Ok, back from Augusta and a mailbox full of stuff. Time to clean it out.

Longtime “Marty & Miller” listener Mark Opsal boldly contends ‘no one cares about the NBA”!

I disagree as the playoffs-especially this year-could be epic. The west is wide open where 6 of the 8 have a legit shot at beating Boston, Detriot or Cleveland coming out of the east. I honestly think we are going to get Lakers-Celtics in a 7 game edge -of-your-seat classic series. Bout’ time!

Ray Bagg (Radar), Beaverdale left a voice mail on his recent trip to the Masters. Bagger Vance was moved to tears at the sheer beauty of Augusta National. He longed for the day that he could cross The Masters off his “To Do List”.  A life long dream realized and an Iowan in Zach Johnson defending!

It is a very special place indeed. At the Par 3 16th hole on Sunday (atop a newly-constructed viewing area intersecting with #6 Tee) I myself was captivated by the view. Off to my right, 15 green and fairway. Below at a sharp decline #16 Green abutted by water. The tall swaying Georgia Pines on a whispy April Sunday. Sans drama on the course below, it afforded me a opportunity to just soak it all in.  Televsion cannot deliver this, no way no how. And where else can you hear bird’s chirping amid a backdrop of denizens numbering thousands.  A Sporting Shrine!