Monday, February 25, 2008
Bits and Pieces
by: Frank Carpano
• I hear people mocking the fact that NESN, the TV home of the Boston Red Sox is televising the team’s spring training workouts. The Bottom line is: The Bottom Line!
• Somebody (sponsors) are buying commercials during the telecast. It’s a little like the red sox adding more seats. They do it because of the incredible demand for tickets.
• Boston College’s Jamie Silva is doing a blog for us elsewhere on this website. He’s the East Providence native who had a great career with the Eagles. He’s now trying to make his move to the National Football League. Scouts project him to be a middle round draft pick.
• One of the stories I did on Silva when he was at East Providence High School focused on his work in one particular classroom. He volunteered in a special needs classroom.You could tell by watching him that he had a wonderful relationship with these kids. The teacher pulled me aside and told me that the students in this class became school superstars when the star of the football team (Silva) befriended them. It’s a great example of the power of the student-athlete and a fine example of Silva’s character.
• Last week I found myself doing something I hadn’t done in years. I rushed home after work to watch a Celtics west coast game on TV. Part of this has to do with the quality of the High Definition telecast. But the quality of the Celtics play was the overriding factor.
• As negotiations with former Pats video assistant Matt Walsh drags on, the more I think he doesn’t have any significant evidence to indict the patriots in the Spygate scandal. And even if he does have video of another team’s practice, how do you prove that Bill Belichick ordered him to do it. Couldn’t Matt Walsh have done it without anybody’s knowledge?
• Congratulations to Providence native Patrick Sheehan. He’s back on the PGA Tour and had a top 10 finish this past weekend at the Mayakoba Classic. Sheehan shot a final round 65 for a 6th place finish and a $126,000 paycheck.
