Random thoughts not suitable to stand on their own

Some quick thoughts before I head off to work this morning:

• I can't really say that I'm happy that Florida won the National Championship last night, although I think it is somewhat cool that their 5 starters all decided to return and attempt a repeat. The NBA's goofy "1 year after high school rule" is pretty lame in my opinion, but at least it increases the number of skilled players in NCAA basketball. The National Championship was only the 3rd time during the tourney that I actually made a conscious effort to watch any games. One of the other times, I was actually AT the tourney, watching Round 2 action in Buffalo - Butler beating Maryland and Pitt pulling out an OT win over VCU.
• Congrats to my cousin Katie, who is in 8th grade, is an excellent dancer and gets a kick out of watching the Disney Channel and ABC Family. Katie won our family's pool by picking Florida because... "that's where Disneyworld is!" I was eliminated after picking 19 of the first 32 games correctly, then watching Wisconsin bow out in the Regional Semis. Congrats Kate!
• I'm glad the Braves won their home opener.
• I'm glad for Royals fans that Gil Meche had a very nice opening day performance vs the Red Sox. I'm sure some of my friends are even more excited that Curt Schilling didn't, but I don't really hate the guy like they do. Still, it was fun to come home from work yesterday afternoon and see a full Kauffman Stadium, with a guy pitching like he deserves the free agent contract he was awarded this winter. Alright...maybe he wasn't quite that deserving, he didn't throw a perfect game or anything, but the Royals took a lot of heat this winter, and I'm glad for them, that for at least their home opener, they looked like a real baseball team.
• Yesterday was Jersey Day at my place of employment. I wore my Chipper Jones jersey, and was not surprised at the number of Yankees jerseys floating around. I don't get though, why Yanks fans buy jerseys with players' last names on them. The Yankees have NEVER had player names on their jerseys, but yet, every single jersey I saw yesterday had, in small crappy block font, JETER or POSADA. Get it together Yanks fans...if you're such great fans, then you should know who #2 is that plays for the pinstripes.
• I've heard two different media personalities state "watch out for the Brewers" over the course of the past week. Apparently they have good pitching...
• I think Jake Peavy is going to learn an awful lot about pitching playing with Gregg Maddux for a full season.
• I absolutely hate the Mets, but I love Tom Glavine. I was happy to see him get off to a good start. The Mets biggest problem this year will be starting pitching, though I think it will be possible for their lineup to score 8 runs every game.
• The Sabres can clinch the Northeast Division and Eastern Conference title tonight vs Pittsburgh. I fully expect the Sabres to come out firing...Drew Stafford (NHL Rookie of the Month for March) hinted in an interview that his teammates didn't want another game to pass without wrapping up the division and conference. The Sabres haven't won their division since 1997, and haven't finished 1st in their Conference in the regular season since 1980.