The number one Celtic of this era (?), Big Donut Devers, Orlando Cepeda and Mike Trout, acquired pitcher, 1000 yards

Thursday 2/26/26

This year's Boston Celtics season is a legacy re-arranger--or it certainly could be, anyway. Who knows what Jayson Tatum will be when he returns. The Celtics look better without him being the guy, though. Things are less stagnant and stage-y.

No, I'm not suggesting they're better off without him. I'm simply making an observation about their play style and pace. The flow of their offense. They're not as three-addicted. Sure, they're still pretty hooked, but it's a welcome drop-off. Jaylen Brown has become a legit MVP contender; not just a guy who is going to get votes, but someone who has somewhat of a shot to win the thing. His odds have been boosted by other guys missing so many games, but you still need to go out there and have the year and Brown has.

I think there's a good chance he finishes higher this year in MVP voting than Tatum ever has or ever will. People might look back on the Celtics of this era and think that the guy who was supposed to be the number two guy was actually more the number one guy than the number one guy. If you follow me.

Saw a photo of Alex Bregman and Rafael Devers together. I can't get over how fat Devers is. People don't talk enough about the fitness of professional athletes. Mike Trout is also fat and has been for a long time. He's also was never that great. In part because he was in such bad shape. But he also wasn't this all-time talent that people want him to be and think he was. His reputation/legacy will fade with time and in the end he'll be like an, I don't know, Orlando Cepeda level of Hall of Famer, which personally I feel would be too good for him.

Baseball has become a sport in which its fans, who are less educated in the game than in times past, talk about the pitcher their team acquired in the off-season who sported a 4.27 ERA the year before to go along with his 11 wins as a star, this huge acquisition, who sets the the team up for success for years to come. A guy who'd you once see was pitching and thinking, "Eh...that guy is going today." Now you're outstanding as you give your team your 5.1 innings against three runs. I look at starting pitchers and think, "What is the point?" Having said that, I'm looking forward to seeing Garrett Crochet again, because I think he's a bit different and it was a pleasure watching him work last year.

The official Bruins social media account posted something yesterday about how James Hagens' "amazing year continues" at Boston College, touting his stats. They give his line from last year--37 points in 37 games--and his "amazing" 38 points in 28 games this year.

Is it that you don't know how numbers work or words or both? You think 38 points in 28 games in college is amazing? Then you don't know what you're talking about and you're just saying things.

Sports media people are almost always ignorant. They know so little. No more than your Uber driver who takes you to the airport on Monday morning and wants to shoot the shit. I was listening to these guys here go on about Stefon Diggs because he had 1000 yards receiving last year.

There are seventeen games in the season. You don't even need to average 60 yards a game to get to 1000. If you have like two big games, you can coast your way to that 1000 yard season. This is notable? And in this era? Okay, it's not exactly flag football, but it isn't quite the play style of 1979 either, is it?