Fresh Brew

** How did the 38-year old Jason Kidd shut down LeBron James? I know that he’s a wily veteran, but that should be no contest. 

** After looking through the draft prospects, I like Marshon Brooks out of PC.  Pairing his freakish wingspan (7’1), scoring touch (24 ppg), and rebounding ability with Rondo would be a great start in the rebuilding process. 

** Draft prediction:  Danny takes an athletic big that can stretch the floor and hit the open jumper.

** Maybe Salty just needed someone to believe in him.  After batting .218 over the first two months, he’s hitting .357 in June and he’s showing some promise at the plate.  I think the Sox may have found their catcher of the future.

** You have to love Josh Beckett hitting Jeter and A-Rod before Sabathia hit Ortiz for his flipping of the bat the previous night.  The guy is a pit bull.  A pit bull who’s 6-2 with and a 1.86 ERA. 

** I never knew the Na’vi could cry.  Thanks to Chris Bosh for clearing that up.    

** It sounds like June 21^st could be the end of the NFL lockout.  That will ensure a full season and absolute chaos for a few weeks as teams scramble to sign draft picks and free agents.  Prediction: Logan Mankins will be signed to a long term deal in New England.

** Jerry Jones should try and learn something from his NBA neighbor and keep his mouth shut during the season.  It worked out pretty well for the Mavericks. 

** Advice to Robert Luongo:  If you’re gonna run your mouth about your expertise as a goaltender, you might want to back it up.  Getting yanked after 8:30 minutes and 3 goals (on 8 shots) is a little embarrassing.  

** For all the fans that thought the Patriots needed a “true” starting RB:  I read a stat this week that adjusted the yards-per-carry by the strength of schedule (it was a little complicated) and do you know who tied Adrian Peterson at 4.7? You guessed it: BenJarvus Green-Ellis. 

** US OPEN prediction:  Phil finally breaks through after being the runner up FIVE times.

**Dirk vs. Larry:  If you look at the stats you’ll see it’s really no contest.  Larry beats him in points, rebounds, assists, steals, FT% and FG% (career averages).  If you’re still not sure, I’ll throw in Larry’s three MVP’s and 2 Finals MVP’s.  Moving on…

** I’m giving Carl Crawford a pass for the month of April (.155).  Since May 1^st he’s batting .295 and looks to have recovered the swing the Sox paid $142M for.  It’s good to be a big market team. 

** The Bruins could have easily won all 7 games.  Not sure you could say the same about the Canucks.  Maybe that’s why the Canuck fans tried to burn down the city. 

** Tedy Bruschi must have been excited to have Bill Belichick as a surprise guest at his football camp this week until Bill chewed out a seven year old for being late.  The guy is always on. 

** If a pitcher throws a one hitter and no one watches it, did it actually happen?

** Keeping with the theme from last week (Seidenberg as my bodyguard), I would add Tim Thomas as my drinking companion.  There aren’t many elite players that seem completely normal and he fits the bill. He sees like the guy you’d be drinking beers with after a softball game. 

** Tim Thomas will forever be remembered as the hero, but a lot of credit needs to go to the Bruins top defensive pairing, Chara and Seidenberg.  They were tough, physical, and intimidated the hell out of the Canucks.  The Bruins held the top scoring offense in the NHL to 8 goals in 7 games and completely took the Sedin twins out of the series. Very impressive. 

** Saw this on my way into work this morning:  Hibernation always ends in October.  This year when the Bruins get back to work they’ll be the defending STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS.