1. Celtics / Bruins
* Al Horford left the Celtics to have a better chance to win - how that work out
* Three Celtics (Smart, Brown, Tatum) with at least 40 minutes played - KC Jones-like
* Dave Cowens would eat Ebid for dinner* When Tampa goalie Vasilivskly is in the butterfly he takes up at least 80% of the net
* Marchand one of the great trash talkers in Boston sports history * Halak 35 saves that works
2. Red Sox
* I get a kick out of people saying Jackie Bradley is trade bait: .234 / 1 HR / 6 RBI / $11mm
* I watched highlights of Saturday game - tying run scored on ball on dirt that Christian Vazquez tried to pick and didn’t try to block
3. Around the MLB
* By the way my theory on Mike Trout being over-rated continues to be validated his team is 9-19
* Watching Quick Pitch every morning on MLB Network - Don Orsillo is trying to make up for lack of crowd by yelling his play by play
* Jon Lester Hall of Fame? 192-109 / 3 World Series rings
* Mookie Betts set a record with a multi-HR / multi-stolen base game
4. Value of signal stealing
* 2019 - Altuve / Bregman: average .313 / AB’s per HR 14.6
* 2020 - Altuve / Bregman: average .243 / AB’s per HR 34.1
5. Dustin Johnson 30 under at TPC Boston is not good for the game (he was 11 under after 11 holes Friday)
6. Red Sox General Managers the last half-century (suggested Rule L)
Dick O’Connell……(1966-1977)…1,040-892 (.538)
Hayward Sullivan..(1978-1984)……524-443 (.542)
Lou Gorman……….(1984-1993)……751-706 (.515)
Dan Duquette……..(1994-2001)…..656–574 (.537)
Theo Epstein………(03-05/07-11)…762-543 (.584)
Ben Cherrington….(2012-2015)…..289-313 (.480)
Dave Dombrowski (2015-2019)…..396-277 (.588)
7. Amazing Stat - Patrice Bergeron 145 playoff games
8. Old School - The funnest two year stretch in Red Sox history - 1977 and 1978 edging out 2003 and 2004.
YEAR…REC…..COMPLETE GM…RICE/ORTIZ….VS NY77-78..196-128……….97…………….85 HR /253……..15-1603-04..193-131……….9………………72 HR /240……..20-18
9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Rated toys
* Slinky over-rated
* Super-Toe - under-rated
* Yo-Yo over-rated
* Jacks and Marbles - over-rated
10. Randomocity
* Hikes last week - Blue Hills in Milton - straight up hill / Walden Pond - historical but tame
* College rosters will be busting at the seams similar to way rosters were loaded with returning vets from WWII
* Every young athlete should have perfected free throw shooting, putting, stick handling, dribbling, field goal kicking with all the time at home
* That collective yell heard across Boston was parents in angst when Boston announced remote learning
