Thursday, May 15, 2008

A few months ago I wrote about the Celtics game I went to in New Orleans. The Celtics lost in a way that scared me. I couldn't find the post on the now defunct (defunked?) lunchhournews.com to back up this claim. I pretty much said the Celtics got frazzled, they lost composure in a hostile environment. Rivers trotted out Cassell, Pierce, Brown, Big Baby, and Perkins in the fourth quarter of that game. I never thought I would see that unit again...until I saw it IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF GAME FOUR! They were terrible, the entire team was terrible in the fourth quarter proving they cannot win on the road in the playoffs.

A trend is a trend. The Celtics now have two trends in the playoffs; they win at home and lose on the road. This trend will continue until they meet the Pistons in the next round. The Pistons are good enough to beat the C's in the Garden. For the C's to make the Finals and win, they need to exorcise the road demon or else they will be exercising in the off-season earlier than they want (see what I did there).

If you open your paper up, flip to the AL East standings and flip them up-side-down it might look like 1998. If you turn it back to 2008 you might be shocked to see the Tampa Bay Rays at the top and the New York Yankees at the bottom. You also might find Hank Steinbrenner sitting in his office rocking back and forth battling the chills. If the Rays were in any other division I would be rooting for them. But I need the Sox to turn it around, this Celtics thing is going leave a deep wound that the Sox might be able to stitch up... Can the Rays keep this up, I say yes. The All-Star will be when they begin a slide. Will the Yankees fix themselves? No, the trading deadline will prove that when they make a big splash and it does not pay off. Hughes and Kennedy have been a nightmare. The Yanks also need to find a permanent home for Chamberlain, is he a starter or a closer.

Arlen Spector needs to find a day job. This endless digging for answers is so vindictive. Asking for a "Mitchell Report" type investigation is ridiculous. Firstly, the steriods problem was a wide broad search. This is a witch hunt. There is nothing regarding other NFL teams and the width of any problems. Spector thinks that his Eagles were wronged against the Pats in the Super Bowl. He wanted Matt Walsh, he got his MacNamee and he found nothing new. In a country at war and struggling with an energy crisis he is finding time to make this a big deal. What a joke.

Links:
Is the Sports Guy on the move? Deadspin seems to think so

Here is his new blog. Maybe he wants to fill a position at The Boston Globe, they have lost a lot of sports journalists...

Did you see Manny's catch, high-five, and double play? Awesome....

Man Cave? I would have expected more, but gotta love the idea...

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