Sean B. Fitzgerald It doesn’t go something like this, it goes exactly like this.

10May/090

Headlines (Happy Mother’s Day)

Denver goes up 3-0 on Dallas after controversial no-call
With six seconds left, Dallas Maverick's forward Antoine Wright fouled Carmelo Anthony. They had a foul to give.  He fouled him, but it wasn't called. Realizing this, Carmelo Anthony continued play by hitting a go-ahead 3-pointer with 1.0 second left. Denver ended up winning and now have a stranglehold on the series. The foul was blatant. Wright reached in to swipe the ball and almost bumped Anthony out of bounds. But the referees who had called 61 fouls in the game up into that point, decided that it wasn't intentional enough. Is it that difficult to find competent officials for the NBA? The NBA has been criticized for years about their terrible officiating, yet they continue to trot out guys who would have a diffcult time calling a CYO game. I know that David Stern doesn't like Mark Cuban, but does he have to make his hatred for him so obvious.

Yankees lose to the Orioles 12-5
I do not want to talk about it.

Last night, Justin Timberlake appeared on Saturday Night Live for the (counting on fingers), thirtieth time. In the show, which runs for about an hour and a half, he sang for an hour. The SNL writers, which had three weeks to write quality comedic material, just made sure that Timberlake's ego was properly stroked. The whole episode was a Justin Timberlake comedy hour, minus the comedy. The audience was full of old N'SYNC fans who would cheer and scream if he picked his nose. Lines that were not funny were greeted with laughter and applause. It was rather self-serving.

I admit it, he is talented. He can sing, dance, and not forget his lines. But I can only take so much of him winking and pining for the camera. So Justin, take Jessica Biel and your millions, and go buy an island. Live there. Enjoy it. You don't need to dress up like a boob and do parody songs for a crappy skit show. By the way, the digital short was good (See above).

26Mar/091

Insane AIM sports argument Part 1…

My friend John and I are both die-hard Yankee fans. That's probably the foundation of our friendship. We go to games together, can talk for hours about their bullpen, and both wear Yankee merchandise. And sports in general are at the center of our respective lives. However, there are many aspects of sports that we disagree on. And it's not just a playful disagreement. Sometimes, things get too heated and one of us has to leave before the friendship is ruined. The debates and arguments can last for hours and take up serious time. Time that could be spent with girlfriends or doing something productive.

Well, I instant-messaged him this evening. The conversation started off innocuously enough. We were talking about how the New York Rangers blew a 4-1 lead and lost. Then somehow the conversation shifted over to Big East vs. ACC basketball, and then finally, to who was the better college freshman: Chris Bosh or Carmelo Anthony? The answer seems simple, right? Anthony. It's Anthony. No question. There is no doubt in my mind, or 98% of the American population. Well, he took the side of Chris Bosh. Which is very convenient considering that his older brother attends Georgia Tech. I tried my best to convince him otherwise, but the guy is the most stubborn human being on Planet Earth.

So right now, I am going to present to you the AIM conversation we had. You don't have to read the whole thing. This is more for me than it is for you. Please keep in mind that:

A) It is an AIM conversation, so the correct spelling, grammer, and punctuation will be absent.
B) It may seem we are trying to be nice to eachother, but this is a serious debate and we're serious competitors.
C) It's long. Like War and Peace long. Don't read it if you have ANYTHING else to do. Here we go...

fitz350z (10:09:49 PM): i love the big east too much
Jazz92187 (10:10:24 PM): im an acc fan
Jazz92187 (10:10:32 PM): but i like syracuse
Jazz92187 (10:10:38 PM): and big east basketball
Jazz92187 (10:11:38 PM): i just think the top 4 teams in acc are better than the big east
Jazz92187 (10:11:52 PM): not always, but mostly
fitz350z (10:12:08 PM): uconn, pitt, syracuse, louisville is better
Jazz92187 (10:12:38 PM): this year i agree
fitz350z (10:12:42 PM): yeah
Jazz92187 (10:12:48 PM): but usually its not the case
fitz350z (10:12:58 PM): unc, duke is always better
Jazz92187 (10:13:28 PM): GT is good 1 yr, bad the next
Jazz92187 (10:13:46 PM): BC is consistant but doing worse
Jazz92187 (10:13:53 PM): FSU is on the rise
Jazz92187 (10:14:07 PM): wake is good 4 most part
fitz350z (10:14:07 PM): but big east>ACC, for a while
Jazz92187 (10:14:42 PM): in the past 10 yrs who won more ships
fitz350z (10:14:53 PM): probably big east
Jazz92187 (10:14:54 PM): uconn cuse
fitz350z (10:14:57 PM): uconn twice
Jazz92187 (10:15:10 PM): unc duke
fitz350z (10:15:15 PM): maryland
Jazz92187 (10:15:30 PM): was that late 90s or 2000
fitz350z (10:15:34 PM): 2002
Jazz92187 (10:15:42 PM): 3-3
fitz350z (10:15:49 PM): ill look it up
Jazz92187 (10:16:04 PM): GT played uconn in ship
Jazz92187 (10:16:29 PM): see if u can find the two teams in it 2
Jazz92187 (10:16:41 PM): ill look 2
fitz350z (10:17:14 PM): 04: uconn/gt
fitz350z (10:17:25 PM): 05: unc/illinois
fitz350z (10:17:31 PM): 03: cuse/kansas
fitz350z (10:17:40 PM): 02: maryland/indiana
fitz350z (10:17:48 PM): 01: duke/arizona
fitz350z (10:17:57 PM): 00: michigan st/fla
fitz350z (10:18:07 PM): 99: connecticut/duke
Jazz92187 (10:18:08 PM): go up
Jazz92187 (10:18:22 PM): 06-08
Jazz92187 (10:18:31 PM): kansas memphis
fitz350z (10:18:31 PM): 06: fla/ucla
Jazz92187 (10:18:34 PM): yea
fitz350z (10:18:36 PM): 07: fla/ohio st
Jazz92187 (10:18:39 PM): yea
Jazz92187 (10:18:42 PM): got it
fitz350z (10:18:42 PM): 08: kansas/memphis
fitz350z (10:18:57 PM): 98: uk/utah
Jazz92187 (10:19:04 PM): so acc has played 4 the ship more times
fitz350z (10:19:06 PM): 97: zona/uk
Jazz92187 (10:19:14 PM): past 10 yrs
Jazz92187 (10:19:25 PM): but overall each won 3
fitz350z (10:19:32 PM): which is what matters
Jazz92187 (10:19:47 PM): id stick w/acc
fitz350z (10:20:00 PM): overall big east>acc
fitz350z (10:20:13 PM): georgetown/st johns/seton hall used to dominate
fitz350z (10:20:27 PM): nova
Jazz92187 (10:20:40 PM): i agree that the compotiotion is betta
Jazz92187 (10:21:23 PM): my argument is that the acc top 4 is better than big east top 4
Jazz92187 (10:21:28 PM): not all the time
Jazz92187 (10:21:31 PM): but overall
fitz350z (10:21:42 PM): other than duke/unc...who?
fitz350z (10:21:44 PM): maryland?
Jazz92187 (10:21:55 PM): wake
Jazz92187 (10:22:05 PM): FSU
Jazz92187 (10:22:09 PM): this year
Jazz92187 (10:22:21 PM): its UNC, duke, FSU, Wake
Jazz92187 (10:22:27 PM): those are my top 4
fitz350z (10:22:50 PM): but you agree than uconn/pitt/louisville/cuse is much better this year
Jazz92187 (10:23:01 PM): yea this yr but not overall
Jazz92187 (10:23:10 PM): i said that earlier
fitz350z (10:23:29 PM): wake/fsu hasnt been good historically
Jazz92187 (10:23:40 PM): FSU is on the rise i think
Jazz92187 (10:23:43 PM): wake is too
Jazz92187 (10:23:53 PM): FSU more
fitz350z (10:24:00 PM): wake's players are gonna go to the NBA
fitz350z (10:24:12 PM): so is toney douglass of FSU
Jazz92187 (10:24:29 PM): GT would b good 2 if the players stayed instead of leaving afta 1 year
fitz350z (10:24:39 PM): true
Jazz92187 (10:24:59 PM): if bosh was on the team in 04 unconn had no shot
Jazz92187 (10:25:06 PM): uconn
Jazz92187 (10:25:12 PM): thats a fact
Jazz92187 (10:25:37 PM): bosh, schensure, elder, jack, muhammed
fitz350z (10:25:39 PM): if cuse had anthony, GT didnt stand a chance
Jazz92187 (10:25:58 PM): i disagree
fitz350z (10:26:02 PM): if those cuse players stayed together
fitz350z (10:26:07 PM): four ships
Jazz92187 (10:26:16 PM): i love cuse but i disagree
fitz350z (10:26:16 PM): mcnamara, warrick, melo
fitz350z (10:26:25 PM): they did it as freshman
fitz350z (10:26:38 PM): they would def did it as sophs, juniors
Jazz92187 (10:26:39 PM): warrick played 3 years didn't he?
fitz350z (10:26:44 PM): yeah
Jazz92187 (10:26:56 PM): the only guy who left was melo
fitz350z (10:27:01 PM): he was everything
fitz350z (10:27:10 PM): he carried that team as a frosh
fitz350z (10:27:16 PM): he would dominate
Jazz92187 (10:27:25 PM): bosh woulda been a soph in 04
fitz350z (10:27:33 PM): same wit melo
Jazz92187 (10:27:49 PM): ur sayin melo is betta than bosh
fitz350z (10:27:58 PM): as a college player, yes
Jazz92187 (10:28:09 PM): disagree
fitz350z (10:28:20 PM): melo won the ship as a frosh
fitz350z (10:28:26 PM): you cant disagree
fitz350z (10:28:35 PM): you just cant
Jazz92187 (10:28:38 PM): bosh was surrounded by dumbasses
Jazz92187 (10:28:50 PM): he made them betta
fitz350z (10:28:54 PM): no ship
Jazz92187 (10:28:56 PM): he brought ppl in
Jazz92187 (10:28:58 PM): so
Jazz92187 (10:29:03 PM): like u said
Jazz92187 (10:29:09 PM): melo had mcnamera
Jazz92187 (10:29:13 PM): warrick
Jazz92187 (10:29:19 PM): bosh had no one
Jazz92187 (10:29:24 PM): just him
fitz350z (10:29:33 PM): he still was the MOP of the tourney
Jazz92187 (10:29:41 PM): if u put leborn on gt than yea gt would win
fitz350z (10:29:54 PM): bosh averaged 15 and 9 his fresh year
fitz350z (10:30:00 PM): melo averaged 22 and 10
Jazz92187 (10:30:21 PM): bosh had to do everything
Jazz92187 (10:30:34 PM): melo had some semi-talented guys
Jazz92187 (10:30:45 PM): thats why he was betta
Jazz92187 (10:30:54 PM): those guys made him betta
fitz350z (10:30:54 PM): i totally disagree
fitz350z (10:30:58 PM): watch those games
fitz350z (10:31:04 PM): melo CARRIED cuse
fitz350z (10:31:18 PM): he scored 33 points against Texas in the Final Four
Jazz92187 (10:31:42 PM): melo had ppl to help him tho
Jazz92187 (10:31:53 PM): even if they sucked during the tourney
Jazz92187 (10:32:02 PM): bosh had NO 1
fitz350z (10:32:24 PM): elder was a soph
fitz350z (10:32:30 PM): jack was a fresh
fitz350z (10:32:38 PM): schensher was a soph
Jazz92187 (10:32:39 PM): if bosh went to cuse and melo went to tech i bet the same thing happens
fitz350z (10:32:42 PM): he had people
fitz350z (10:32:54 PM): elder, jack, schenscher
Jazz92187 (10:32:57 PM): jack wasnt jack til 05
fitz350z (10:33:01 PM): still john
fitz350z (10:33:07 PM): c'mon
Jazz92187 (10:33:12 PM): elder wasnt elder til 04
Jazz92187 (10:33:17 PM): c'mon
fitz350z (10:33:19 PM): john
fitz350z (10:33:21 PM): bad argument
fitz350z (10:33:23 PM): just bad
Jazz92187 (10:33:44 PM): give me the stats of pts avg between each team in 03
fitz350z (10:34:01 PM): cuse had 1 senior
fitz350z (10:36:53 PM): in 2003, bosh AND elder won team MVP
fitz350z (10:37:03 PM): he had help
fitz350z (10:39:12 PM): they were 2-14 in conference that season, usually a transcendant player musters up a couple more wins than that. cuse was 13-3 in conference
Jazz92187 (10:40:09 PM): bosh 15, elder 15, jack 9, schenscher 3, muhammad 5
fitz350z (10:40:28 PM): so he had help. thats about the same for melo
fitz350z (10:40:44 PM): cept melo had 22 a game
Jazz92187 (10:42:31 PM): McNamara 13, melo 22, warrick 14, duany 11, edlin 9
Jazz92187 (10:43:06 PM): cuse had better scorers in 03
Jazz92187 (10:43:09 PM): fact
fitz350z (10:43:33 PM): melo was a better college player. fact
fitz350z (10:43:52 PM): all i gotta say is 33 pts in the final four
fitz350z (10:44:06 PM): rewatch that tourney, he CARRIED cuse.
Jazz92187 (10:45:08 PM): 1 sec researching
fitz350z (10:45:50 PM): i would change my position if i was wrong. i did the research and it only backs up what i though initially
Jazz92187 (10:47:01 PM): they were 16-15 7-9 in acc
fitz350z (10:47:16 PM): i dunno where i got 2-14.
fitz350z (10:47:18 PM): still
Jazz92187 (10:47:40 PM): on paper, cuse had more talent in 03
Jazz92187 (10:47:43 PM): than GT
fitz350z (10:47:54 PM): i agree
Jazz92187 (10:47:58 PM): besides elder it was all bosh
fitz350z (10:47:58 PM): thats not the point though
Jazz92187 (10:48:08 PM): it is tho
fitz350z (10:48:12 PM): melo's numbers weren't inflated because of who was around him
fitz350z (10:48:23 PM): he generated his own shots
Jazz92187 (10:48:25 PM): bosh coulda been better w/better ppl around him
fitz350z (10:48:31 PM): of course he could of
Jazz92187 (10:48:39 PM): do i have to look up FG %
Jazz92187 (10:48:44 PM): from both
fitz350z (10:48:52 PM): different positions
Jazz92187 (10:48:54 PM): cause id rather watch the game
fitz350z (10:48:57 PM): cant use that
Jazz92187 (10:49:02 PM): y not
fitz350z (10:49:15 PM): because Bosh takes different shots. closer to the basket
Jazz92187 (10:49:23 PM): fitz350z (10:48:30 PM): he generated his own shots
Jazz92187 (10:49:28 PM): thats FG%
Jazz92187 (10:49:32 PM): hes a PF
Jazz92187 (10:49:36 PM): wat do u expect
fitz350z (10:49:45 PM): he was a 3 that year. at the wing
Jazz92187 (10:50:17 PM): then they played same position
fitz350z (10:50:23 PM): on paper yes
fitz350z (10:50:25 PM): PF
fitz350z (10:50:32 PM): doesnt mean they did the same things
fitz350z (10:50:38 PM): bosh was on the block all year
Jazz92187 (10:50:44 PM): let me ask u this
Jazz92187 (10:50:50 PM): swap the two
Jazz92187 (10:51:12 PM): does melo take GT to tourny
Jazz92187 (10:51:22 PM): does bosh help cuse win in 03
fitz350z (10:52:04 PM): i dont think bosh does because I cant in good conscience say that he does the same things in the tourney that melo did. melo could've taken GT far
fitz350z (10:52:25 PM): Melo made macnamara/warrick better
Jazz92187 (10:52:26 PM): true point we'll never no
Jazz92187 (10:52:44 PM): but fiction wise
fitz350z (10:53:01 PM): thats the good thing about fiction, you can make up anything
Jazz92187 (10:53:25 PM): true but ur honest opinion does melo lead GT to tourney
Jazz92187 (10:53:53 PM): i bet they do worse and he does worse as a result
fitz350z (10:54:05 PM): i bet they make the tourney at least
Jazz92187 (10:54:15 PM): idk
Jazz92187 (10:54:28 PM): thats an argument both of us i guess really cant make
Jazz92187 (10:54:59 PM): im agree'in to disagree cause frankly i dont give a shit, i just wanna watch the game lol
fitz350z (10:55:28 PM): me too, but im right, so anyway, the game.
Jazz92187 (10:55:38 PM): dude
Jazz92187 (10:55:47 PM): u cant end an argument by saying ur right
fitz350z (10:55:54 PM): when im right i can
Jazz92187 (10:56:01 PM): i dont think u are
fitz350z (10:56:17 PM): most arguments in sports are subjective, this is objective
Jazz92187 (10:56:21 PM): cause if u but it that way then I'm right lol
Jazz92187 (10:56:54 PM): I'M RIGHT AND NO BODY BEATS ME lol
fitz350z (10:57:08 PM): sometimes ur right, sometimes im right
Jazz92187 (10:57:23 PM): im not sayin ur wrong but im not sayin ur right
Jazz92187 (10:57:41 PM): by u telling me that ur right and im wrong isnt right
fitz350z (10:57:43 PM): i will admit to this...bosh is a much better pro
Jazz92187 (10:57:54 PM): we both already no that
Jazz92187 (10:58:08 PM): u no wat tho
Jazz92187 (10:58:33 PM): if u really think bout can u really compare the 2 in college cause they only played 1 year
fitz350z (10:58:49 PM): not really
Jazz92187 (10:58:52 PM): if u really think bout it
fitz350z (10:58:53 PM): but for 1 year
fitz350z (10:58:56 PM): that year
fitz350z (10:58:59 PM): that 1 year
fitz350z (10:59:03 PM): melo>bosh
Jazz92187 (10:59:04 PM): its more like 1 year yea
fitz350z (10:59:15 PM): that 1 year
Jazz92187 (10:59:24 PM): nope lol
fitz350z (10:59:24 PM): for the past seven years, its been bosh
fitz350z (10:59:30 PM): 5*
fitz350z (10:59:37 PM): but 2003: Melo
Jazz92187 (10:59:43 PM): nope lol
fitz350z (10:59:50 PM): well you're wrong, so
Jazz92187 (11:00:01 PM): ur wrong so
Jazz92187 signed off at 11:00:11 PM.