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Lester's Ace Night

2008-07-03T23:08:30Z

With the Sox in desperate need of a win and innings from a starter, Lester delivered a gem tonight in his first Yankee Stadium start. (9 innings, no runs, 5 hits) The Sox have bigger names in their starting rotation (Beckett/Dice-K), they have guys with more veteran experience (Wakefield), and they even have prospects who came into the year with more buzz (Bucholtz). However, the best pitcher for the Sox this year has been Jon Lester. His last 10 starts look like this:
9 innings/ 0 runs
5 innings/ 6 runs
6 innings/2 runs
9 innings/ 0 runs/0 hits.
5 innings/4 runs
5 innings/ 3 ...

Download Girl Talk's Feed The Animals Now!

2008-07-01T22:40:30Z

Girl Talk is DJ/Producer Greg Gillis. What he does is splice and dice bits of dozens of different songs together to make songs. Not only do his creations sound amazing, but they are a music geeks dream because you can play guess all the songs that are sampled. You can download the new Girl Talk album Feed The Animals on his website on a pay as much as you want basis like radiohead and NIN did recently here: http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/__girl__talk___feed__the__anima.ls___/
If you just want to sample the sound go here: http://www.myspace.com/girltalk ...

Round One Goes To The Rays

2008-06-30T22:39:13Z

Congrats to the Rays for the win; but your team is still a joke with that ball park. Imagine if the Rays make the World Series (which is not as unlikely as it sounds) and a fucking catwalk comes into play.
The Rays fans tonight reminded me of the Atlanta Hawks fans during that Celtics playoff series. They showed up, made noise, but where a little too eager to prove that they cared to it seemed hallow. In addition, WTF is with the noise makers. If I was a member of Congress, I would introduce legislation that makes noise ...

Sox vs. Rays: ALCS Preview?

2008-06-29T23:08:39Z

The Sox vs. Rays has almost everything one could ask for in a mid-season baseball series.
1. A battle for first place
2. Both teams have lots of exciting players
3. The potential for the game to erupt into a brawl because of real bad blood between the teams.
Now the Rays just need some fans and a non-shitty stadium and we could have ourselves a potential great rivalry. ...

JR Giddens: Dunk Machine

2008-06-27T11:40:08Z

I am not going to pretend like I have ever seen Celtics draft pick JR Giddens play. However, judging by what people are saying about him and his type of talents he reminds me a little of Tony Allen. (Tony Allen is a free agent and most likely gone) Judging by the youtube clips of Giddens, at the very least he may be in the line of recent great Celtic dunkers like Gerald Green and Kedrick Brown. Lets hope that he has more of an all around game then those 2. Here are some youtube clips of Giddens dunks:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GOq7hvULlfY

Tim Wakefield: The Greatest In The World

2008-06-25T22:07:44Z

There are few people who can say they are the best in the world at something without any real debate. Tim Wakefield is one of those people. He is the best Knuckleballer in the world. He has been for over 10 years now. This is not to say he is the best of all time. One of the Niekro brothers most likely Phil could argue that one. However, I don't think Phil could go out and pitch 7 innings of shut out ball right now like Wakefield did tonight. Thus, as I write this, Tim Wakefield can say that of ...

The Scariest Type Of Pitcher In Baseball

2008-06-25T09:49:02Z

When people think of a scary types of pitchers, the first thing that comes to mind is a guy who goes up there and throw in the high 90s. However, I find that much more scary in that, is the veteran left handed pitcher with good control. These guys usually have a pretty good curve, change speed/location, and always hit their spots. They don't beat themselves and kinda lull the batter to sleep. It is these guys who in my life time the Red Sox seem to have the hardest time hitting. This bread of pitchers includes Jamie Moyer, Tom ...

Pictures: Nature & Balance Art Show Along The Arsenal On The Charles

2008-06-22T17:36:34Z

Today I went to check out the second annual Nature and Balance Art Show at the Arsenal Center For The Arts and the surrounding Parks and Wooded area with my sister. Click the more button to see the pictures we took of the show and other cool stuff along the Arsenal after the jump.
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Cito Gaston Named Manager Of The Blue Jays

2008-06-21T17:41:42Z

As his first move, he reinserted John Olerud and Joe Carter in the 3-4 spots of the line up. ...

Watertown Greek Festival Weekend

2008-06-20T09:44:14Z

Just a reminder, this weekend is the Watertown Greek Festival at the Taxiarchae Church on 25 Bigelow Avenue in Watertown. There will be Greek food, live music, dancing, children's activities, shopping, and a raffle. For more info go here http://www.greekboston.com/greekfestivals/watertown.shtml or here http://goarchangels.org/news.php?id=290&PHPSESSID=f2d643268b25accbd3eee6af5c5a6303. ...

Boston Celtics Parade Pictures and More

2008-06-19T20:16:21Z

Today, we took the children in my class down to see the Celtics Parade. We got there early with some blankets, snack bars, and water and got front row seats. Some of the children in my class even got their picture taken and put on Boston.com holding their signs. (thats my gray shirt on the far left.) Later while we were getting the children's parents permission to have their names I got to talk to Globe Photographer Matthew J. Lee who seemed like a great guy and showed off some of his other famous photos that he has ...

Lil Wayne Takes A Victory Lap

2008-06-19T07:27:25Z

He did it! Lil Wayne sold over 1 million copies of THA Carter 3 in one week doubling the first week sales totals of more established acts like Usher and Mariah Carey. What is even more important is how he did it; while music labels have been consistently behind the times with new technology the past 10 years and have an idiotic antagonistic relationship where the sue some of their best fans because of it, Wayne by himself took the opposite approach. He went into the studio and just started recorded and releasing classic shit onto mixtapes and the internets for free. ...

UBUNTU! Sweet Seventeen!!!!!!!!! EVERYONE GETS A TOMMY POINT!!!

2008-06-18T00:52:58Z

I admit I can be cynical and when I first heard about the Celtics Ubuntu huddle break chant I thought of it as just another form of cliché. However, the Celtics won tonight and the 17th NBA championship because of the Ubuntu philosophy of having your destiny intrinsically tied to others. Every single member of the Celtics organization from ownership all the way down to the kids who wipe the sweat of the parquet floor during time outs should feel proud of this championship.
First and foremost…
Paul Pierce: Pierce has been with this organization during some tough times for the ...

If You Are A Celtics Fan, This Is What You Wanted

2008-06-16T00:21:50Z

It is always tough to watch your team lose a potential finals clinching game; that being said, the Celtics accomplished what they had to by winning 1 game in L.A. Now they are going home up 3-2. At the start of the year, what more could a fan ask for? Overall, the Celtics played pretty well tonight especially Pierce who had a great performance. Here are the reasons we lost tonight.

That play in the final minute when Kobe stole the ball would have been called a fouled if the game was in Boston and not L.A. because ...

RIP Tim Russert

2008-06-13T22:45:12Z

It is a cliché that T.V. personalities can become like members of your family; Tim Russert was one of those people. He was the host of Meet The Press since I was 7 years and when it came to political interviews no one else was close. If you wanted to be a player in national or even world politics, one of the rights of passage was to be grilled by Russert. He was the most prepared interviewer on T.V. and though by most accounts he was personally a liberal, he was always tough but fair with everyone he interviewed. He ...

The Choking Sound That You Heard Coming From L.A. Tonight Was The Lakers

2008-06-13T00:25:23Z

It should be noted, in LA, during game 4 of the NBA finals, that Phil Jackson was out coached by Doc Rivers and Paul Pierce outplayed Kobe Bryant.
I want to praise the Celtics for tonight's amazing come back win more and I will, but before I get to that I want to mock the Lakers who choked tonight. When things where going well in the first half everyone was draining shots for L.A. However, when the Celtics finally got to single digits you could see the hesitation and fear in the Lakers. Odom who was so dominant in the first half, punked out like a ...

The Perfect Musical Companion To The NBA Finals

2008-06-11T22:23:53Z

D.C. Rapper Wale's latest Mix Tape (The Mixtape About Nothing) is the perfect companion to the NBA finals with his 80s style flow at times and the constant elaborate NBA references. You can download it here: http://www.elitaste.com/blog/2008/05/30/ladies-and-gentlementhe-mixtape-about-nothing/
In case you could not already tell by it's name, it is also a must have for anyone who is both a rap fan and a Seinfeld fan. ...

A Powe Man's Superstar

2008-06-09T00:10:18Z

Leon Powe was the man of the night. The ABC people could not have scripted it better with his half time feature coinciding with the best game of his career. The Lakers had no match for his muscle and effort when he was in there: 21 points in less then 15 minutes. Powe also made the play that in a way was the negative turning point in the game for the Celtics. In the 4th quarter, Powe went coast to coast for a slam and it looked like the Lakers had stopped trying at that point because they parted like ...

Pictures: Dragon Boats On The Charles River

2008-06-08T14:18:46Z

If you are reading this on the main page, click the more button to see some pictures I took at the Dragon Boat's Races on The Charles River Today.
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Pictures: Boston & Cambridge Day/Night Sky From A Pinckney Street Roof Deck

2008-06-08T08:27:35Z

Last night, I went to a roof deck party of a friend of mine who lives on Pinckney street on Beacon Hill. I got some great shots of the Cambridge and Boston skylines and of one of the cloud formations which you can see by clicking the more button after the jump.
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