Stand Back, He's Going to Hurl

Tracy McGrady is attempting a second sports career as a pitcher. That's right, T-Mac has taken up T-Ball, trying out for the Sugar Land Skeeters (who put the 'fly in "fly ball"), an independent team in Texas. Roger Clemens is instructing him*, so that means "The Rocket" is teaching the former Rocket. McGrady is working on a second pitch, so in time he could have the best splitter not named Tiago. In his quest to become a baseball player, we hope McGrady doesn't strike out - except, of course, the batters he faces.

Nobody Loves Raymond: Raymond Felton turned himself in to police last week for owning an unregistered gun, which was brought to the attention of authorities by Felton's wife, who recently filed for divorce. There was no fear of him firing the weapon, since it's common knowledge that Felton, who's making only 40.3% of his field goals this season, can't shoot. When Felton posted bond, it marked the first time this season a player other than Carmelo Anthony bailed the Knicks out.

Tanks for the memories: The 76ers, who should be sponsored by Subway, since they didn't earn "FebruANY" wins in a short month that felt so (foot)long (the march to misery continues in March, as the losing streak extends to 15 games), retired Allen Iverson's #3 jersey Saturday. On a squad searching for answers, at least they can look up in the rafters and see one.

Masking the smell of victory: LeBron James' personal and franchise best 61 points against the Bobcats Monday scent sent a message to Kevin Durant that the MVP race is far from the finish line and reminded us that records, not noses, are meant to be broken.

The Grateful Dead-Eye: Marksman Kyle Korver's all-time mark of 127 consecutive games with a made three-pointer ended last night, as he went 0-5 from beyond the arc for not-so-hotlanta, who fell by 24. Korver knocked down 337 treys during the stretch, meaning his threes have company. Hopefully, when the season is over, he'll have time to reflect on what a long, strange triple it's been.

*providing such useful tips as what order to take the cream and the clear in.

Call Him Maybe (Hey I Just Sweat for You)

Tracy McGrady is asking teams to mcgrade him. The 33-year-old free agent has worked out for the Spurs and Knicks this week. During his prime, he led the league in scoring twice, but lately has been bothered by a bum knee, so we're not sure T-Mac is T-Mobile anymore. In other words, he shouldn't expect the phone to ring with camp invites.

Hall of Famer James Worthy isn't sure Dwight Howard is worthy of being a Laker. Talking to the L.A. Times, he called Howard's hesitance to play there "gibberish" and condemned the center's complainy, conflict-causing conduct last season (he considered that "nonsense"*). Worthy also wasn't above giving a lesson in geography/sociology, observing, "This is not Orlando." You're right, it's L.A., where dozens upon dozens of dramatic divas dwell. Dwight might be right at home there.

*we get the sense that if the interview went 5 minutes more, Worthy would've worked "gobbledygook" into the conversation.