worst start since year xxxx, year xxxx was a horrible year. Turns out that year xxxx was 1998, the year of the greatest team that ever played. They started 0-3 and in fact 1-4, before going 90-30.

90-30. If a team wins nine out of twelve games, ESPN puts it on the highlight reel to showcase how well they are playing. The Yanks did that for 120 games in 1998. They slowed down after that, but wouldn't you? Why bother trying after leavign everyone that far in the dust. Anyway, this year's team is not going to do what that year's team did, obviously. But how could they? They didn't start 0-3.

~The Sports Maunderer~