Beaten up New England Sports Fans

If Tom's Brady's season-ending knee injury was a flush kick to the groin of New England sports fans, then Tuesday night's ninth-inning defeat to the Tampa Bay Rays was a punch square to the jaw of Boston Red Sox fans.

It was all set up for the Red Sox to take back first place, with their own two-run rally in the eighth inning and their All-Star closer on the mound looking to get the final three outs. The 5-4 loss might have been the most devastating loss of the season for the Red Sox.

Weeks from now, will we look back at Tampa's two-run ninth inning rally off Jonathan Papelbon as the game that stopped Tampa's early September slide, propelles them to hold onto first place in the AL East and stops the Red Sox run towards first place?

Or was it merely a bump in the road as Boston eventually catches the Rays for first place?

Josh Beckett will have a lot of say in starting to answer those questions as he takes the mound Wednesday night in the series finale. A good start from Beckett and a Sox win tonight goes a long way in shaking the confidence of the Rays. A Tampa win and a 2.5 game lead on Boston with less than 20 games to play, only will strengthening the confidence of the Tampa players.

Brighten Up Your Day

With all of New England feeling similiar to how this BMX rider feels on a dark and dreary rainy day:


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Talk about taking one on the chin, with the Franchise Tom Brady out for the season, today's 'YouTube (and photo) Tuesday' will be all about things that will make New England fans feel better.

It could be worse, we could be New York Yankee fans right now. Talk about a bunch of front runners for fans. Your team makes the playoffs 13 straight years and now your wearing bags on your heads because your team is in fourth place.

Looks like a lot of fans went to the Stadium dressed as chairs.

The Boston Red Sox have a legion of fans called, 'The Pink Hats' and it describes women who have recently become fans of the franchise and wear pink hats to the games. They are sometimes annoying, but I have yet to see a man wear a pink hat. I can't say that about the male fans of the New York Jets. Nice hat buddy, did you lose a bet? Could your socks be pulled up any higher?

And finally thank god for the female newscasters from Fox News, who aren't shy about showing off their wheels to the audience. Could the skirts be any shorter, especially the one women in the blue long sleeve turtle neck. Nice ass check, honey. It's a wonder that any of the male broadcasters spend any time looking into the camera and not looking over and down to their left and right. When are these ladies going to be appearing on Skinamax?

Random Thoughs, Sights, Sounds - A Potpourri of Knowledge

We'll start off today's randomness with a 'Separated at Birth' (always good for a laugh).

Jason Priestley

Grizzly Adams.

Jason Prestley - WTF dude? You ruled West Beverly High back in the day, where you beat the legions of women admirers off of you with a stick (it's a tough job - I have the same problem). The Peach Pit was your castle where everyone bowed down to your coolness and now you look like your auditioning for the lead role of the Grizzly Adams biopic. Have the aliens come down and got you like they did Katie Holmes? Are you trying to become Natalie Portman's next boyfriend? The world's a better place with Brandon Walsh in it. BRING BACK BRANDON, BRING BACK BRANDON.

One person I don't want to bring back, rather let him go far, far away and never been seen again is the Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy.

Shaughnessy is really turning in the Pulitzer Prize winning copy with his last couple of columns, one on Thursday about what life would be like if the Patriots had won Super Bowl 42, and one earlier this summer about his replica of the Green Monster in his backyard. Talk about mailing it in. Why do you still have a job?

Shaughnessy go away - no one cares about your backyard or how the world would have turned out if the Pats won the Super Bowl. You're entering John Tomase status as the most hated writer (if you're not already) on the Boston Sports Scene.

Speaking of writing on the Boston Sports Scene is their anyone left to cover sports for the Boston Herald? Does anyone read the Boston Herald anymore, especially when you can get riveting coverage from the likes of a John Tomase? In the last few weeks they've lost sports writers Rob Bradford, Michael Felger (both to WEEI.com) and Tony Massarotti (Boston Globe). It might be time for the Herald to bring back Joe Fitzgerald, Kevin Mannix, George Kimball, and Tim Horgan all out of retirement.

From yesterday's Washington Redskins fantasy football draft, Chris Cooley's team is screwed this week based on the performance of Jason Campbell (only 133 yards passing and 1 TD) and Shaun Shazham (1 PAT).

He better have drafted some great players at other positions or it's going to be a long season of fantasy football nightmares, the cold sweats and cuddling up in the fetal position next to Christy Cooley (who, based on the video, is totally in love with Peyton Manning). Chris Cooley didn't do Campbell's team any favors having only 1 catch for 7 yards. BTW, that video might be the greatest video ever - I can't stop watching it. I think a bounce back year is coming for Steve 'I'll beat you up' Smif. The next 14 games, there gonna fill his rail'. I love Fred Smoot.

And finally we'll end the week on an upbeat note and once again mention our favorite candidate for Vice President - Sarah Palin, who absolutely killed during her VP speech on Wednesday evening.

Not only is Palin a lawmaker but she's also an actress, as I swear I saw her play the role of teacher/stripper, Miss Davis in Varsity Blues (looks like a match to me). Actually, the acress who was Miss Davis in Varsity Blues, and went to the prom with Billy Bob was Tonie Perensky.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Football Players Aren't Very Bright...

....when it comes to fantasy football, they can grasp a playbook that's hundreds of pages in length and has thousands of plays but they can't grasp how to draft a fantasy football team. But they'll get a pass because their wives/girlfriends are smokin hot.

Last night, I had my fantasy football draft, (and no my team name isn't 'ChicksDigALongSnapper, or ChicksDigMcLovin'sTightEnd) and the draft went fairly well for my team (aka MikeVick'sRapeStand).

Recently several members of the Washington Redskins held their fantasy football draft, led by commish Chris Cooley. And there's a seven-minute video of it (which is posted below).

I'm like a kid in a candy store because there is so much to say about these few minutes of video that it's insane.

Unlike the league that the Redskins players are in, the commish of my league didn't pass out fantasy football magazines to all of us, promise that he'll go in and adjust all of our rosters based on whose playing and won't print out sheets letting us all know how we are doing.

By the way, why am I not surprised that a football player (specifically Jason Campbell) is dating a girl named 'Mercedes'? The best girl named Mercedes in the history of women being named Mercedes was Heather Graham in 'License to Drive'.



Anyways, back to the fantasy football draft. The following conversation occurs at the 27 second mark.

Does everyone have a magazine?

"No".

"You have a magazine in your hand"

Cooley gives the following instructions "When someone's picked cross them off of your sheet so you don't repick them." Clear enough, count how many times a player is taken who has already been selected - 6 Times. Santana Moss hasn't been crossing off names, because he didn't want to write in Cooley's book. Moss went to the University of Miami - he doesn't know the first thing about books.

Safety Reed Doughty needs to wear a thicker helmet when he plays, because he's taken too many shots in the head. Check out how he pronounces LaDanian Tomlinson (1:18 mark). Either that or he was completely intimidated by the hotness of Chris Cooley's wife, Christy (she's to his right).

Who the hell takes Len-Dale White, in what seemed like the first round? No wonder why Cooley called it a 'Gay pick'. FYI, White went in the sixth-round (overall pick #81) of a 14-team league in my draft.

Even the kickers get the hot chicks - check out Shawn Suisham's woman - damn she's hot (white dress with the trees on it). As Cooley points out, she probably calls him 'Shawn Shazam' in the rack.

I need to find away to get Fred Smoot into my fantasy league next year. The entertainment value he would provide at the provide would be worth the cost to get him to New Hampshire. "Jon Kitna was going to be my backup behind Timmy Brady."

And without any further lead-in here's the video of the Washington Redskins' fantasy football draft (and Mercedes and Cooley's wife will win the league).



And for those who want a better look at Christy Cooley, here you go. Enjoy.

Fantasy Football Rules

With my fantasy football draft being held this evening, the theme for today's "You Tube" Post is Fantasy football.

You know you've reached the a certain level of immortality when a Budweiser, 'Real Men of Genius' song has been dedicated to you - in this case fantasy football.



The other big happening this evening is Sarah Palin's speech at the Republican National Convention. t's probably the most anticipated VP speech at a National Convention, in the history of National Conventions and will garner many more male viewers than usual. Why shouldn't I have a third straight post promoting the MILFness of Ms. Palin? What's wrong with that?

Next Principal of Gloucester High School - Sarah Palin???

If this whole Vice President thing doesn't work out for Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin (nice wheels by the way, and I'm not talking about the bike), and she's looking to move to the East Coast, Palin could apply to be the next principal at Gloucester High School. She'll have plenty of first-hand experience dealing with teenage pregnancy. Palin's quickly moving from MILF to GILF status.

It was reported on Monday that Palin's 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant (and unmarried). Don't be surprised if several of her classmates follow suit announcing that they are also pregnant, revealing a Gloucester High-West scenario. Let the teenage pregnancy pact copycatting begin.

By the way, what's the deal with her kids names - Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig (whose middle name is Van, so he's Trig Van Palin. It sounds like Van Halen on purpose, because everything in the universe revolves around the mighty VH and Sarah Palin loves Van Halen)? If you're pushing out that many kids, wouldn't you be spending a lot of time looking at kids names? Shouldn't the names be more along the mainstream, rather than sounding like they were names that were picked based on a sport, a city, a tree, a plane (or wrestler) and a math subject.

Based on the names of her brothers and sisters, I'm guessing Bristol Palin will name her son or daughter, Stream, Tree, River or Sky. Maybe she'll name the kid Seven or Soda.

Random Thoughts, Sights, Sounds - A Potpourri of Knowledge

Today's post will truly be random, as we'll be all over the place talking about events that have occurred over the past several days.

First off, with today being Labor Day, which traditionally marks the end of summer, happy end of summer everyone. Thank God it's over, because I hate the summer. The only good thing about the summer is the lower volume of traffic going to and from work.

Now that we are in baseball's final month of the regular season and the Red Sox trailing Tampa Bay by 6 in the loss column, you can kiss the AL East title goodbye. The Red Sox had a good month of August, but Tampa was better, as they continue to show that they are the better team (with the best winning percentage in baseball after five months).

I went to the final Boston Red Sox-New York Yankees game at Yankee Stadium last Thursday, and it ended as my other two trips to the House That Ruth Built ended with - a loss. I finish my Yankee Stadium career at 0-3, watching the Sox blow late leads in two of the games (which always makes for a more arrogant, cockier Yankees fan). Pair that up with the 8-hour trek home and it was a win-win day :p. I do have to say, as far up as I've sat in the upper tiers of the ballpark, there's not a bad seat in the stadium. The site lines are outstanding. But it's a good thing they're building a new stadium, because the amenities and the room in the concession concourses suck.

So, as my intake of games at the original Yankee Stadium ends, a new level of baseball fandom begins, with my son going to his first Red Sox game at Fenway Park last Friday (along with experiencing riding on the Subway system for the first time). He enjoyed watching Wally the Green Monster and having a Fenway Frank and ice cream in a helmet.

Saturday proved that you can take seven years off between rounds and still play Golf, but you will really, really suck at it. I sucked when I played seven years ago, I really sucked on Saturday and quickly remembered why I haven't played since July, 2001.

I've saved the best item (and my personal favorite) from the past couple of days for last. On Friday, with the announcement of Sarah Palin as his choice for Vice President, John McCain has secured my vote in November (though, he had it all along) and has won the race for the White House.

Any Presidential nominee who can introduce the word 'MILF' into the vocabulary of discussing the election with Obama is okay by me. WOW, the guy can sure pick himself an attractive woman. The guy has such good taste, how can you not vote for him. In past presidential elections the candidates have tried to secure the "soccer mom" vote as a way of winning the election, not McCain, he's going after the MILF-lovers vote, and now he'll get it with his wife, Cindy.

And he'll get it based on his choice of Palin, who is a former runner-up for Miss Alaska. Palin's got a little Julia-Louie Dreyfuss-Tina Fey to her.