Tom's Blog

As we go beyond the first third of the season, there are some interesting things in baseball.  First of all, the game the other night...did everyone forget that Dustin Pedroia did get hit by a James Shields pitch in the first inning?  And the other thing that was interesting about the game was that Jon Lester hit a couple of batters and got suspended too.  Really don't understand that one considering that a Red Sox pitcher had to at least hit one of the Tampa Bay batters. 

Secondly, we need to have more people to go see the other baseball teams like the PawSox, the Sea Dogs, the independent league teams in Nashua, Worchester, and Brockton, and soon the summer collegiate teams either on the Cape or the different NECBL teams...since getting a ticket to the Red Sox is tough and expensive. 

Then there is the question of which team in the NHL will send their prospects to Portland.  As the Anaheim Ducks have left Portland, I have to say that I will miss seeing their prospects (seeing the Stanley Cup was pretty cool last October) but it will be interesting if Buffalo or someone else will put their prospects in Portland.

Lastly, listening to sports radio...primarly Fox Sports Radio, I am getting tired of the pro-LA tune by some of the commentators.  Of course, ESPN would probably want LA to win because of Kobe Bryant and Phil Jackson.  However, I would rather have the Celtics win to shut all the LA fans up.