The Cubs will be in DC this weekend and so will I….so the blog will rest…although if I have a few minutes I will check in with a post on the new Nats Park…and the Five Guys that is inside…

Here’s to hoping that both the Cubs and the Magic can get some wins in the meantime…..

“I definitely think we’re still in control [of the series],” —-Rashard Lewis

This quote comes after the Magic’s game three loss to the Raptors….

Rashard….you better get the fellas to drink some more Powerade…….

There is something that has really bothered in the last few weeks when it comes to the draft coverage on all the networks. Everyone keeps mentioning that there is not a “franchise quarterback” in the top three, but how does any “draft expert” know that?

I mean seriously, nobody truly knows how any of these guys, (quarterbacks or otherwise) are going to turn out. Was Akili Smith a franchise quarterback? Tim Couch? The list could go on and on, but, please whatever you do, stop saying there isn’t a “franchise quarterback” in the top 3. Nobody knows who will turn out to be the best quarterback in the draft right now, and we won’t know for at least another five or ten years…

Maybe Chad Henne or John David Booty becomes the next Tom Brady. The same Brady who was a sixth round pick, oh by the way.

I think Matt Ryan has the chance to be good, if he gets picked into the right system. I stood in the pouring rain in Blacksburg a few months ago, and watched as he led a mediocre BC team past the Hokies.

My sleeper pick of the weekend, a total homer pick I know, but still…..Kevin Smith…RB UCF

The guy is a workhorse and will make some team very happy in the 3rd or 4th round…..

Leave your thoughts in the comments as to how you think the draft might go…..

I had a bad feeling that this was going to happen once the Magic got to Toronto…

The Magic looked rattled through a majority of the game. I’m not sure whether it was the crowd noise, or whether the Raptors just started hitting their shots, but they better get it together before game 4…

Hey Jameer, you played great in Games 1 and 2 at home, but you got to Toronto and went off for….6 points….yep, the point guard of the future….

Anyone else realize that Marcin Gortat, who hardly played all year, has taken Adonal Foyle’s minutes?

Was that the artist formerly known as J.J. Redick who made an appearance in the fourth quarter?

Bottom Line: The Magic need to get their perimeter defense together if they have any shot to win game 4….

The Cubs won for the 10,000th time in their history on Tuesday night. The funny thing is that the win came in a game they almost always lose. Going into the 9th the Cubs were down by a run, until Aramis Ramirez deposited a two-run homer into the left-field seats.

So here comes Kerry Wood into close…two quick outs…and then bam-bam the Rockies score a run to tie the game. Here’s where it gets weird for the Cubs and their fans. Wood actually got out of the inning and then the Cubs scored another run in the tenth. Carlos Marmol came in to the game in the bottom half of the inning and shut the door to preserve the win.

This kind of game does not usually happen for the Cubs. They find a way to lose, they don’t find a way to win. These are the types of games that good teams win. Maybe that’s what everybody has to realize this year….the Cubs are good.

The lineup is solid, and is only going to get better when a healthy Soriano returns. The bullpen is solid, especially with two closers at the back, in Wood and Marmol.

Now, I am trying not to think too much like a Cubs fan, because if I do, I’ll realize that what I’m seeing is really just a mirage, and they will figure out a way to start playing badly. I just don’t see that happeneing this year though. This team is as deep as I can remember it in years.

Maybe, just maybe, this is, in fact, the year…..