It's gon' be a good day, tater

Two huge events on the Cleveland sports agenda today.

First, the Cavs can clinch the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference and go up a full game on the Lakers for best overall record with a win tonight in Philadelphia. Our last meeting with the Sixers capped our unholy destruction tour in November and December, and they're a better team now that's fighting to get into the 4/5 matchup in the East.

The good news is that Ben Wallace returned on Wednesday against Washington, and the rotation of Big Ben, Big Z, Anderson Varejao and Joe Smith presents several matchup problems and makes other front lines look lilliputian in comparison. There would be a certain poeticism to losing tonight and slaughtering the Celtics at the Q on Sunday to clinch the top overall seed, but home court the entire postseason is too important, considering our bed-shitting performances against the Lakers this season.

On another note, J.J. Hickson's back injury opened up a roster spot the Cavs filled with Jawad Williams, the Lakewood native who was cut midway through the season. He probably won't see the floor unless it's garbage time, but it's a feel-good story nonetheless. Unless you're J.J. Hickson's back.

Before that takes place, the Tribe faces the Blue Jays in the home opener at the Jake, er, Prog. Our starting pitching has been wretched, but the Rangers have a dynamite offense and they, along with the A's, inexplicably play well against us every time we face them.

Moral of the story, it's not panic time yet, especially not with hot young prospect Scott Lewis taking the mound. He was 4-0 last year with a 2.63 ERA, and with a win today he'd become the first Indians pitcher to win his first five starts since 19-fucking-20. That'd be pretty impressive.

The offense has been mashing reasonably well, Pronk's swing looks fairly clean and the defense has only committed one error through three games. Plus, Ben Francisco hit a meaningless home run the other day. Things are back to normal!

GO TRIBE

LET'S GO CAVS