Sports

January 24, 2005

Patriots

The New England Patriots are going back to the Superbowl!

Just four months ago the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, and now the Patriots will have the opportunity to win back to back Superbowl championships!

Right after the game last night, some sports analysis were crunching the numbers and predicted that the Patriots will easily beat the Eagles. This is based on how each team faired against tough opponents.

Over the next few weeks expect to here a lot about coach Bill Belichick playing strategy. In the meantime here are some quotes:

"I'll never pick against the Pats again," wrote Yahoo analyst and former All-Pro Cris Carter.

"The Patriots are the premier team in football. Again," wrote Sports Illustrated's Peter King.

"They may be the greatest team ever," opined ESPN's Chris Mortenson.

January 02, 2005

New England Patriots

The New England Patriots had a great game against the 49ers. I remember watching the 49ers play when I was in San Francisco and there were only a couple of names that I recognized.

Well, the New England Patriots have a week off to relax and get ready to play some exciting Playoff football! Getting Playoff tickets is just the same as getting regular season tickets. They are sold out!

October 28, 2004

Red Sox are Champions again!

Congratulations to the Boston Red Sox on winning another World Champion!

It took 86 years to win this title!

Some significant factors in yesterdays win:

• This was the 100th World Series.
• Yesterday was the first World Series to be played during a Total Lunar Eclipse.
• It was on the 18th anniversary of the 1986 7th Game lost to the Mets.
• Red Sox won 8 in a row, the longest winning streak in post season.

Boston Globe
I spent time this morning visiting several connivence stores looking for today's Boston Globe. I was surprise that they were sold out by 8 am this morning! I finally found a copy at the CVS in downtown Waltham.

Today's Boston Globe should sell out since many Red Sox fans will be buying them as a souvenir. There are plenty of Boston Heralds around, but it seems that the Globe is the paper of choice this morning.

October 26, 2004

Game 3: Pedro Martinez & Keith Foulke

Pedro Martinez won game 3 against the Cardinals, which gave Boston a 3-0 lead and an almost certain World Series Victory.

Two weeks ago, the New York Yankees had that same thought. The difference is that the Red Sox have more reasons to win than the Cardinals and the momentum is certainly on the Red Sox side...

The key play of the game was in the third inning:

Ahead 1-0, Boston did it again with defense in the third.

Suppan started it with a swinging-bunt single and Edgar Renteria hit a double that sent Nixon sliding feet first into a warning track puddle, a pratfall right out of a Wet&Wild Ride&Slide.

Again the crowd came to its feet, sensing the big hit that St. Louis needed. Walker instead rapped a weak grounder to second baseman Mark Bellhorn, which should have easily been enough to advance the runners and score the tying run.

Suppan, however, made a quick break for the plate and stopped while Renteria took off for third. Ortiz caught Bellhorn's throw, took a second and then noticed the Cardinals' confusion on the bases.

Ortiz made a perfect throw across the diamond to nail Suppan, and a grounder by Pujols ended the inning and brought out the boos.

Keith Foulke was sensational as the Red Sox closer, he was picked up last year because the Red Sox almost made it to the playoffs last year, but didn't have a good closer.

October 21, 2004

World Series Bound

The Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees last night winning the first spot on the 2004 World Series ticket. By beating the Yankees yesterday the Red Sox became the first team in Major League Baseball history to come back and win a series after loosing the first three games. This morning World Series tickets will be available by phone:

A limited number of tickets for Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 of the World Series will be available by telephone today at 3 p.m.: (617) 482-4SOX

Game 1 starts on Saturday at Fenway Park!