The Cardiac Kids strike again...

I don't really know that I can accurately describe my emotions yesterday, except that they went from hopeless (work), to hopeful (rainout), to happy (T, Joe and the Bing!), to confused (the game's not on TV down here?!?), to resourceful (laptop + internet = game), to ecstatic (up by 15!), to concerned (down by 1), to happy (up by 1), to hopeless (down by one), to out-of-my-mind-batshit-insane (Lucious!!!!!!!), to awkward (Jennifer?), and then to bed. What follows is a photo collage of my experiences:

Rainout! Which = Time with Mister Tyrone...

But they didn't have the game on at the bar!! Thank God for laptops, because I would never have lived it down had I missed...THE SHOT! (The "smiling" blueberry muffin below has nothing to do with baseball; it was just proof that God loves me and everying will be OK.)

Dray-mond!!!! (#23, representing Saginaw!!!)

One of my favorite pictures of the game, Korie and coach. So Sweet!

Gotta love coach Izzo's enthusiasm, too. :) Bring on the children of the corn!

Of all the articles/blogs I've read so far on "the moment", my buddy J. Davis, I think, described it best (in the Oakland Press):

Down one.

Just a little more than 6 seconds to play and your best decision maker is on the bench wearing (sweet-looking) sweats and a boot Shaquille O'Neal would have trouble fitting into.

Your 6'7," 240-pound sixth man (Draymond Green) catches the inbounds pass and dribbles into the frontcourt.

Three seconds left.

That power forward almost blasts your starting power forward (Delvon Roe) in the head with the ball; but he ducks.

Two seconds left.

Your back-up point guard (Korie Lucious) catches the pass.

One second left.

Gives a little upfake. Takes a step to his left. Fires up a three for the win...Cash money.

That's exactly how the end of Michigan State's second round, 85-83, win over Maryland in the second round of the 2010 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament went.

Anyhoo, back to baseball. The Rays are up 11-4 and have hit six homers so far, making for a long day. I'm pretty sure I'm going to take my laptop out on the porch, enjoy the sunshine and finish out there. :)

Later, kiddos.

-Sportsgal