Mixed Reviews

Yesterday started with the good news that the search for a BC basketball coach had concluded and they had hired Steve Donahue from Cornell. I like this hire and I applaud Donahue for cashing in while his stock was hot. Having a senior laden team that gels and makes a tourney run always helps the resume (just ask Jim O'Brien). But I have hope that he will be a good fit, even though the biggest question mark will be his ability to recruit in the ACC won't be known for a year or more. Short of luring Bruce Pearl to his alma mater, I think BC got the best of what was available and certainly a very different face to head the program.


But that good tiding would sour as the day wore on. Last night, the Red Sox lost to the Yankees with a combination of an error by Marco Scutaro and some erratic pitching by Okajima. The run prevention Red Sox have now allowed 13 runs in two games and their newly minted multi-millionaire Josh Beckett and supposed Cy Young candidate Jon Lester have both failed to make it beyond the 5th inning and both left the game trailing. Not exactly good omens for the season. It's still early and I'm not sounding the warning bell, just saying it's not good news.

Then came the late night news, confirmed this morning, that Dennis Seidenberg will be effectively sidelined for the rest of the Bruins season because of the laceration he suffered in the Toronto game. Originally thought to have not done any major damage, Dennis had surgery to fix a lacerated tendon and will need 8 weeks to recover. None but the delusional think the Bruins will still be playing in 8 weeks. This means that the Bruins will be without Ference (likely until the playoffs), Stuart (2 weeks), and Seidenberg as they play the last three games of the season and try to lock down that final playoff spot. Luckily for them, Rask has been playing well (the Washington game aside) and the Rangers helped out by losing last night to bring the magic number down to 4 points. A Ranger loss tonight and the Bruins need only pick up 2 points over their final 3 games to lock the spot. Unfortunately, the Rangers would have to lose to Toronto tonight which could potentially push Toronto past Tampa Bay and Florida in the standings and minimizing the chances of the Bruins landing a real game changer in the draft with Toronto's pick. Bad news all around here.