Baseball, basketball and the Ottawa Senators

The baseball season is approaching June and the American League East is already shaping up as a three team affair. The Red Sox, Yankees and Blue Jays are creating separation from the rest and I believe that will be the way the balance of the season will go. The Blue Jays need to hang in there until A.J. Burnett gets back in June and it's looking like they have the horses to do just that. Even with a sub par performance last night by Roy Halliday, the jays won another series with the Angels and as long as they keep on winning series, they will figure in the race in September.

This is a big weekend with the Yankees facing the Mets and the Red Sox playing Philadelphia. The Blue Jays may fly into June in first place if they take care of Colorado. They have great balance, have dealt with injuries and may have the best depth of any of the top teams in the A.L. Troy Glaus got hit in Los Angeles but appears to be ok, and so far, their every day players have played without serious injury. That may be the key. To date they are as good as advertised with Janssen providing a great spark by pitching well, and beyond expectation.

Look out for the Pistons tonight. While they trail the series with Cleveland, I still suspect they can win the series but tonight's game is the series. They must force a seventh game back in Detroit and must figure out how to stop Lebron from imposing his will on this series. He is, without doubt, the newest and greatest, capable of taking this team of Cavs on his shoulders. The Heat must be licking their chops seeing that Detroit is vulnerable

I think Dallas could have won out west, but without Jason Terry, I don't like their chances winning in Dallas and game 7 at the Alamo will be a fight they are bound to lose. I also think Phoenix is in big trouble even though they get to play at home. Their interior defence isn't there and Steve Nash is OOG (Out of Gas) Look for the Clips to move on.

But one thing for sure - the basketball playoffs have been far more entertaining than the NHL playoffs, even though seeing Ottawa and their civil servant fan base choke on their egos was worth the Leafs flunking out