Say Goodbye to the King(and Tortorella too)

Song of the post: When You Were Young by the Killers*Chosen at random by Pandora

The all important game 4. The Bruins and Rangers square off in Madison Square Garden to play a deciding game; will the Rangers hit the links or live to see Boston one more time?

My prediction for tonight is that the Bruins win. It’ll be a closer, more hard fought game than game 3. The Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist will try his best to save the season but not even a few “lucky bounces” will save them.

The Bruins will be down to business as usual and you can be sure that they did not take kindly to the word war the goalie tried to start. Remember the last time a “good” goalie tried to “pump tires” through the media?

Yeah, he got his ass benched and the Bruins hosted the Stanley Cup. (Thanks to this guy)

The Rangers look like they are in trouble. Not just because they are down 0-3; but because their Coach, John Tortorella, is spitting fire at anyone who talks to him. He yelled at his powerplay, he benched Brad Richards, he yelled at Pierre.

First the powerplay, it is pitiful. No, not the Bruins,’ the Rangers.’ They have no consistency or flow.

Secondly, the coach is blaming everyone but himself, he calls his players out during the in-game interview, while they are right there!

And lastly, he is benching Richards! He had chemistry with their most dangerous scorer, Rick Nash. Then he got moved to the fourth line and now the fifth one, which is located in the skybox.

The only problem with this game is if Henrik steals it for New York. Okay, and if Rask looks like he did last game; not catching pucks to his glove and looking surprised on some of the pucks to the net.

Bruins in 4.

-Lomonte

+ Fingers ‘n pucks, Sticks ‘n pucks t-shirt in link-top left.

 

Get Over Him!

Song of the post: Bright Lights by Matchbox 20*Chosen at random by Pandora

Tonight the Red Sox open up a four game series with the Cleveland Indians who are led by Terry Francona. It should be an evenly matched series seeing as both teams are above .500 and have hot streaks headed into tonight.

I’ve been listening to sports radio today and they have not stopped talking about the success and failure and outcome of Terry Francona’s reign here in Boston. He managed the Red Sox to 2 World Series and an epic collapse that, in my opinion over shadowed all of his accomplishments here. Now, am I glad the Red Sox won World Series?

Of course! Am I glad that I watched cowboys become idiots and idiots become overpaid, underachieving divas?

Not so much.

That was all due to Francona’s laid back approach, and I’m frankly annoyed by how much he is “loved” here still. Felger and Mazz on 98.5 today asked who they’d rather have as a manager, Terry or John Farrell?

Farrell by a landslide, please.

They then got into how important he is and how the players still have respect for him. I understand why Pedroia and Ortiz are loyal to him but the younger players shouldn’t be at all.

He made a mockery of the Red Sox, he let them collapse into the Bobby Valentine era. I have no good feelings about him as the manager of the Red Sox. One thing is the Sox are the third wheel of four in town, they’re behind the Bruins and Patriots in the huge perspective of things. Fans will always be Sox fans, we’re born with it. However, now people are more passionate about the Bruins and Patriots because they are respected franchises at the moment. You could even make the case the Celtics are closer to people’s hearts than the current Red Sox team.

The Bruins have our hearts because of Timmy T in 2011 and that we all became Brad Marchand’s AA sponsor that summer. We also have the hatred for Kessel, but lovable young kids in Seguin and Hamilton. They are in our hearts now and are so popular that they are drawing pink hat fans.

The Patriots have the grizzly coach, the longtime loveable owner and the sexy quarterback, not to mention complete dominance of the AFC.

The Celtics were the only hope that the Heat will not win another NBA championship. They also are the only fans that can keep Pierce and Garnett here, they are the best fans in the NBA.

And the Red Sox, our beloved Red Sox, my favorite team since before time; are what? They are clinging on to false memories of Francona’s years here. They are pretending that this team is not run by the ownership. The ownership by the way that is trying everything it can to make itself into a cartoon of a franchise. I love the Sox and will root for them and whoever’s playing the Yankees but I will not enjoy the celebration of Francona’s return to Fenway.

-Lomonte

 

And One Water

This post’s song: Control (Gigi Barcocco Remix) Benni BenassiFrom now on the post’s song will be the first song that comes on Pandora.

If you are an avid reader which is astonishing that I have followers, you’ll notice a few of the new changes I have. First is the header above the song. I changed that because I was getting tired of the beer and I think this looks a little different. Secondly, on the left hand side there are some links you can click on and browse through to have some fun. More of those will be added.

If you are wondering why these are needed it is simply because I want this to grow, I want my blog bigger than it ever could be, I want wordpress to thank me for the clicks they get.

That’s not possible without the help of you dear reader. If you like my post, feel free to mention it. If what I write is funny, mention it. I’d rather ask the faithful readers to do this on my own blog than spam everywhere else in the comments of blogs I haven’t read or anything like that. I hope that you can help spread the word of this through your words.

 

Buy My Shirt-BUY IT!

This post’s song is The Boxer by Jerry Douglas featuring Mumford and Sons

Okay, so I’m not actually telling you to buy my shirts, although… if you want to I won’t stop you.

The line is a spin off of an inside joke with my friends.

Anyway if you’re interested in buying some shirts I’ve designed both recently and some ones from two years ago, check out my shop.

http://lomonteslager.spreadshirt.com/

I can’t exactly control the prices, but I’ll keep them as low as possible for you readers. Look for more to come out.

I’ll try to have a link on the side for you to check out.

-Lomonte

+ Help me I’m poor