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I know Justin Masterson, and the red sox traded him, like jerks!

Read this and thought of you guys:

THE ROSIE RUIZ AWARD FOR "FUNNIEST MOMENT THAT COULD ONLY HAPPEN IN BOSTON"

With Cleveland still finishing off Friday's 29-point beating, most Celtics fans were fleeing the arena a few minutes early in the first-ever 18,000-strong Walk of Shame. We were practically leaving tread marks. We had to get out of there. It was that bad. There hadn't been a single fun moment in the game; Cleveland hadn't allowed Boston to get involved once. As we were leaving, the Bruins (trying to sweep the Flyers in Philly) pulled their goalie and scored a game-tying goal, sending the game into overtime. Word spread quickly from fans refreshing their BlackBerrys and iPhones. A small rumble of excitement rolled through the masses. A depressed group of people suddenly had life again.

A drunk kid in a Pierce jersey walking in front of us summed the moment up best: "Ovah-time! WE GOTTA GET TO A BAH!"

(Postscript: The Bruins lost in OT. Throw in the Yankees' shellacking the Red Sox at Fenway and May 7, 2010, will be forever known as "Boston Massacre 2010.")

For the whole column: (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/1...)

I read that article too!

I keep waiting for the Penguins and Pirates to win on the same day. Unfortunately, it isn't happening. It's just Pittsburgh sports...

Yeah, the Pirates are really a shining beacon on the horizon of the city:

62 99
67 95
68 94
67 95
67 95
72 89
75 87
72 89
62 100
69 93
78 83
69 93
79 83
73 89
58 86
53 61
75 87

I love the Pirates and their is some good young talent. McCutchen is pretty awesome. Milledge consistently underperforms every stop in his career so far. He was once one of the most sought after prospects in baseball. All in all though, I think the guys in the field are decent enough to be an above .500 squad. Pedro Alvarez should be a good call up from the minors, this season I hope.

The top of the pitching rotation (Duke, Maholm) are homegrown draft picks (20th round for Duke and 1st for Maholm) that really are more suited for 4 spot in a rotation. These are not the "aces" that a good club has. I know the baseball draft is a lot like a crap shoot and the development of baseball players is such a LONG process, but they have been drafting pitchers high up in drafts for the past 6 years and there isn't a lot to show for it.

The front office is starting to make moves I like. I think there is a serious coaching problem in both the majors and in the farm system though.