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I thought I would let my loyal(and perhaps scarce) readers know that bostonprosports.com has been nominated for the Red Reporter’s 2005 Sports Blog Awards. Considering my tardiness on the sports blog bandwagon, it was appropriately placed in the ‘Newcomer’ category, which will rate the best new sports blogs for 2005. I seriously think if there were a blog yearbook, this one would get ‘most likely to be late for it’s own funeral’. Which I suppose is better than ‘most likely to get herpes’ but still not as cool as ‘best rack’.

In any event, I think its a viewers choice type award so if you would like to vote you can go to The Red Reporter to vote.

Unless of course you don’t think this is the best new sports blog. In which case if wouldn’t make sense for you to be reading this. Unless you are one of those people who goes to comedy clubs and school talent shows just to sit there and say “this guy really sucks” while you shake your head. In which case I don’t want you reading this blog anyways. Asshole. It would be cool if that computer guy that single-handedly got Nomar the all-star ballot by voting like 5 million times read my blog. I doubt it though. Oh well,its not that important. Just thought I would let you all know. Over and out.

Sooo if any of you have been following the San Jose Sharks way out there on the Left Coast you perhaps have noticed that the Sharks are 5-0 since acquiring the former Bruins Captain Mr. Joe Thornton in a trade about 3 weeks ago. After previously struggling with offensive production early this season, the Sharks have scored 25 goals in the 5 games they have played with Thornton in their lineup. They have scored 5 goals in only 4 of their previous 22 games without Thornton and, prior to the trade, were on a 10 game losing streak.
In his first five games with San Jose, Thornton himself has produced 2 point games in each one respectively, totaling 2 goals and 10 assists for a total of 12 points. He was also recognized as the NHL’s Offensive Player of the Week and ranks second in the NHL in scoring with 45 points and first with 34 assists. The Bruins meanwhile have scored a measly 12 goals and find themselves last in the Northeast Division.
So far this trade has worked out perfectly. I am sure it is going exactly according to plan. As a Bruins fan it reminds me a little too much of the scene in High Fidelity where John Cusack’s character dumps his girlfriend because she won’t put out, only to find out she is boinking her new boyfriend a week later. Think about it. We apparently weren’t going anywhere with Thornton as the backbone to our franchise, so we ship him off only to see he is fitting perfectly in with another franchise and not only producing himself, but causing other people to produce as well. This is flippin’ fantastic. I comfort myself in knowing if I really want to see a hockey team win there is always local college hockey.

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As a brief introduction, this column will be written from the perspective of the average Boston fan. I claim to have no resources, expertise, or credentials that would separate me from your run of the mill Sully, Murph, or Larry found in [insert name here]’s Sports Bar in [insert Boston neighborhood here]. Unlike Ben Affleck, I will not grandiloquently declare I represent the entire Red Sox Nation or Boston fan base, but simply offer my insights on whatever may be going on in the world of Boston’s professional sports teams. I’m really just your average fan. I drink Pabst Blue Ribbon and take public transportation. I think Larry Bird and Doug Flutie are two of the best athletes in the history of sports. I would vote for Bill Belichick to be the president of MENSA. In 15 years I will question why Dave Roberts is not in the Hall of Fame. And I try hard to live a good, clean life because I am desperately afraid that if I continue to laugh at midgets and old people falling I will find myself in Hell sharing a room with George Steinbrenner, Carl Everett, Dan Duquette, and Jimmy Fallon. Yup, just your average Boston sports fan.

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Sincerely,

The Average Fan

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