Guess Who's Back....Back Again

It has been far to long. I know I started off with a few riveting posts over the summer and then left you all behind. However I had good reason----money. Money is everything- especially to a poor college kid who wanted to make his senior year the greatest. Enough with the apologies-- I am a guy, naturally I am afraid of commitment and that is what exactly this thing is. It is a commitment.

Beantown Ups and Downs....
The Sooooxxxx
It was not nearly as dramatic and it certainly did not have the historical implications as the first time around, but winning the World Series for the second time in 4 years was amazing. Again it was a case of the ALCS having all the drama, while the World Series was simply a crowning. The point is that the Sox did it with great pitching and timely hitting. They were not the same potent offense as '04. This was like a toned down version of that team.

Pats
18-1. I predicted 19-0 and I was almost right. Thats right people, the Inside Man broke it down (in ridiculous fashion) and just like Morpheous knew Neo was the one- I knew the New England Patriots were going to do great things. I said Randy Moss would acclimate to the "Patriot Way", I even said to expect big numbers from Brady, and finally as if I had a crystal ball I predicted 19-0. What happened? Break through historic seasons from Moss and Brady---however all lost in the Super Bowl.

I am going to refrain from really getting into it now about what happened in Super Bowl 42. Instead I am going to give a year-later perspective during the build up to Super Bowl 43 (which will not involve the aforementioned Pats---that is a lock). I am doing this because I am still in shock- I know its pathetic. Maybe not as pathetic as Floyd Mayweather Vs. The Big show at the recent Wrestlemania, but still pathetic.

I do want to talk quickly about what was rushing through my mind as I saw the end of something that could have been great. I was delirious at the time and saying I could not watch football next year. The anguish from the Manning brothers success and my sadness was not worth it. I was devastated.

I had laid out a couple victory cigars for 19-0 and was about to throw them away. Things changed while at a post-game party though. People were drinking and having fun while I was sulking looking at the cigar thinking what could had been. The game clearly had meant more to me then others at this party. I just did not know how to cope and no one really understood what I was thinking (I didn't expect them too). Then my friend Rob Crowell said something to me that really hit home. "Rhino, I mean I am a big sports fan much like yourself lets talk and have that cigar." We lit up, sat down, and started to talk about something men don't usually talk about---feelings. Devastated and saying I was not going to watch next year. Rob then said something that really made me think. "You know, I see great teams win and lose all the time. Its part of the game. You're hurt because you care. Take the good with the bad you know. This is why girls will never get sports. It isn't like Lauren breaking up with Brody---this shit is real. They don't get the countless hours we spend watching pre-game shows or the amount of times we check ESPN.com to read new articles. Our whole world is shocked, but in the end when our kids asked us about this game on this night I will think of how bad it sucked. But then I'll also think of college and how great it was. Not just in sports ('04/'07 world series champs/'04 Super Bowls Champs all in college), but all the great times we had with our friends."

I guess what Rob was saying was simple- Don't Cop Out.

Revitalization of the Green
I want everyone who is reading this to go under the 2007 tab and go to March and read "Grump Old Men..."

While being absent from my blog, I posted it last year and cannot get the edited version to come up as something posted this year which is actually updated from these ramblings as we have made it to the finals (here are my season rants on the rebirth)....

The Celtics are back.....finally. I think I am the only person in my group of friends that has been following the NBA through the rough times, but now that the C's are in it I can honestly say I am excited. I am almost willing to take 18-1 for a Celtics championship. The last time we won the title I was 2 months old and Marty McFly was going back to the future!

The great thing about the Celtics is there attitude every night out. They always show up and are constantly proving themselves. They completed the Texas Triangle which had not been done since 2001 and pretty much rapped up the East. Did that stop the men in green!?! No, they took down the Hornets and Suns because those were the only two teams that they had not beaten over the course of the season. They did it just because and thats what I love---the killer instinct. Thats the culture that I love about this team----KG will not let them give in to shit. He's the motivator and Paul Pierce is the assassin. It is lethal and I will be spending way to much time writing about them and their endeavors these next few months...

Bottom line is I am back and determined to keep this thing up!