THE BROO VIEW with Ken Broo

Random thoughts for this random Thursday....

Best thing about Reds rookie pitcher Mike Leake? He's always around the strike zone, which means the ball gets put in play a lot. He also works very fast. No games go beyond three hours, if Leake pitches into the seventh..

Best thing about Aroldis Chapman's night in Wilkes-Barre, PA? He went six innings, the deepest he's gone into a game this season. He gave up three runs, two earned on a couple of solo home runs. But his control was a lot better than in previous starts...

The Cyclones skate on after winning their second series in these 2010 Kelly Cup playoffs. The 'Clones beat Charlotte Wednesday night, 2-1 in North Carolina. It's starting to feel like 2008 all over again. Next up, Reading, in a series that starts Friday night at US Bank Arena....

How bummed is the NHL that one of it's top young players, Washington's Alex Ovechkin, is done for the season? His team was knocked out of the playoffs Wednesday night by Montreal...

I like getting home in time to watch late NBA playoff action. I watched the Nuggets stay alive Wednesday night by beating the Jazz in Denver. But what I really like is watching Charles Barkley in the TNT studio. Must see TV.....

Clip and save, as they say, the Mets are in first place in the NL East. Anybody want to make book on where the Mets will be a month from now?.....

I think Joe Torre has got trouble. The Dodgers GM spouted off Wednesday about his underachieving team and the the Dodgers husband-wife ownership group is in divorce court. Watching Joe in the dugout Wednesday, he looked like a guy who needed a beer....

Tiger Woods tees off Thursday in his second tournament of the spring. Pardon me while I yawn. We in the media, some of us anyway, have turned professional golf into US Weekly......

The Bengals open rookie camp Friday. Here's who I want to see: former Kansas wide receiver Dezmon Briscoe. He did a free fall to round five, largely on off field issues. But on the field, this dude caught 31 touchdowns in 37 games at KU.......