WORLD SERIES CHAMPS GET THEIR RINGS!!

Congrats Red Sox!! Man those are some sweet looking rings!!

Welcome back Bill Buckner!!

Yesterday at Fenway Park, Bill Buckner returned to a rousing ovation by the Fenway faithful. It was Opening day at Fenway and the Red Sox had many old players return for the World Series celebration. Dwight Evans, Jim Rice, Yaz and Buckner were among the many old timers who returned.

Now for those of you who didn't know, Bill Buckner has long been hated by some Red Sox fans. Buckner made a very critical error in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series vs. the Mets. Many of Red Sox Nation blamed Buckner for losing that World Series. I am not one of them. You win as a TEAM and you lose as a TEAM. Yes, Buckner's error was very costly but Bob Stanley could have done a better job on the mound too and we still had game 7 to come out and win the WS and break the curse.....but they lost. 86 years of futility ended in 2004 when the Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in 4 games to win the World Series. But many could not forgive Buckner even then. But after last years sweep of the Rockies, the Sox have now won 2 WS titles in 4 years. Many fans can now put that painful 86 World Series behind them and by the way yesterday went I think most all of Red Sox Nation has forgiven Buckner and welcomed him home to Boston. But most importantly Buckner has forgiven Red Sox Nation for the many years of anguish and heartache caused by many of them.

Welcome back Buckner!

Sorry I have been absent lately

I have been busy, busy, busy! I have been to Jackson 3 times the last 2 weeks on business and when I have had free time I have tried to spend it with my family. I will be back going with some posts now though.

Since my last post alot has happened!

1.) New Hope won the 4A boys state title in basketball! Congrats Trojans! :)
2.) My daughter had to go to the ER with 102.5 fever. :( It wasn't as serious as we first thought! Ear infection and upper respratory infection. She is back to normal now playing and saying HUH? She gets that from her goofy momma! :)
3.) Mississippi State played in the SEC tourney and had to endure a tornado at the Georgia Dome! Eventually they got beat out by UGA! :(
4.) Terrelle Pryor (#1 QB in the country) committed to Ohio State over Michigan. :(
5.) MSU made the NCAA tourney as a #8 seed. :-/

So as you can tell it has been an up and down couple of weeks and really busy!


More to come.....

I got to meet Paps!

Well last night I got to meet my favorite player in MLB, Jonathan Papelbon. I was able to get 3 autographs and shake his hand. I didnt speak to him much because I froze up. There were alot of people in line and Bo and I were at the very front so we didnt want to hold up the line. There were about 100 people who could not get autographs because they had to get the program started so Paps could get back on the plane and head to Fort Myers, Fl for spring training with the Red Sox!

Congrats to the Trojans!

What an exciting ballgame last night between New Hope and Jackson Lanier. New Hope lead throughout most of the game. With about 16 seconds left, NH hit 1 of 2 free throws to take a 2 point lead 79-77. Lanier came down and missed its first shot but got the rebound and tied the game with 8 seconds left. NH had no timeouts and inbounded the ball to Dale Hughes who got trapped but somehow found a wide open Rashanti Harris who leaped from about 2 feet inside the free throw line and threw down a thunderous dunk with no time left!!! NH won 81-79 over the 2 time defending state champs and went on to face Oxford on the road Thursday night!

Congrats Trojans and Coach Byrd! You guys deserve it and we wish you the best of luck Thursday!

Check out the video on YouTube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAYfbskvGB8

Big Win for Dawgs at "The Hump"!

Yesterday's game was and up and down game.
We came out on fire and Rhodes was absolutly on
fire. We jumped out to a double digit halftime lead and we were well on our way to blowing the Hogs out. But to the Hog's credit they came out and went on a 16-4 run and took the lead on us. But this year's team has gelled together nicley during the SEC season and they weathered the storm. Jamont Gordon didn't have his best shooting day but he sealed the win with 7-9 free throws and 2 BIG BLOCKS of Beverly and former bulldog Gary "Turnover" Ervin at the end of the game. Jamont was hilarious at the end of the game also. Patrick Beverley and Gordon were talking smack the whold game and Jamont got the last laughs. Beverley shot a horrible free throw on a one & one chance at the line and Gordon gave it to him hard. He went down and sank his first free throw and looked at Beverley and told him "That's how its done!" and gave him a big smile. He then proceeded to block Beverley's 3 point attempt into the 3rd row.


Big win Dawgs! Now let's go beat those crappy Rebels at the Tad Pad!

Future SEC WEST CHAMPS!!

Holy Gut Beckett!

This is a photo of Josh Beckett's gut during spring training.... What in the world did he do during the offseason? Did he eat all the Chowda in Beantown? I hope this doesn't affect his performance on the bump at Fenway because I expect similar numbers to his season last year. He should have won the Cy Young over CC Sabathia last year. He got screwed. Let's hope Beckett can get on the "Subway" diet with Jared and lose that gut!

Big game at "The Hump" tommorrow!

At 3:00 tommorrow, Mississippi State squares off against Arkansas to try and gain a 2 game advantage in the SEC Western Division. The crowd will be electric and I look forward to one heck of a ballgame. I think we will avenge our butt whooping in Fayetteville just a few weeks ago. That game was not MSU basketball and an average 3 point shooting team in Arkansas shot the lights out from behind the arc. I don't believe that will happen tommorrow! We play well at home and I think we will come out victorious.

I look for Jarvis "SWAT" Vanardo to control the game down low on the defensive end and look for Jamont and Charles Rhodes to control the game on the offensive end.

My prediction? I will go with MSU 74 Arkansas 67. Jamont will be the player of the game with 19 points, 7 boards, 9 assists!

GO DAWGS!

Spring Training Arrives.....

2008 baseball is upon us and the DEFENDING (Man it feels good to say that) World Series champs have arrived. It is time for the pitchers and catchers to report and all looks good on the Red Sox front. Of course, Schill is not gonna be doing anything in spring training, which sucks, but he will be ok I believe.

My only wish is that we would be looking at Johan in the Sox uniform but not at the expense of Jacoby! I guess now I will go ahead and give my prediction for this years playoffs and World Champs, so here goes:

National League:

East - Mets

Central - Cubs

West - Dodgers

Wild Card - Braves

NL CHAMPS = METS

American League

East - Red Sox

Central - Indians

West - Mariners

Wild Card - Yankees

AL CHAMPS = RED SOX

World Series = Red Sox vs. Mets and Sox win in 7! *Payback from the 86 series!