Time Of My Life

There’s something about a Josh Q. Public man.  -Aqua Velva

Public Service Announcement:  OK, here we go!  I know I’m a homer.  A shameless homer.  An insufferable homer.  An incorrigible homer.  Doh!  But still. 

Still, this has to be the best time ever to be so.  It’s something unpredictable, but in the end it’s right.  I hope you had the time of your life.  I did.  I did.  I am.  I am.  This is the apex of my Boston sports fandom.  The pinnacle.  The Zenith.  I’m doing all right, getting good grades.  The future’s so bright, I gotta wear shades. 

This moment in time.  This right here.  Stanley, see this?  This is this.  This ain’t something else.  This is this.  From now on, you’re on your own.  Sports historians will go back and claim this era in sports the Boston Sports Age.  Bigger than the Bronze Age.  Better than the Age of Reason.  Bigger and better.  Just stop a minute.  Freeze frame!  This freeze-frame moment can’t be wrong.  What would a Boston story be without J Geils?  Sorry, back to your regularly scheduled program. 

1986 may be the closest, but that wasn’t even close. 

• The Celtics were the cornerstone.  The Celtics with the Big Four.  The Big Four.  Bird.  Walton.  McHale.  Parrish.  Champions of the world.  Maybe the best basketball team ever assembled. 
• The Red Sox were one booted ball away from their first World Series win since 1918. 
• The Patriots with Grogan, Andre Tippett, Stanley Steamer and company were one year removed from their first Super Bowl appearance ever.  One year removed from their first Super Bowl appearance ever but ousted by John Elway and the Denver Broncos in the first round of the playoffs.  Follow me, don’t follow me.  I’ve got my spine, I’ve got my Orange Crush. 
• The Bruins powered by Cam Neely and Ray Borque were on their way to great things.  But not there yet.  Lemelin and Moog had still not arrived. 
• Boston College quarterback and Doug Flutie back-up, Shawn Halloran, led the team to a 9-3 record and a 27-24 win against the Georgia Bulldogs in the Hall of Fame Bowl.  The Jim O’Brien era on the hardwoods was just beginning. 

All and all, a pretty good time to be a Boston sports fan.  Pretty pretty good. 

This is a great time.

The Boston Red Sox have just steamrolled their way into the playoffs.  Went wire to wire atop the AL Beast.  Went wire to wire in the AL Beast and dethroned the hated Yankees.  Dethroned the hated Yankees after their nine year run.  Dethroned the hated Yankees after humiliating them in 2004.  Reverse the curse.  Wake the damned Bambino so I can drill him in the ass.  The times they are a-changing. 

This Red Sox team is looking to be tough to beat.  Mighty tough to beat.  Beat on the brat.  Beat on the brat.  Beat on the brat with a baseball bat.  Oh yeah, oh yeah, uh-oh.  Uh-oh is right.  Did you see Curt last night?   Boom boom out go the lights.  Lights out in his first postseason game since the bloody sock World Series game.  Lights out striking out four.  Light out allowing a meager six hits in seven innings.  Light out raising his postseason record to 9-2 while lowering his ERA to 1.93.  Goodness.  Josh Beckett looks unhittable.  Manny and Papi look like they can hit anything.  And hit it far.  They are the clear cut favorites to win this thing.  Second in four years.  Not too shabby.  Not too shabby at all.  Roll Sox roll!

The New England Patriots are beating the ever loving daylights out of everybody.  James Bond style.  Like James Bond, nobody does it better.  Makes me feel sad for the rest.  Nobody does it half as good as you.  Baby, you’re the best.  Yes they are.  Yes they are. Tom Terrific is the best.  Better than all the rest.   Tom terrific just tied an NFL record with at least three touchdown passes in each of his first five games.  First and ten do it again!  And again.  And again. 

The Patriots just became the fourth team ever to start a season with five wins by at least seventeen points.  Yowza!  They just improved to 5-0.  Just improved to 5-0 marking the third time in franchise history they’ve begun a season 5-0 or better.  Just improved to 5-0 without a big contribution from Randy Moss.  Without Randy Moss, who going into the game, was the NFL leader in yards receiving and total touchdowns.  Primetime!   That’s what these Patriots are.  Primetime baby!  Primetime!  Primed and ready to take down their fourth Super Bowl Trophy.

The Boston Celtics.  Everything’s coming up roses.  You’ll be swell!  You’ll be great!  Gonna have the whole world on the plate!  Starting here, starting now, honey, everything’s coming up roses!  The Big ticket.  Ray Ray.  The Truth.  The new Big Three.  There hasn’t been this much optimism around the Causeway since Larry Legend left town in traction.   

Hot ‘Lantic title in the bag.  East title very accessible.  NBA Champs?  Who knows?  The main thing is this:  They’re in the conversation.  I know.  I know.  A little less conversation, a little more action.  All this aggravation ain’t satisfactioning me.  A little more bite and a little less bark.  A little less fight and a little more spark.  Close your mouth and open up your heart and baby satisfy me.  These Celtics will satisfy you.  Satisfaction guaranteed. 

For Boston, for Boston, we sing our proud refrain!  How ’bout them Eagles.  Them Boston College Eagles.  Them Boston College football Eagles.  Fourth in the nation?  Are you kidding me?  Matt Ryan.  Cold as ice.  Cold as ice, willing to sacrifice.  Willing to sacrifice on the way to a Heisman.  Willing to sacrifice on the way to an undefeated season.  Willing to sacrifice on the way to a National Championship.  The Eagles haven’t been ranked this high  since they climbed to No. 4 following a 52-20 victory over North Carolina way back in 1984.  Way back in 1984 when Midget Moses was behind center.  Way back in 1984 when two weeks later they lost to West Virginia.  Way back in 1984 when they finished the season with a Cotton Bowl victory over Houston and a No. 5 AP ranking.  Not to mention having the Heisman Trophy winner in quarterback Doug Flutie.  With only Notre Dame and Virginia Tech standing in their way, this season could be better. 

We had Bobby Orr and the Big Bad Bruins.  We had Teddy Ballgame.  We had Bill Russell and all those Celtics banners raised in the gahden.  We had Yaz and the Impossible Dreamers.  Boston Sports has had a lot of great moments.  But none like this.  None like this all at once.  Hummin’, comin’ at cha.  Yeah, ya know I’m gonna gat ya.  Savor this moment Boston Sports fans.  It is a moment the likes we may never see again.

Public Acknowledgements:  Simpsons, Green Day,  Timbuk-3, Deer Hunter, REM, Pedro Martinez, Bob Dylan, Ramones, Ian Flemming, Carly Simon, Tina Turner, Chris Berman, Gypsy, Elvis, Foreigner and Cypress Hill

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Peace out homies.  Six Two and Even!

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