Quara-What???

It's the year 2020, the world is in the midst of an pandemic. The world is fixing itself, while we are all home stuck inside. The grocery stores are refusing to sell alcohol to the outside states. The Government has acknowledged that aliens might actually exists. But yet we continue, we strive and push forward.

All sports (professional, and collegiate levels) are postponed. Yet we continue, we strive and push forward. In a time where first responders, Dr's, nurses are our heroes, we continue, we strive and push forward. In New England, we have 4 major sport teams that are our lively hood, Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins, and of course the New England Patriots. Red Sox have recently won a championship, Celtics are relevant and the Bruins are having one of the best seasons they've had in a while, even better then their Stanley Cup run that ended in a game 7 loss last year. But the biggest sports news to come out of  New England is the departure of one of the greatest QB's of all time. That's right, if you've been living under a rock for the past couple of months, the Golden Boy Tom Brady has left the New England Patriots via Free Agency to a VERY unlikely team in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Tom Brady, a 6 time Super Bowl champ, All time win, passing and MVP leader in Patriots history has left for the Tamp Bay Buccaneers. I have tried to comprehend what has happened, and all I can say is thank you. Thank you for all you've done Tom Brady, thank you for all the ups and downs. Thank you for all the championships. Thank you for hard work and dedication you've shown in your time here. Thank you for showing New England what it takes to be a winner. You've put it all out there and walked away a champion. You've earned the right to get paid as a elite QB, to have another team entrust in your abilities. Do I wish you ended your career in New England? absolutely, but not everything has a fairy tail ending. I am not salty, I am not resentful, and I don't hate you or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. I am not upset at Bill Belicheck, or Robert Kraft for allowing you to leave.

If anything, it has rejuvenated my faith in the New England Patriots and put the unknown in me. Unknown on how the Patriots will play, the unknown of who the starting QB will be, if BB will prove that he can build a winning team with a bunch of players that went undrafted (again).
I will always be a Tom Brady fan, mainly for what hes done for the organization, I will also be following the Bucs, so I can see how well, or unwell they're doing with our QB.

For the sake of things, I'm not going to touch upon the Rob Gronkowski coming out of retirement to join Tom Brady in Tampa Bay. It's exactly what I would have expected in the year 2020 thus far.

Thank you for reading, I hope to have more posts coming soon.


  

Ross is Boss Nation

I know I haven't talked much about the Red Sox this year, but last night I watched a team come together like no other. Let's all take quick moment to watch this mammoth walk off blast by Cody Ross.
(click below to see the HR in real time)
Cody Ross's Blast  

Not to be out done Clay Bucholz had a very solid game going 8 innings, giving up 6 hits, one earned and striking out 6.
Watch out people the Red Sox might have woken up.

“This Team Is Cursed”

Big Papi said it best as he limped off of the field shortly after an Adrian Gonzales 3 run homerun against the White Sox: “This team is cursed.”  Ortiz was simply jogging around the bases after the homerun and injured his right heel.  His heel swelled up and he exited the game shortly after the injury was sustained.  He did, however, receive positive results from Tuesday’s MRI, which showed that he does not have a tear or rupture.  Ortiz will be wearing a walking boot for the next week and will get a second opinion this week.  He could potentially spend some time on the DL, but as of right now he is just inactive. 

This is kind of the worst time for the Sox to deal with this because they just got Jacoby Ellsbury and Carl Crawford back in the lineup.  Boston’s lone All-Star, Ortiz boasts a .316 average with 23 homers and 58 RBIs.  Add healthy Crawford and Ellsbury into the mix and there’s great potential for the Sox to have a much more successful second half of the season than their first.  Ortiz has been one of the most consistent offensive players in the Major Leagues this season, and it would be a terrible shame for the Red Sox to lose him for an extended period of time because of some freak injury.

Crawford (left) and Ellsbury (right).  Hopefully we see more of this

Red Sox outfielder Daniel Nava will begin designated hitter duties for the Red Sox tonight against the White Sox.  I think I speak for all Boston fans when I say, “Get better soon Papi!” 

Seriously though… I need him for my fantasy baseball team…

Youk vs. Ray… Letters to Boston Faceoff

Both Ray Allen and Kevin Youkilis were Boston sports icons for the last several years.  Youkilis spent about 8 and a half years with the Boston Red Sox while Ray Allen spent 5 years with the Boston Celtics. As I’m sure most of you know, neither Youk nor Ray are with their former Boston organizations anymore.  Ray went to the Miami Heat (still not entirely forgiven) and Youkilis was traded to the Chicago White Sox.  Both players wrote letters to their respective Boston fan-bases.  I just wanted to take a moment to share these letters with you guys and see what you think.  

I’ll start with Ray’s because it’s… well quite brief:

Keepin' it brief

“Dear Celtics Fans,

For the past five years, my family and I took great pride in calling Boston Home.  We have loved living in this city, being members of the Celtics family and being part of your community.  These memories will be cherished forever.

From my heart, THANK YOU Boston for this incredible Journey.

Ray Allen #20”

Is this kind of half-hearted or is it just me?  Nowhere does he take time to talk about the Boston Celtics fan base or the organization.  Just ‘Ray Allen #20.’  Yeah I’m still mad that he signed with the Heat but this is pretty lame… isn’t it? 

To put things into perspective, let me show you the final paragraph of Youkilis’ page-long letter to the Red Sox organization and Red Sox Nation.  Keep in mind; this is after several thank you paragraphs and well wishes.

“And, last but no means least, to all the Red Sox Nation, the home of the most dedicated and knowledgeable fans in baseball, I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  That final game at Fenway was the most emotional day of my life on the baseball field.  It could not have been scripted any better.  And to all those kids out there in Red Sox Nation, I can give you my Dad’s advice.  ‘Life is like a throw to first base, always aim high.’

I love you all, and thanks,

Kevin Youkilis”

His last game at Fenway

Man what a classy way to address the fans and the city of Boston.  I won’t lie; I had never been a tremendous Youk fan.  But I gained so much respect for this guy and wish him all the best.  The guy is a class act.  His last paragraph was longer than Ray Allen’s entire ‘letter’ to Boston!  And as you read the letter from Youk, you can just tell how much heart he poured into it.  Seriously, kudos to Youk for being extremely classy towards the city of Boston despite all of the problems he had with Bobby V and the organization in his last year. He was one of the Red Sox most scrutinized players this year and you can see that he still had his heart in Boston.  If you want to read the full letter, and I highly recommend you do, click here.

So Ray vs. Youk… I think Youk wins by unanimous decision with a TKO.  I really thought Ray loved playing in Boston but with all of the recent events and this letter, I’m beginning to doubt that.  I’m sure he enjoyed it, but I’m just seeing a lack of heart right now.  Am I being too critical on Ray?  Perhaps.  But when you compare these two guys and how much they loved playing for their city, Youk takes it no questions asked. 

I mean… how can you not love this city?

Giants Stomp AL in All-Star Game

Where's the ball?  That's a clown question, bro.

The only enjoyable thing about watching the All-Star Game was watching Bryce Harper fail.  I’m sick and tired of hearing that kid’s name. Yes, he has revitalized the Nationals.  Yes, he’s one of the youngest all-stars in the history of baseball.  Should he have been playing in the All-Star Game? No.  He brings in a lot of cash though, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past 2 months (look at the NBA playoffs) sports are all run by money.  Whoever brings in the most money will benefit.

I’m not a huge baseball fan by any means… I’ll watch the Sox if there’s nothing else on but other than that it’s a slow sport that can be pretty boring to watch.  That said, I could definitely see how much better the NL was than the AL (as could everyone else watching).  I mean, Justin Verlander with 5 earned runs in the first inning? This is a MVP, Cy Young winning pitcher who looked like John Lester out on the mound.  The only difference is that Lester could never throw a 101 mph fastball.

Giant’s third baseman, Pablo Sandoval, shocked the by critics belting a 3 run triple in the first inning.  Giant’s catcher, Buster Posey, was one of those 3 runs.  Giant’s left fielder, Melky Cabrera had 2 hits including a two-run homer in the fourth and took home the MVP award.  Oh yeah, and Giant’s starting pitcher Matt Cain pitched two shutout innings and got the win.  So what’s the lesson here?  The Giants have a pretty good team!  The NL won 8-0, and Giants players batted in 5 of those runs.  Not bad.

Despite the Rangers and the Yankees playing exceptionally in the American League, there are like 6 World-Series caliber teams in the National League.  I think, now with home field advantage, Washington, Pittsburgh or San Francisco will win the World Series this year. And since Boston doesn’t have a chance, (sorry, they don’t), I’m perfectly okay with that.

Despite many people including commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig, believed that the Giants were overrepresented in the All-Star Game, they played the best ball out of any other team there.  I’m kind of pulling for them to take it all.  And if they don’t make it all the way, the NL team that does should thank the Giants.  They are the reason the NL has home-field advantage this year.

By the way, this year the only member of the Red Sox that played in the All-Star Game was Big Papi.  Way to go you big Dominican teddy bear. Hang in there! We love you!

YOUUUKKK!!

With the outstanding play and batting from the rookie Will Middlebrooks the Youk trade talks are gaining momentum, rumors are saying that the L.A. Dodgers are serious contenders to land him. Youk has become a Boston favorite and I think it's a fair question to ask if the Youk train has run it's course. My true feeling is that Youks performance has diminished since being put on third base. Youk has always been a great batter, and a class act but I defiantly feel it's time to let the youngster to give it a shot. Lets take a look at Kevin's career stats in a Red Sox uniform, shall we.

Batting average  .287

Home runs            133

Runs batted in    563

On-base percentage  .388

Strikeouts   727

Here are his awards and highlights since being in a Red Sox uniform 

3x All Star (2008, 2009, 2011)[1]

2x World Series Champion (2004, 2007)[1]

Gold Glove (1B) (2007)[1]

AL Rookie of the Month (May 2004)[1]

Jackie Jensen Award (2007)

AL Player of the Week (May 5–11, 2008)[1]

Hank Aaron Award (2008)[1]

Ranked # 35 (2011), 38 (2010), and # 36 (2009) on the Sporting News' list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball

Major league record 238 games without an error at 1B (2008)

Major league record 2,002 fielding attempts without an error at 1B (2008; later surpassed)

2x led AL in pitches per plate appearance (4.43, 2006; 4.42, 2009)

Led AL in line drive percentage (24%, 2006)

Led AL in fielding percentage, 1B (1.000, 2007)

Led AL in at bats per RBI (4.7, 2008)

Tied for AL lead in sacrifice flies (11, 2006)

LCS batting avg. record (.500, 2007)

LCS runs record (10, 2007)

Tied LCS hits record (14, 2007)

It's going to be sad to see him go but I feel it's time, what are your thoughts? 

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Baseball Announcers Might have the Hardest Job in Baseball

Is anyone else watching the Red Sox game right now?  Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy going off about God knows what.  Even if you are a hardcore baseball fan, you’ve got to admit that it’s a slow sport.  A slowwwwwww sport.  This 8th inning has actually lasted for more than an eternity at this point.  Don Orsillo and Jerry Remy just going off, not even talking about the game, and joking with each other.  Poor Jenny Dell is the butt of every joke.  It's like watching a sitcom!  Orsillo’s cracking voice and high pitched chuckle glaring through my television set.  It’s honestly more entertaining than what’s going on down on the field.

But what else can you do?  It’s like announcing golf, except baseball announcers have to appeal to the masses, not just grandparents.  The game is so slow.  The players get to lounge around the dugout all day and on a good day, they only have to run a few hundred yards over the duration of a four hour game.  Honestly, it doesn’t take much athleticism to be a baseball player.  It does, however, take a lot of social skill to be able to entertain baseball fans.  You have to have a good attitude, and a ton of patience.  Those are two things a lot of people don’t have nowadays.  I mean, check out Jerry Remy's Air Guitar.  He's a good dude. Yeah I can respect the tradition of baseball, and I’m a Red Sox fan, but I honestly think the announcers have a pretty tough job!  And for that, I’d personally like to thank Remy and Orsillo.  And Jenny Dell of course… She’s wicked hot.

I mean, that's entertainment.

Holy no posts!

Hey readers, man I haven't posted up in a long time, let's do a quick review of what has happened shall we.

The New England Patriots had a pretty decent season but ultimately failed to bring home the Lombardi  trophy, sad I know and yes I'm extremely late. The one thing to me is that it's still not as disappointing as the 18-1 2007 patriots.
So far the Patriots have addressed their offense but not so much the defense. I'm sure they will have a splash at draft time.





The Boston Red Sox are starting a brand new season with a brand new gm (Ben Cherrington) and manager(Bobby Valentine), but seems to me like they will have the same old problems as last year. Not a whole lot to talk about with them, no big free agent signings, and still a bullpen problem.






The Boston Bruins had a down, WAY up, and then down again season, but sealed the Northeast division and the number 2 seed in for the NHL playoffs that are going to be starting in a week or so. In most obvious team that they will be playing is the surprising Ottawa Senators, however I really feel the Bruins have the biggest upper hand on them especially after beating them 5 out of the 6 times they played them.


The Boston Celtics short season got off to a very painful start but
ended up turning it around in time for the playoffs.
I don't have much respect for the NBA anymore so I'm going to leave it at that.








Other then that the sports world has been pretty much the same (to me that is). Really looking forward to the B's in the playoffs and hoping for the Patriots to be aggressive during the draft.
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It's been awhile, I shouldn't have left you without a dope blog to read to

So the last time I posted a couple of things have happened, the Red Sox and Theo Epstein have parted ways.The famous  fried chicken / beer scandal, and other type of things. But I have to say that I have enough of the fried chicken and beer talk.I defiantly think that its time for Red Sox nation and the players to get over themselves and start looking at what our next move should be.

The NBA / David Stern is ready to announce the cancellation of more regular season games. Which should take them to mid November. I personally don't care because I lost all interest in the NBA as soon as the NHL season started.








The Bruins are not playing to good and their record of 3-5 have some "Pink Hats" jumping ship already. What did they honestly expect? that they would go 8-0? Perfection takes time and that's exactly what the fans need to realize. Thomas and the rest of the core Bruins who won the Stanley cup are intact. Yes, they did have a short summer and alot of celebrations to deal with.The Bruins will put it together I just know it.








The Patriots are set to Sunday matinee at 4:15pm, and it's sure to be a good game. The Steelers are coming off a 32-20 win against the Cardinals, and the Patriots are coming off a bye week. I look for the Patriots to have a slow start and then take care of business and pull it out at the end. But next week is no walk in the park either when they face up against the New York football Giants.






Just in case you cared, or didn't know the Texas Rangers are one win away from taken home the trophy against the St Louis Cardinals. I for one didn't watch much baseball this year so I couldn't give you any insight on the series, nor would you actual care about my opinion lol.

In Wes we trust

Is it just me or is this guy the real deal? 40 Receptions, 615 yards and 5 TD's in 4 games. So why haven't the patriots locked this guy up for another 3-4 years? I mean c'mon he only has the most receptions in the NFL since 2007 and he always is ready to play. This upcoming Sunday the Patriots are going to be tested by Rex Ryan's Jets and if the defense can't get their crap together then something will have to change. Don't get me wrong as I feel Tom Brady, Wes Welker and company can score as many points as they need to, but the defense has to play better.

As for the 2011 Stanley Cup Champion Bruins they
Start their defense of the Stanley cup this week (10/6/2011) And I can't friggin wait!! I have been excited for this since the end of the parade. The do have some new editions and lost some people but the core is still intact. GO B's





Still no word on who the next manager of the Red Sox might be, but I did hear a buzz that maybe Tony Larussa could possible be a point of interest. This is just a rumor swirling by but he has said that he would be willing to move on from the Cardinals.

Rumors

So there are some rumors flying around, that the Red Sox are interesting in Joe Torre as a replacement. Now don't get me wrong I loved Tito but Joe Torre has won alot of championships in his day, and yes it was with the "evil empire" but he has worked with a bunch of egos and if there is one thing he can do is get this team on a straight path. Will it happen? probably not but it makes for a good conversation. Oh and wouldn't that burn all the Yankee fans out there haha

Terry is out

It was announced a few minutes ago that the Red Sox and Terry Francona. It was a mutual decision. He brought us 8 great years. As for the Sox future? I think it'll get a lot worse before it gets better.

The true Texas Ranger

Offensive explosion, and great pitching against a playoff team what more can you ask for? (besides a world series win). Let's take a look at the numbers 6.0 innings, 4 hits, 1ER, and striking out 4. Fantastic!!
Carl Crawford went 2-3 driving in 5 RBI's
Jacoby "MVP" Ellsbury went 3-5 driving in 2 RBI's
Adrian Gonzalez went 2-4 driving in 2 RBI's
Dustin Pedroia went 2-4 driving in 2 RBI's

All in all it was a great game for both sides of the ball, and with it being against the Texas Rnagers it just made it that much sweeter.

Rome wasn't built in a day

Are we seeing a brand new John Lackey?? I know I have been pretty rough on this guy and I won't stop that due to the money this man makes. But last night in a series that has playoff potential he went 6 2/3 innings giving up 7 hits, striking out 5 and 4 ER's. Adrian Gonzalez went 3-4 with 3 RBI's two of those rbi's was a home run. I can't wait for this postseason especially seeing who will be the number 3 starter Lackey or Bedard.

What a thumping

Man the Patriots looked good last night! Offense, defense just are looking great. I can't wait for the season to get going and we can punch Rex Ryan right in the mouth. I'll take a 31-14 thumping any time GO PATS!!

On another note the Red Sox jumped on Pedroia's shoulders in a 4-3 win, even though they are still a 1/2 a game back from the Yanknobs.

Just in case you didn't see it show our new author Paul some love :). More posts coming from him and others.

Ok, ok

Ok another John Lackey loss yesterday, I know its been a year since we signed him and I know that I might be jumping the gun, but we are in the mist of a pennant race. I trully feel that Tito and Theo need to restructure this rotation. Erik Bedard def isn't the answer either, let's bring up a minor leaguer who is hungry. Here is John Lackeys numbers this season

	GP	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	W	L	P/GS	WHIP	BAA	ERA
2011 Regular Season	21	21	0	0	122.2	153	85	82	17	37	86	11	9	102.0	1.55	.301	6.02

You make the call..

Today is the Patriots second preseason game (WOHOO!!) I'm hearing that some of the starters might be playing tonight, that is good news because some of the new guys need reps. I am also hearing that some big names will be cut before the regular season so keep it here for your updated roster moves.

A little Red Sox news

Rumors are swirling that the Red Sox might be interested in Erik Bedard. What are your thoughts on this ?

Who's you'r Papi ?

I love David Ortiz and I will always put him in the same category with Adam Vinitari as Mr. Clutch. But is Adrian Gonzalez the best player to have ever put on the Red Sox uniform? Maybe it's to early to say yes, but lets look at the numbers.(Thank you ESPN)

http://espn.go.com/mlb/player/_/id/5405/adrian-gonzalez

This is only the beginning people 7 more years with this guy and we could be talking that he is the best player ever.

Of course this is just my opinion but lest face it the numbers don't lie.