Randomness: NBA, NASCAR and Golf

Just seven games remain in the first half of the Coastal Plains League and the Forest City Owls can only hope for better in the second half.

Right now, the Owls (6-15) are last in the West division and ½ game back of being in the league's cellar. They went 2-5 over the last week, but Brady Policelli leads the team with 15 RBI this season. Weston Jackson and Max Miller with 19, lead them in hits.

Post 423 is back in action all week. They are at McNair Field on Friday 6/26/15. They still sit eighth in the Western Division of the Area IV standings.

NBA

As predicted, I felt like Golden State would win the title. Nobody would have guessed at the beginning of the series that Andre Iguodala would get the MVP though. I mean, he definitely deserved it. He was clutch whenever they needed him to be.

It was good to see Stephen Curry win a title. After all, he led Davidson during his sophomore year to the Elite Eight and could only get them to the NIT during his junior year before going pro. It does beg the question of whether Curry will ever be a Hornet in his career. He grew up a Hornets fan and his dad had a heck of a career in Charlotte.

NASCAR

Well, if there is some good news in the racing world, NASCAR will have a change in rules package coming up at Kentucky. A reduced spoiler height and a wider splitter gives hope for the potential of better racing. However, it's just for one race. Depending on the style of racing it creates, electronic data and driver feedback, will determine whether to try those rules down the road or scrap the idea totally.

If it wasn't for the handful of driver who met with NASCAR back at Dover about a month ago, none of this would have likely transpired.

Sonoma is up next. The favorite is likely A.J. Allmendinger. Say what??? Yes, I am serious. The road course ace doesn't have Marcos Ambrose to deal with anymore. Jeff Gordon, Carl Edwards, Kevin Harvick, Jimmie Johnson and Tony Stewart are solid road course drivers. Jamie McMurray and Paul Menard are likely underdogs who could do well this weekend. No matter what happens, qualifying is key. Passing is limited. There are only two spots to pass on the entire surface. Only one is the most reasonable, the hairpin turn, the final turn on course.

Golf

I know I don't say too much about golf, but this past weekend's U.S. Open at Chambers Bay may be the most bizarre and interesting golf matches a person could watch. The professionals were playing a major event on what was a mini-putt course.

The course was plenty long enough, maybe even too long, but that's not what I am getting at here. A golfer would place the ball exactly where he wanted, it would stop, then roll 50 feet, stop, then roll into the sand trap. It was just amazing to watch. The greens were awful. They weren't true. Putts were mainly going right. And when putting, golfers would have to play off hills like they were at an amateur putt-putt. Many during the weekend three-putted. As a matter of fact, Dustin Johnson lost by three-putting. He was just 12 feeet from the cup when he began those putts. Jordan Spieth, who won The Masters this year went onto win after a birdie on 18. Tiger Woods (2002) was the last to win both The Masters and The U.S.Open in the same year. That's quite an accomplish, but I have no idea how Chambers Bay will ever get another shot at hosting a big golf event again. It was ridiculous from a golfer's standpoint, but it was entertaining to watch.