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April 23, 2014 - TEXAS SWEEP!!! 

Mavs beat the San Antonio Spurs 113-92... Tied in the Playoffs 1-1

Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 3-0... Pérez throws 2nd shutout

Stars beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-2... Tied in the Playoffs 2-2

GO MAVS!!!

PLAYOFFS: Dallas Mavericks vs. San Antonio Spurs... Tied 1-1

~ The Spurs have a history of beating us... badly! (Mavs had lost 10 games in a row to the Spurs; 5 consecutive Playoff Games.) They beat everyone badly, you just don't hear about them on Sports Center. And they have the "Coach of the Year" in Greg Popovich! Even with Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili (aka: Giwoboly - he flops too much) and Tony Parker... the Mavs railroaded them in Game 2! 

~ What the Mavs need to do to win out? Play 110%! Every guy on our team has an important role and when they execute like they did in Game 2 - we are unstoppable! The crazy thing was, Dirk wasn't even hitting his shots in the 4th Qtr! Every one else just stepped up! #MustWin
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GO RANGERS!!!

What a start to the Year! Everyone doubted us and look where' we're at... sitting' pretty at 14-8!!! The Rangers are LEADING the American League! 


~ Pitching... dang y'all! We knew Yu Darvish was an Ace, but not too many sports casters were talking up MartĂ­n PĂ©rez. He threw two shutouts, back-to-back! (Shutout: the other team did not score any runs... zero!) He hasn't allowed any runs in his last three starts and has a 1.42 ERA. (ERA - remember, this is Earned Runs Average by the opposing team. The more a team scores against a pitcher, the higher the number... the less a team scores against a pitcher, the lower the number... LOWER IS BETTER, like in golf!) Basically, we started the season with a crazy number of pithcers on the DL, and they're slowly coming back into the rotation. Good times ahead! (Matty H is back Sunday vs. Seattle)

~ Injured... Kevin Kouzmanoff, who has been batting .362 the past two weeks, has a back injury... TBD. Shin-Shoo Choo, our lead off batter and out fielder has an ankle injury that is day to day. Good news... Third Baseman, Adrian Beltre, is back in the line up Friday!! 

We're facing round two of playing the Seattle Mariners...  we won the first series 3-1... we got this! :) 
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Buy your Rangers tickets now!! Great for a family outing! 

GO STARS!!!

PLAYOFFS: Dallas Stars vs. Anaheim Ducks... tied 2-2

~ Y'all know I'm not a huge hockey fan... I grew up in 100 degree weather and in roller skates, not ice skates. However, I do remember Eddie Belfour, Derian Hatcher, Mike Madono, Brett Hull and other guys that won a Stanley Cup years ago! 

Watch this video to catch up on the series and how well the Stars are playing! 

GO COWBOYS!!!

The Cowboys are a mess. Here's a quick video about our QB situation. The Cowboys signed Caleb Hanie today and had already signed Brandon Weeden.


~ The NFL draft starts on May 8th! Let's just say - the Cowboys have a LOT of work to do before then. We all know Jerry Jones would love to weasel his way in and get Johnny Manziel; however, does one team really need 5 QB's when we don't even have a Defensive Line? 

FYI: The Cowboys 2014 Schedule was released yesterday! Start blocking off your calendars! (Tip: you can export the schedule for all sporting events from ESPN calendars to your iPhone, Android, etc. #brilliant

Random Info:
I've officially lost control of my passwords. You're not supposed to write them down, but I'm required to change them every 6 months and you can't use the past three passwords. Then, you have to add a character, %#@^$, that makes you feel like you're typing curse words, all to avoid a bored 15 year old from decrypting your "safety" code to your iTunes account. #overit

Why can't hackers just agree not to hack? Or burglars agree not to bugler? No passwords, no keys. Utopia. Actually, there's a much longer list for that!

Have you seen Draft Day? I haven't yet, but plan on it ASAP!

Pics from my first Rangers Game of the season... it was freezing! 

Hug someone :)

~smile~ 

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