Suddenly it's March

The Red Sox lost to the Twins today 5-2. They had a 2-1 lead right up until some guy hit a grand slam off Giolito, driving in four runs.

I listened to Flemming fawn over Castiglione, repeatedly calling him "Hall of Famer Joe Castiglione".

And when I say repeatedly, I mean every time he said something to Castiglione, he prefaced his remark with that line.

Tomorrow they play another split squad set of games with home game against the Nationals carried by NESN.

At least I hope it's carried by NESN and it's not NESN carrying the Nationals feed again. Those guys sucked.

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Guess who won in regulation last night! The Bruins did!

The first period ended with the Bruins up 3-0 and playing like they meant it.

The second period ended with the Bruins up 4-3 and playing like they were about to blow the game.

With five minutes left in the third period, the score was tied 4-4 when Bruins took a 5-4 lead. Two minutes later, they lost a player to a very stupid two minute minor penalty. I believe it was "lifing an opponents stick" or something meaningless like that.

And so, with three minutes left in the game, the Bruins had 4 men on the ice and the Golden Knights had six when they pulled their goalie. It looked pretty bleak for the Bruins and I fully expected regulation to end in a tie but the Bruins held them off and won.

Their next game is tomorrow against the Islanders. Puck drops at 7:30pm.

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It's late.

Here are a few links:

• It's the City of Brotherly Love.



• India - They're as dumb as Americans.



• People should be requiired to pass a simple common-sense test before they are allowed to become parents.