-So, the final tally of yesterday's storm was around a foot of snow, give or take an inch. Since it was supposed to snow on and off all night we didn't even bother to start shovelling last night and just let it alone until this morning. Since my dad is having knee surgery in January and won't be joining in the winter fun after that we let him have the snowblower while Jay and I did around the cars, the walkways and steps. All told, it took us about an hour and half and we only broke the snowblower once. Of course, it is still snowing 3 hours later and apparently we're getting 3-6 more inches of snow tomorrow, so this was just round 1.
-Due to everyone freaking out about the snow storm, most stores were empty and closed early. Seems like everyone lost a day of shopping time and Christmas is only five days away now. Thus, they're saying (they always have an opinion, don't they?) this could be the busiest shopping day of the season, even worse than Black Friday. As a result, screw it, I'm staying in, watching crappy bowl games (Navy... Wake Forest... feel the excitement!) and finishing my shopping on Monday.
-Here's my feelings on Mark Teixeira: I don't want him and I don't understand why people are lining up to throw $200 million at him. He's a good player, but $200 million is "best player of a generation" money and that's not him. I get the interest, after all he's the best available hitter not named Manny Ramirez on the market this year, but if he doesn't want to take 8 years and $160 million then you walk away. Let him enjoy playing for the Nationals (sidebar: that would actually make a descent corners combo for the Nats with Teixeira and Zimmerman) and playing in front of 15,000 people a night. I think the Sox are already is pretty good shape for next year anyways with Youkilis and Lowell (who will finally be healthy). Also, where are they going to fit him into the lineup? Move Youkilis back to third? Then what do you do with Lowell, cause I doubt anyone will be willing to take him off you hands unless the Sox agree to pick up a large chunk of his salary. Just cause you cut a lot of salary after last season doesn't mean you need to put it right back on.
-I just want to say how excellent this season has been for the Celtics. Sometimes, when a team wins a championship, the next year they can only take so much of the other teams giving them their best shot night in and night out, but this team seems to thrive on that, not shrink away from it. I never would have said it before the season for that exact reason, but 70 wins is possible for this squad.
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