Lou Merloni defeats Mike Felger. Not a sentence that gets written often but applies here. Across the way, Squeaky Mazz loses to his show’s receptionist. Globies win out in the V Region, with Dan perhaps coasting on reputation. Kid Gas doubtless ebullient at his coup over Keefe. Bedard in a no-doubter over Kusnierek after a bloc of illegal votes were excluded, and the 7 seed Tom E. overtops the 6 seeded Marc B. T Region could stand for Ted, who wins handily, and Ben Volin was never in danger of losing to the once-menacing Bert Breer.
These Eight will face off Monday, March 28th.
(Stick tap to @cpaul512 for assisting with the graphics package.)
I hope everyone had an enjoyable Antivernal Equinox. Yes, I say ‘antivernal.’
John Clayton always looked to be the picture of robust good health. RIP.
Everyone but YOU got better!
News Item: The Red Sox will wear a patch this season to commemorate Jerry Remy. A nicotine patch?
The secret to the Celtics success? They dropped the umlaut.
In some ways “We Are All Patriots”, but in a more correct way Ty Montgomery is now a Patriot.
Are we sure Cesar “The Abuser” Peralta is capable of such a heinous act?
Cakes are cooking for Teresa Ganzel, Steve Redgrave, John Strohm, Yasmeen Ghauri, Jonas Bjorkman, and Jason Kidd.
The 15 also possess hypersonic missiles. No, you can’t see them.
I’ve been saying “What would they do with Leonard Fournette?” in my Lou Gorman voice talking about Willie McGee.
And now I’ll have lunch.
It’s a bad look to sell more PS5’s than you actually have on hand, Karen Guregian. It is!
One note on the NBA: Does anyone else miss the twenty second timeout?
Hey gang, this week’s Phrase that Pays is “Everyplace is a bathroom if you really want it to be.”
Not often you hear Semisonic’s other song.
Whoever the referee was who decided that the signal for the 3-point shot was 1 arm raised (3-point try) and the second arm raised when it goes in… that guy was an absolute genius. The signal for an exciting play is the same as a universally understood symbol for excitement.
What’s with the billowy slacks? Can we bring back the tight pants, clams?
Middleborough/Lakeville Line Train 011 (11:15 am from South Station) is operating 5-15 minutes behind schedule between Montello and Middleborough.
Ah yes, please explain to me, a baseball editor, that spring training games do not count!
It’s hard to hate plumage.
Honk if you remember red pistachios.
Hey, I’ve got an idea for new Bruins defenseman Hampus Lindholm’s nickname: ‘Lindy’.
Ever so rarely that man in a million’s born Gentle and soft, but who’d just as soon off you, For looking the wrong way as not
‘I didn’t even recognize youse cuz you look nothing like your mugshot!’ is probably considered a good thing to say when being introduced to a mobster.
The lesson from last season shouldn’t be “Do what the Rams did.” It should be “Any given Sunday.”
That junkie horse from the Kentucky Derby died?
That package of turkey from the deli grab-and-go section was $13.50, and not the $3.50 I thought it was? Less than ideal.
The PC Friars hoopsters will have some tough calamari to chew facing Kansas.
Will now be tweeting some random thoughts.
Best bet for the weekend: Bobby Dalbec adding to his Grapefruit League-leading RBI totals.
From The 15/15 Vision Eye Chart Column:
SPOTTED: Michael Stipe & Claude Julien splitting a basket of loaded fries at Cleveland Hopkins Airport.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Bill James, BSMW poster Laszlo Panaflex and the members of#the15 wereused in this column. Hit the Panic Button!
Welcome back to the March Sadness Tournament! Voting begins on the top half of the Regional Brackets, and the polls will remain open util 5 PM EDT tomorrow, Tuesday March 22.
Theyah ruining my Ides of March, caller! (h/t ITT From Route One in Brookline)
Thanks to all who are participating in the March Sadness Biggest Mediot Tournament. the voters, not the media.
News Item: They hear you.
The Red Sox have starting pitchers to show us how many weird ways people can injure themselves, apparently.
It would be laugh out loud hilarious if someone tweeted that Brady came out of retirement because his children were poorly behaved.
Why not this Bruins team?
Every Patriots transaction that doesn’t get less in return than the Herschel Walker trade isn’t a fleecing you weirdos.
NBCSN couldn’t have brought Dickerson back for a day to work the bleep button for KG’s jersey number retirement ceremony?
Cakes are cooking for Flavor Flav, Patty Griffin, Pat Harlow, Blu Cantrell, Alexandra Daddario, Theo Walcott, and Joel Embiid.
What happens in The Sandlot if you hit a ball into the rusted-out junk car? Ground rule double?
An Alpha can’t get drip fits that cost bands without his bag, son.
Maybe Deshaun Watson just misunderstood the boundaries of the legal tampering period?
There’s nothing like a good quality order of onion rings.
You know, back in the day, The NIT was the Tournament everyone paid attention to.
Scott Hall won’t be down to re-form American Starship with Dan Spivey.
Hey gang of valor thieves! This week’s Phrase that Pays is, “Looking for some fisting pumping fun for your big night!?”
The Raiders traded Khalil Mack in September of 2018 to the Bears. The following month, they traded Amari Cooper to the Cowboys. Three seasons later, each of them has been traded again just two days apart.
Who divided up the days into hours The hours into minutes How could they really be that smart? Who divided up the minutes into seconds? They must’ve had a broken heart Must’ve had a broken heart
So that Billerica/Boston College kid the Bruins just signed has an Irish last name, but the French misspelling of Mark? Must be one of them New England mixed marriages.
Don’t know why I checked in on Touch and Rich, but Plain Black Hat thinks the hyperlocal Lizzie Borden house is in Salem.
Saw two girls fistfight at Sullivan’s Tap after a Celtics win last week so yeah, I’m thinkin’ Boston’s back.
Hypermiling!!
What happens when Purdue plays Wisconsin? Who gets all the calls then?
Red Line: Delays of up to 15 minutes northbound due to a train with an earlier mechanical problem at Downtown Crossing.
My attitude about the new MLB labor deal is that I’m happy to be the last person to figure what was done. As long as we have a season, I’ll get the details when they matter.
Back in my day all you needed for a SWAT show was a cool theme song, a bread truck painted blue, and Bobby Urich.
Hey well I’m the friendly stranger in the black sedan won’t you hop inside my car I got pictures got candy I am a lovable man I’d like to take you to the nearest star I’m your vehicle baby I’ll take you anywhere you wanna go
I’m your vehicle woman By now I’m sure you know that I love ya (love ya) I need ya (need ya) I want you got to have you child Great God in heaven you know I love you
Re-watching The Little Mermaid and something I didn’t catch the first time is that Ariel says she is sixteen years old and the film ends with a wedding.
Your profile picture is you at Gillette.
The year I officially gave up on playing college basketball was 1997 when I began taking classes at Harvard… Makes the math easier.
Bill forgot to develop Winovich! Like a roll of film in an old desk drawer!
Amanda Bynes has revealed that a Hollywood director once cruelly told her that she ‘looked like a monster’ in certain lighting.
Best of luck to the UMass Minutewomen in the distaff roundball Tourney.
An NFT to WEEI’s Larry Johnson would be ‘no feeling (in) toes.’
Honk if you remember Dennis Brolin.
You’ve got to be careful, dealing with idiots. They’re apt to catch you by surprise by doing something so dumb you wouldn’t believe a grown person could actually behave like that.
No more sports news programming over to NESN?
The lockout really reduced the number of Red Sox writers from March Sadness consideration. An oversight.
Spulpits are mostly trust funders passing time away at their Dad’s finance firm until they can realize their lifelong dream of being the next Breer or Princiotti. Useless.
Best bet for the weekend: Providence Friars once again lucking out.
You got another one of your own, KG.
Material from interviews, wire services, Twitter, Meta, other writers, league and team sources, Bill James, BSMW poster Coma and the members of#the15 wereused in this column. Time for the Follies. Cya on the Weekend Thread.
And we’d be remiss if we did not wish a happy birthday to actress Lauren Graham.
The last four have revealed themselves. 32 has become 16. Big Jim, Kid Gas, Trenni, and Bertie. Tight races, save for one, good job by the Selection Committee. Thank you to everyone who voted, and voted, and voted again. The next Round awaits. Schedule forthcoming…
DOWN GOES JOANSIE! DOWN GOES JOANSIE! DOWN GOES JOANSIE!
Some boat races, a squeaker, and some shocking upsets out of the N & T Regions. The #1 seeds move on handily, the 7 seed Tom E. ekes out #2 Gresh by the slimmest of margins, while Ted Johnson does better against a surprisingly competitive Matt McCarthy.
But it’s the two Six seeds upsetting the threes that tells the story here. A late groundswell pushed Dan Lifshatz to victory over Alex Reimer, while across the way in the N Region, Marc Bertrand pulls out a W against the very disliked Adam Jones. A group of dedicated single-issue voters sweeping in to protect their beloved reverend sport buzzard, or whatever? Who can say?
The mediots have been cut in half! Well, not literally.
Thirty-two local media members left. Here’s how this will play out:
Six contests begin voting today, another six tomorrow, and on Monday, the matchup from each Region the Selection Committee decided was the most potentially competitive or entertaining.
The 15 