Day: May 7, 2005

A game 7 of a playoff series should include intensity as a characteristic. Tonight’s Indiana Pacer rout of the Boston Celtics didn’t have any. It was as heartless a playoff performance as I’ve ever seen by a green team.

Boston Globe Staff Photo by Jim Davis

The Celtics lost because a few undisciplined whiners didn’t allow them to play as a team. They continually forced bad shots off individual moves, while the Pacers moved the ball and got easy ones. It got so bad in the 4th quarter, TV color man, Tommy “Homer” Heinson got in a snit with play by play guy Mike Gorman after Gorman didn’t go along with Tommy’s assertion that Pacer Jermaine O’Neal “went after” Celtic Raef LaFrenz. Gorman then asked “Heinie” what he’d do now with the C’s down 21. Instead of doing his job, Heinson asked, “what would you do?” then remained silent. Just like his team.

• Investments in water purification technology and alternative energy in China look very attractive. I’m not sure yet how to get in. Speaking of energy, it sickens me that in spite of one national politician after another pledging to “reduce our dependence on foreign oil,” there’s really been no significant government investment in alternative energy since 1973, when gas prices “shot” up to 50 cents per gallon…

• If they ever do a movie about Queen front man Freddy Mercury, Johnny Depp would be a good choice.

• Thinking about cliches: “Amazingly, Jim did get his hands on the snake…”

• Some of my friends and fellow Red Sox fans have slipped into complacency. This week, one rabid fan suggested he doesn’t have much hope for the team this year, but that was OK because he would continue to bask in the glow of last year. Wait till Fall (or the next Yankee series). He’ll be out of his mind back into it.

• There’s a nice editorial piece in the Boston Globe on the current state of thoroughbred racing on this Kentucky Derby Day. The piece expresses the hope that George Steinbrenner’s Bellamy Road is just that today, and can help ressurect the sport. If not, maybe Bellamy Road can pitch…

• There’s nothing like being a winner on derby day.

• My yard looks like what I image the grounds around Chernobyl look like these days.