Things seem to be upside down in LaLa Land ... while the Lakers and the Clippers are both struggling in their second round NBA playoff series the Kings are rolling through the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Kings beat Phoenix last night and now hold a 3-0 lead in the Western Conference Final ... they are one win away from a trip to the Stanley Cup Finals. The team that came into the playoffs as the eight seed in the west has shocked the world ... or more accurately has proven to us what we sometimes forget ... the fact that sometimes the second season can be entirely different from the first.
"Just get in baby ... then anything can happen." The Kings are 11-1 in the second season. Enough said ...

The Red Sox Cody Ross made amends last night. After he turned a routine fly ball into an ugly adventure on Wednesday night under the dome at Tampa Bay he bounced back with his bat last night, driving in four of Boston's five runs in a 5-3 win over the Rays. The Sox get a split with the Rays ... now it is into Philadelphia ... three with the Phillies ... and the hope is they don't have to worry about facing Jonathan Papelbon. Hey, if the Phils don't have the lead heading to the ninth there will not be a need to bring in their closer.

Oh, has anyone noticed the Yankees lately? They fell 4-1 in Toronto to the Jays last night ... two loses at Rogers Centre in which they were outscored by a combined score of 12-1. Sorry ... I just couldn't resist ...