My day really really sucked starting with the bullpen meltdown at Shea and then with another Little League loss in which routine fly balls and ground balls weren’t caught left me in one pissed off mood, but I figured hey, the Celtics-Lakers Game 4 is tonight with the C’s ready to rebound from a Game 3 loss.
So I get my Mike Francessa approved 20 oz Diet Coke and head for the basement to watch this game as I needed the solitude of me, my Bill Russell throwback jersey, and my Celtics Banner with all 16 championships listed on it. OK here’s the tip off and off we go.
What the fuck? The Lakers look like the were shot out of a cannon Kobe (more on him in a sec) dishing the ball to Odom, Sasha Vujacic hitting shots with confidence and Pau Gasol playing like he was born in the U.S.A. After one period of play, Mike Breen of the MSG-NY KINCKS-I HATE THE CELTICS FAN CLUB, wet his pants telling the audience that the 35-14 Lakers lead is the biggest 1st period lead in NBA Finals history.
But like a boxer who throws everything he has in trying to gain a first round knockout, the Celtics, the 16 time NBA Champion Celtics who have as their alum the greatest team player and champion in the history of team sports, Bill Russell and the greatest architect of a team sports the late great Arnold Red Auabach, looked at that name on the front of their jersey, and realize what the name CELTICS means and turn a 24 pt deficit into a run in which they outscore the Lakers 83-56 for the next 3 periods. UN-FUCKING-BELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you Doc, PP, KG, Jesus Shuttlesworth, James Poesy, Eddie House for making a most shity day a great night to remember.
Oh and the Mets, same old shit different day. I can’t get too crazy due to I’m still high on the Celtics and no one has been fired by the Skill Sets. Things are so bad now I feel sorry for Willie Randolph and after reading this in the NY Post this morning it just shows that the fans and bloggers are right that this team is gutless. Ladies and Gentleman I give you John Kruk:
Q; Are the Mets in trouble?
Kruk: You talk to players around the NL and they seem to think if you get ahead of the Mets then you’ve got them. There won’t be much fight left in them.
WOW what a damning statement. In other words the Mets are a punk-ass team. That is about the worst thing you can be called ‘A PUNK-ASS TEAM†That’s what Willie Randolph should say in his next press conference because let’s face it whether your pro Willie or anti- Willie, Willie is getting the ax if the Mets sleepwalk again this weekend so why not go out in a blaze of glory and stop protecting these bed wetters and call them what they are a bunch of PUNK-ASS’ Â
Oh yeah Kobe Bryant. After last night can the main stream media now stop putting him in with the immortals of NBA basketball? Michael Jordan would have killed his team, literally he would have taken all their lives, if his Bulls ever put on a second half display like the Lakers did. MJ would have never ever let a game like that slip away. Neither would Magic, or Bird or of course Bill Russell and neither would the greatest and most under appreciated basketball player of all time Oscar Robinson. Somewhere in the sate of
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This post was written by kranepool on June 13, 2008
Yeah. Management will always look towards the manager when it comes time to dealing with a losing team. I’ve said it before but you have to look at the team not the manager.
Alou-Out of commission
Beltran- Hot and cold
Church-Out of commission
Delgado-When not clueless, fizzles in the clutch
Castillo- mediocre slap hitter
Reyes- exciting, mostly good job, not a very intelligent ballplayer
Wright-hard to knock. Not cooking on all cylinders but excellent
Schneider-Competent
All but two starting pitchers either hurt or unreliable. By the way, real Mets fans know that even though Wagner saved many games during his stay here, they were by the skin of his teeth and involved the opposition smacking the hell out of the ball. If Wagner becomes hittable again…forget about it.
They got Trot Nixon-he’s under 40!!!!!!!!! Did Omar actually make this deal, or was he forced to at gun point? He must have been trying to convince his captors that Mo Vaughn and Robbie Alomar were out there, but he gave in and he, gasp, actually got a guy, who maybe, just maybe, is under 35? Oh my God! Saliva test for Omar, saliva test for Omar!!!
Nixon is the anti-Met, he’s always dirty and perhaps a step in the right direction.