Basketball observations

As many of you may know, Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has his own blog (www.38pitches.com) and he recently posted some comments about watching courtside Game 2 of the NBA Finals. If you have a minute, it's worth a read because Schill is an admitted casual fan at best, but his comments are made from the perspective of a professional athlete, so he has a different take on things, especially about the Lakers' Kobe Bryant. (If you check out the post, his Game 2 comments are towards the bottom.)

Anyway, he ends the post with this:

"I think it’s fantastic that there seems to be this mutual support thing going on here in (New England). You fans are being treated to your third World Championship appearance since last October and that’s awesome. But at each one there seems to be a crossover, Celts and Sox at the Super Bowl, Pats, Bruins and Celts at the World Series, and last night Sox and Pats all over the place. Cool stuff."

It wasn't until I read this that it occurred to me that this is something I noticed, too. I remember thinking about how many jerseys from other Boston-based sports teams you always seem to see in crowd shots at these games. Even Sox road games, which always feature a healthy amount of Red Sox jerseys, you'll see Pats, Bruins and Celtics jerseys ... especially now with the C's in the Finals. Very cool, indeed!

Even with the Pats loss in February, it's been an amazing sports run in New England these past few years ... here's hoping the C's can bring home the hardware and that the B's aren't far behind.