May 2012, Celtics and Sox play on!!

Welcome to May a day late but it is May.
The difference between Atlanta and Boston is really simple, Celtics have Paul Pierce and the Hawks do not have anyone like him. The Hawks may have talent but they do not have basketball players. Paul Peirce is a basketball player, LeBron James plays basketball. There is a difference. Pierce showed just how different again last night.
After reading and hearing John Harbaugh opine on the Patriots I have come to the conclusion that it really does not matter what Belichick or Brady do many people out there want to believe they cheated. Sadly the stigma may never fade. 5 Super Bowls are not enough and a win in a sixth probably would not matter to the majority. Sad but true. That said I am looking forward to the Patriots 2012 edition, aka the one with some defense!! Oh and please sign Welker soon. Thanks.
I fully expect the Red Sox to play well for at least another 2 weeks with KC, Baltimore and Seattle on the schedule. After that they had better have gotten their crap together.
Right now I am rather disappointed in both Buchholz and Lester. Neither one is pitching well. Buchholz may still be recovering from his back issues but Lester has no such excuse for his up and down April performance. Lester gets a sizable salary bump next year and in 2014 with a club option. He needs to prove his worth as a number 1 or 2 guy now, not later.
I like Youk and always have but he cannot stay healthy and from all accounts is not a clubhouse leader type. And at 32-33 years old it probably would have been a good move to trade him in the offseason, and yes I know they would have gotten nothing for him but so what. I think Middlebrooks is the third baseman very soon. Youk has no value now and may be a distraction as he tried to fight through another injury.

RIP Junior # 55 always

A student called me Broham today.. tee-hee

wah wah wah....i've been told that closers don't matter anymore

Kind of bittersweet to see Mariano lying on the ground writhing in pain and knowing that means his career is probably over. Over with a bang and a whimper. Also strange that his most memorable moments to me were failures, something that he did so infrequently. The Luis Gonzalez flair to end the World Series and of course the Game 4 LCS in 2004. Maybe the only Yankee I never detested and he seemed always so calm and relaxed even on opening day 2005 when he was the only Yankee cheered and he took it with a smile and a wave.
good luck going forward Mariano.

He won the crowd over that day.

I don't think he's done. He can still get guys out. Look at his stats this year. ACL's are almost minor injuries as this point.

He is 42 will be 43 that is the problem not the knee necessarily

Was in shock last night.. What a sudden way for a guy's career to end

Greatest Relief Pitcher of all time.. First ballot HOF.. Got to watch his entire career.. All with the Yankees.. Never put on another uniform.. Never smeared by ownership on his way out the door.. Never made excuses when he failed and never showed up an opponent when he succeeded.

He's been such a class act that it pissed me off that espn, si.com, and everyone else had the pic of him lying in pain as their cover photo..

Rivera & Jeter's retirements will be the moments I start to feel old.

Hawks.. MESS YOU UP

My two cents. It is a shame to see Mo end this way. I only hope he avoids a drawn out fruitless comeback.

Mel, they made that waaaaaayyyyyyy more difficult then it had to be. I thought it might even be scrub time. A willie green three here, Joe Johnson catching sporadic fire there and all of the sudden we're in OT?
Rondo has these ridiculous stat lines that I don't even think he plays well.
KG was player of the game IMO

I will bet everyone that still posts that Rivera pitches again.

Any Derby favs out there