It goes with out saying that im a huge bruins fan. Followers of this blog and podcast know that. This bruins team has that feeling this year. When they won in 2011 you could feel the buzz around the team. The epic come back against Toronto. The sweep of the Flyers. You could just tell something special was happening when they got to Vancouver. Then in 2013 they looked great all year. Granted that was the partial lock out year. Still they looked good. But they didnt have that thing, that shine, that feeling. When they drew Chicago there was more nerves then anything. Now this season. Currently they are unbeaten in their last 18 games. They are currently on an 18 game point streak. They havent lost in regulation since January 14th. David Pasternak has been injured during some of this run. Tuukka has been playing out of this world. The buzz around the team is electric. That the point. This years team has that X factor. That something special. After they beat tampa i said to my self, ok this might happen. Now im not claiming a cup win or anything crazy. Playoff hockey is a different animal. But pay attention to this team. They might surprise you.
Now the other occupants of the building on causeway street, those guys need Jesus or something. Im not sure if the hype surrounding them this off season was too much or if they really just dont gel. My goodness whatever it is its toxic. Kyrie Irving is the biggest bullshit artist ever. He said last week that he didnt get into the NBA to have cameras in his face and become famous. Umm hello Dumbass you just made a movie and are probably one of the top 5 best players in the league. Suck it up buttercup the cameras arent going away. I said in my last blog that i was sick of the complaining and "oh poor us" dialog. Well its gotten worse then that. This team cant even get on the same page as far as what to bitch about. Then to top it off, they go out and beat the Warriors. The freaking warriors. The best team in Basketball. The front runners for another championship. I have no exlplanation for that. The team gave the reason as "well we are just having fun on the road and the long plane ride helped". Yea i dont buy that. Im almost waiting for them to have a come to light moment and just rattle off 18 in a row like they did last year after Haywood went down. Little optimistic? Maybe. With this team it looks like anything is Possible. See what i did there ;).
Finally we come to the boys of summer. The defending World Series champs. Spring training is well under way. I know last blog i talked about how no one cares that these kids are hitting bombs. Guess what. Still dont. The guys who are gonna make the team looked good and have looked good so far. But i wanna bring up what is gonna end up being a very unpopular opinion. Dustin Pedroia. Its time for the sox to move on. Yes hes good. Yes i guess hes the leader of the team. Although i dont agree with that. The sox had a very successful season without him. Why not take whatever value he has left which lets be honest cant be much with his age and those knees. But why not trade him for soemthing of value? Young reliver, Proven closer. Something besides a broken down second baseman with 2 bad knees. Everyone has been drooling over his return and i just roll my eyes and am waiting til he brakes down again. We shall see what the season brings us. Almost a month away now.
Brad
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