Greech
This is the third (3rd!) consecutive post for TSH. This could potentially crash the site, google, the internet, possible the world as we know it, so please, enjoy)
Ok, so its 11:21, I’m still at work, and I can hardly see because I’ve been staring at a computer screen for almost 15 hours, but I’m taking a break from engineering stuff (Wilson) to write a little something just to shut Danny up and keep all (6) of our loyal readers happy. You see Danny, I have an actual real job, not a made, up-make believe one like yours. Its only been nine days since my last post, and I was going to wait another few days but then Danny had to go and call me out, and much like Marty Mcfly, I never EVER back down from a challenge. SO LAY OFF ME DANNY.
First off I would like to say that I am DVRing the draft as we speak so when I get home from work I can watch it, however, I couldn’t resist checking ESPN.com to see who the Celts picked…Drum roll please……JEFF GREEN?!?! Are you kidding me?? Alright, after I caught my breath and looked a little closer we actually traded the pick to the Sonics, here’s Danny Mac with his expert breakdown of what transpired: “In other news, the Celtics drafted Jeff Green, then traded Wally and Delonte for Ray Allen. I'm not a huge Celts fan so I can't really totally comment on this.” Thank you, Danny. Im really not sure how i feel about this trade yet. Yeah, its going to make us a relevant in the East again for the next 3, maybe 4 years, but what about after that? Ray Allen has been in the league for 12 years now, and he missed 26 games last year, if we are looking to make a run, this is our time. For now, I’d have to say that I’m not in love with the trade, I just sorta like it. And I sorta like it for a few reasons. First of all, with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen together Garnett might think twice about not wanting to play in Boston. He had previously said through his agent that Boston was not a place he was willing to go, you gotta think that the addition of Allen this might have change this. Plus we still have all the pieces that we initially offered Minnasota for Garnett, namely Big Al and Theo Ratliff, and with the Ainge getting Glenn Big Baby Davis from LSU with our first second round pick you gotta think that Ainge is looking to the future without Al there. I was initially completely against the Al for KG trade, but it makes a little more sense now, I guess. Bust as for the Ray Allen trade alone, these are some of the reasons I sorta liked it; first of all we didn’t have to give up Big Al, which I was desperately hoping Ainge wouldn’t do. Second we got rid of Wally Sczerbiazciazk huge contract, his balky knees, and his hair gel. Third, we held onto Theo Ratliffs contract which we can use later in the season to acquire a good veteran (hopefully a big man) and fourth, I wasn’t too high on any of the guys in this draft after Oden and Durant anyway. Sure, there are going to be guys who are going to be solid players in this league, but are any of them going to help get us to the next level next year of the year after? And by next level I don’t mean winning the Atlantic Division with 35 wins, I mean making a fun at the Eastern Conference and trying to hang another banner in the Garden. With Pierce, Big Al, and Ray Allen, along with Rondo and The Big Stiff (Perkins) as our starting five and Gomes, Tony Allen, Green, and Powe off the bench, the Celts are poised to make some noise next year in the East. I mean if Lebron, Eric Snow, Side Show Bob, Larry Hughes and a 7-3 Lithuanian guy can win the Eastern Division, why couldn’t the Celts do the same with the group of guys we have now? Ok, when I get home I’m going to watch it and ill have some more to add to this.
And while I’m at it, I have another few things that I need to get off my chest: Ill have you know Danny that if Theo signed me for a pro-rated supply of Keystone Light I would make him look like the smartest GM in the history of any sport. Not only am I leading my team company slow pitch softball team in batting average, slugging, OPS, hrs, RBIs, runs scored (I don’t keep the books, but I work with engineers which explains both why I lead nearly every offensive category AND why someone is actually keeping track of these stats) but I am also the starting shortstop. Just to set the record straight: yes, I know I play with a bunch of old men and yes I know it is slow pitch softball. And another thing, Im not going to go back and read what you wrote a few weeks back, but I’ll believe you when you say you called the we were all going to love Pedroia, not that any of us needing convincing, but I am 100% sure that you also said you were wicked excited to have Lugo be part of the team, DANNY. Hows that one working out for you, DANNY??How do you like them apples, DANNY??? The lesson here, kids, is that if you throw enough shit against the wall eventually something is going to stick. (considered yourself sereved)
Alright, last thing. Danny brought up the guys going to Las Vegas. It’s starting here with me, and I’m going to be sending it along to all of our close friends, family members, and co-workers, it’s a petition that I have started that is begging that when we go to Vegas we do it when it cools down. For the sake of the Big Mac, I don’t think he’d last 5 minutes in that desert heat. Especially with the Warrington jumping on his back, having to decide if he should double on his 5 dollar black jack hand, the lap dances, and us having to carry a passed out and soiled Leps back to the room. So, its either you all sign this petition and make sure we go when its cooler out, or we all have to pack like 50 extra towels so Danny can wipe the sweat off his face, its up to you to decide.
Alright, peace out guys, back to work. As always, thanks for reading and try to keep it real. Send us an email at TheSportsHub@gmail.com and we will be sure to get RIGHT back to you with in-depth and expert insight.
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Whats This?? Posts On Back-to-Back Days????
That's right folks history is being made today. The Hub is finally posting on consecutive days. It's probably never going to happen again so don't get used to this. I'm keeping it short though. Scroll down further and check out yesterday's post if you need to kill some time at the office.
Anyways a couple of things caught my eye today and I felt the need to post. I'm gonna start off in high school sports, believe it or not.
Little known fact about Danny Mac: I actually lived in Stoneham before Bedford. I've been hiding it and trying to pawn myself off as a born and raised in Bedford guy mostly to impress Greech. Sorry bro, the truth it out. Bedford was not my original home.
So Stoneham has decided to eliminate all high school sports. I'll give you Shaughnessey's take on it to check out.
Gotta say the curly-haired drunk hit the nail on the head here. How the hell do you get rid of high school sports? I give it to mid-October before there is a serious drug problem in Stoneham now that the high school kids have nothing else to keep them occupied. Absolutely ridiculous.
Have to say that the highlight of the article is the mention of Nancy Kerrigan, but only because it gives me an opportunity to post this link here (jump ahead to about 1:50). It's 13 years later so I don't mind admitting that this is hilarious. Also, am I the only one that's thinking, "Damn, Nancy Kerrigan was pretty hot"? I'm committing to that one.
In other news, the Celtics drafted Jeff Green, then traded Wally and Delonte for Ray Allen. I'm not a huge Celts fan so I can't really totally comment on this. I liked Delonte on the random nights I caught a game. I liked Wally when he was in college. But somehow I'm comfortable with this trade. Pierce, Allen, and Jefferson should be a pretty solid core for the Green and White.
Well, as long as Allen channels his inner Jesus Shuttlesworth from He Got Game. If that happens, I call CHAMPIONSHIP (as said by that guy from the T.J. WhosYoMama commercial). I know the boys get that reference. And sorry I couldn't find the link to that one. YouTube dropped the ball there.
I'll get on Greech and try and figure out if he stills writes for the site. He's a slacker what can I say. I think I'm gonna have to burn him a CD with Rocky's music and Hulk Hogan's music to motivate him.
As always, feel free to send an email to thesportshub@gmail.com
Anyways a couple of things caught my eye today and I felt the need to post. I'm gonna start off in high school sports, believe it or not.
Little known fact about Danny Mac: I actually lived in Stoneham before Bedford. I've been hiding it and trying to pawn myself off as a born and raised in Bedford guy mostly to impress Greech. Sorry bro, the truth it out. Bedford was not my original home.
So Stoneham has decided to eliminate all high school sports. I'll give you Shaughnessey's take on it to check out.
Gotta say the curly-haired drunk hit the nail on the head here. How the hell do you get rid of high school sports? I give it to mid-October before there is a serious drug problem in Stoneham now that the high school kids have nothing else to keep them occupied. Absolutely ridiculous.
Have to say that the highlight of the article is the mention of Nancy Kerrigan, but only because it gives me an opportunity to post this link here (jump ahead to about 1:50). It's 13 years later so I don't mind admitting that this is hilarious. Also, am I the only one that's thinking, "Damn, Nancy Kerrigan was pretty hot"? I'm committing to that one.
In other news, the Celtics drafted Jeff Green, then traded Wally and Delonte for Ray Allen. I'm not a huge Celts fan so I can't really totally comment on this. I liked Delonte on the random nights I caught a game. I liked Wally when he was in college. But somehow I'm comfortable with this trade. Pierce, Allen, and Jefferson should be a pretty solid core for the Green and White.
Well, as long as Allen channels his inner Jesus Shuttlesworth from He Got Game. If that happens, I call CHAMPIONSHIP (as said by that guy from the T.J. WhosYoMama commercial). I know the boys get that reference. And sorry I couldn't find the link to that one. YouTube dropped the ball there.
I'll get on Greech and try and figure out if he stills writes for the site. He's a slacker what can I say. I think I'm gonna have to burn him a CD with Rocky's music and Hulk Hogan's music to motivate him.
As always, feel free to send an email to thesportshub@gmail.com
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Ya Know What Really Grinds My Gears...
Headline was just for you Leps, hope you enjoyed it.
***Quick Disclaimer: The following 4 paragraphs pertain to professional wrestling. Feel free to skip it I won't be offended at all***
By now I'm sure everyone has heard the story of Chris Benoit. If you don't recognize that name, he's the pro wrestler that just killed his wife, 7-year old son, then hung himself over the weekend. I've been watching wrestling since I was probably 8 years old and I've finally hit my breaking point. I can't watch it anymore. I'm done. Finished. Retired. I am officially throwing in the towel. I've watched Chris Benoit on TV for the past 14 years of my life. I have never been so shocked and disgusted. This was the last straw for me. I won't even link to the reports I'm so disgusted. Factor in the 38 deaths of wrestlers under the age of 50 since 1985 (I did research, I'm not big enough of a loser to know that off the top of my head. And yes, I am big enough of a loser to do that research). Thank you WWE for making me feel like the last 15 years of my life were a total waste. I probably shoulda made the choice to jump off the wrestling bandwagon when i was 12 like everyone else but I didn't. Now, I AM DONE (But I absolutely still plan on blasting Hulk Hogan's "Real American" any chance I get).
Most of you reading this have no idea how big this story really is. No one that isn't a wrestling fan has heard of Benoit until today. I'd say he compares favorably in prominence to Ivan Rodriguez.
Unless you're a baseball fan, you probably have no idea who Pudge is. Everyone that knows baseball knows he's a future Hall of Famer and arguably the best catcher to ever throw on the gear. He's one of those athletes that you never hear a bad word about. Great guy, everyone loves him. He's one of the best in the game, but you always hear names like A-Rod, Ortiz, Vlad, etc. before you hear Pudge. That's Benoit in a nut shell.
Now imagine if this story came out and it was Pudge that was the killer. That's how big this really is.
***OK, now that my little mini-rant is outta the way, time to jump into some other things. Here's what's new at the Hub:
-I recently came across an awesome read that I felt needed to be brought to the attention of all of our avid readers (i.e., me, Greech, Sean, my Dad, Felisa, and Katie). It's an article written about Ken Griffey Jr. from last month. This article really got me thinking.
Right now the biggest story in sports is Barry Bonds' pursuit of Hank Aaron's 755. This article basically says that this should be a two-man race with Griffey right alongside Bonds. Could you imagine what baseball would be like if Griffey didn't run into 348 injuries in a 5 year span?? Right now he's sitting at 584 homeruns. Can you honestly say that minus the injuries Griffey wouldn't be right next to Bonds in the race? Injuries absolutely cost him a good 150+ homeruns. Plus he's 5 years younger than Bonds. No doubt he's a wrist and 50 hamstring injuries away from being the all-time leader in homeruns. Such a shame.
And how much fun would this chase for 755 be if there was another player involved. This would be like Sosa/McGwire 1998 all over again, except for the fact that everyone would be on Griffey's side, where in 1998 it was relatively even. Griffey vs. Bonds right now would be Balboa vs. Creed II. Everyone pulling for Griffey (Balboa) as the underdog while tearing Bonds (Creed) apart. Sadly, I don't think the situation would end with a Rocky III beach scene re-enactment between Bonds and Junior. (And yes, I have been looking for an excuse to post that link since Day 1 of the Hub.)
-The Yanks are back below .500 as of the date of this column. So just to clarify, it is JUNE 26 AND THE YANKEES ARE UNDER .500. Glad we have that understood. They're also behind the Blue Jays in the standings, but hey who's really paying attention to these things.
-If I remember correctly I said back on April 4 that you would all love Dustin Pedroia by September. Looks like he arrived a little earlier than I expected, but this just cements the fact that I'm brilliant. FYI, Pena will come around but it's going to be in a different uniform. I still love you though WMP.
-Speaking of WMP I just received a text message from our boy Hemi with a pic of the man-beast himself. Which reminded me; check out Hemi's blog right here (I'm adding the link to our "Other People to Read..." section for future reference). He's currently driving/biking across the country with his father and brother and keeping a blog of his trip. It's a pretty cool read, and any chance to link to another Irishman, you know I'm taking it. I'll have a car-bomb waiting for you in Boston when you make it home brotha.
-Here's some stats for you: .191/33 R/34 RBI/19 SB. Julio Lugo may not be an All-Star candidate, but I think it's a little too soon to quit on him. He's getting on the scoreboard. Ignore the average and look at the other things he's doing. Give him a little more time. Well, either that or call Theo and tell him Greech is available after the All-Star Break, but he wants a pro-rated year's supply of Keystone Light.
-Buerhle to the Sox? Don't get your hopes up, today I read that was a rumor planted by the White Sox to drive up the asking price for Buehrle. If that's true then GM Kenny Williams is absolutely brilliant. If it's not true, then someone has way too much time on their hands to make up a rumor about a rumor.
-Heard another one that Mark Teixeira could end up in Boston before the deadline. Basically we would lose Mike Lowell and gain Teixeira in a 3-way deal with Minnesota (check out http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/ to see where I'm getting this. And be prepared to start checking MLBTradeRumors about 36 times per hour like I do.) Tough call on this trade as losing Lowell would be hard to do, but picking up Teixeira would be huge. Imagine that left-handed swing in Fenway??
-It's been officially decided by me and Leps, but no official date has been set: Vegas will happen in 2007. No doubt in my mind Sean ends up passed out in a hotel, dead broke, with 3 hookers. I'm pretty psyched to get that phone call at 5am asking me how the hell he got to a hotel 3 miles off the strip with 3 hookers. That will definitely be the highlight of 2007 for Danny Mac.
-Big fantasy trade from last week with my boy Hemi. I lose Ortiz and Halladay and pick up Bonderman, Johjima, and Derrek Lee. I stand by the trade and I will not budge on this. Besides, if this works out for Hemi, I get an assist for handing him a league title in 2 straight fantasy seasons. Eventually karma will pay me back for this.
-Movie recommendation for you all: The Break Up with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. Vaughn is hilarious, Aniston is hot, plus you get to see her ass. It's a no-lose situation.
-Hey did I mention the Sox are up 11 games on the Yanks right now? You know, the sub-.500 Yanks? Sorry Felisa, it had to be said.
And to close out, I just want to give you guys a heads up. Greech and Danny Mac will have a Midseason Review of the Sox around All-Star Break time. We'll be handing out midyear awards, some legit (MVP, etc.) and some awards that we just make up because we can (i.e. Best Tavarez Moment). Stay tuned for that. We're gonna need a name for these awards, something catchy. I have zero creativity so I'll leave that up to Greech. Or if you guys have any suggestions throw them our way. And if you have some award suggestions, feel free to fill us in.
Also, we had a suggestion from one of our 4 readers to put something up about Dan Shaughnessey. Well, Katie, I am going to pass on this. I'll just say the guy's a great writer, he's rich, and as negative as he is, everyone reads his column as soon as it's in print. You all know as soon as you hear "Hey, you see Shaughnessey's column today?" you either end up in an hour long discussion of it or you go read it and THEN end up in an hour long discussion. He might be an asshole, but he's brilliant. The guy coined the idea of the "Curse of the Bambino" and made a career with it. To paraphrase the living legend Wes Mantooth, "I hate you Dan Shaughnessey...But damnit I respect you." I'll tag in Greech on this one if he wants to tackle it.
Feel free to throw an email our way at thesportshub@gmail.com.
***Quick Disclaimer: The following 4 paragraphs pertain to professional wrestling. Feel free to skip it I won't be offended at all***
By now I'm sure everyone has heard the story of Chris Benoit. If you don't recognize that name, he's the pro wrestler that just killed his wife, 7-year old son, then hung himself over the weekend. I've been watching wrestling since I was probably 8 years old and I've finally hit my breaking point. I can't watch it anymore. I'm done. Finished. Retired. I am officially throwing in the towel. I've watched Chris Benoit on TV for the past 14 years of my life. I have never been so shocked and disgusted. This was the last straw for me. I won't even link to the reports I'm so disgusted. Factor in the 38 deaths of wrestlers under the age of 50 since 1985 (I did research, I'm not big enough of a loser to know that off the top of my head. And yes, I am big enough of a loser to do that research). Thank you WWE for making me feel like the last 15 years of my life were a total waste. I probably shoulda made the choice to jump off the wrestling bandwagon when i was 12 like everyone else but I didn't. Now, I AM DONE (But I absolutely still plan on blasting Hulk Hogan's "Real American" any chance I get).
Most of you reading this have no idea how big this story really is. No one that isn't a wrestling fan has heard of Benoit until today. I'd say he compares favorably in prominence to Ivan Rodriguez.
Unless you're a baseball fan, you probably have no idea who Pudge is. Everyone that knows baseball knows he's a future Hall of Famer and arguably the best catcher to ever throw on the gear. He's one of those athletes that you never hear a bad word about. Great guy, everyone loves him. He's one of the best in the game, but you always hear names like A-Rod, Ortiz, Vlad, etc. before you hear Pudge. That's Benoit in a nut shell.
Now imagine if this story came out and it was Pudge that was the killer. That's how big this really is.
***OK, now that my little mini-rant is outta the way, time to jump into some other things. Here's what's new at the Hub:
-I recently came across an awesome read that I felt needed to be brought to the attention of all of our avid readers (i.e., me, Greech, Sean, my Dad, Felisa, and Katie). It's an article written about Ken Griffey Jr. from last month. This article really got me thinking.
Right now the biggest story in sports is Barry Bonds' pursuit of Hank Aaron's 755. This article basically says that this should be a two-man race with Griffey right alongside Bonds. Could you imagine what baseball would be like if Griffey didn't run into 348 injuries in a 5 year span?? Right now he's sitting at 584 homeruns. Can you honestly say that minus the injuries Griffey wouldn't be right next to Bonds in the race? Injuries absolutely cost him a good 150+ homeruns. Plus he's 5 years younger than Bonds. No doubt he's a wrist and 50 hamstring injuries away from being the all-time leader in homeruns. Such a shame.
And how much fun would this chase for 755 be if there was another player involved. This would be like Sosa/McGwire 1998 all over again, except for the fact that everyone would be on Griffey's side, where in 1998 it was relatively even. Griffey vs. Bonds right now would be Balboa vs. Creed II. Everyone pulling for Griffey (Balboa) as the underdog while tearing Bonds (Creed) apart. Sadly, I don't think the situation would end with a Rocky III beach scene re-enactment between Bonds and Junior. (And yes, I have been looking for an excuse to post that link since Day 1 of the Hub.)
-The Yanks are back below .500 as of the date of this column. So just to clarify, it is JUNE 26 AND THE YANKEES ARE UNDER .500. Glad we have that understood. They're also behind the Blue Jays in the standings, but hey who's really paying attention to these things.
-If I remember correctly I said back on April 4 that you would all love Dustin Pedroia by September. Looks like he arrived a little earlier than I expected, but this just cements the fact that I'm brilliant. FYI, Pena will come around but it's going to be in a different uniform. I still love you though WMP.
-Speaking of WMP I just received a text message from our boy Hemi with a pic of the man-beast himself. Which reminded me; check out Hemi's blog right here (I'm adding the link to our "Other People to Read..." section for future reference). He's currently driving/biking across the country with his father and brother and keeping a blog of his trip. It's a pretty cool read, and any chance to link to another Irishman, you know I'm taking it. I'll have a car-bomb waiting for you in Boston when you make it home brotha.
-Here's some stats for you: .191/33 R/34 RBI/19 SB. Julio Lugo may not be an All-Star candidate, but I think it's a little too soon to quit on him. He's getting on the scoreboard. Ignore the average and look at the other things he's doing. Give him a little more time. Well, either that or call Theo and tell him Greech is available after the All-Star Break, but he wants a pro-rated year's supply of Keystone Light.
-Buerhle to the Sox? Don't get your hopes up, today I read that was a rumor planted by the White Sox to drive up the asking price for Buehrle. If that's true then GM Kenny Williams is absolutely brilliant. If it's not true, then someone has way too much time on their hands to make up a rumor about a rumor.
-Heard another one that Mark Teixeira could end up in Boston before the deadline. Basically we would lose Mike Lowell and gain Teixeira in a 3-way deal with Minnesota (check out http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/ to see where I'm getting this. And be prepared to start checking MLBTradeRumors about 36 times per hour like I do.) Tough call on this trade as losing Lowell would be hard to do, but picking up Teixeira would be huge. Imagine that left-handed swing in Fenway??
-It's been officially decided by me and Leps, but no official date has been set: Vegas will happen in 2007. No doubt in my mind Sean ends up passed out in a hotel, dead broke, with 3 hookers. I'm pretty psyched to get that phone call at 5am asking me how the hell he got to a hotel 3 miles off the strip with 3 hookers. That will definitely be the highlight of 2007 for Danny Mac.
-Big fantasy trade from last week with my boy Hemi. I lose Ortiz and Halladay and pick up Bonderman, Johjima, and Derrek Lee. I stand by the trade and I will not budge on this. Besides, if this works out for Hemi, I get an assist for handing him a league title in 2 straight fantasy seasons. Eventually karma will pay me back for this.
-Movie recommendation for you all: The Break Up with Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston. Vaughn is hilarious, Aniston is hot, plus you get to see her ass. It's a no-lose situation.
-Hey did I mention the Sox are up 11 games on the Yanks right now? You know, the sub-.500 Yanks? Sorry Felisa, it had to be said.
And to close out, I just want to give you guys a heads up. Greech and Danny Mac will have a Midseason Review of the Sox around All-Star Break time. We'll be handing out midyear awards, some legit (MVP, etc.) and some awards that we just make up because we can (i.e. Best Tavarez Moment). Stay tuned for that. We're gonna need a name for these awards, something catchy. I have zero creativity so I'll leave that up to Greech. Or if you guys have any suggestions throw them our way. And if you have some award suggestions, feel free to fill us in.
Also, we had a suggestion from one of our 4 readers to put something up about Dan Shaughnessey. Well, Katie, I am going to pass on this. I'll just say the guy's a great writer, he's rich, and as negative as he is, everyone reads his column as soon as it's in print. You all know as soon as you hear "Hey, you see Shaughnessey's column today?" you either end up in an hour long discussion of it or you go read it and THEN end up in an hour long discussion. He might be an asshole, but he's brilliant. The guy coined the idea of the "Curse of the Bambino" and made a career with it. To paraphrase the living legend Wes Mantooth, "I hate you Dan Shaughnessey...But damnit I respect you." I'll tag in Greech on this one if he wants to tackle it.
Feel free to throw an email our way at thesportshub@gmail.com.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Big, Big Head
Greech
Hey everyone, this post is coming at you live from my mothers computer, since my computer guy (Sean) is letting me down big time and I had to restore my computer myself. Not only did I lose all my music, but I am no longer able to go online, which is seriously affecting my ability to check my fantasy team as well as monitor all Facebook action; it also means that I’m doing this post without the benefit of being able to check anything I claim to be true, so why don’t we just assume that everything I say from here on is a fact. Sean: if your reading this, and you have to be because we only have like 5 readers and you’re one of them, let me know what this means “fatal error, windows will now reboot” Thanks.
Now on to some Red Sox happenings. The San Francisco Giants, Barry Bonds, and Barry Bond’s head came into town this past week for a pretty anti-climatic three game series. The Sox took all three in what I would call at best semi entertaining series. In the first two games of the series Bonds went 1/6 (with 2 walks), this was before his package from BALCO showed at his hotel and he hammered a deep homerun off Danno Mac’s man crush, Timmy Wakefield. Bonds, who may be off steroids, is without a doubt still pumping himself full of everything else that isn’t tested for, including HGH. The guys head seems to get bigger at bat to at bat, one of these days he is going to be standing on first base and just topple over because he cant support the weight of his head anymore. By the way, is anyone else more than a little suspicious that the Monday after Bonds and his drug dealing cronies left town Coco went 4/4 and homered twice?? Hey, I’m just saying….
A few years back, before all the steroid allegations, Bonds told members of the media, without being prompted at all, that the fans in Boston were racist. Now I don’t speak moron, buy by racist he must have mean that we are intolerant of ignorance, cheaters, huge heads, pricks and assholes. Anways, during Bond’s first at bat on Friday the fans at Fenway let him know how they felt. I wasn’t there to witness it in person, actually I don’t think I saw it on live on TV, I was probably busy playing suits or something else of equal importance, but the if those replays on ESPN did it any justice at all the fans who were at that game Friday night should be proud of themselves. The guy gets it in every city he plays in, but it was great to see the Boston fans step it up a notch without getting too crazy and pulling a Deniro in “The Fan” or start throwing batteries on the field a-la Philadelphia.
Alright, I gotta go, I’m getting up early to play in a work golf outing. Should be a good time, I picked up a 30 rack of bud (they didn’t have any Keystone) and a flask of Tequila. There is slim chance (still a chance) that the combination of all the booze, the kids I’m playing with, the rain, searching for golf balls in the woods, and having to yuck it up with people at work I don’t know could result in me doing something DannO Mac-esque and get fired tomorrow. Now, having witnessed it first hand with Danny Mac, I figure I can survive a good 10-11 months before I would have to get another job (even though the only proof we have that Danny even has a job is all his biz cas clothes), so I think ill be ok. Anyways, Danny and I are about to become internet millionaires, so I’m not too worried. I’ll be sure to fill you in with any and all golf-outing-happenings.
Thanks for reading guys, as always, make sure to keep it real. You can send us ANY and ALL questions, comments or concerns at our very own website email address: TheSportsHub@gmail.com
Hey everyone, this post is coming at you live from my mothers computer, since my computer guy (Sean) is letting me down big time and I had to restore my computer myself. Not only did I lose all my music, but I am no longer able to go online, which is seriously affecting my ability to check my fantasy team as well as monitor all Facebook action; it also means that I’m doing this post without the benefit of being able to check anything I claim to be true, so why don’t we just assume that everything I say from here on is a fact. Sean: if your reading this, and you have to be because we only have like 5 readers and you’re one of them, let me know what this means “fatal error, windows will now reboot” Thanks.
Now on to some Red Sox happenings. The San Francisco Giants, Barry Bonds, and Barry Bond’s head came into town this past week for a pretty anti-climatic three game series. The Sox took all three in what I would call at best semi entertaining series. In the first two games of the series Bonds went 1/6 (with 2 walks), this was before his package from BALCO showed at his hotel and he hammered a deep homerun off Danno Mac’s man crush, Timmy Wakefield. Bonds, who may be off steroids, is without a doubt still pumping himself full of everything else that isn’t tested for, including HGH. The guys head seems to get bigger at bat to at bat, one of these days he is going to be standing on first base and just topple over because he cant support the weight of his head anymore. By the way, is anyone else more than a little suspicious that the Monday after Bonds and his drug dealing cronies left town Coco went 4/4 and homered twice?? Hey, I’m just saying….
A few years back, before all the steroid allegations, Bonds told members of the media, without being prompted at all, that the fans in Boston were racist. Now I don’t speak moron, buy by racist he must have mean that we are intolerant of ignorance, cheaters, huge heads, pricks and assholes. Anways, during Bond’s first at bat on Friday the fans at Fenway let him know how they felt. I wasn’t there to witness it in person, actually I don’t think I saw it on live on TV, I was probably busy playing suits or something else of equal importance, but the if those replays on ESPN did it any justice at all the fans who were at that game Friday night should be proud of themselves. The guy gets it in every city he plays in, but it was great to see the Boston fans step it up a notch without getting too crazy and pulling a Deniro in “The Fan” or start throwing batteries on the field a-la Philadelphia.
Alright, I gotta go, I’m getting up early to play in a work golf outing. Should be a good time, I picked up a 30 rack of bud (they didn’t have any Keystone) and a flask of Tequila. There is slim chance (still a chance) that the combination of all the booze, the kids I’m playing with, the rain, searching for golf balls in the woods, and having to yuck it up with people at work I don’t know could result in me doing something DannO Mac-esque and get fired tomorrow. Now, having witnessed it first hand with Danny Mac, I figure I can survive a good 10-11 months before I would have to get another job (even though the only proof we have that Danny even has a job is all his biz cas clothes), so I think ill be ok. Anyways, Danny and I are about to become internet millionaires, so I’m not too worried. I’ll be sure to fill you in with any and all golf-outing-happenings.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Awesome Sign of Respect
Looks like Ortiz and the Sox have stepped up to bat for Youk. They requested that Youk's name replace Papi on the Player's Ballot.
This means 3 things in my mind:
A. David Ortiz is the ultimate team player. Add this act of generosity to the 3726 clutch hits he'd had in a Sox uniform. The guy's done a ton for the city of Boston since coming here, and this only adds to his legacy. Plus I read the other day he helped a guy propose to his girlfriend. Bravo, Papi. I nominate you for sainthood.
B. There's justice in MLB after all. Youk belongs in the All-Star game (realistically he should be starting but we'll let it slide as long as he's there). Look at the numbers. Top of the league all-around. Plus he has grown the most bad ass goatee since Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart was tearing up the WWF in the '80s (see the pic), or since Danny Mac circa 2003-present.
C. Apparently Ortiz and the Sox front office check out The Sports Hub on occasion because just yesterday I went on a mini-rant about Youk and the All-Star game (2nd paragraph from the bottom, but I'd rather you read your way through the entire thing 'til you get to Youk. Just do it, please??)
When's the last time a Yankee took himself off an All-Star ballot for a teammate? Willing to bet that never has, and never will happen.
This means 3 things in my mind:
A. David Ortiz is the ultimate team player. Add this act of generosity to the 3726 clutch hits he'd had in a Sox uniform. The guy's done a ton for the city of Boston since coming here, and this only adds to his legacy. Plus I read the other day he helped a guy propose to his girlfriend. Bravo, Papi. I nominate you for sainthood.
B. There's justice in MLB after all. Youk belongs in the All-Star game (realistically he should be starting but we'll let it slide as long as he's there). Look at the numbers. Top of the league all-around. Plus he has grown the most bad ass goatee since Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart was tearing up the WWF in the '80s (see the pic), or since Danny Mac circa 2003-present.
C. Apparently Ortiz and the Sox front office check out The Sports Hub on occasion because just yesterday I went on a mini-rant about Youk and the All-Star game (2nd paragraph from the bottom, but I'd rather you read your way through the entire thing 'til you get to Youk. Just do it, please??)
When's the last time a Yankee took himself off an All-Star ballot for a teammate? Willing to bet that never has, and never will happen.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
A Sad Moment...and Some Other Stuff
Thanks to an email from our boy Leps, I found out that Harold Reynolds is back in baseball. Something this monumental should be the highlight of my year. But he's working for MLB.com which means pretty much no one will ever see this guy working. Absolute travesty.
So basically ESPN has completely dropped the ball here. Truthfully I struggle to watch Baseball Tonight now. Without HR, John Kruk can say absolutely anything he wants without response. There's no Harold to tear him apart on the air after Kruk predicts 30 wins from Randy Johnson, and 174 homeruns from Pujols before the All-Star break. At least with Harold around Kruk was kept somewhat in check. But hey, at least they have Fernando Vina on the show now. Could be the most boring television personality of all-time.
And you're gonna tell me that Harold Reynolds, in my opinion the second best baseball mind in the world (next to Gammons) can't be on ESPN because of an alleged sexual harassment, but Joe Morgan still has a freakin job???
Morgan is allowed to constantly repeat the absolute worst points in the history of sports and stay employed on a SPORTS CHANNEL, yet Harold gets the boot for harrassing an intern??? I swear to God if i heard Morgan try to cement home his point about Dice-K needing to learn to throw inside one more time during that Sunday Night Game against the Yanks I was going to Bristol.
And for the record, this summer I will continue my boycott of the Little League World Series since there's no HR.
Some other stuff:
Fantasy baseball is an absolute rip-off. How can a team that has Beckett, Halladay, Peavy, Hamels, Big Papi, and David Wright be in sixth place and losing ground by the day? Absolutely ridiculous. Thankfully I have about 35 more points before I'm down to Conboy/Lepore levels.
Dice-K has been so-so up to this point. He's been getting himself into trouble a lot lately, but still no worries here at The Hub. Monster second-half for the Dice-man....wait and see.
Dustin Pedroia has been moved into the lead-off spot as of the series opener against Colorado. I like it...a lot. This guy's been awesome over the last month and a half. Now imagine him setting the table for Youk, Ortiz (about to break out any day now), and Manny, assuming Manny even knows who DP is. Can anyone else see Pedroia on 2nd, with Manny at the plate, and Manny calling timeout to ask the 3rd base coach who the hell the short white guy on 2nd base is?
So Clemens is back, Abreu is finally out of his Pedro Cerrano in Major League 2-like slump, and the Yanks are starting to play like an AL East teame instead of an NL Central team. I'll be honest, part of me is happy about this. What would September and October in Boston be like without a little Sox-Yanks drama?
Jon Lester has been sent to Pawtucket instead of joining the Sox rotation. Solid move. Why rush this kid back when Tavarez has been one of the biggest surprises in Red Sox history. Tavarez can handle the five-spot in the rotation for the Sox until Lester is back where they want him. No rush at all.
Read a pretty cool story today in the Globe about the cop that throws out a fist pound for Papelbon everytime Pap takes the field. Pretty sweet job for this guy. It turns out he's actually one of the biggest bad asses in all of Boston. And I have to tell you; after seeing Papelbon close out a game in person for the first time, it's just the perfect storm. The fist pound, "Wild Thing" playing during the jog in from the 'pen, topped off with 36,000+ losing it as that song by Dropkick Murphy's from The Departed blasts throughout the stadium. How do you beat that?
Quick prediction: earlier this year I would have said Tavarez gets traded in a package deal at the deadline. Now, I say there's no way he goes. And not because he's been great, or we need the arm, etc. It's because this will be the thing that finally puts Manny over the edge and he finally says %$@! this place. You'll see Manny walking towards fly balls (as opposed to the light jog he takes now), taking himself out of the lineup with a tummy-ache, and actually refusing to even bring a bat to the plate with him. We need to keep Tavarez just to keep Manny happy.
Another prediction (that hurts a lot): Wily Mo Pena gets traded before the deadline. Some half-decent NL team will roll the dice on WMP in exchange for a decent middle reliever. Then WMP goes on to hit something like 93 homers in the 2nd half of the season.
Kevin Youkilis absolutely needs to end up in the All-Star game this year. As much of a joke as the voting process already is, Youk not playing for the AL is an absolute shame. Explain to me how the guy leading all first baseman in everything doesn't even get on the ballot, yet there will be someone representing the Royals. It's a joke.
I know it's only June, and the Sox are on top of the AL East, but I cannot help but be absolutely PSYCHED for Pats season. How the hell do you stop Belichick's boys this year?? Belichick must have stormed Kraft's office and said "Look, Peyton just won a ring and now everyone's gonna kiss his ass and say he's a million times better than Tom. We need deep threats for Tom to shatter all of Manning's stats, and we need to upgrade the D. Go to it Bobby." Absolutely scary how good this team looks right now. See ya in Foxboro Peyton.
Anyway, time to wrap this one up. Feel free to get in touch at thesportshub@gmail.com, but only if the email is something derogatory about Greech.
So basically ESPN has completely dropped the ball here. Truthfully I struggle to watch Baseball Tonight now. Without HR, John Kruk can say absolutely anything he wants without response. There's no Harold to tear him apart on the air after Kruk predicts 30 wins from Randy Johnson, and 174 homeruns from Pujols before the All-Star break. At least with Harold around Kruk was kept somewhat in check. But hey, at least they have Fernando Vina on the show now. Could be the most boring television personality of all-time.
And you're gonna tell me that Harold Reynolds, in my opinion the second best baseball mind in the world (next to Gammons) can't be on ESPN because of an alleged sexual harassment, but Joe Morgan still has a freakin job???
Morgan is allowed to constantly repeat the absolute worst points in the history of sports and stay employed on a SPORTS CHANNEL, yet Harold gets the boot for harrassing an intern??? I swear to God if i heard Morgan try to cement home his point about Dice-K needing to learn to throw inside one more time during that Sunday Night Game against the Yanks I was going to Bristol.
And for the record, this summer I will continue my boycott of the Little League World Series since there's no HR.
Some other stuff:
Fantasy baseball is an absolute rip-off. How can a team that has Beckett, Halladay, Peavy, Hamels, Big Papi, and David Wright be in sixth place and losing ground by the day? Absolutely ridiculous. Thankfully I have about 35 more points before I'm down to Conboy/Lepore levels.
Dice-K has been so-so up to this point. He's been getting himself into trouble a lot lately, but still no worries here at The Hub. Monster second-half for the Dice-man....wait and see.
Dustin Pedroia has been moved into the lead-off spot as of the series opener against Colorado. I like it...a lot. This guy's been awesome over the last month and a half. Now imagine him setting the table for Youk, Ortiz (about to break out any day now), and Manny, assuming Manny even knows who DP is. Can anyone else see Pedroia on 2nd, with Manny at the plate, and Manny calling timeout to ask the 3rd base coach who the hell the short white guy on 2nd base is?
So Clemens is back, Abreu is finally out of his Pedro Cerrano in Major League 2-like slump, and the Yanks are starting to play like an AL East teame instead of an NL Central team. I'll be honest, part of me is happy about this. What would September and October in Boston be like without a little Sox-Yanks drama?
Jon Lester has been sent to Pawtucket instead of joining the Sox rotation. Solid move. Why rush this kid back when Tavarez has been one of the biggest surprises in Red Sox history. Tavarez can handle the five-spot in the rotation for the Sox until Lester is back where they want him. No rush at all.
Read a pretty cool story today in the Globe about the cop that throws out a fist pound for Papelbon everytime Pap takes the field. Pretty sweet job for this guy. It turns out he's actually one of the biggest bad asses in all of Boston. And I have to tell you; after seeing Papelbon close out a game in person for the first time, it's just the perfect storm. The fist pound, "Wild Thing" playing during the jog in from the 'pen, topped off with 36,000+ losing it as that song by Dropkick Murphy's from The Departed blasts throughout the stadium. How do you beat that?
Quick prediction: earlier this year I would have said Tavarez gets traded in a package deal at the deadline. Now, I say there's no way he goes. And not because he's been great, or we need the arm, etc. It's because this will be the thing that finally puts Manny over the edge and he finally says %$@! this place. You'll see Manny walking towards fly balls (as opposed to the light jog he takes now), taking himself out of the lineup with a tummy-ache, and actually refusing to even bring a bat to the plate with him. We need to keep Tavarez just to keep Manny happy.
Another prediction (that hurts a lot): Wily Mo Pena gets traded before the deadline. Some half-decent NL team will roll the dice on WMP in exchange for a decent middle reliever. Then WMP goes on to hit something like 93 homers in the 2nd half of the season.
Kevin Youkilis absolutely needs to end up in the All-Star game this year. As much of a joke as the voting process already is, Youk not playing for the AL is an absolute shame. Explain to me how the guy leading all first baseman in everything doesn't even get on the ballot, yet there will be someone representing the Royals. It's a joke.
I know it's only June, and the Sox are on top of the AL East, but I cannot help but be absolutely PSYCHED for Pats season. How the hell do you stop Belichick's boys this year?? Belichick must have stormed Kraft's office and said "Look, Peyton just won a ring and now everyone's gonna kiss his ass and say he's a million times better than Tom. We need deep threats for Tom to shatter all of Manning's stats, and we need to upgrade the D. Go to it Bobby." Absolutely scary how good this team looks right now. See ya in Foxboro Peyton.
Anyway, time to wrap this one up. Feel free to get in touch at thesportshub@gmail.com, but only if the email is something derogatory about Greech.
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Rivalry? What Rivalry
Greech
I’m not really sure, I haven’t done the math or anything yet, but if I were forced to guess I would say the magic number for the Sox is around 17? Maybe 18?. The Red Sox sit 10 games up in the AL East, and we are actually currently on a bad slide. Meanwhile, a little to the south of Boston the Yankees are sitting in the cellar, tied for last with the always formidable Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Even after taking two of three at Fenway this past weekend, the Yankees are still reeling. There ingenious singing of Roger Clemens has yet to work out as planned. Clemens was recently diagnosed with a “Fatigued Groin”, and I haven’t been reading any of the New York tabloids, but wasn’t that the same thing they said was wrong with ARod last week in Toronto? Simply put these Yankees are the Anti Red Sox. They don’t seem to get along with each other, they don’t even stay in the same hotels (see: ARod in Toronto), They don’t defend their teammates (see: Jeter after Arod’s “MINE!”), their fans are booing their future first ballot hall of fame Manager, and their Owner may of may not be dead (alright, John Henry might be dead too, so we have that in common). All in all these guys seem to hate coming to the park. I’m only sad that Sheffield isn’t still around to lecture his teammates with his racist rants after Abreu strikes out or Cano boots a ground ball…. “I got some buddies back in the hood who are TWICE the players these clowns are, but my boys.....they won’t let the man control em, so they get sent back to the hood, shits wack”. Think about it, with the combination of a crazy Sheffield, a half dead owner, a menstruating third baseman, and a few pissed off and insulted Latin players, we might have seen the first ever same team bench clearing brawl, I for one feel robbed.
The Sox on the other hand, are playing like a ($150 million) team of destiny. Our manger makes all the right decisions, our bench guys (like Cora and Hinske NOT Pena) are coming up big when we need them to and our bullpen is pitching great holding leads late in tight games. Our starting 9 is hitting the ball and playing great defense, and while guys like Drew and Lugo aren’t playing up to expectations, guys like Lowell and Pedroia are picking up the slack. The starting pitching has been incredible, even our number 5 Freddy Kruger has been throwing a great ball his past six outings. And as good as Tavarez has pitched, we have Lester getting closer and closer to making his return to Fenway. Not only will Lester provide a more reliable fifth starter, he can roll the ball to first base with far more accuracy than Tavarez can.
The other thing I’ve noticed about this team, something I haven’t seen since 2004, is the way these guys seem to genuinely get along and enjoy each others company. Other than the occasionally time here and there when it looks like Daisuke wants to karate chop Tavarez for too much close talking, these guys all seem to be having fun in the dugout and on the field.
Back are the 90 second hand shakes, the awkward male hugs, the facial hair growing contests, and everything else that made 2004 one of the best seasons to be a Sox fan. So usually people say “enjoy it while it lasts” well I’m not going to say that, because I’m not all that worried about the Orioles, and the Yankees? Well let’s just say the old “Yankees Suck” chant is quickly becoming outdated.
OK, I have to add this in real quick…First Ill say up front that I’m going to temporarily ignore what transpired on May 22nd, I’ll just say that there hasn’t been a bigger ping pong game since Gump played the Chinese. I was planning on writing something before it happened, but didn’t want to jinx us, then Danny and Hemi kept bringing it up, all but guaranteeing we were going to end up with the five pick, and wouldn’t you know what happened??? Let it be known, however, that I haven’t been that close to puking, crying, peeing my pants, and seaning myself all at once since I was probably 4. But after a week or so to let it marinate, I decided that I’m actually not even that mad, because Oden is probably going to die of old age in two or three years anyway and the way I figure it Durant is going to severely burn his shooting hand on a double Carmel Macchiato from Starbucks. Amway, I’m going to spend the upcoming weeks learning how to pronounce Yi Jianlian, feel free to join me.
As always, thanks for reading, you loyal fans of TSH. We'll try to post more regulary in the upcoming weeks. You can reach us with comments, questions, autograph request, picture requests, etc, etc at TheSportsHub@gmail.com
I’m not really sure, I haven’t done the math or anything yet, but if I were forced to guess I would say the magic number for the Sox is around 17? Maybe 18?. The Red Sox sit 10 games up in the AL East, and we are actually currently on a bad slide. Meanwhile, a little to the south of Boston the Yankees are sitting in the cellar, tied for last with the always formidable Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
Even after taking two of three at Fenway this past weekend, the Yankees are still reeling. There ingenious singing of Roger Clemens has yet to work out as planned. Clemens was recently diagnosed with a “Fatigued Groin”, and I haven’t been reading any of the New York tabloids, but wasn’t that the same thing they said was wrong with ARod last week in Toronto? Simply put these Yankees are the Anti Red Sox. They don’t seem to get along with each other, they don’t even stay in the same hotels (see: ARod in Toronto), They don’t defend their teammates (see: Jeter after Arod’s “MINE!”), their fans are booing their future first ballot hall of fame Manager, and their Owner may of may not be dead (alright, John Henry might be dead too, so we have that in common). All in all these guys seem to hate coming to the park. I’m only sad that Sheffield isn’t still around to lecture his teammates with his racist rants after Abreu strikes out or Cano boots a ground ball…. “I got some buddies back in the hood who are TWICE the players these clowns are, but my boys.....they won’t let the man control em, so they get sent back to the hood, shits wack”. Think about it, with the combination of a crazy Sheffield, a half dead owner, a menstruating third baseman, and a few pissed off and insulted Latin players, we might have seen the first ever same team bench clearing brawl, I for one feel robbed.
The Sox on the other hand, are playing like a ($150 million) team of destiny. Our manger makes all the right decisions, our bench guys (like Cora and Hinske NOT Pena) are coming up big when we need them to and our bullpen is pitching great holding leads late in tight games. Our starting 9 is hitting the ball and playing great defense, and while guys like Drew and Lugo aren’t playing up to expectations, guys like Lowell and Pedroia are picking up the slack. The starting pitching has been incredible, even our number 5 Freddy Kruger has been throwing a great ball his past six outings. And as good as Tavarez has pitched, we have Lester getting closer and closer to making his return to Fenway. Not only will Lester provide a more reliable fifth starter, he can roll the ball to first base with far more accuracy than Tavarez can.
The other thing I’ve noticed about this team, something I haven’t seen since 2004, is the way these guys seem to genuinely get along and enjoy each others company. Other than the occasionally time here and there when it looks like Daisuke wants to karate chop Tavarez for too much close talking, these guys all seem to be having fun in the dugout and on the field.
Back are the 90 second hand shakes, the awkward male hugs, the facial hair growing contests, and everything else that made 2004 one of the best seasons to be a Sox fan. So usually people say “enjoy it while it lasts” well I’m not going to say that, because I’m not all that worried about the Orioles, and the Yankees? Well let’s just say the old “Yankees Suck” chant is quickly becoming outdated.
OK, I have to add this in real quick…First Ill say up front that I’m going to temporarily ignore what transpired on May 22nd, I’ll just say that there hasn’t been a bigger ping pong game since Gump played the Chinese. I was planning on writing something before it happened, but didn’t want to jinx us, then Danny and Hemi kept bringing it up, all but guaranteeing we were going to end up with the five pick, and wouldn’t you know what happened??? Let it be known, however, that I haven’t been that close to puking, crying, peeing my pants, and seaning myself all at once since I was probably 4. But after a week or so to let it marinate, I decided that I’m actually not even that mad, because Oden is probably going to die of old age in two or three years anyway and the way I figure it Durant is going to severely burn his shooting hand on a double Carmel Macchiato from Starbucks. Amway, I’m going to spend the upcoming weeks learning how to pronounce Yi Jianlian, feel free to join me.
As always, thanks for reading, you loyal fans of TSH. We'll try to post more regulary in the upcoming weeks. You can reach us with comments, questions, autograph request, picture requests, etc, etc at TheSportsHub@gmail.com
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