Green Monster

I had standing room tickets on the Green Monster for last nights Sox game agains the Indians with Melissa Brassil and her dad. It was totally awesome. The view was great and not at all scary (unlike the Fleet Center, which I find horrifying). The game was a good one and the Sox won 5-2. Some highlights:

• The return of Trot Nixon. He got a warm welcome from the Fenway Faithful and rightfully so. There was also a ceremony acknowledging his and his wife's contributions to the Jimmy Fund and his wife, Kathryn, threw out the second first pitch (the first being thrown by a WWII veteran in honor of the holiday). He got a standing ovation during his first at bat and he tipped his pine tar-covered hat. I miss him.
• Youkilis' inside-the-park home run. Seeing that in person was so cool. Even cooler than the time I saw Lou Pinella get ejected. Slightly less cool than the time I saw D.Lowe get the win against the Yankees. I think. I don't know. An inside-the-park home run is really damn cool.
• Jonathan Papelbon's trek to the mound. The place went crazy. I didn't realize he'd gotten to be such a big deal. I live in a bubble, apparently, because seriously the roar of the crowd was deafening and I've never seen so many camera flashes. Melissa and I speculated that the reason he didn't pitch so well against the first two batters was because he was blinded.
• The soundtrack to the dispute between the managers and the umps in the ninth inning. From where we were, we couldn't even tell what the dispute was about, but when Terry Francona was up there arguing, they played "We Just Disagree" by Dave Mason. When Eric Wedge stormed back to the dugout, they played "I Fought the Law." It was amusing.

Broomball

Why Broomball Rules (The answer to why broomball rules reminds me of the days of watching Red or Purple Reign with Frank J. Busso, Jr.)

NBA

Among my friends, I'm a minority in that I still actually enjoy the NBA. But, I really do. And today, I've found two pretty cool NBA-related links:

Agent Zero: The Blog

How have I gone all season without knowing that Gilbert Arenas has a blog? Man, I love him. And I'm definitely going to spend today catchingup on all of his entries.

Top Ten Basketball Commercials

Sadly, this guy limits himself to commercials for basketball shoes, which eliminates two of my personal favorite basketball commercials: Jordan vs. Jordan and Nothing But Net. Still, considering he keeps it to the shoes, he did a pretty good job.

HOBEY BAKER

For the first time in eight years, a Boston University hockey player has been named a finalist for the Hobey Baker award (college hockey's top individual honor) and he needs our help to win! Please go to www.hobeybaker.com/voting to vote for John Curry.

To read more, you can visit Curry Up for College Hockey's Top Honor and www.CurryforHobey.com.

Vote early and vote often (literally, you can vote as many times as you like)!!