Focus on the Positive

I don't want to talk about the terrible game the Patriots played this past Sunday. I don't want to listen to all the Cassel haters screaming "I told you so", and I certainly don't want to hear that we don't have a chance of making the playoffs with 4 games still left in the season.

Instead, I've chosen to only focus on the positive things happening in Beantown recently:

- The Patriots just signed Roosevelt Colvin for a one-year contract after he left New England at the end of the 2007 season for the Texans, who ended up cutting him at the end of training camp. It's the latest "prodigal son" story in Boston, but we'll take any help we can get. With Adalius Thomas absent and Pierre Woods getting knocked out this past Sunday against the Steelers, Colvin will hopefully smoothly fall back in line with Belichick's system and fill in the outside linebacker position.

- Dustin Pedroia, the 2008 AL MVP, has been signed for a 6-year $40.5 million contract with the Red Sox as of this morning. Securing the beloved second baseman's position is a very smart move considering in only his sophomore year as a major leaguer, Pedroia led the AL in hits (213), runs (118) and doubles (54), and also won the Gold Glove and Silver Slugger awards, becoming just the eighth player in league history to take all three honors in one season as reported in the Boston Globe.

- Tearing up the NBA, Paul Pierce and the defending World Champion Celtics have won 9 straight and seem to be in cruise control mode. Pierce is playing like he's a kid on the blacktop again. On Monday night, he scored 24 points in 33 minutes and 26 seconds!

- I have to admit that I've never followed the Bruins or been excited for their upcoming season the way I do with the Red Sox and Patriots. The only time we talk about the Bruins in my parent's house is when my Dad says, "When I was your age, Boston was a hockey town. Bobby Orr walked on water," etc, etc...I have to give the team props though for having such a stellar start to their season. The B's are in 1st place right now, tied with the Rangers with 36 points, and 3 games in hand. Even Tedy Bruschi came out and showed his support for the Bruins on November 6th! As Katherine Tappen said on her blog on NESN.com, "Isn't this fun?". I couldn't agree with her more.