Easter Awesomeness, Baseball is Back, Football news

Easter was friggin awesome! The weather was beautiful and I spent the day with some great friends on their roof in breathtaking Greenpoint, Brooklyn. What a day! Kristine made an awesome Easter feast comprised of a delicious ham, garlic mashed potatoes, cheddar biscuts (thank you Red Lobster), a very tasty onion and vegetable patty thingy that was rad, vegan salsa, and a few small cheesecakes. And OH! meat pie. how could i forget the meat pie!?!?!?! I was so full, especially since i havent been eating much meat over the last few months.

I would say there were about 10 or so people there and we all had an awesome time. Basically we sat on a sun soaked roof all day and drank wine and spirits and laughed a lot. There was a game of Apples to Apples that broke out, but I am apparently not very good at this game. For those of you who know me, if i'm not good at something I either A.) obcess about it until I am a master or B.) throw a little tiny fit about it and quit. I chose the latter.

Easter was a huge hit. JC and Kristine really know how to throw a party and I am totally psyched for the next gathering at the Bockman household.

Needless to say I was a little tired after a day in the sun, especially after eating copious amounts of pig flesh and drinking more than the prefered daily alotment of delicious wine. Plus it was opening day for the Red Sox (and baseball) so it was time for the big man to get home to relax and watch some sports.

I got home just in time to see Josh Beckett give up back to back solo homers, so needless to say my attentiveness for the game took a nose dive after that. It was a fun game all in all and the sox scratched and clawed their way back, blue collar style. I think its going to be a good season:

First of all the Sox have three #1 starters in their rotation, which is totally sick. Then you basically got 3 or 4 guys in competing for the final 2 starting spots. You can never have too much pitching, especially in today's game where pitchers are always getting hurt. Their lineup is very solid too.

1.) LF -Ellsbury is an awesome leadoff hitter and I love him in left field at Fenway Park. So sick.
2.) 2B -Pedroia is a former AL MVP so we all know what to expect there.
3.) C-Victor Martinez is perenially in the top 3-5 catchers in the game offensively, but his defense is a little suspect.
4.) 1B-Youkilis I think could easily be an MVP contender this year. Homeboy is a sick defensive first basemen, and his patience at the plate forces pitchers to serve it up. He can also play great third base to get Martinez a break behind the plate and bring Variek in.
5.) RF-J.D. Drew just a solid player. Good outfeilder, and has great tools at all facets of the game.
6.) DH-Ortiz could easily be a huge wildcard this year. No one is expecting much out of him, so he has no pressure in my opinion. Plus its a contract year for him, and we all know what players tend to do when their expecting a payday. Assholes.
7.) 3B-Beltre is going to be awesome. First he's a top defender at third base and Fenway is notorious for being a very tough infield. Plus I truely think he could have a Mike Lowell-esque comeback offensively at Fenway park with the Green Monster giving him hits he normally wouldnt get. Lets face it, Beltre was on the juice when hitting 40+ homers a year. I expect a solid 20-25 homers out of him this year with a .286 average. Not bad for a gold glove infielder hitting at the bottom of your lineup!
8.) CF-Cameron I was a fan of this pickup. It was obvious he was going to play center field (3x gold glover and still lightning fast) but hes good for 20+ homers a year given his history. Combine that with some base stealing at the bottom of the lineup and you got a huge addition.
9.) SS-Scutaro love Scooter. awesome defensive SS so I dont care what he does at the plate. Move Cameron over so that when Ellsbury and Pedroia get to the plate they can get him in.

I know the Yankees are defending World Series Champs. And their team is not that different. But the sox got a really gritty hard nosed team that really wants to play. Last night is a great example. I find the Yankees relying on homeruns way too much. The sox, in my opinion, have way more ways to score and more importantly the guts to get the job done.

The last bit of sports news I actually heard this morning. The Philidelphia Eagles traded franchise quarterback (and top ten, possibly top five NFL QB) WITHIN their division to the Washington Redskins. I totally get trading McNabb, but to a rival team? aweful. Dont trade an impact player at ANY position, but especially QB, within your division.

I am very excited that they didnt trade him to the Oakland Raiders too. Partially because my man JC is a big Raiders fan and he was really excited about the possibility of actually having a QB on his favorite team. Sorry JC, you're stuck with Jamarcus Russell. HA! The main reason I'm happy the Raiders didnt get him is because the Patriots have the Raiders 2011 first round pick. A guy like McNabb makes your team instantly better, and I want to make sure the Raiders are as aweful as possible this year so the Pats have a huge first round pick to either take an awesome player or trade down for more picks or even trade for great proven player.

The NFL draft is only a few weeks away. In recent years I've become very excited about the draft. This year is an especially great draft because any college player who is ready for the NFL is going to come out now due to a possible labor dispute at the end of the year. One of the things owners want to do is implement caps on rookie salaries, so kids expecting a big payday are coming out this year, which is possibly the last year they can get that as an NFL rookie. However I'm starting to not follow it as closely as I usually do. Mainly because as you get older, sports become more entertainment than something you live by, but also because the Pats have such a strange drafting system. I NEVER question it because they always do very well, but they never seem to do what the "experts" say. So for the draft this year I may watch, but I'm certainly not going to get my hopes up about certain players or positions that I find important.

Lastly Jason Yudoff and the New Hotness is playing the Bitter End this Friday night at 10 PM! come out and hear some live music.


Thats it for now. Hope you all have a positive day!