Another Barstool Friday!!!!

Well, it isn't the happiest of mornings, but I have a lot to say, and it is Barstool Friday after all. Let's roll...

• Props to the UMass Minutemen. You guys did a hell of a job, better than anyone expected 6 months ago. As I watched last night, I felt like we were champions, no matter the outcome. If only, 10 years ago, someone had said to Luke Bonner, "Luke, you're a 7 foot tall, slow white guy. Learn how to play some post defense and rebound. You're a center not a wingman", we might have had a chance of stopping Ohio State's Big Greek, and the outcome would have been different. But, as a certain coach in Foxboro would say, it is what it is. So congrats UMass, you did something no other Minuteman hoops squad has ever done, you played in April. Now, somebody tie Travis Ford to a chair and lock him in a closet until next basketball season so he can't go anywhere.

• Tonight, it will finally really feel like baseball season to me. After the fuka asahayaku opening day and another 6 AM game 2, a couple of exhibition games in a "park" that had all of the charm of some of the whiffle ball "stadiums" we created as kids, and a late night game I could barely stay awake for the first pitch for (have I mentioned lately that I hate West Coast road swings?), we actually had baseball at a normal hour on Wednesday. And tonight we have a 7 o'clock game! And Tuesday we have Opeing Day At Fenway! And Wednesday we have me at Fenway! Yes, it finally feels like baseball season has arrived. Wake up Red Sox Nation, it's time to Play Ball!

• The Celtics won their 60th game of the season this week. First time since the '86 Championship season they've done that. They have beaten every team in the league. They have achieved the greatest season to season turn-around in NBA history. Now it is time to MAKE history. Now is the time for GREEN 17. I haven't been this excited for the NBA Playoffs since the '80s. I Love This Game.

That's it for this week folks. Tonight, I revel for a few hours with my old AEPi brothers from good ol' UMass, down at Rafter's in Amherst. Remember, where ever you hop on a barstool this weekend, it's good to be a Boston sports fan.




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