The only problem with having 60 wins, is having 60 wins.  The better the record, the more a team becomes a favorite, the more they're expected to win.  And ultimately, constant pressure starts pushing down on them like a fat guy in a kids top bunk bed.  It can be difficult for a team (or a frightened kid below), especially a great one.   I didn't even mention the Patriots. 

The good thing about this year's Boston Celtics team is that they have the players and make up to not only have the best record in the NBA, but to win it all.  I'm hoping that after they do, they throw a little Garden party so I can reminisce with my old friends.  Larry, Chief, Kevin, Danny, Dj, Walton and the others from that 1985-86 team, are the last green guys to bring down the house.

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Somebody answer these two mind-boggling questions for me.  How does Julio Lugo get 36 million dollars over four years from the Boston Red Sox?  And why was Theo always drooling over him?  If he continues to get paid for the current brutal baseball clinic he’s been putting on, then that drool is going to turn into spit. 

Loogie's the boringest (his game made it a word) .271 hitter I’ve ever seen, with a glove that’s as useless as the ones those sweaty lunch ladies wore in my High School.  And after today’s error exhibition, two on throws, Julio Lugo might be moving into Steve Sax territory.  If you don’t remember Sax’ throwing issues, then I’ll just say that Lugo’s a chip off the old Knoblauch.  Sax and Knoblauch (strangely enough both Yankees at time of throwing disease) had one of those mysterious mental issues, where they just could not throw it to first without an array of problems. In the dirt, high, low, pulling the first baseman off the bag, hitting announcers in the press box, every throw was an adventure.  I remember Knoblauch sometimes just shot putting it over to first, or under handing it, praying he’d get an out.  I don’t think he ever came out of it, and his whole career went down hill. Luckily for little Lugo, his game never got near any hilltops.

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