Friday, October 26, 2007

Bonkers In Beantown


Every once in a while, a city and a region hits the jackpot with their sports teams. Right now, it's Boston's turn. This is quickly turning into the Year of Chowder. (I'm not from there, so I'll call it chowder. The natives call it chowdah)

The Boston Red Sox are two wins away from another world championship. They have dominated the Colorado Rockies in the first two games of the World Series. The Series now shifts to Denver, but I'd be shocked if this series went back to Boston. The modern-day Red Sox are different from the old Red Sox, so I don't expect a choke here.

The New England Patriots are dominating the National Football League. They've pounded bad teams and good teams. Tom Brady is lighting up the scoreboard for fantasy owners everywhere. Only the Indianapolis Colts stand between them and a fourth Super Bowl in eight years.

Boston College is an Ohio State loss away from the #1 ranking in the BCS. The Eagles pulled a win out of the bag Thursday night at Virginia Tech, overcoming a 10-0 deficit in the last five minutes of the game to win 14-10. The Eagles are good enough to run the table in the ACC and remain in the top two of the BCS standings. That would give them a spot in the BCS National Championship Game.

The Boston Celtics made some blockbuster deals over the off-season in an attempt to return to greatness. They now have Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to go along with Paul Pierce and a bunch of other guys. They will contend for the Eastern Conference championship in the NBA.

The Boston Bruins are currently in 4th place in the NHL Eastern Conference. It's a long season, and any team can get hot in the playoffs.

It's an exciting and wicked* time for the home of Legal Sea Foods and Papa Gino's Pizza. Beantown and all of New England are sticking their chests out, for good reason. The Hub is rocking.

*In New England, the word wicked=good.

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