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[bryant]

This makes it official. 2002 was one of those years when it's good to be a Boston sports fan. The Patriots won the Super Bowl, the Celtics resurged, the Red Sox got out from under Harrington's thumb, and the Bruins had a great regular season. We won't talk about the Bruins in the playoffs, though.

The early tidings for 2003 were not so great. The Celtics split up the band, half the Bruins decided not to come back, and -- well, the Patriots talked a good game up until the fourth game of the season. It's pretty clear at this point that 2003 is not gonna be stellar.

Except now it's more than pretty clear, it's an established fact, cause the Sports Guy -- no, screw that, the Boston Sports Guy -- is moving to LA. We're fucked. The most well-spoken sports columnist in Boston is moving to LA to be a television writer.

Gonna be a long cold lonely winter.

Comments

[kirbyk.livejournal.com]

Well, you still have Peter Gammons...

Oh, wait, I was supposed to be encouraging. :-)

Hey, have you read Rob Neyer's _Feeding the Green Monster_? I've long enjoyed Neyer's work on espn.com, and enjoyed his other book, _Baseball Dynasties_. It seems like a Red Sox fan would probably enjoy a book about the experiences of a Seattle sportswriter moving to Boston for a year, buying season tickets to Fenway, and writing about the experience.

[bryant]

Nope, but now I will. :)