Stellar work, Angels broadcast team.

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As for Oden’s preference on landing spots, his agent Mike Conley Sr. says that Oden has interest in playing for the Miami Heat.

Big surprise.

The Heat hasn’t called but “Greg has talked about Miami,” Conley said. “He has interest. He’s not retiring.” Oden, the No. 1 pick in the 2007 draft, has played just 82 career games for Portland (which released him in March) and averaged 9.4 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.4 blocks.

Whether the Heat takes a flyer on Oden or not – and Miami has nothing to lose, really, if or when they ever deem him healthy – the bigger question is this: With limited financial resources, can Pat Riley significantly upgrade at center during the Big Three era?

That is the big question indeed. The Heat need big bodies in the worst way. Oden, if healthy, would certainly fit the bill.

But who knows how the Heat will look in an entire season from now. They may not even need a Greg Oden.

Rose’s show will take place on Friday at the Belterra Casino Resort in Switzerland County, Indiana. And for a mere $25 for mychoice members and $30 for non-members, you can listen to Rose tell stories about his heyday, get quizzed about a myriad of subjects, and you even ask him any question you want.

“It’s me telling stories about how I got started playing ball, the impact my father had on me as an athlete, signing with the Reds and right on through the breaking of the (all-time) hit record,” Rose said Tuesday in a telephone interview.

There will be graphics on a big screen, questions from an on-stage interviewer to maintain the storyline of river rat Pete growing up near Anderson Ferry all the way through breaking Ty Cobb’s hit record on Sept. 11, 1985, and Rose’s forte, taking questions from the audience.

“That’s what keeps it fresh for me,” Rose said. “You never know what people are going to ask. Somebody will ask a question I haven’t heard before and it calls to mind a story and I’m off and running.”

Sounds like a glorious time.

Adam Schefter joined the boys this morning to discuss Rex Ryan losing 90 pounds since having lap band surgery. The boys throw it to Schefter for insight on Ryan’s surgery, which Schefter gives without a hiccup. But before ending his spiel, Schefter lets the audience know that “that’s skipping a lot of God d@#* snacks, if you know what I’m talking about.”

From there, the boys quickly thank Schefter for his insight and move on.

H/T Game On!

As the second half wore on in game 2, you could see the confidence building in the Pacer bunch and once they held on for the win, the young Pacers couldn’t contain themselves. They celebrated like they had just won the NBA title.

Pacers veteran David West insisted that his young teammates’ “act like they’ve been there” to no avail. And West wasn’t the only one who thought that the Pacers’ celebration was a little much. Dwyane Wade did too.

“I heard they wanted to be like the Dallas Mavericks, in a sense,” Wade said about an apparent reference to Pacers coach Frank Vogel using last year’s Mavs team, which beat the Heat in Miami for the title, as motivation for Indiana. “I saw their little celebration at the end of (Game 2). I don’t know if they didn’t expect to win, but every night we go out on the court, we expect to win.”

“They say their identity, they say they want to be like Dallas,” Wade said. “So they celebrated like Dallas, I guess.”

Told what Wade said, Pacers guard Paul George said he didn’t see anything wrong with what his team did after the game.

“If that’s what he wants to fuel this loss, they should come out just the fact that we came here and took a win from them,” George told FOX Sports Florida. “But we won this like we weren’t surprised. We won it, and went right to the locker room.”

George said Wade was just looking for something to motivate the Heat.

“I think it’s an excuse,” George said. “We won this game fair and square. We walked off and went to the locker room and now we’re ready to get out of here. … It’s the same way when they won (Game 1). They celebrated, so we just did the same thing.”

This is a young Pacers bunch, so you can’t really fault them for celebrating. Game 2 was just an eye opener to them that they have a great opportunity here to get to the conference finals. That’s why they were jubilant after the game.

As for Dwyane Wade, he has more pressing issues to worry about than the Pacers celebrating.

The burglar reportedly entered the garage of the home through a doggy door. Once inside the burglar went through cabinets in garage but was only able to steal a beach cruiser that has an estimated value of $500.

Luckily, the burglar was unable to get into any other part of the house.

Apparently, Strasburg applied the ointment before he went out for his start to loosen up his body. But before he knew, the ointment somehow ended up on a part of his body that it wasn’t intended for. And from there Strasburg had to endure four long innings of a burning, well, you get the idea.

“I can’t really tell you what the problem was, but some Hot Stuff got misplaced,” Johnson said. “It was on his shoulder and evidently – I don’t know how it got to where it got, but it was uncomfortable, to say the least.”

Players found it plausible that the ointment had found the wrong place by accident. Some pitchers will use the Hot Stuff to prepare for a start and get their blood flowing. It is possible the rain and wet conditions caused the ointment to move to the wrong part of Strasburg’s body.

Strasburg, who seemed miffed Johnson had brought up the incident, didn’t address what had gone wrong.

“Yeah, you know, I’m going to keep that in the clubhouse,” Strasburg said.

We’re sure we don’t need to add much more to this. We’re all already in enough pain just thinking about this.

As we speak, the highest bid is only $3,500 for an opportunity that the website values at $10,000. Not so sure we believe throwing around a football with Brett Favre is worth $10,000, but that’s beside the point.

Anyway, if you’re in the Sumrall Mississippi area (sorry to 99% of the country) and you’re interested in being able to watch your child while uttering Brett Favre is like a kid out there, the auction awaits you.  But you better act fast. The auction closes on May 17^th at 3:16.

But alas, it is and has happened. So the Devils are taking drastic measures and unveiling their “No Blue” campaign, which basically asks Devils fans to refrain from selling their tickets to Rangers fans.

The campaign even comes with helpful tips to ensure that tickets don’t end up in the hands of those “take over your arena” Rangers fans.

• If you own seats and have to sell for any of the home games because of conflicts, do NOT list your seats on the secondary market. Blogs such as Fire and Ice, In Lou We Trust, and HFBoards provide you with outlets to speak directly with other Devils fans who are looking for seats. This will ensure you are selling ONLY to other Devils fans. You can ask for pictures or meet them to deliver tickets, to ensure where their loyalty lies.

• If you are unsure about conversing on Devils blogs to sell your tickets, you can call the Devils Fan Experience Team line at 855-DEV-ARMY, and as a service they will help you sell your seats you can’t use, to other Devils fans.

• If you do not own seats already, visit secondary market ticket sales websites including Ticket Exchange to purchase your tickets immediately. Thousands of seats still remain for both Rangers home games at The Garden. Therefore, there is a window right NOW, for Devils fans to swallow up all the remaining tickets for the upcoming Devils home games at the Rock. Seize that opportunity now while it is still available.

Hope this works out for you, New Jersey. It won’t, but we’re still hoping it will.

Hunter left the team on Monday and when Hunter will return is anyone’s guess.

“It’s a personal matter,” Scioscia said. “We’re going to go day-to-day, and we’ll just see where it is. That’s all I’m going to say.”

Hunter flew back to California with the Angels on Sunday night from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where they faced the Rangers last weekend. But Hunter left Angel Stadium several hours before Monday’s game against the Oakland Athletics.

“This is very tough for a father,” Hunter tweeted after leaving Angel Stadium. “Thanks for ur prayers and support. Be Blessed everyone.”