Saturday Morning Quick Hitters

The Boston Celtics had little trouble dispatching the Chicago Bulls Friday Night. The Celtics continued their stifling defense, holding the Bulls to just 31 1st half points. The Bulls Rookie Derrick Rose had 18 points as did Boston’s Kevin Garnett, who was playing in his 1000th NBA Game. The Celtics beat the Bulls 96 – 80

The Portland Trail Blazers, minus Greg Oden, pushed the San Antonio Spurs to 0 – 2 for the 1st time since the 1996-1997 season, beating the Spurs 100 – 99.

The Vancouver Canucks beat the Anaheim Mighty Ducks in the 13 round of a shootout, finally prevailing 7 – 6. No emails please…I know they aren’t the Mighty Ducks anymore, I just will always fondly remember Emilio Estevez as the head coach…

Seems New York Rangers #1 draft pick Alexei Cherepanov was illegally transferred to the Russian club on which he passed away.

The Boston Red Sox picked up the 2009 option for Tim Wakefield for a $4 Million price tag. Yesterday saw 44 players file for free agency, most noteably John Smoltz and Pedro Martinez.

The New York Mets exercised their 12 million dollar option on Carlos Delgado. Delgado at age 36, had a monster 2nd half of 2008 season hitting .303, with 21 HRs a .606 SLG and a .991 OPS.

Tuesday Morning Quick Hitters

The Tampa Bay Rays grabbed home field advantage right back from the Red Sox, by homering their way to a win. Jon Lester gave up bombs to BJ Upton and Evan Don’t Call Me Eva Longoria to blow the game wide open. The Sox dormant offense could only muster a sac fly for their only run. The Rays beat the Sox 9 – 1. The Rays lead the series 2 – 1.

The LA Dodgers seemed to like home cooking, until the 8th inning that is, when Shane Victorino tied it and John Baptist of Bangor Maine Hockey Coach Matt Stairs wone it with a 2 run moonshot. The Phillies beat the Dodgers 7 – 5. The Phillies lead the series 3 – 1.

The New York Rangers 2007 #1 pick 19 year old, Alexei Cherepanov, collasped and died during a Russian league game yesterday.

The Boston Bruins traded former Boston College star Andrew Alberts to the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday.

The Cleveland Browns handed the New York Giants their 1st loss of the season, slamming the champs 35 – 14.

Tony Dungy confirmed Monday that Peyton Manning actually had 2 surgeries on his knee.