Badger,

The Pacers are a great team to watch and a match-up nightmare for the Heat. I'm not saying they will win, but they played badly last night and almost won. They won the season series with Miami. They have to win the next game to get back in the series, but they are a very young team. They only have one player over 27 and that's David West.

Paul George is barely 23 (23 years and 21 days) and is becoming a superstar. He came to the NBA at age 20 and averaged 7.8 points. At 21 he averaged 12.1 points and this year he's at 17.4. Look for him at around 22 next year.

Lance Stephenson has an opportunity to be a spectacular player too.

George Hill had an off night but he's a local boy and very solid player. The Pacers are becoming a force in the NBA. Danny Granger missed all season but should be back next year. With another role player or two, the Pacers will be contenders as teams like Miami age...

I's fun to watch them grow together.

Why do people change their names and come back... like we don\'t know who they are?

I know!

Have a take - do not suck!

Don\'t judge someone unless you want to be judged.

Dee Gordon is not a major league player now... maybe not ever!

I was not a Pierre hater. If Ned had a different mix of players he would have been really nice.

Rasmussen knows how to pitch. I think he has a higher upside than Lee (I\'m not high on Lee).

Vold,

Kemp\'s ball got out with a quickness... shoulder problems? Ha!

Who will the manager be? More on that tomorrow...

Sweeney,

I know of what you speak. When I said that Kershaw would going down in history as the greatest Dodger pitcher and even showed that he got to 1,000 innings with a better ERA than Koufax, people attacked what they thought they heard that they wanted me to say. Geeeezzzzzz!

Quas,

I had a daughter taken from me that I was re-united with 26 years later and I had a wife die when my son was nine, but until one has walked in your shoes, they cannot understand how you feel.

That's not Karma and has nothing to do with something you did or didn't do. It's just being in the wrong place at the wrong time. I can't feel your pain and I'm sure it never goes away... your choice is to chose to move on the best you can.

I can tell you I have been through the darkness and I survived and never have a bad day anymore.

Godspeed.

"Horsesh*t. Nobody will ever do what Sandy Koufax did."

How can you say that without seeing Clayton pitch off an 18" mound with a dead ball?

Pederson has a shot at being a very good outfielder.

He is also most likely to be traded as he has no future in the Dodger outfield.

Whether I post or not is generally determined how busy I am, not whether the Dodgers win or lose.

It is good to see 2 in a row against anyone. Gordon and Van Slyke both have looked good.

I'm with Gonzo on this one. I never had a gun until last year. The Colorado shootings were the turning point. I now carry a Glock 17 9 mm with a clip of 17 and my wife has a Smith and Wesson 5-shot hammerless revolver with hollow points. I also have two Mossburg 12 Gauge Presuader's with 18.5" barrels and hand grips hidden in two strategic spots (one beside my bed). I am not paranoid, but I spent 7 years in the bowels of the American Prison System for a crime I did not commit and I know what the criminals are capable of. I never draw my gun and hopefully I never will, but I can use it and I would rather have one and not need it than need one and not have it!

Assualt Rifles? I see no need (for me).

Craigslist, gun shows and underground sales should be banned. Period. Background checks are great although I am fighting with the FBI right now even though my conviction was overturned. They are really stupid sometimes...