Slow week

There has been little material this week that has warranted my attention.  I hope the Phillies win the series, only cuz I don’t want the bandwagon Rays fans to be rewarded.  Tom Brady’s knee will be fine, as the media continues to try to makethe patriots organization look terrible.  And until I hear from a legit source the correct news (ie Robert Kraft, Brady, or Belichick) I’m figuring Tom will be ready for 09.  Lute Olsen changed his mind, or had it changed for him as he’s out at Arizona, talk about a fall from grace.  Olsen could do no wrong in the 90s, now he’s loosing recruits to Europe.  Terrell Suggs went public with what goes on defensively with every NFL team.  Kellen Winslow continues to think he’s more important than he is.  The NFL this year is like listening to a kid with ADHD, too many things going on and no depth in any topic.  Jose Canseco apologized since his additional 15 minutes of fame are over, no one accepted it.  The big match up in college football is OSU/PSU, as pretty much everyone is still rooting against the buckeyes.  It will be a good game, and should go down to the wire in the Horseshoe.  I like the buckeyes by 4… 28-24.

Here’s to the weekend

Absolutely nothing on TV tonight, unless you like watching blue foosball fields.  There’s a full slate of college football, but i’ll be glued to the OSU/MSU match-up.  For the big game of the week; I like Mizzu to beat Texas… but keep in mind the real show starts saturday night.  The BoSox try to keep the momentum in Tampa.  Let’s see how the Rays react to their 1st gut punch and on a side note is there anything that says you’re minor league more than cowbells?  Here’s hoping my playoff beard makes it through the weekend!

p.s. UFC 89 is on spiketv at 9pm saturday… taped delay from england, but it’s free

Red Sox Rollercoaster

There have been so many ups and downs being a sox fan, everyone knows most of the details.  On a personal note, in 2004 when the sox went down 3-0 to the hated yankees, the drunken demoralized author of this blog said it was over… but my college roomate said that it wasn’t.  He’s a Cleveland everything fan, and can pretty much match heartbreak for heartbreak.  But I was so convinced it was over that I said I would by a keg for the 1st game of the world series (our dorm room was a 10×12, standard cramped living).  And as the sox celebrated in yankee stadium I could not be happier, and gladly worked the extra hours to scrounge up the change for the keg that we sneaked into the dorms and watched game 1 with about 10 people attempting to kill a keg. 

Last night’s comeback recharged a lot of Boston batteries and shows that omens can be interpreted in a number of ways.  The Citgo sign that went up in flames… take it as you may, I thought it was a positive sign from the Getgo.  As the Rays donkey-stomped the sox in the 1st two games in Fenway, outscoring them 22-4 in the process, my emotions could be not better described than this clip.

And as the sox went down 4 nothing, i had to take a break, flipped on the office to mentally take a rest before watching what would not be the last few innings of the 2008 red sox.  You know how the comeback goes and when JD Drew came up with another huge hit (still feels weird saying that) a city and a fan base rejoiced as the sox live for another day!  It was great to finally see the guys play with some emotion, and as Youk (peter as my girlfriend would call him) almost took out Pedroia after crossing the plate, you knew things had changed.  

The boston pitchers sound great on paper, Game 6 Beckett, Game 7 Lester, but they don’t play games on paper, they play them in televisions.  Saturday’s first pitch cannot come quick enough!

Womp Womp Womp

Pacman Jones… show it off.  You already know that the NFL is looking for a reason to suspend you, anything you do on or off the field will be used against.  So he decides to get all liquored up and have a shoving match with his bodyguard.  Now the NFL is reading him his rights. 

“You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you by the Duke. You have the right to have a radio personality present during interviews. If you cannot afford a radio personality, one will be appointed for you by ESPN. Do you understand these rights?”

And this talk of maybe just a 4 game suspension, I’ll be amazed if it is that short.  The NFL is selective in who they punish, and those they pick are made examples of.  Come to think of it, what was the result of the Marvin Harrison ordeal?  You know that shooting in Philly in which the bullets came from a custom-made Belgian weapon similar/if not the same as the gun Harrison owns.  But they’re punishing Pacman, so it’s evening out right?

RIP Alexei Cherepanov

Alexei Cherepanov, 1st round pick of the Rangers last year passed away with what is rumored to be ischemic heart disease.  He was on the ice playing in the KHL when as he came off the ice and collapsed on the bench.  He was carried off by a few people (no stretcher involved?) and was later pronounced dead at a Russian hospital.  Since a lot of details are still coming out and rumors are running rampant, I can’t give a full story on how this came to be.  But it is a shame to see such a young man die from something unexpected.  Rest in Peace Alexei.