This week is not the misery Michael Felger makes it out to be, but between bumper-to-bumper traffic, long lines at the register, and various ill-wills we hurl at each other in a Christmas panic exacerbated by last weekend's snowout, one thing is alarming. Folks, when did Boston become a five-team sports town? Parking lots with … Continue reading Week Log: Dreaming of a Partisan Christmas
Week Log: The Ink Is Flowing At The Fens
It had been a slow first month of the free agent season for the Sox - including a non-event at the winter meetings in Indy - but the stove is heating up now with one trade in the works, another on everybody's minds, and two big free agent signings formalized yesterday. The Sox make a … Continue reading Week Log: The Ink Is Flowing At The Fens
Sox and Pats: Bridging To Nowhere?
We're hearing a lot of talk these days about the Patriots being in a bridge year as they break in a new generation of defender, ideally under the cloak of a machine-like offense that was supposed to cover up the growing pains. Now, in case you missed it yesterday, Tony Massarotti had the Sox in … Continue reading Sox and Pats: Bridging To Nowhere?
More Fall-Out From A Party Gone Bad
It's a Tuesday in early December, but in New England it looks like New Year's morning after you wake up with a hangover to find the party's over. Tom E. Curran puts it best in describing this as a natural evolution that is going to get worse because, as he says, the Patriots don't even … Continue reading More Fall-Out From A Party Gone Bad
Jimmys And Joes And The Newest Of Lows
Bruce is away this week, so I'll be doing some pinch-hitting. I may not be quite the power hitter, but I'll try to get on base for you each day. So, let's lead off with the Patriots. Patriots In what's becoming a recurring theme, the Pats gave up another one on the road and in … Continue reading Jimmys And Joes And The Newest Of Lows
Week Log: Patriots Are Just Another Team
Unless you're the President of the United States or the engineer who figured out how to fit all that cheese into a Cheez-It, you've probably awoken to days when you feel like Just Another Guy or Just Another Gal, as Felger might say. On Tuesday morning, I woke to the realization the Pats are Just … Continue reading Week Log: Patriots Are Just Another Team
Week Log: Big Guys Don’t Cry
The only thing better than watching the NYJ take a beating on an autumn Sunday afternoon is watching the Patriots give it to them. After nine weeks out of alignment, the football world has righted itself again as the Pats redeemed their Week 2 loss to the Jets with a 31-14 win in Foxborough on … Continue reading Week Log: Big Guys Don’t Cry
Week Log: Belichick, On His Terms
Yes, I hurled all manner of verbal abuse at my TV on Sunday night and, yes, my wife walked out on me for the last 13 seconds. In fact, she got so flustered that she forgot to take our youngest with her, leaving him to ask to no one in particular, "Why is daddy so … Continue reading Week Log: Belichick, On His Terms
Week Log: Another Little Souvenir of a Terrible Year
If part of your life is defined by the Boston sports experience as is mine, then any year involving both a Lakers and Yankees championship can't be completely good. Sure, if the other guy wins, that means our guy doesn't, but it's also very much about who that other guy is. It took a summer … Continue reading Week Log: Another Little Souvenir of a Terrible Year
Week Log: No Frost on the Pumpkin
Forget the killing frost and stockpiling cases of dry gas for optimal winter performance. Ease up on closing that pool and racing down to Burlington Coat Factory ahead of everyone else. It's going to hit 70 degrees this weekend and that means it's NBA time again in Boston. Tossing Batting Practice is thrilled that the … Continue reading Week Log: No Frost on the Pumpkin
