Crabcakes

I basically started and ended my day falling down – literally.  SO I’m sore and cranky and hearing about Dennis Johnson dying didn’t do anything to improve my mood.  Back in the day, I was as passionate about the Celtics as I am the Red Sox (thank you, Rick Pitino, for sucking the fun out of basketball for me).  DJ wasn’t my ‘absolute favorite’ out of that group (I was always partial to Kevin McHale) but I ‘loved’ him like I did the rest of the team.  He played his heart out, was great with the fans, and was one of the few people I ever saw make Larry Bird smile.  He WAS my sister’s favorite player.  And she’s bumming tonight.  My thoughts and prayers are with the Johnson family and everyone who loved him.  Thanks for all the great memories, DJ!

So here I am in bed, with the laptop and a major headache that just won’t go away, and scanning the baseball blogs and news stories of the day.

I think it was very nice of Curt Schilling to force the spotlight away from Manny for the day, don’t you?

All I have to say about Curt is he’s old and people don’t trust that his body is going to hold out.  Do I want him on the team?  Sure do.  Do I understand why the FO didn’t commit for another year?  Sure do.  Do I wish that he would shut his yap and just prepare for the season?  Hell yeah.  Hopefully this is the last we’ll hear of this from Curt until something is resolved.  I don’t dig it when players try to negotiate through the media.  Not at all.

And how exciting a day where so many got their knickers in a twist (that one’s for Tom Miles!) over Manny not going to a car auction?  The whole thing smelled fishy from the beginning.  If you went to the website of the auction, they don’t mention Manny anywhere.  Yet stories are being spread all across the internet, from reputable news sources, that Manny will be there.  Manny’s agent says he won’t be there, the team says he won’t be there but the people running it say he will.

So let’s go with them.  Why would Manny’s rep or the team know what they’re talking about, right?

I bore easily.  And in less than I week I’m sick to death of Daisuke Matsuzaka, Manny Ramirez and Curt Schilling.  Way to go sports media.  Thanks a bunch.

I’m crashing.  Sistahs weekend starting tomorrow so I have to be well-rested for it!

Take care, folks!