Maybe I should start drinking

[Mark Piotrowski <markp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

from Obrien in the herald -- i don't know what to say other than i may
be comotose having to watch another game of Walta-ball:

Baker controls destiny
     Vin Baker again was out of the starting lineup, and coach Jim
O'Brien said the matter is in Baker's hands.
     ``It's up to him to produce on the court (and) to do the things he
might be struggling with, which is a seal on the low post and demand
the basketball with a guy on your back, be very mobile,'' O'Brien said.
``I'm hoping that he can get it back to where he gets back in the
starting lineup and gets 25-30 minutes. I don't think he's playing with
the same speed and mobility as he did at the beginning of the year.''
     Asked why that's the case, O'Brien said: ``I don't know. He's
tired, banged up, he's 32 years old. . . . I'm not sure, but he needs
to get it to where I have to have him on the court. Right now Walt is
playing well, Mark (Blount) is playing well at center, Chris Mihm is
playing well.
     ``And our statistics (tell me) that with those three people, by
far - any combination of those three guys - we are at our best
defensively, and that's a very important ingredient for me.''
     Baker did not score in seven minutes last night. He did not
attempt a shot and did not grab a rebound.