1. Rask, Rask, Rask
* People say that that Rask is the best goalie in Bruins history and his number will go up in the rafters - His resume: Rask misses Russian game, misses last game of 2016 year and reportedly goes to Buff’s Pub, takes a leave of absence in 2019, fails in Game 7 vs Blues, Gives up two goals to Blackhawks in 17 seconds in Game Six - 2013 / Opts out of playoffs
* Rask had just made comments of his indifference after Game 2 and all of sudden the narrative switched to “family”
* Never seen Coyle look so good
* Rask could win the Vezina Trophy and quit on his team in the same year (No Mas!)
2. Red Sox
* On the bright side - we don’t have to see this for 162 games
* Charlie Coyle’s goal picked out of the air is a better swing than any Benintendi has offered so far
* Has a national broadcast of a Yankees - Red Sox game ever NOT shown the Varitek-A Rod dust up
* 100 years ago - there was a killer virus / 100 years ago - the Red Sox traded their best player of the century / 100 yeas ago the Red Sox had their worst decade in franchise history 1920’s - .winning 388% of their games / this decade they are on pace to be worse (.300%).
3. Around the MLB
* Would be a disgrace to the game if Charlie Blackmon got credit for hitting .400* How ridiculous is the juiced baseball this year - Matt Olson’s last seven hits are HR’s
* From MLB Network - at Coors Field in Colorado only four visiting pitchers have recorded a complete game over the last 575 games
* At age 27 - Mookie Betts is 12 RBI from 500 / 3 HR’s from 150 / 10 hits from a 1,000
4. Worst performance in an elimination game
* Bruins versus Blues 2019
* Patriots versus Bears 1986
* Patriots versus Houston Oilers
5. Sports are being ruined by
* Home runs (juiced baseball) in Major Leagues
* Three pointers in NBA
* Long drives in golf
* Aces in tennis
* 50 yard field goals
* Goalie equipment that extends ;beyyoung the goalie’s body
6. Bang for the buck
* Ellsbury with Red Sox….104 HR / 1,376 hits / 343 SB / $21mm
* Ellsbury with Yankees….14 HR…….180 hits……45 SB / / $150mm
7. Amazing Stat - Tampa Bay at Fenway - how things have changed:
* Red Sox 2002-2007 - 37-7
* Red Sox 2018-2020 - 1-13
8. Old School - One hundred years ago on Monday - Ray Chapman was hit in the head by a Carl Mays curve ball - the ball deflected off his head so hard that Mays picked the ball up and threw to first - he was dead 12 hours later
9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Bikes and Bike Accidents
* Covid got people back on their bikes
* More accidents - Tom Coughlin and Simon Cowell (come in threes who’s next)
* Youth Bike accidents in Palm Beach up 167%
10. Randomocity
* Love the gaps in audio at the NBA games to bleep out the swearing
* Interesting to watch Nashua baseball team from the Future’s League on NESN and see fans in the crowd
* From the Globe - in the bubble for the NHL - food service gouging residents - Mike Milbury paid $65 for egg breakfast
