Trading Places

It appears that the Celtics are about to get their man. Danny Ainge has essentially completed a trade for Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett. It only cost the C’s “Big Straight” Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Ryan Gomes, Sebastion Telfair, Theo Ratliff’s expiring contract, two future first round draft picks, and Tom Brady’s unborn child.

I know the C’s were really trying to cut ties with Telfair in the off season, but this is a little overboard. *rimshot* It seems that Danny Ainge is now following the New York Yankees’ model: spend a ton of money, trade all of your good young talent, win a lot of regular season games, and choke in the playoffs. Right now the Celtics don’t even have enough players on the roster. My sources tell me that Trader Ainge is scouting a YMCA near you as we speak.

Meanwhile, Theo Epstein is afraid to pull the trigger on any deal to improve the Red Sox roster. The Sox desperately need a bat in the lineup. Theo is probably sitting in the corner of his office with the lights off, holding scouting reports of all Sox prospects murmuring, “the precccccciousssss”.

It’s time for Theo to wake up and smell the coffee: no mo Wily Mo, it’s time for him to go. (That sounds like a good protester chant, right up there with the classics like, “Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?”, which of course refers to Lyndon B. Johnson, not LeBron James. If LeBron were killing kids, Michael Vick would be breathing a sigh of relief.)

Speaking of Vick, do you think he’ll play in the NFL again? I hope that he doesn’t. I think that some team will give him a shot when he’s cleared to play again, though. The NFL is always recycling players and coaches. Why try something new when you can try something new to you?

I originally listed Scott Kazmir as the tough lefty in the post below. I changed it to Randy Johnson at the last minute.

I hate Red Sox off days…

Swing Away, Sox, Swing Away

I know that it has been too long an absence for me to call myself a true blogger. I'm going to continue to publish, though, and hopefully with improved regularity.

I have an idea for the Red Sox. When they are facing a tough lefty (Randy Johnson), a rookie (Jesse Litsch), or a tough rookie lefty (Ryan Feierabend) simply swing away.

Being patient at the plate isn't working for the Red Sox in these situations. They should take a page from Merrill Hess' book and simply swing away.


Manny Being Manny

Manny Delcarmen has been a pleasant surprise lately. If he continues to be a lights out set-up man, I feel a lot better about an already great bullpen. I also feel relief that Francona won't trudge Mike Timlin out for important situations, although Timlin has pitched well recently.

We need to pick up a bat for the lineup. Shortstop or Right Field would be ideal. We should dump Wily Mo and eat a chunk of Lugo's deal to get a better SS.


Two Thumbs Up

I saw the new Harry Potter movie and enjoyed it this weekend. It's by far the worst of the Harry Potter movies, but it is a good movie. The pacing was improved over the fourth movie. The climax was too fast, though.

I also saw "the Illusionist". I love Ed Norton. I also loved "the Prestige" last year. I wanted to see both films and hoped that "the Illusionist" would be as good as "the Prestige". It wasn't. It was good, but it was easy to figure out where the ending was headed. Unlike Stephen King, I wasn't fooled and didn't require a second viewing.

In a nutshell both movies are good and worth seeing, but neither is great.

Simpsonize Yourself

If the website ever recovers, go to http://www.simpsonizeme.com/index.php to "Simpsonize" yourself. It's much better than the avatar creation at the official Simpsons movie site.