- I would like to offer my condolences to the fans of the Pittsburgh Pirates, as ownership contemplates the hiring of reviled former Red Sox GM Dan Duquette. I hope for you sake that this never happens, but if it does, let me offer the following silver lining. During his tenure, Duquette will invariably bring some talent to your team. He won't build a team that can actually win anything, but he will some how pluck a few key pieces out of seemingly nowhere. Do not be lulled into a false sense of hope, because your Pirates will perennially disappoint, but know this. After a decade or so of torturing you, Duquette will finally be let go and someone else will come in, make a wise move or two to actually create a TEAM rather than a conglomoration of players, and you might actually win it all. So, we'll see y'all in 2018.
- Interesting stat I heard yesterday. If the Red Sox had averaged 4 runs over Daisuke Matsuzaka's last 12 starts, he'd have 19 wins right now. Just goes to show the guy is one hell of a pitcher...and that the Sox aren't getting runs when they need them.
- Reggie Miller announced that he will not come out of retirement to play for the Boston Celtics or anyone else. As I've stated before, I have no love loss for Miller, but this move really puts some heat back on Danny Ainge to bring in a little more quality help for his stars. Should be interesting.
- The New England Patriots will take to the field this weekend for the momentous Pre-season Game #3, which is arguably the only game of the pre-season slate worth watching. Tom Brady, the new father, will play, and expect to see the starters for a good chunk of the game. The two big things to watch this week will be how well the O-line plays and protects Mr. Terrific, and the performance of Laurence Maroney, now cleared for contact. The line has clearly left something to be desired so far, and I'd like to see Maroney get some quality carries, if for no other reason than to get his feet under him before it all starts for real on September 9th. BREAKING NEWS (10:40AM) Asante Samuel will sign his one-year tender and report to Patriots training camp next week. About time, Dumb Ass.
- I'm doing my best to not overlook this important 4 game stand against the ChiSox, but is there anyone out there who isn't just dying for the Red Sox-Yankees series? This is what baseball is all about. Sox-Yanks with 5 weeks to go. I can't wait. And for the record, after the Yankees we get Baltimore for 3, Toronto for 3, Baltimore for 4, Rays for 3. That's a 10 game stretch that should put a lock on the Red Sox AL East crown. Buckle up, away we go!
- UMass Minuteman Gary Forbes is playing for the Panamanian National squad at this week's FIBA Americas tournament in Las Vegas. While Panama has, by all accounts, zero chance of qualifying for the Olympics, I think this is a really nice honor for the UMass forward, and I hope the experience of playing against competition of this caliber feeds into his season. It would be nice to see Forbes step up for the Minutemen as a leader this year.
- While we're talking UMass hoops, old friend Kitwana Rhymer scored 9 points last night for the Virgin Islands team. Unfortunately, the VI got crushed by Team USA, 123-59. You'd like to think from that score that things bode well for Team USA, but hey...it was the Virgin Islands.
Well, that's about it for this week folks. I'm outta here for a few days, I'll catch back up with you in the midst of the Sox-Yankees battle. Minimum of a 7 game lead by the end of the month, you read it here first.
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