Not Sure, Even Doubt, It Was Such An L.A. Day

Let’s be up front and nice. I once loved both the Lakers and Dodgers and their title winning glory in such seasons as 1965 (Dodgers, with Lou Johnson a Black man calling Sandy Koufax a Jewish man, the greatest, this after race riots had torn into L.A.’s Watts, not long before) and 1988 (Lakers as first repeat NBA champions since the Celtics 19 (Don Nelson’s # and his lucky shot in #7/’69 NBA final) years earlier, with me there, on the TV broadcast sitting behind Dyan Cannon and in the victorious locker room, are moments I treasure to an exponential degree.

I have perhaps sadly, outgrown rooting for teams (I prefer teachers and nurses to name two) however, surely regrettably still root “vs,” and one I root vs, with some success and mucho failure, is Leb James.

Let’s mildly state, I think the “in season tournament” (appropriately held in Las Vegas) result means nada and the fact James, in his futile attempt to climb above say Kareem and Mr. Jordan for sure (I add at least 5 others) on the list of all-time greats, might cite this contrived event to boost his “case,” makes him even more of an egomaniac than I thought.

Now the Lakers, whose best player albeit not as consistent as James, who as I have stated before is an incredibly great player, just not and not near the greatest, is Anthony Davis do loom, certainly in the NBA West and even to win and that unfortunately would elevate James, the whole shabang. (Most said “bang” on some Celts’ hoops, (ode to Jo Jo White) and another “fear” is Silver and ABC get a first Celts/Lakers since 2010.

Mind you there is a long way to go!!

There is a discernibly greater “distance” between a first Fox salivating, Yankees/Dodgers W.S. in 43 years, despite the respective annexations of Soto and Ohtani.

Baseball whose wild card presence gives me far more objective ground for criticism than what might easily be interpreted as unfair overdoing anti Leb sentiment, also taught us yet again, that as now ex manager John “Dusty” Baker “you can say that again’d” my the ‘offs are a crapshoot comment at least ten years ago–they are!!

Toward that end, a major boosted L.A. down from 8 to 5 elsewhere, to 10 (max 25 $’s) to title.

We shall see, but for subjective me, I fear the Lakers, not the Dodgers, as there are far worse potential baseball winners but not many, if any, I want less than my once beloved Lakers.

Toward that end at around 6:08 of the above video, (you probably have to run it a few times, I do) James Worthy, so brilliant and especially so in #7/’88 final vs a great Detroit Pistons’ team, that would win the next 2 crowns, (I told Isiah as he walked with Chuck Nevitt outside the L.A. locker room that the Pistons would “title” the next season) makes an offensive rebound basket.

In an orange shirt I think I still have, (do not worry as I do not wear it and do monitor it) there I am looking down, seemingly not excited, but I was nervous as h–l, as Det had significantly cut into the L.A. lead and then as in the song, “I loved L.A.”

A better way to find me and “on my late parents” it is me, soon after, looking great in a white outfit, Ms. Cannon stands and cheers in exuberant fashion.

Again start it around 6:00 or watch the whole thing, orange shirt, looking down to see if I was recording (where is that tape?!!) and Ms. Cannon cheering.

Andy Warhol/Andy B.–I have had a few.