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Lugo: One Shortstop Who Has Been Here Way Too Long posted on 04/06/2008

Somebody answer these two mind-boggling questions for me.  How does Julio Lugo get 36 million dollars over four years from the Boston Red Sox?  And why was Theo always drooling over him?  If he continues to get paid for the current brutal baseball clinic he’s been putting on, then that drool is going to turn into spit. 

Loogie's the boringest (his game made it a word) .271 hitter I’ve ever seen, with a glove that’s as useless as the ones those sweaty lunch ladies wore in my High School.  And after today’s error exhibition, two on throws, Julio Lugo might be moving into Steve Sax territory.  If you don’t remember Sax’ throwing issues, then I’ll just say that Lugo’s a chip off the old Knoblauch.  Sax and Knoblauch (strangely enough both Yankees at time of throwing disease) had one of those mysterious mental issues, where they just could not throw it to first without an array of problems. In the dirt, high, low, pulling the first baseman off the bag, hitting announcers in the press box, every throw was an adventure.  I remember Knoblauch sometimes just shot putting it over to first, or under handing it, praying he’d get an out.  I don’t think he ever came out of it, and his whole career went down hill. Luckily for little Lugo, his game never got near any hilltops.

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Celts Reach Sixty With Help of Bill Bixby posted on 04/04/2008

The only problem with having 60 wins, is having 60 wins.  The better the record, the more a team becomes a favorite, the more they're expected to win.  And ultimately, constant pressure starts pushing down on them like a fat guy in a kids top bunk bed.  It can be difficult for a team (or a frightened kid below), especially a great one.   I didn't even mention the Patriots. 

The good thing about this year's Boston Celtics team is that they have the players and make up to not only have the best record in the NBA, but to win it all.  I'm hoping that after they do, they throw a little Garden party so I can reminisce with my old friends.  Larry, Chief, Kevin, Danny, Dj, Walton and the others from that 1985-86 team, are the last green guys to bring down the house.

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Breakfast With The Bo Sox posted on 03/25/2008

If your going to wait nearly 5 months for opening day, and have to get up at 6am to watch Dice K turn into Nuke LaLoosh, you better win the game. Well, thanks to the Manny/Moss combo, the Boston Red sox eked out a 6-5 win over the Oakland Athletics. 

Considering that Dice K was the Japanese version of The Wild Thing (5 walks and a hit batter in 5 innings) he managed to pitch a decent game by numbers, only allowing two hits, two runs and struck out six. But after getting the first batter of the game Travis Buck to ground out to second, Matsuzaka reverted to his 2007 inconsistencies.   

After falling behind in the count, the pesky Mark Ellis took a grooved fastball over the left field fence to make it 1-0. Then Dice K walked Barton, hit Cust, and walked Brown to load the bases.  I'm thinking, c'mon multi million dollar Matsuzaka, you're in your home park with your home fans, with a year under your black belt, against an Oakland team that has maybe one guy who could be a bench player on the Sox.  Throw a freakin' strike, it's legal in both countries.

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What To Do When The Celts and Sox Play On Same Night? posted on 03/19/2008

Six days and not counting.  This might be the first time in 20 years or so that I haven't been checking days off my calendar on route to opening day.  In fact, until right now, 2pm on Wednesday (we'll call it a long lunch break) I haven't even watched more than an inning  of a Boston Red Sox spring training game.  What's wrong with me? Am I sick? Has two World Series Titles in four years spoiled me?  Is it because the Big Schill got hurt and I'll miss seeing his lack of spring training stomach?  Or could it be because Coco Crisp just scooped up a ground ball to his right and when trying to throw it in to second, the ball went about 10 feet straight into the ground? (You know opposing Scouts just dropped their offer of a 50th round pick to 100th round pick for Coco straight up).  The answer is no, no, no and no. The truth of the matter is, for the time being anyway, my usual Fenway fever has been sidetracked by the Gang Green.

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If The Bruins Are On Play Poker Instead? posted on 03/08/2008

Last night was one of those nights when there just wasn't much on TV. The Boston Red Sox didn't have any spring training games to yawn through. The Celtics had the night off. And the Bruins flat out took the night off.  Just when I thought it looked like the Bruins might have found their identity, they went back to skating on thin ice.  They lowly Maple Leafs drowned the B's 8-2. The Big, Really Bad Bruins seem to be back to their old habits, losing.  But luckily for me, I could care less.  I won a whopping $20 bucks in a poker game.

 A group of 6 of us play Texas Holdem on Thursday nights. Holdem's a good game and according to Mike McDermott, it’s considered to be the Cadillac of poker.  None of us are

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