Yao Ming bested Dwight Howard in the Rockets win over Orlando last night solidifying his position as the top center in the game. A caller on the morning show said that's like saying Ginger is the best looking redhead on Gilligan's island.

--That was a funny comment but the analogy falls a bit short. We are certainly out of the era of great centers but Yao is easy offense and despite being not the fleetest of foot, anchors a top five defensive team. So just because we don't have a lot of 'red heads' on NBA island we do have a center in Yao Ming who is highly productive against almost all the Gingers, Mary Anns and "Loveys" you put him up against. By the way: Ginger over Mary Ann.

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Is Ed Wade a genius for bringing in Jeff Keppinger? Not really, but last night Keppinger's broken bat hit reminded me of those clutch second half wins the Astros earned last year. Now if they can only get about 89 more of these. Latroy Hawkins was cog in last year's second half run. He didn't give up any home runs in brick red in 2008. But last night Alphonso Soriano hit a shot that made Albert Pujols 2005 shot off Brad Lidge jealous.

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