Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Don: Title Town
On one hand I am excited for Boston, and on the other hand I am not. Today, Boston may have just clinched the Atlantic Division in the NBA and the American League East division in baseball.
First, the good news (for me at least). It's official, Kevin Garnett is a Celtic and now Boston is a legitimate contender for an NBA title (and at the very least an Eastern Conference Championship contender). Now Danny Ainge did have to trade nearly the whole team that is not named Paul Pierce or Ray Allen, but the new Big 3 is going to be an unstoppable force. What will work great with this team is that they can almost always have 2 of the 3 super stars on the floor at all time.
The Celtics right now I believe are better than the Nets, Bulls, Cavs, and Heat. My gut tells me they are also better than the Pistons, but they still do have a lot of veteran experience that can play good defense. Let's hope that the Celtics get title number 17 and Ray Allen gets ring number 1.
As for the Red Sox, all I can say is WOW. Eric Gagne in the bullpen with Jonathan Papelbon and Hideki Okijima, I can't see them ever giving up a lead. Great job by Boston today, they probably just made sure the Yankees will not catch them in the East. This is a no-brainer move despite trading away Kason Gabbard. The Sox have so much young pitchers that they can afford to make this move and it shows they are hungry to win it all this year. Kevin made a good point today that the Sox can now be aggressive with Papelbon and use him for more than an inning if they have to because they could always gave Gagne close the next day.
Am I jealous of this move, absolutely! I would have loved having Gagne setup Mariano Rivera. It is hard for me to say it, but I think the Wild Card is the only way now for the Yanks. Two division titles in one day for Boston, not bad...oh and don't forget the Pats probably locked up the AFC East this winter with all their big moves. This may be a title year for Boston.
First, the good news (for me at least). It's official, Kevin Garnett is a Celtic and now Boston is a legitimate contender for an NBA title (and at the very least an Eastern Conference Championship contender). Now Danny Ainge did have to trade nearly the whole team that is not named Paul Pierce or Ray Allen, but the new Big 3 is going to be an unstoppable force. What will work great with this team is that they can almost always have 2 of the 3 super stars on the floor at all time.
The Celtics right now I believe are better than the Nets, Bulls, Cavs, and Heat. My gut tells me they are also better than the Pistons, but they still do have a lot of veteran experience that can play good defense. Let's hope that the Celtics get title number 17 and Ray Allen gets ring number 1.
As for the Red Sox, all I can say is WOW. Eric Gagne in the bullpen with Jonathan Papelbon and Hideki Okijima, I can't see them ever giving up a lead. Great job by Boston today, they probably just made sure the Yankees will not catch them in the East. This is a no-brainer move despite trading away Kason Gabbard. The Sox have so much young pitchers that they can afford to make this move and it shows they are hungry to win it all this year. Kevin made a good point today that the Sox can now be aggressive with Papelbon and use him for more than an inning if they have to because they could always gave Gagne close the next day.
Am I jealous of this move, absolutely! I would have loved having Gagne setup Mariano Rivera. It is hard for me to say it, but I think the Wild Card is the only way now for the Yanks. Two division titles in one day for Boston, not bad...oh and don't forget the Pats probably locked up the AFC East this winter with all their big moves. This may be a title year for Boston.
Posted at 7:53 PM by Don

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