For my last blog

For my last words of the semester I want to leave you with two words that you should always live your life according to:

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Well kids...

I am not, never was, and never, ever will be, a Giants fan. (The name Eli Manning just makes me wan to vomit.) And the one thing I have learned, and that has stuck in my head from friends who follow the giants, does not even pertain to the game of football. I have learned that Plaxico Burress is an asshole. Who brings a shotgun strapped to your leg into a nightclub? More importantly how do you not put the safety on. He literally shot himself in the foot. Well, leg, but that sounded good. Honestly he stepped right into a 3 1/2 year sentence and cops didn't even have to do anything, of course since he's an athlete and this is America and nobody is created equal, he will not be serving that time, instead he is suspended from playing and gets a slap on the wrist. Shocking. Well I just figured that since I havent really done a post on a NY sports team, and I am currently attending college in this fine state, I figured I would include a fun post on the Giants. And how stupid they are. Thanks for reading. See yaaaaaaa.

Bruins Update

The Bruins have created quite the name for themselves lately. They are second overall in the league only to San Jose, and first in the Eastern conference, second being the Rangers. NY fans, how does it feel to constantly be second best? They have had a winning season so far with a 21-5 stat as of right now. #91 Marc Savard holds the title of points leader, and assists leader for the team with 8 goals, 34 points and 26 assists. 21 year-old Phil Kessel, number 81 is the leading scorer for the team as of right now. Kessel stretched his current point streak to 15 games with a goal and an assist Saturday night-his streak is the longest in the NHL this season. Boston has had some pretty kick-ass comebacks as far as the NHL is concerned. The Bruins finished OK last year but this year they are rallying and skating to first place and taking down everyone who stands in their way, which is Toronto tomorrow night. Good luck to the Maple Leafs, maybe they'll have a shot, eh? no? We'll see.

Hey There Celts...

Well folks, as a Bostonian I am proud to announce that once again a Boston sports team has taken the lead. The Celtics have a winning record of 24-2 and have remained in the lead since day one. I can feel a Celts victory parade in the future. A good friend of mine recently stated that her two favorite scents were cannabis and victory. Indeed the scent of a Celts victory is one that every Bostonian waits all year to experience and the way that they are playing this season, well that just doesn't seem very far off now does it? They played tonight against Atlanta and won in a 88-85 final score. They play again friday versus Chicago. Lets go for the win Celts!

The ALCS outcome was not a favorable one for the Sox, to say the least. Feelings of disappointment and anguish hit Boston fans everywhere. They were so close and even though Tampa performed better than expected throughout the seven games, Boston just thought they were giving them a run for their money. Experts everywhere predicted a ALCS win for the Sox. They thought the World Series would be Sox V. Phillies. Unfortunatly a close game seven proved to be a little more than just a run for their money. There was a definite feeling of optimism and hope in Beantown when the Sox made an incredible comeback in game five. Perhaps the Sox got too ahead of themselves or got overconfident or maybe the Rays were just lucky on Sunday, whatever it was I think most Sox fans have temporarily joined the Phillies fanbase, at least for the next week and a half or so. The standing is now even, and if Tampa Bay wins the Series, which they wont, but if they do, I will loose all faith in humanity, or at least the MLB.

Red Sox Win Game 5

Last night the Red Sox demonstrated the second biggest post-season comeback since 1929 at home at Fenway Park. Down by seven in the seventh inning, the Sox rallied big time to bring the final score against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 5 of the ALCS to 8-7. The last innings of the game were filled with cheers from Sox fans and from the looks of it, Fenway was insane. The winning run was scored by J.D. Drew with two outs in the ninth. Up until then the score was an even 7-7 and fans thought the game would go into extra innings. A glimpse of hope was caught when Dustin Pedroia hit an RBI single. David Oritz followed hitting a three run homer against Tampa Bay's pitcher Grant Balfour. Drew hit a two run homer and the eighth and Coco Crisp proceeded to tie things up with a two-out RBI single. The ninth inning was obviously a nail biter. Kevin Youkilis hit a ground ball to TB third baseman Evan Longoria who threw it to first baseman Carlos Pena who almost caught it but it bounced off his glove to give Youkilis a chance to run to second. TB intentionally walked the next batter for the Sox, Jason Bay. The next batter, Drew, ended it all giving Youkilis a chance to run home and the Sox a fighting chance for the World Series against the Phillies on Wednesday. All of Boston will be crossing their fingers while tuning into Saturday night's game 6 scheduled to start at 8:07 in Tampa. 

For MLB, these next few days are going to be hectic and stressful, but exciting all the same. The Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays are gearing up for game one tonight of a seven game ALCS playoff series due to end on October 19th. Stats experts and sports experts alike have been all over this series from the get go and its as close as 48%/52% Red Sox/Rays probable winning outcome for tonight, according to experts. According to a podcast, MLB analyst Tim Kurkjian says the Rays don't have the postseason experience, but they do have a huge home-field advantage, which does matter. The Rays get home-field advantage four out of the seven games. According to polls taken by ESPN Sportsnation's polling center, 80% of the people who were polled think that the Red Sox are going to win the ALCS and venture onto the world series. 59% think that the Sox have better starting pitching but 70% think that the Rays have a better bullpen.The Red Sox and the Rays are set to start the first game tonight at 8:37, EST.

In baseball news, the Cubs surprisingly lost the first two games even though they're expected to win the world series. Teetering on the edge of ending their astonishing 100 year curse, they committed 5 errors through the first two games and the Los Angeles Dodgers jumped on every mistake the Cubs made. The Red Sox beat the Angels' best pitcher even though they used their youngest and most inexperienced pitcher. Jason Bay replaced Manny and hit the momentum shifting home run, giving the Sox the upper hand for the rest of the game. Jason Bay used to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the laughing stock of the MLB. The Pirates are now leading the American sports world as the holder of the consecutive longest losing streak, having had a losing record for the last sixteen seasons. Sixteen. The poor people of Pittsburgh have suffered through these last sixteen years, trying to hold on to the good old days of Andy Van Slyke in the early 90s. Thankfully, they have the beautiful amazingness of the Pittsburgh Steelers to tyde them over.

Red Sox/Rays Three Game Series

The Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays went head to head in a disappointing three game series this past week. Monday, the Sox beat the Rays with a whopping 13-5 final score. Tuesday and Wednesday the Rays beat the Sox 2-1, and 10-3, respectively. Tuesday’s game was nothing short of heartbreaking. The Sox held strong all the way up until the ninth inning where the Rays scored one more run causing the game to end in an unfavorable way for the Sox. Wednesday the Sox were crushed by the Rays in a big way with the final score of 10-3.
The first game was pitched by Tokyo native, Daisuke Matsuzaka who struck out seven Rays in five innings to win his 17th game of the season.
The second game was pitched by now seven year MLB veteran, Josh Beckett. Many would say that the Sox wasted his good pitching on a night when he kept them to a run but they couldn’t get any offense to back them up.
The third and final game of the Sox/Rays series was pitched by Tim Wakefield who has been in the Major Leagues since the summer of 1992. Wakefield’s weakness shows through when unlike Matsuzaka who has won 17 games this season, Wakefield has only won nine.
As far as the future of the season is concerned, Sox analysts and fans believe that the bullpen really needs to step it up before the playoffs; according to them, the starters cannot keep doing all of the work.

2008 Olympics: Review of Women's Gymnastics

The 1984 Olympics held in Los Angeles was the last time the US Gymnasts brought home this many medals. With a final count of 10 medals: 2 gold, 6 silver and 2 bronze, Steve Penny, the president of USA Gymnastics voiced his pride saying to usa-gymnastics.org, "we are very proud of our gymnasts' accomplishments...our athletes were outstanding, not only in the field of play but also how they represented both our sport and our country..." Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin were the two leading medalists for women's gymnastics. Johnson brought home two silver medals in all around, and floor, and a gold on beam. Liukin brought home a bronze medal on floor, two silvers on beam and bars, and a gold in the all-around. The ladies were not so strong on the vault portion of the competition. Along with winning several medals, the US gymnasts also accomplished many other difficult feats. USA-gymnastics.org lists the acheivements:

-It's the first time the US has one team medals at consecutive Olympic Games for both the men and women. The women earned their second straight silver medal, and the men were also repeat medalists, this time taking home the bronze

-The US women won eight total medals...topping China's six. Romania was third with two.

-The women's all-around set two USA firsts: Nastia Liukin...and Shawn Johnson...became the first US women to go one-two in the all around ; and the first time the USA has won the all-around title for two consecutive Games

-Liukin joins Mary Lou Retton...and Carly Patterson...as the only US women to win an Olympic all-around title

-Liukin tied the US gymnastics record of five Olympic medals at one Olympics set by Mary Lou Retton, who earned one gold, two silver and two bronze, at the 1984 Olympic Games and matched by Shannon Miller, who claimed two silver and three bronze at the 1992 Olympic Games...

-Johnson is only the second US gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal on the balance beam...Liukin finished second, making this the first time the USA has won two medals in this event at the same Games.

-Johnson earned four medals at the 2008 Olympic Games...

-Liukin garnered the most medals of any female gymnast at the 2008 Olympics with five. Johnson was second with four...