Posted in Red Sox on Mar 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
Has anything changed since late October of 2007?
You’d never know it from Tokyo.
The Red Sox are tough. They really are. They were lucky to survive a horrendous start from Dice-K, who was a mess with his control. But they did just that. They survived.
Then the bats got going with Manny Ramirez leading both surges in the sixth and 10th innings — two run doubles — and the Sox are 1-0.
We can’t leave without mentioning Brandon … continued »
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Posted in Red Sox on Mar 24th, 2008 6 Comments »
They are loaded. The Boston Red Sox are the team to beat.
We all know the reasons — youth, experience, power, speed, defense and, of course, pitching.
But there is the hangover, which is inevitable in pro sports in the 21st century. It takes a lot of energy to win a championship, as well as keeping away from the injury bug.
The other issue is several teams, including the Detroit Tigers, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians and Los … continued »
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Posted in Red Sox on Mar 20th, 2008 No Comments »
The Boston Red Sox are on a roll. And they haven’t played a game yet.
You have to give the players credit, standing up for their coaches, who were not going to be paid an extra stipend for their exhaustive trip to Japan.
The threat to not go to Japan, was just that, a threat. But Major League Baseball and Red Sox ownership didn’t want another day of bad press and relented, which was the right thing … continued »
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Posted in Celtics on Mar 19th, 2008 2 Comments »
The Houston game, a convincing 94-74 win, didn’t matter.
But I have to admit, it had a sort exclamation point to it.
The Celtics have proven their mettle time and again this season. The win over the Spurs was special. The win over the Rockets — this did not look like a great team — was impressive.
The Celtics still have two very, very tough games ahead of them on this trip, including tomorrow night in Dallas, and … continued »
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Posted in Celtics on Mar 17th, 2008 4 Comments »
There is no doubt any more. They are legitimate NBA championship contenders.
That was as impressive a Celtics performance that I can remember.
They were down 22 points (33-11) and looked dead. It really appeared their offense, missing Ray Allen (heel), would never rebound on this night against this defense.
But they did. They also got no help from the officials, who let a lot go, particularly when the Spurs had the ball.
The Spurs have been struggling, losing … continued »
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Posted in Red Sox on Mar 17th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s official, Daisuke Matsuzaka will start opening day and he will be followed by Game 4 winner and World Series clincher, Jon Lester, will follow in Game 2, both against the A’s.
The Dice-K start will be an interesting one with all of the commotion going on in his life — his wife gave birth to their second child three days ago, he is pitching in his homeland and it’s the opener.
This will be a very … continued »
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