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Lessons Learned From the ’07 MLB Post-Season »
23. When doing post-game interviews, sounding like Nuke LaLoosh from Bull Durham never gets old. 22. The Sox CAN actually take the pennant more than once in a decade. For that matter they CAN win the Series more than once in a decade. 21. The Sox can win a series without Papi or Manny hitting [...]
World Series, Pats-Colts & other stuff »
World Series: Boston in 6. By the time the Rockies wake up from their 8 day slumber, they’ll be down 2-0. Saux clinch it in Fenway in Game 6 after winning one in Denver. Beckett will win two for Boston. Wally’s rooting interest: the Rockies. Any time the low-payroll, “come from nowhere team”, underdog can [...]
BGP »
Josh Beckett, yet again, proved he is a BGP – Big Game Pitcher. With his team facing elimination, in a hostile environment, against a lineup he owned less than a week ago, Beckett managed to overcome any distractions ‘Pecking’ away at him and pitched a gem. Beckett proved himself in ’03 when he pitched the [...]
Super Bowl Saturday »
Okay … here’s the deal. If I’m in any way interested in the Notre Dame football program “being all it can be”, then this Saturday’s tilt vs long-time rival USC is my Super Bowl this season. We’re 1-6 right now, and of our 6 losses, none have been nail-biters. We shot ourselves in the foot [...]
Do or Die for the BoSox »
Well … the Saux have certainly been here before … facing a seemingly insurmountable deficit in the ALCS against a very capable opponent. Can they come back again … like they did to the Yankmees back in ’04? Or will they wilt and die as against the ChiSox in ’05? (Had to get that in [...]
Columbus Day Musings – The Sequel »
Greetings from the crotch of football mediocrity. Yes, yes, yes here along the shores of Lake Ontario we have Syracuse University jes’ a li’l stretch east on the thruway. The Orangemen continue their descent into the college football abyss (don’t look now they might be neck and neck with the Fightin’ Irish). The Orange have [...]
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