sorry ladies, perk is off the market (and other musings)

Perk is betrothed
* Perk married his baby mama! From Boston.com:
The Celtics center got hitched in Houston over the weekend to his longtime girlfriend Vanity. Wedding guests included teammates Rajon Rondo and Leon Powe, and former men in green Ricky Davis and Patrick O’Bryant.
There are some great pictures at LOY’s Place if you want to check them [...]

oh manny…

I’m on vacation this week so I’ve been watching wayyyy more ESPN than usual. Yesterday, the worldwide leader spent the day vomiting up Brett Favre to the Vikings news and it was nauseating. I was pretty sure I was in for the same diet of regurgitation today. Oh how wrong I was… I was making [...]

t.j. simers knows me so well

I really love this column. I’m not being facetious, I really love it. In fact, I’m surprised someone out in la la land didn’t write it sooner. I’ve been waiting for someone in LA to articulate what I knew they’ve been thinking about the Manny situation:
When Manny Ramirez reported for Dodgers duty he tried to [...]

manny finally signs, national nightmare ends

They can say whatever they want, but Manny Ramirez and Scott Boras lost. “Gas is up and so am I.” No. You’re not. As Bill Plaschke pointed out in the Los Angeles Times:
He wanted as many as five years — he agreed to less than half of that.
He wanted as much as $100 million — [...]

manny has a family to feed, right?

Great opinion piece by Scott Soshnick on Bloomberg.com on Manny. Here’s a snippet:
This whole episode rekindles unpleasant memories of former basketball player Latrell Sprewell, who in 2004 turned down the Minnesota Timberwolves’ offer of $21 million over three years. Insulting, was the word used by Sprewell, who made matters worse by rationalizing his rejection by [...]

manny turns down dodgers for third time

In this horrible economy mind you — Manny Ramirez has rejected the Los Angeles Dodgers’ one-year, $25 million offer.
In what completely bizarro world is $25 million dollars not enough? What. a. friggin. tool. I spit on his grave.

celtics afterthoughts: tommy issues a bounty

Celtics v. Knicks 124-105
Run ‘n Gun is quasi comical to watch. Run down the court, jack up a 3-point shot. Rinse. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. I’m not saying it’s a bad game plan for the Knicks – because it’s certainly helped them win more games – but it’s still amusing to watch sometimes. Q-Rich can play. [...]

thoughts on…

Celtics: As good as the Celtics looked against the Bulls, they looked equally awful against the Pacers. I’m going to chalk this one up to fatigue and assume it won’t happen again any time soon *knocking on wood*. Speaking of the Bulls, could Tyrus Thomas be any more of an overrated tool? I know he [...]

random thoughts

When did I turn 80 years old? I was all pumped up to watch the Laker game last night and ended up falling asleep instead. Blah.
I’m annoyed that the smelly Rays won last night. I wanted the Phillies to sweep. I don’t have any actual affinity for the Phillies, I just hate the Rays.
Was I [...]

there’s always next year…

Blah. I hate that line. But really, what is there left to say? I think the Red Sox did a great job this year. They exceeded my expectations. Another world series would’ve been greedy probably, but I had high hopes after they dodged the Game 5 bullet. I wish I had something more eloquent to [...]

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