Dodgers Pick On Geezer
The Dodgers' offense woke up today as they jumped on Randy Johnson early and beat the D-Backs 9-5. Russell Martin finished a triple shy of the cycle and Randy Wolf got his 9th win. Nomar got benched, which wasn't surprising since he was 0-for-the-series. In the 7th, Brett Tomko relieved Wolf and sucked. No surprise there. Grady Little had to bring Saito in in the 9th because the artist formerly known as Brett Tomko couldn't hold onto a 6 run lead. What an asshole.

I'm surprised Derek Lowe hasn't pulled an Odalis Perez yet. Lowe's pitched three complete games and lost them all. He gets zero run support, as evidenced by yesterday's shutout. Thus his record stands at 8-7. And here comes Randy Wolf, who seems to get all the runs in the world every time out. The world ain't fair sometimes.

One note on pride: Can we be that proud of beating up on Randy Johnson at this point? The guy is pushing 60. He's lost some velocity, and always seems to be on the DL. He doesn't even have the strength to shove photographers these days.

The NBA Draft
Greg Oden and Kevin Durant went 1-2, as expected, but there were some major surprises in this draft with LA ties.

Lakers' Picks:

Javaris Crittenton - Their best pick, by all accounts. A 6'5" point guard who can penetrate, but can't really shoot. Doesn't really fit the triangle but Phil Jackson likes big guards. Good luck getting any playing time over the mighty Jordan Farmar, though. Still, a solid pick considering these next two.

Sun Yue - Who the hell is this fucking guy? I'd only heard about Yi Jianlian, the Chinese Nikoloz Tskitishvili, in this draft. And now apparently there's some other Chinese dude? Has anyone heard anything important about him? He's a virtual unknown. For all we know he could be a rice farming yak herder from the Guangdong province. And just look at his picture:
He looks like the nervous kid in the back of my sophomore math class. This guy's supposed to help the Lakers? Really? Has he even hit puberty yet?

Marc Gasol - Here's what ESPN's Chad Ford had to say about Gasol:
"Pau Gasol's brother isn't a great prospect, but he does take up space in the middle."
Umm... I'm sorry. Was that supposed to be a compliment? Great. So at least we know the guy's a fat ass. Maybe he can go on Shaq's new reality show.

Clippers' Picks:

Al Thornton - Supposedly, the Clips got good value here. He's listed at 6'7" but most say he's really more like 6' 5.75" His game is supposed to be Corey Maggette-like, meaning they might now have a legit reason to trade Corey. Mike Dunleavy has never warmed up to Maggette, so replacing him with a cheaper, younger player looks like a good solution. Knowing Elgin Baylor, he'll end up packaging Maggette and Tim Thomas for Chris Mihm. Knowing the Lakers, they'll reject this offer.

Jared Jordan - When I heard the Clippers had drafted Jared Jordan, I thought to myself, "Michael Jordan's son is that old already?" But alas, Jared is not the progeny of His Airness, rather an exciting point guard out of Marist. For a second round pick, he is solid. If he can make the squad he'll provide some help for the Sam Cassell/Jason Hart duo. If not, there's always the NBDL.

Deee-troit for Afflalo
And lastly, Arron Afflalo was picked by the Detroit Pistons with the 27th overall pick. The former UCLA star will now get to learn from guys like Richard Hamilton and Tayshaun Prince. If he develops and learns to move without the ball more fluidly, I can see him turning into a stronger, better defending version of Rip.

Of course, he'll probably be spending much of his first season ripping up the NBDL. Maybe he can show Sun Yue how they play ball on this side of the pond.