Monday, May 30, 2005
belated trivia regarding may 20 and jason varitek...
For the fifth straight year, C Jason Varitek homered on May 20. His home run in the second [inning] was his ninth [of the season], trailing both OF Manny Ramirez and DH David Ortiz by one for the team lead. ...
Sunday, May 08, 2005
Lavinius's bet w/ his Celtics fan friend, revisited
For those that are not familiar with the backstory and/or are memory deficient and/or suffer from amnesia, allow me to reference the original post, dated February 24, 2005...
TITLE: So I Have a Friend Who is a Celtics Fan
LINK: February 2005 archives- Scroll Down
My buddy has always been a huge Antoine Walker fan. So much so that his poster is absolutely covered with.......but that's besides the point...
Anyway, he's obviously elated that the Celtics got Walker back in a trade. He's been text messaging me expressing his elation. He even went so far as to say that the Celtics could "go further" than Detroit!
For the record, in addition to being a Red Sox, Marlins, and Bills fan, I'm also a Detroit Pistons fan, so this text message was definitely intended on getting a reaction out of me. How did I react, you ask? Here is my text message back to him, verbatim:
"You willing to back that up with more than just a silly claim? 20 bucks. You owe me 20 if the Stons (editor's note: short for "Pistons") go further. I owe you 20 if the C's (editor's note: short for "Celtics") go further. We got a bet?"
The big homer that he is, he replies back with "Sure."
Haha, I love it! I don't think he was expecting me to reply back with a "put your money where your mouth is" ultimatum. With my buddy being a prideful guy, I forced his hand. He would have looked utterly spineless and gutless had he declined. He had no choice but to take the bet, a bet in all likelihood he is going to lose.
I'd be very curious to know how many people outside of the Boston and Detroit areas, and how many non-Boston and non-Detroit fans would have taken that bet with me? I can't imagine it's something that the average neutral observer would have taken me up on.
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Well, it's now May 8th, 2005. The Pistons have long since advanced to the 2nd round, while the Celtics, as advertised, have made an early exit. I plan on collecting on my $20 when I go up for my buddy's wedding, the same buddy I made the bet with. I hope him looking me in the eye as a defeated man handing me that crisp Andrew Jackson won't tarnish his wedding day weekend too much...
Ultimately, Twan made them a better team. But he was not going to elevate the Celtics to a championship level. Twan will now most likely leave the Celtics in the off-season and go to another team where he can shoot his trademark 42% from the floor and jack up ill-advised shot after ill advised shot. Happy trails, Twan, and thanks for helping me win $20. I'd give you a share, but you stole enough money from the Celtics already...
Moral of the story: Logical thinking beats emotional thinking everyday of the week and twice on Sunday
TITLE: So I Have a Friend Who is a Celtics Fan
LINK: February 2005 archives- Scroll Down
My buddy has always been a huge Antoine Walker fan. So much so that his poster is absolutely covered with.......but that's besides the point...
Anyway, he's obviously elated that the Celtics got Walker back in a trade. He's been text messaging me expressing his elation. He even went so far as to say that the Celtics could "go further" than Detroit!
For the record, in addition to being a Red Sox, Marlins, and Bills fan, I'm also a Detroit Pistons fan, so this text message was definitely intended on getting a reaction out of me. How did I react, you ask? Here is my text message back to him, verbatim:
"You willing to back that up with more than just a silly claim? 20 bucks. You owe me 20 if the Stons (editor's note: short for "Pistons") go further. I owe you 20 if the C's (editor's note: short for "Celtics") go further. We got a bet?"
The big homer that he is, he replies back with "Sure."
Haha, I love it! I don't think he was expecting me to reply back with a "put your money where your mouth is" ultimatum. With my buddy being a prideful guy, I forced his hand. He would have looked utterly spineless and gutless had he declined. He had no choice but to take the bet, a bet in all likelihood he is going to lose.
I'd be very curious to know how many people outside of the Boston and Detroit areas, and how many non-Boston and non-Detroit fans would have taken that bet with me? I can't imagine it's something that the average neutral observer would have taken me up on.
----
Well, it's now May 8th, 2005. The Pistons have long since advanced to the 2nd round, while the Celtics, as advertised, have made an early exit. I plan on collecting on my $20 when I go up for my buddy's wedding, the same buddy I made the bet with. I hope him looking me in the eye as a defeated man handing me that crisp Andrew Jackson won't tarnish his wedding day weekend too much...
Ultimately, Twan made them a better team. But he was not going to elevate the Celtics to a championship level. Twan will now most likely leave the Celtics in the off-season and go to another team where he can shoot his trademark 42% from the floor and jack up ill-advised shot after ill advised shot. Happy trails, Twan, and thanks for helping me win $20. I'd give you a share, but you stole enough money from the Celtics already...
Moral of the story: Logical thinking beats emotional thinking everyday of the week and twice on Sunday
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