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When All of the Sports World Align

Published: April 24, 2009

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Like the summer solstice or an eclipse, which will occur on Saturday, is a rare and an once in a year event.  The four major sports, football, basketball, baseball, and hockey will take place this weekend.

Football will hold its draft, baseball will play a full slate of regular season games, and both basketball and hockey will continue their playoffs.

If there is something that has to be done tomorrow like mowing the yard or perhaps some spring cleaning, get it done before 10 a.m. (CST).

That’s when the marathon that is the draft kicks off, and Detroit will be officially on the clock. Then at noon, basketball and baseball will begin its full day of games. Then at 2 p.m., Pittsburgh and Philadelphia continue their series and the road to Lord Stanley’s Cup.

Then on Sunday, NASCAR will get involved at noon in Talladega. The NFL draft will wrap up when the last pick in the draft, a.k.a. Mr. Irrelevant is selected and baseball, basketball, and hockey will continue their schedule as well.

The downside to all of this is that Spring has sprung for most of the country and it is hard to sit on the couch for much of the day, though I have a feeling most of us will.