Brad Boyes

Back in a big way, haunting his former team. I unfortunately couldn't find the video, but does anyone else remember that "Brad Boyes Brad Boyes, watcha gonna do?" commercial from way back when? Rob Simpson was in that video. What a guy. Why exactly did we have Naoko Funayama replace him? I mean at least the Red Sox had the foresight to replace Tina Cervasio with Heidi Watney. Did you know we traded Brad Boyes for Dennis Wideman back at the deadline in '07? Yikes.

If you can't sit through 9 innings of baseball, look at it as sitting through 3 hours of Heidi Watney.

But make no mistake about it, I'm not pressing the panic button with this team. So they've lost 3 in a row, coming off a 7-game winning streak. Of course they were bound for a letdown. Two of the losses have come in overtime, and all against playoff teams. It happens. Besides, they're a much better team on the road than at home for whatever reason, and that's exactly where they're headed for these next 4 games. At the Islanders, Blue Jackets, Predators, and Maple Leafs. Four teams bound for the lottery. It's going to be tough to duplicate their perfect road trip of February, but anything less than 6 points will be disgraceful. And really, they should be thinking all 8.

By the way, I'm really more upset at the Heat winning last night than the Bruins losing. And they were playing the Lakers. The Lakers! I mean it was tough rooting for the Soviets against the Nazis but it had to be done, right? C'mon Kobe 0-2 against Miami on the season now? Really? Whatever. You won't see them again.