Dude. I AM jealous. I wish I had my DVR back in the wild, wacky times of October 2004. I'd just put 'em on while cleaning the house and coding my side-projects on the weekend. That would be pretty sweet. Because even if I never see another BoSox World Championship in my lifetime, I'll always have that series to look back and smile about. It's really hard to explain to someone who isn't a Sox fan how great that Series felt. It was weird, once they beat the Yankees, the World Series almost seemed like the NFL Pro-Bowl after watching the SuperBowl. Cool to watch, but you knew the real magic was behind you. I dunno, I still smile and get all goosebumpy when they play the clips of Joe and Jerry (the radio guys, 'cause radio guys still do the best commentary, IMO) saying "Can you believe it?!" at the end of the series. Heh, I just got all goosebumpy again writing it. Amazing.
And for Adam V., man, I don't know what the Pats are thinking. Like Jerry Johnson wrote yesterday, I still have to believe in Bill Belichick and Bob Kraft, that they know what they're doing. It's hard to do, though, because the rumors are that it was a money issue that stemmed back from the 'ole 2001 days when the team was strapped for cash, and they promised that they'd never put themselves in that position again. BUT - they are $19 million under the cap right now, and after three rings, Bob Kraft is bringing in an estimated $250 million per year in revenue. Add in the fact that the final deal from the Colts amounted to about $1 million per year better than the Pats offer, and it just seems crazy. /I'd/ pay the $1 million if I had it, just to keep Automatic Adam around here. Unlike the Johnny Damon deal, though, I don't blame Vinatieri for his decision. He can really extend his career by playing predominantly indoors, and hey, a man has the right to make all the money he can. Just as long as you're not a money-grubbing, rock-star wannabe (I'm looking at YOU, Johnny. I hope you crash that fucking Ferrari into your trophy wife and all your money vaporizes before your eyes. Yea, I just said that. Fucker. :) ). Anyways, I think the dome-playing might have been a big factor in his decision. That, and he has a better chance of one more ring with the Colts, with or without E.J.. I'm just speculating, of course. I'm good at that. :) Dude, get a picture with Big Papi and post it on HoF when you go down there. That would be sweet, and I've heard that the players are very approachable when in Spring Training. I really gotta make a trip down there some year and just catch a game or 7. Hell, I almost went down to Fenway to see off the equipment trucks this year. That has become quite the tradition around here. Talk about crazed fans. I love it. I am not even going to comment on the Arroyo deal. I think he got shafted by Theo and management. Takes a home-town discount, then get traded the next year. That's something I would have expected from the Duquette days, not from Theo. And it's not like they got anything spectacular for him. Wily Mo's a good player, but you just can't have too much pitching come mid-August, mid-Sept. Arroyo could do anything, start, pen, even close if he had to. We'll see I guess. Oops, I said I wasn't going to comment, but I did anyways. Now I'm all fired up. Thanks. :) Have fun, man. Ray Brian Simmons wrote: > Hey Ray, > > I can't believe it about Vinateri. Unbelievable. Why didn't the Pats > hang the franchise tag on him??? I must be missing something. Kraft & > Coach B. must know something we don't. > > I don't think Vinateri will actually help the Colts that much tho'. I > mean they _had_ the best kicker ever (percentage-wise). Granted no > one's more clutch than Adam. Altho' he did blow that kick against > Denver that really couldva change the momentum of the game. He shouldva > made that kick. Plus the Colts play half their games indoors, I think > Vinateri's speciality is that he's a proven cold-weather outdoor kicker. > I'm more surprised about Green Bay not making a harder push for Adam. > As for the Colts, I think losing James is gonna hurt a lot. If they > didn't make the playoffs, I wouldn't be surprised. > > How about Bronson for Willy Mo? That surprised me. I didn't really > see the need for a Willy Mo, but now that it's happened, might as well > embrace it. Willy Mo's got some great potential, and should be able to > get a lot of ABs/playing time, since he can spell Trot, Coco, and > Manny. > I'm going to the Phils-Sox spring training game on Sunday, I'll let you > know how they look (I'm hoping it's not gonna be a split-squad). > > Ray, you'd definitely be jealous. I encoded Games 1-7 of the 2004 ALCS > DVDs into mp4 format for my new Video Ipod. I've been watching 'em at > work, got thru Games 1 & 2 yesterday, Sox lost again. In the middle of > game 3 now, it's tied 6-6 in the 4th, will let you know how it turns > out. :) > > -- > Brian > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201103 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
