Big Day In Boston Sports

What a hit.

The Bruins took a 2-1 series lead last night behind the stout play of solid goaltender Tuukka Rask. I really couldn't say it any better than my buddy Dan Sullivan over at his blog. Check out his analysis of the game here.

It's an exciting time to be a Bruins fan. They're playing with the house's money; let me explain: if they win, they exceed expectations in a season plagued by injury. If they lose, they still win because they are a team on the rise carrying the #2 overall pick. For now, let's enjoy the playoff ride.

It's their time.

Big game for the Celtics tonight. Kevin Garnett is suspended for the affair after his elbow against Quentin Richardson on Saturday night. Enter Glen Davis and Rasheed Wallace. This is Perkins' time to step up with his defense and make a difference under the hoop like KG does. Baby will start in KG's place and will hopefully mold well with the starting five. This is also Rasheed's time to show why he was brought aboard. If he can make game changing plays close to the hoop then it will go a long way in helping the C's make it 2-0 heading to Miami.

Moss compliment or Galloway 2.0?

The Patriots made a free agent splash today bringing aboard the 33-year old seven time Pro Bowler Torry Holt. Entering what will be his 13th season, no one should expect the 117 catch Holt from 2003. However, he has caught 90+ balls in half of his NFL seasons and has 920 career grabs. Just three years ago, Holt caught 93 balls for the Rams and he arguably hasn't played with a good QB in in two years (Marc Bulger and David Garrard).

Will this be a Joey Galloway 2.0? Time will tell. What it currently means is that the team's wide receivers are:

• Randy Moss
• Julian Edelman
• Torry Holt
• David Patten
• Brandon Tate
• Isiah Stanback
• Sam Aiken
• Matthew Slater

Obviously no one expects Wes Welker back until at least midseason. This move hopefully will give some stability to the wide out corps as the team will hope that prospects Tate and Stanback can develop. This will also slide Aiken back to his special teams duties exclusively as he was clearly out of his league as a starting wide receiver in the Wild Card loss.

How quickly can the 37-year old get back in the line-up?

The Sox continue to tumble out of the gate and stand at 4-9, currently riding a five game losing streak. They have six games left on this home stand and they need to begin to turn it around against Texas and Baltimore. It's tough to pinpoint a specific area in improvement because everything from the offense, to the rotation, to the bullpen, and the defense have all hampered the team thus far.

To make matters worse, the team announced that Mike Cameron was placed on the 15-day DL today with a strained abdomen that could sideline him over a month. Cameron was brought in as part of the run prevention plan and with his absence the team will be starting an outfield of all lefties. This will hamper Tito's ability to get creative with him having to pencil in Ellsbury (when he returns), Drew, Hermida, and Reddick (expected to be called up from Triple-A) for several weeks. When Ellsbury returns he will slide back over to centerfield. There could be a trickle down effect that will hold Ortiz out against lefties on a consistent basis in order to balance the line up with Lowell.

Nevertheless, the Sox are six games out of first place just thirteen games in. Time to turn it around.

UPDATE: Ellsbury was placed on the 15-day DL tonight retroactive April 12th with sore ribs. The team purchased the contract of 31-year old Darnell McDonald. He's a righty and will probably platoon with Reddick.