Gone Fishin’
To my three readers of the blog, Val, Murph and Cindy: I won’t be posting many items until the baseball season.
UPDATE and memo to Cindy…If you send me any reports from spring training, I’ll post them here!
Celtics-Spurs Recap
Just saying …
– In the San Antonio Spurs Media Guide, in the few pages on Matt Bonner, there’s some very important information like Mr. Bonner “drives a white Pontiac Grand Prix” and “claims to eat at more Subway than Jared.”
– Brian Scalabrine is pretty much the worst NBA basketball player I’ve ever seen — and he started against the Spurs. Shot two air balls. Committed fouls after being out of position. This guy CAPTIVATED my attention because he was so bad. The crowd went wild for Scalabrine early in the game, but, by the end, fans were booing him.
– I could tell the Bonners were bummed out after Matt didn’t play in the game. Matt, naturally, said all the right things to reporters. There were about 100 fans waiting for him after the game.
– Spurs coach Gregg Popovich walked by Dave Bonner (Matt’s dad), tapped him on the back, said hello, and kept walking as if saying, “Hey, sorry, about not getting Matt into that game.”
– Then Matt played 24 seconds the following night at Toronto.
– Forward Robert Horry, the guy with seven championship rings, has not disappointed in two interviews with him. Basically, Matt is waiting for Horry to retire and take his job, but Mr. Horry couldn’t be more gracious when talking about the Red Rocket.
– Sorry for not blogging much the past week. When I haven’t been chipping ice off my driveway, I’ve been learning how to “Crank the Soulja Boy.” That’s a new dance you can learn here.
Get your Millrats Nation membership cards while they last
Check out this fourth-quarter video from Manchester’s 98-95 win over Vermont last Saturday night. About 1,000 fans came out for the game, including some Vermont diehards. Some Vermont fans brought their homemade signs, one of which read “Jezum Crow Ref.”
Super Bowl Predictions: Recap
Let’s look at those fearless Super Bowl predictions and see how I made out. (Actual result in parenthesis.)
1), Giants win the coin toss with a “tails” call. (Right on. Nailed it. Should’ve been eating a $2.99 buffet in Las Vegas while raking in cash.)
2), Eli Manning throws two interceptions. (Would’ve happened if Asante Samuel didn’t have buttery toast at halftime.)
3), Halftime singer Jordin Sparks of American Idol wears a Giants jersey. (She didn’t wear Giants gear while singing the Star Spangled Banner but later wore a G-Men sweatshirt in a luxury box. I’m definitely counting this.)
4), No field goals will be missed in this game. (That’s right. No misses … Bill Belichick didn’t want to attempt a 48-yard field goal on 4th-and-13. Where is the outrage?)
5), Gisele sighting! (Oh, did they show Gisele? They did? Not sure I noticed that one.)
6), Laurence Maroney rushes for 100 yards. (Nope. He only rushed for 36 yards. I thought he’d get 100 because the Pats would surge ahead and begin pounding the football in the second half.)
7), We see at least 1 minute, 47 seconds of Peyton and Daddy Manning footage as they watch from a luxury suite. (Oh, yeah. We saw as much Peyton as we did Troy Aikman’s bad haircut.)
8), Tom Brady improves to 15-2 in the postseason and establishes himself as the greatest quarterback of all-time. (Tom is now 14-3 in the postseason.)
9), Randy Moss scores at least two touchdowns and earns a Cadillac as MVP. (The hybrid keys went to Eli.)
10), Pats win by at least 13 points. (This did not happen.)
Final tally: 5 correct.
Rat here, Rat now
THANKS to the folks at Southern New Hampshire University, we have a video from last Sunday’s Millrats game showing an assortment of dunks and finally my basket against the Boston Blizzard. I am most excited that my brother in Idaho can now watch the “14-foot floater.”
94 page views in the first day? Whoa. That’s way more than The Diva and Dr. Evil get.
The Millrats play the No. 1 Vermont Frost Heaves on Saturday night (Feb. 2) at Southern New Hampshire University, and I’m telling you this is a game you don’t want to miss. Fans will have cowbells, maracas and light sticks. Last time these teams met, there were three altercations and two ejections.
Phenomenal Brad Hassey interview. Enough said.
VISIT this web page, scroll down and listen to the interview with Brad Hassey. This is why the “little brother” is a starting member on my all-time favorite Fisher Cats team.
The best part is when another questioner asks Hassey if he takes pride in his defense. That’s gold, Jerry, that’s gold.
Also, click on the interview with Ismael Ramirez from 4-7-05, the first-ever game at new Fisher Cats Ballpark.
Super Bowl Predictions
10 FEARLESS Super Bowl predictions guaranteed to be correct. That’s 10 for 10.
1), Giants win the coin toss with a “tails” call.
2), Eli Manning throws two interceptions.
3), Halftime singer Jordin Sparks of American Idol wears a Giants jersey. (She better; her dad played for the Giants.)
4), No field goals will be missed in this game.
5), Gisele sighting!
6), Laurence Maroney rushes for 100 yards.
7), We see at least 1 minute, 47 seconds of Peyton and Daddy Manning footage as they watch from a luxury suite.
8), Tom Brady, with a 15-2 record in the postseason, establishes himself as the greatest quarterback of all-time.
9), Randy Moss scores at least two touchdowns and earns a Cadillac as MVP.
10), Pats win by at least 13 points.
