The Waiting

The waiting continues, hockey fans.

We still wait for the start of the Eastern Conference Finals series between the slimy Tampa Bay Lightening and the heroic, majestic, demigodlike, Boston Bruins.

At least we know when the series is going to start now. Saturday. That marks a full week without a game for the Bruins, and a little more than a week for the Lightening. Game two will follow on Tuesday. What's with the extra day off?

The West is still going. Detroit has come back from down 3-0 to force a game seven. As we know (boy, do we know), only three teams have blown a 3-0 lead in NHL history. It seems awfully strange to me though, that after waiting 25 years between occurrences there have been two series in two rounds this year when a team was down 3-0 and forced a game seven. Is it easier now than it used to be, or are we just dealing with teams who can't help but choke. Probably the latter.

In other news, the Red Sox went into last night's game with a 17-18 record. They had a chance to finally get up to a .500 record. They were down one run in the ninth when Adrian Gonzales hit a homer to tie it. Off to extra innings we go...

And the Sox are still sub-.500 with a 17-19 record. They have played 22% of the season and still they are mired in mediocrity. I think it's time for us to stop saying, "its early, they can fix this" and just accept that despite the enormous payroll and the line up full of superstars... the Red Sox just sort of suck this year.

Go Bruins!