Links: Finals Diary Day 1
Welcome to Boston…
And welcome to Boston, for Game One of the 2008 NBA Finals. That’s right, Ben and I are in Beantown. Why they call it that, I have no idea. I thought I’d recognize Boston, considering I recently watched the entire John Adams mini-series on HBO, but nope, nothing. Boston sure has changed a lot in the last 250 years.
Last night back in NYC, I was committed to going to an event with Wifey. Even though I would have much preferred to chill on the couch, with the Finals taking me on the road for the next two weeks, I had to man up, to take one for the team. So off we went to this launch party. We’d been there for about 20 minutes, when suddenly Wifey said, Who is that guy? I turned and saw a rather large man with short blond hair wearing a nice suit come walking in. I looked closely and noticed it was Tito Ortiz. And right behind him was Jenna Jameson. Or as I told Wifey, I have no idea who that woman is. Only in New York, kids, only in New York.
Ben and I left NYC around noon and got here in Boston by early afternoon. Checked into the hotel and found out that the internet wasn’t working. Awesome! Ben and I flipped on the TV. Ben had the Weather Channel on and there were two female weatherpersons on the screen, a black lady and a white lady. And according to the graphic on the screen, the white woman was named Samantha Mohr, and the black lady was named Samantha Mohr Brown. I assume that was a typo. Ben decided to go to the business center to check his email. While he was gone, the wireless internet magically sprang to life and started working in the room. I texted Ben and he came back up and reported that in the business center the internet was working at a crawl and that he’d had to pay $10 using his credit card, then he couldn’t receive a receipt. As I pointed out, they definitely gave him the business.
Anyway, we’re ready to go for the game tonight. Ben asked me if I wrote a prediction yesterday, and I said I was pretty sure I wrote that I thought the Lakers were winning it. Looking back, I was kind of vague. So here’s my pick: Lakers in 5.
I’ll be back tonight to live-blog the game. See ya then…
22 Responses to “Links: Finals Diary Day 1”
Jun.5 at 4:49 pm
warr says:
wow
Jun.5 at 4:57 pm
Kevin says:
Lakers in 5 is optimistic. And I’m a Lakers fan. This will go six, at least.
Jun.5 at 5:02 pm
H to the izzo says:
Why is Boston called Beantown? Back in colonial days, a favorite Boston food was beans baked in molasses for several hours. Back then, Boston was sort of awash in molasses - it was part of the “triangular trade” in which slaves in the Caribbean grew sugar cane to be shipped to Boston to be made into rum to be sent to West Africa to buy more slaves to send to the West Indies. Even after the end of this practice, Boston continued as big rum producing city - the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 (which killed 21), ocurred when a tank holding molasses for rum production exploded. Today, Boston baked beans are something of a rarity - there are no companies in the city making it and only a few restaurants serve it. If you want to try it yourself, here’s a Boston baked beans recipe
Jun.5 at 5:16 pm
John D says:
Lakers in 5? Really?
Jun.5 at 5:20 pm
John D says:
And I didn’t even know that about the Beantown name. I thought it was for beans as in coffee beans because there is a Dunkin Donuts on every other corner including the first one in my hometown of Quincy.
Jun.5 at 5:21 pm
Hursty says:
yeh baby, finals time.
Jun.5 at 5:26 pm
ciolkstar says:
I knew Beantown was a reference to Boston baked beans. But Great Molasses Flood of 1919?? I believe Izzo but that sounds sorta made up. I mean no one could run fast enough to escape the molasses?…
Jun.5 at 5:28 pm
H to the izzo says:
Don’t blame me blame whatever site I pasted it from
Jun.5 at 5:30 pm
John E. Sanford says:
This series is going at least 6 one way or the other. I think the Lakers will prevail.
Jun.5 at 5:31 pm
dma says:
david stern will not let these finals only go 5 games.
Jun.5 at 5:47 pm
Rico says:
I agree with dma…this game is six miniumum but I don’t see it going past seven
Jun.5 at 5:53 pm
John D says:
You don’t see it going past seven … if only I could put money on that.
Jun.5 at 7:09 pm
Beth says:
LOL…past seven…lets hope not…
Jun.5 at 7:25 pm
rob stewart says:
I hope this series lasts 7 games. I don’t even care who wins but if everyone plays up to their maximum abilities on both teams then the Lakers will win.
Jun.5 at 7:38 pm
Jackie Moon says:
Machine will play to max.
Jun.5 at 7:42 pm
Jackie Moon says:
Also, who is Jenna Jameson?
Jun.5 at 8:20 pm
Mark Z says:
Celtics, Celtics, Celtics. Get it right! Sheesh…
Jun.5 at 8:27 pm
Simone Lawy says:
lakers,lakers,lakers…..in 6
Jun.5 at 9:05 pm
Ben Osborne says:
The Fours is a great bar. And Manny hit a bomb.
Jun.5 at 11:18 pm
Tariq says:
Lakers in 11.
Jun.6 at 4:36 am
Danino Brown says:
Rico….just when I thought your comments couldn’t get any funnier
Jun.6 at 11:34 am
B. Long says:
The funny part is he didn’t intend for it to be funny. I think he was serious.