BILL NEAL

 :10 By the next time you hear from me, I'll be coming to you from “Tim-Buk-Tu”…that's a place in Africa for all you Allderdice grads (Debbie Norrell…say what?). Anyway, I am starting to get the same feeling LeBron James is getting.  Yep.  It's over!  That said, I will stay the course and stick with Tim Duncan and One Leg Tony Parker and trust that the Spurs will prove me to be the sports information genius you all know me to be.  "Spurs in Seven."  Take it to the bank!  (Bank might be closed…so be it!)

Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker eats some fruit while watching the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Monday, June 17, 2013, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1

Toronto 2, Colorado 0

Detroit 5, Baltimore 1

Texas 8, Oakland 7

Chicago White Sox 4, Houston 2

L.A. Angels 11, Seattle 3

Boston 5, Tampa Bay 1, 1st game

Cleveland 4, Kansas City 3

L.A. Dodgers at New York, ppd., rain

Toronto 8, Colorado 3

Baltimore 5, Detroit 2

Boston 3, Tampa Bay 1, 2nd game

Oakland 6, Texas 2

Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 5

Houston 10, Milwaukee 1

Seattle 3, L.A. Angels 2, 10 innings

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-2) at N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 6-5), 1:05 p.m., 1st game

Baltimore (Tillman 7-2) at Detroit (Porcello 4-3), 1:08 p.m.

Kansas City (Mendoza 2-3) at Cleveland (Masterson 8-5), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 1-4) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 3-5), 7:05 p.m., 2nd game

Colorado (Nicasio 4-2) at Toronto (Buehrle 3-4), 7:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 4-3) at Boston (Dempster 4-7), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Milone 6-6) at Texas (Grimm 5-5), 8:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-5) at Minnesota (Correia 5-4), 8:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 2-6) at Houston (Bedard 2-3), 8:10 p.m.

Seattle (J.Saunders 5-6) at L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 5-5), 10:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 1-3) at Minnesota (Diamond 4-6), 1:10 p.m.

Oakland (Griffin 5-6) at Texas (Lindblom 0-2), 2:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-6) at Houston (Harrell 5-7), 2:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (M.Moore 8-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Pettitte 5-4), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 4-5) at Detroit (J.Alvarez 1-0), 7:08 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-4) at L.A. Angels (Hanson 4-2), 10:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cumpton 0-0) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 4-5), 12:35 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 6-6) at Houston (Harrell 5-7), 2:10 p.m.

Colorado (Oswalt 0-0) at Washington (Zimmermann 9-3), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Niese 3-6) at Atlanta (Minor 8-2), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Feldman 6-5) at St. Louis (Lynn 9-1), 8:15 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Fife 1-2) at San Diego (Marquis 9-2), 10:10 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 0-5) at San Francisco (Gaudin 2-1), 10:15 p.m.

Pitt center Steven Adams blocks a shot by Providence forward LaDontae Henton. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

The Associated Press

It's officially one and done for Pittsburgh center Steven Adams. Adams started 32 games for Pitt and averaged 7.1 and 6.3 rebounds per game. The 19-year-old led the Panthers with 65 blocks and made 57 percent of his shots while being named to the Big East All-Rookie Team. Considered a project when he signed, Adams improved as the season went on. He had 13 points and 11 rebounds in Pitt's 73-55 loss to Wichita State in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Adams said after the defeat he planned to come back but had a change of heart

NBA Draft: Thursday, June 27 at The Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Steven Adams, Pittsburgh, 7-0, freshman

C.J. Aiken, Saint Joseph's, 6-9, junior

Anthony Bennett, UNLV, 6-8, freshman

Vander Blue, Marquette, 6-4, junior

Lorenzo Brown, N.C. State, 6-5, junior

Reggie Bullock, North Carolina, 6-7, junior

Trey Burke, Michigan, 6-0, sophomore

Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Georgia, 6-5, sophomore

Michael Carter-Williams, Syracuse, 6-5, sophomore

Adrien Coleman, Bethune-Cookman, 6-5, junior

Allen Crabbe, California, 6-6, junior

Dewayne Dedmon, Southern Cal, 7-0, junior

Gorgui Dieng, Louisville, 6-11, junior

Jamaal Franklin, San Diego State, 6-5, junior

Keyondrei "Kiwi" Gardner, Midland (Texas) JC, 5-7, freshman

Archie Goodwin, Kentucky, 6-4, freshman

Tim Hardaway Jr., Michigan, 6-6, junior

Grant Jerrett, Arizona, 6-10, freshman

Christian Kabongo, New Mexico State, 6-4, sophomore

Myck Kabongo, Texas, 6-1, sophomore

Shane Larkin, Miami, 5-11, sophomore

Ricky Ledo, Providence, 6-7, freshman

Alex Len, Maryland, 7-1, sophomore

C.J. Leslie, N.C. State, 6-9, junior

Nurideen Lindsey, Rider, 6-3, junior

Amath M'Baye, Oklahoma, 6-9, junior

Ray McCallum, Detroit, 6-3, junior

Ben McLemore, Kansas, 6-5, freshman

Tony Mitchell, North Texas, 6-8, sophomore

Shabazz Muhammad, UCLA, 6-6, freshman

Nerlens Noel, Kentucky, 6-10, freshman

Victor Oladipo, Indiana, 6-5, junior

Kelly Olynyk, Gonzaga, 7-0, junior

Otto Porter Jr., Georgetown, 6-8, sophomore

Marshawn Powell, Arkansas, 6-7, junior

Phil Pressey, Missouri, 5-11, junior

Andre Roberson, Colorado, 6-7, junior

Trevis Simpson, UNC-Greensboro, 6-4, junior

Tony Snell, New Mexico, 6-7, junior

Tahj Tate, Delaware State, 6-4, sophomore

John Taylor, Fresno Pacific, 6-1, junior

Adonis Thomas, Memphis, 6-7, sophomore

Deshaun Thomas, Ohio State, 6-7, junior

B.J. Young, Arkansas, 6-3, sophomore

Cody Zeller, Indiana, 6-11, sophomore

International

Alejandro Abrines, Barcelona (Spain), 6-6, 1993 (birth year)

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Filathlitikos (Greece), 6-9, 1994

Laszlo Dobos, Zaragoza (Spain), 7-3, 1993

Rudy Gobert, Cholet (France), 7-0, 1992

Livio Jean-Charles, ASVEL (France), 6-8, 1993

Sergey Karasev, Triumph (Russia), 6-7, 1993

Raul Neto, Lagun Aro GBC (Spain), 6-1, 1992

Lucas Riva Nogueira, Estudiantes (Spain), 7-0, 1992

Alexandre Paranhos, Flamengo (Brazil), 6-8, 1992

Bogdan Radosavljevic, Bayern Munich (Germany), 6-11, 1993

Dennis Schroder, New Yorker Phantoms (Germany), 6-1, 1993

Strahinja Stojacic, Smederevo (Serbia), 6-5, 1992

Daniel Theis, Ratiopharm (Germany), 6-8, 1992

Janis Timma, Ventspils (Latvia), 6-7, 1992

Marko Todorovic, Barcelona (Spain), 6-10, 1992

Note: Country indicates where team plays, not country of nationality. Players cound withdraw up to June 17.

Pedro Alvarez strikes out against Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Tony Cingrani in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Monday, June 17, 2013, in Cincinnati. Cincinnati won 4-1. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

As of Monday morning the Pittsburgh Pirates had a six game lead on  the San Francisco Giants and  the San Diego Padres as far as a claiming a potential wild card spot in the MLB National League race toward the post season.

The only thing that worries me, I mean really really, worries me is the Bucs’ lack of consistency on offense.  I am really concerned that once the offense catches up to the pitching there might be a slew of arms that might be too worn out to be effective even if Pittsburgh advances.