Musings from Mandy

10 Things I think I think (Sorry Mr. King) 1. I think that apparently all of NESN's gross cross promoting marketing bullshit might actually work. I cursed the Red Sox all day for all that Rousch Fenway Group bullshit, then yesterday checked to see how the Fenway guys were doing on ESPN. But that being said, I did not watch the race. Watching people drive around in ovals is still boring. 2. I think I'm seeing why Danny Ainge made that trade. Because he doesn't have a few years to wait for these guys to develop. He needs to win now to save his job. And with the weak East, there's no reason PP, Allen, and AJ can get us the 7th or 8th seed. That being said, if you're going youth movement, go all the way. I also think that Bob Ryan can say it better than I can, "It is a fact I signed off on trading the fifth pick for a veteran. But I was kinda thinking about someone born after 1980. On a list of improbable, no-one-of-sound-mind-and-sober-judgment-would-eve...

Last night NESN debuted Globe 10.0, hosted by Bob Ryan with special guest...Dan Shaughnessy! Now, I only caught a few minutes. But, who cares what Bob and Dan thing, when you can hear what I think! I wish they had done a "big finish" like PTI did. If you're going to copy the show, copy the show. Is Mark Buehrle worth the price? The rumor mill was swirling yesterday that the RSox were trading Lester and Ellsbury to the WSox for Buehrle and MacDonald. I was under my desk in the fetal position breathing into a brown paperbag. Now I know the wisdom behind proven talent over prospects, and Buehrle is a very good pitcher, he's a lefty, his career record is something like 100-70, he's durable. What we know about Lester is that he's been solid early in return, has struggled as of late, and was 7-2 with a high era and wasn't able to get out of the 5th a lot. But that doesn't matter. Because he's ours. He had us researching lymphoma and saying pray...

*To lead off for this latest batch of ramblings, some words about everyone's favorite dirt dog, who I did not talk nearly enough about this week. (I hate when my job gets in the way of my blogging). - Being there when Trot was introduced quickly moved its way into my favorite Fenway moments. I won't keep you wondering... 1. The Sox coming back against the Yankees on Red Auerbach night and Ok-a-jima coming in for the save. 2. Walk off against the Texas Rangers last July. 3. First Red Sox game. 1990, and the Sox clinched the pennate. 4. Trot coming home. 5. Mother's Day walk-off earlier this year. - I didn't get to see it till the next day, but the little ceremony for Trot and Kathryn honoring them for their work on the Jimmy Fund was nice. Dr. Steinberg loves stuff like that. - Trot mic'd up for NESN before the game and him asking everyone whose path he crossed, "How's your family?" (how great is he?) - I loved how Curt and Josh stood at the back of...

Not much to talk about with no game last night. The Sox are in Dallas (bored, I'd imagine), and Dice-K is on the hill tonight. Everyone have a good weekend. I'll check in if anything big happens this weekend, otherwise, see you Tuesday. Go Senators! *LeBron almost beat the Pistons again. He takes the shot in game 1 and gets the foul call in game 2, this whole series could be different. Or, so I've been told. Haven't actually watched one minute. *Youk is great . *Sean McAdam says the Sox have three weaknesses... J.D. Drew, the bullpen, and CF . * Did A-Rod apologize to Pedroia ? Does anyone care? *John Smoltz got his 200th and denied Tom Glavine the chance to move closer to 300. *NFL security is offering to help Virginia in the Vick dog fighting case. * Things got fiesty in Florida last night between the Marlins and Phillies. *Jeter passed Joe Dimaggio on the all time Yankee hit list. That's crazy. * Josh Hancock's dad is suing the restaurant that ...

The NBA from LVP to MVP, Part I By Bill Simmons Page 2 First, the good news: We'll forget the lackluster regular season once the NBA playoffs kick off with a barrage of spectacular matchups, assuming everything breaks correctly. I don't need to sell you on the Spurs-Nuggets, Lakers-Suns or Cavs-Heat battles, but a Jazz-Rockets series works for any true basketball fan, and you don't like sports if you can't get excited for Nellie's run-and-gun Warriors battling his old Mavs team, or Toronto laying its feel-good season on the line against New Jersey and Public Enemy No. 1 (Vince Carter). First of all, I am so sick of reading about SG's take on basketball I could poke myself in the eye. Secondly, I hate when columnists say stuff like, "you don't like sports if you can't get excited for Nellie's run-and-gun Warriors battling his old Mavs team, or Toronto laying its feel-good season on the line against New Jersey and Public Enemy No. 1 (Vince Carter...

This is a pretty funny article about a Red Sox fan who ran the marathon with Yankee garb . Joey Crawford was suspended for the rest of the season . And just incase someone hasn't seen it yet... Also, I did the ESPN draft calculator 8 times or so today, and got Oden once, Durant once, and Noah 6 times.

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Thoughts while wondering how I went wrong picking Oral Roberts over Washington State... *Tank Johnson was sentenced yesterday to 120 days in jail for violating his probation. He was also sentenced to 80 days house arrest, which, he has already served. What exactly do you have to do to get house arrest? Because, quite frankly, I'm down. I have been meaning to organize my closet, there are a ton of netflix on my list that I haven't had time to watch, some books I'd like to read. I'd also like to learn a language. I'd also probably take up video games and rent the a few seasons of 24. *Sports Guy kept a running diary of yesterdays games. I know a lot of people get down on SG, but I still love him. Just want to let that be known. *" Hey Kids, Do Drugs" How do people get to be so stupid? Honestly. *Curt has a post, Why the Media Sucks . I have often said that I wish Curt would stop talking and just play, ect. That being said, his blog helps me g...

In about one week, Barry Zito (right, incase you couldn't tell), went from being one of my favorite non-Red Sox to one of my least favorite people on earth. How the Mighty fall. Again with a late entry! My four readers are going to riot! (but the Barry and Barry was worth it right?) The first spring training game is tomorrow! Curt is on the mound, and according to the Globe, the line-up looks like this: 1. Julio Lugo, SS 2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B 3. David Ortiz, DH 4. Jason Varitek, C 5. Mike Lowell, 3B 6. Wily Mo Pena, RF 7. Dustin Pedroia, 2B 8. David Murphy, LF 9. Jacob Ellsbury, CF I'm excited for some real / fake games to get started. I'm also excited to see my friend, Jacoby Ellsbury (I hate when people call him Jacob, I mean, that is probably what he goes by, but how many people do you know called Jacoby? Me, just one. And by friends, I mean, we are facebook friends. Yes, I am that creepy. As if you had any doubt). I have a couple Manny things to say. First, I think t...

Sir Charles and the worlds oldest ref are going head to head in a race all star weekend.