The Big 3

Starting this year the Celtics have become relevant in basketball. They now have KG and Ray Allen to compliment Paul "the Truth" Pierce. In a recent interview on WEEI.com. The three of them were sitting around talking like they've been friends for many years.

Some notable quotes:
KG speaking about the Timberwolves: "Well I've been in jail the last few years, and if any of you have been there you know what it's like."

Pierce speaking about Antoine Walker saying he had the best team in Miami: "You know I've been calling him to talk about my team. I think I've left 4 voicemails, he still hasn't returned my call."

But my favorite:
KG "We can talk about scenarios, like the opposition is going to shut me off with the double team and take away Ray's 3, and then they're gonna say let's make pierce beat us. Or They're going to take away me inside and Pierce through the lane, but make Ray beat us with the 3."

I want to end this by thanking the great state of Minnesota.Because Minnesota you should be proud, you've sent us some great players (indirectly and directly). So thank you for KG and Ortiz and thank you for Randy Moss (oh yeah Oakland, Randy Moss has been such a problem for us, thanks for the advice).

Goodbye Hunter, Hello Tom Brady

To preface this, when Howard and the Deans (Team Canada's Irish folk, metal band) took a trip to florida, we felt the need to dub our most helpful GPS system with a name...and that name was Hunter.

http://www.boston.com/sports/nesn/wilbur/sports_blog/blog/2007/09/28/patriotsbengals_predictions/

Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Patriots, 34-24. “If Tom Brady were any more accurate he'd be a GPS system.

Sorry Hunter, but i think it's time for a name change...Gives a whole new meaning to those HORRIBLE Tom Tom commericals

Might as well let you all in on the "solid" joke.

Everyone, meet the Buffalo Bills' 2007 first-round draft pick, Marshawn Lynch.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=t-iel089cEE

My favorite part is where he is asked to compare himself to another player and gives us this gem.

"I would say LT. Just basically because I pretty much line up on the same areas of the field as he does."

So for the record, my driving skills are comparable to that of any NASCAR driver because we both sit in the same area of the car while driving and my batting skills are obviously on par with those of Manny Ramirez because we both stand in the batter's box. This logic is awesome.

Ain't no better than solid

Consider this...

I am David Eckstein. ( I'd prefer to be Dustin Pedroia, but he is yet to be worldly renowned as the the Duke of Grit...the Earl of Heart...etc.)

I am the undeniable force that holds this team team together.

With out David (Me) this team (blog) would wither and crumble.

unfortunately for me...DAVID ECKSTEIN SUCKS!

But he's got heart...i'll give him that.

Now that the introductions are over, can we talk about sports? Thank you.

Where it all began

I'm glad that this blog is up and running. However I wanted to address a few things. Touchdown Cincinnati (or TDC as it will be referred to as) started about 5 years ago in a Deli at a local Supermarket. Since then it has been the punchline of many jokes, the grading of girls, and well I can't think of anything else. I am not going to say what TDC really means right now though. So the one reader we may have will have to sit and wait. What I will say is this...

This blog is intended for the writers to talk openly about any sports subjects. You will find mostly Football and Baseball talked about, but we don't discriminate, we'll talk about curling if it comes up. Keep in mind we are Boston sports fans. So we don't like the Yankees or the Jets, they suck and always will. Feel free to send in your gripes, make comments on our posts, or send e-mails about subjects we should cover. There are great things on the Horizon for this blog so we hope you'll keep reading.

Now onto Business...

Grit is a better fake stat than VORP.

VORP is meaningless. No matter what Caf might say VORP doesn't hold any value. Grit at least describes something. What does VORP do? It gives baseball stat freaks something to get a Chubby over.

So VORP's out, and Grit is in!

Bustin' Blog Cherry

This post would have been totally worthless but as I typed the first line a grit-filled Dustin Pedroia hit a solo homer to put the Sox up 6-5 over the As. In honor of him, I decided against my original plan to make the largest string of swears any of us has ever seen.

By the way...I just lost.

Now where is my goddamn chinese food?