While we had to live with Bucky “fucking” Dent and his game winning home run, the people of Montana have Sitting “fucking” Bull. I am sure it only got worse in the latter years as Americans have begun to finally empathize with the plight of the Native Americans.

You know who is from Montana? Bobby Petrino and Ryan Leaf. Not even Evel Knievel and Dana Carvey can make up for those two.

Well laugh no more! Montana has been redeemed and has now taken the lead as the most progressive state in the union. That’s right kids, Montana has started a state run gambling game, much like our Keno, that is based on fantasy football.

What a country! Montana is bringing it and if Massachusetts doesn’t smarten up and follow suit real soon, this billy goat is going to be headed to Montana via REI. I’ll grab the mountain climbing starter kit and go visit my cousins in the Rockies.

What a great frickin’ nickname.

The best part of the story is that he uses an un-orthodox side opening technique and when he got to Ireland he realized it wouldn’t work there. You see Kelly Galway oysters are harder to open than ours and his knife was too thin. So what does “Chopper” do? Cry? Go home? NO! He borrows a knife from a Swedish dude and adapts, overcomes and wins the whole shebang and brings the trophy back to Mass-a-fucking-chusetts!

Here in the Holy Land, the mecca if you will, the trophy will feel right at home. If it gets lonely it can hang out with some other notable trophies that the “Great” Bay State has won in the last few years.

There are the big three of course, the NBA championship, the NFL championship and the MLB championship trophies respectfully.

There is the college hockey championship won by Boston College.

There is the Cup Stacking World Championship trophy won by Steven Purugganan of Longmeadow, MA.  story here

There is the Vegas Stripper Pole Dancing trophy won by Somerville’s own Danielle Rueda-Watts, who was cheered on by the World Champion Boston Celtics while they were in Vegas fresh off their victory.  story here

Let’s not forget the pride of Chicopee, Sean Sears, who brought home the Rock, Paper, Scissors World Championship Trophy.  story here

To use the parlance of our times, I mean OMG WTF? Massachusetts is on fire!

By the way BSP would like to wish Happy Birthdays to two great icons of sport: Chi Chi Rodriguez and Natick’s own Doug Flutie.

Editor’s note: Today we have another post from the great Tiny Danza

by Tiny Danza… While an entire nation mourns a season interrupted and The Goat wakes-up in a sea of Natural light cans, let us take a moment for some acknowledgement with some local flavor.   No, not the winner of the Teaticket 500 but YOUR 2008 Cape league/MLB ALL-STARS.

Yes Tiny Danza has taken the privilege of assembling this year’s squad complete with yearend stats, line-up, rotation, bullpen, bench, and one illustrious post-season award.  Although only one of the fellows on this year’s squad are actually “locals” (Pena is from Haverhill via Dominica)  they have all crossed the bridge, sipped on chowdah, swam at our beaches, played on our fields, drank at our bars and perhaps even served you ice-cream, sold you butts, aided in your (my) quest for crab ointment, bagged your groceries, and/or your girlfriend.

If you’re not aware, you best recognize the best amateur baseball league on the planet right in your backyahd. This writers memories go back to the days of the Sid Bream, and Sam Natille who although didn’t quite get to Boston made a lasting impression with his prodigious blasts which routinely approached the goal posts on the Sheraton side of Fuller/Arney Allen Field.  16 of this rosters 24 players were represented in this post season while 4 will play in the World Series.

EVEN the television booth is represented in the person of Ron Darling.  Who won the MVP of the ‘80 Cape League All-Star game played at Yankee Stadium by only hitting a single, double and a homer while also coming in from left field to close out a 10-9 game.  For those of you who don’t subscribe to the baseball prospectus and/or read Bill James regularly OPS is simply a combination of Slg. % and On-base percentage and has become a highly utilized barometer of offensive merit.  All other stats and ramblings should be self explanatory if not entertaining.

So sit down and enjoy a team with numerous MVP candidates, A Cy-Young Lock, a plethora of All-Stars, two Jews, a Jamaican, a Man-Crush, Douche’ Sauce, Porn Star, Tattoo, Dance Fever  and “Nights in Rodanthe” references, potential bus drivers, AND paperboys.   And do yourself a favor next summer and check out as many Cape league games as possible, you’ll thank me later.

2008 CAPE LEAGUE /MLB ALL-STARS:      Line-up

1. K. Youkilis: 1B BoSox/Bourne ‘00    Avg. .312 –  OPS .959   HR 29  –   RBI 115

Even the most ardent of Chowdah’ heads didn’t expect THIS kind of production from Yooooouk, a viable MVP candidate.  Despite being advertised as the “Greek God of Walks”, Youk is actually the “Jewish King of Beantown”.

2. L. Berkman: O.F. Astros/Wareham ‘96   Avg. .312 - OPS .987- HR  29 - RBI  106 - R 114

Carried this team for much of the year and will receive MVP votes while his team’s struggle to finish reminded many of a poor Peter North performance.

3. R. Braun: O.F.  Brew Crew/ Brewster ‘04   Avg.  .285- OPS .888 — HR 37 - RBI 106 —

Was an MVP candidate throughout most of the season despite missing time to injury while more importantly before he’s all done will approach Greenberg and Kofax for best Jewish ballers of all time?     Oy Vey!

4. M. Teixiera D.H. Rangers-Angels/ Orleans ‘99  AVG. .308 - OPS .962 - HR 33 - RBI  121

Emerging superstar whose gold glove caliber D takes a backseat to Youk’s Gold Glove and will represent as the D.H..  Due for a huge payday as this off-seasons biggest catch while he’s dispelled rumors he was born/raised in E. Falmouth and once drove bus #44.

5. C. Utley  2^nd Phil’s/Brewster’98-Cotuit’99   AVG. 292 - OPS .915 - HR 33 - RBI 104 - R  113

One of many MVP candidates but the only one who delivers the Cape Cod Times in the off-season.    Monster power, cuddly face.

6. E. Longoria 3^rd Rays/ Chatham ‘05  AVG. 272 - OPS .874 - HR 27 - RBI 85

Young (23), emerging superstar just edges out Nation man-crush Mike Lowell. He put up these numbers despite not making the team out of spring training and missing time (1 month) with a broken wrist.   Nation found out about this young man’s power, poise and glove the hard way.

7. J. Bay O.F. Pirates-Sox/ Chatham ‘99   AVG. 286. - OPS .895 - HR 31 - RBI 101 - R  111

Put up very good numbers in the first half despite being protected in the Pirates lineup by Doug Mientkiewicz!  Yeah THAT Mientkiewicz!!  (Which is Polish for “douche sauce” by the way).  JBay showed he belongs with play-off breakout with Bosox.

8. K. Shoppach C  Indians/Harwich ‘00   AVG .261 - HR. 21 - RBI 55

Despite so-so numbers ex-Sox farm hand relegates our Capt. to a cameo role fitting for Alfred Hitchock, while Tek possessed numbers twice as spooky.

9. R. Theriot  S.S  Chi Cubs/Wareham ‘00   Avg. .307 — .387 OBP — 22 steals

Although not a household name Ryan has had “Dance Fever”, yes it’s pronounced Terrio, around the bases for the Cubbies’ all season.

Bench: Ellsbury O.F.   50 steals                                            Roberts 2^nd .296     40 steals

Burrell O.F.      33 HR                                                 V-Tek C          Capt.

Pena 1B           31 HR - 101 RBI                               Lowell 3^rd Man Sauce

PITCHERS:

S.P.1    T. Lincecum  Giants/ Harwich ‘05 Look at his numbers and then his team (second fewest runs in the National league) and then say the 2008 National League Cy Young award goes to…                                                    18-5     ERA 2.62       K/BB/IN    265/84/227

S.P.2   B. Sheets Brewers/Wareham ‘98-Orleans ‘99 Every year the MLB ALL-Star game was played in New York city the starting pitcher for the National league also started Game 1 of the World series. Well that’s until Ben Sheets and this year’s Crew of course.    13-9       ERA 3.09           K/BB/IN    158/47/198

S.P. 3    J. Saunders Angels/ Harwich ‘01 Came out of now where to take over Weaver’s expected role, help the Angles produce the best record in baseball, and subsequently dismissed like a child in the first round.             17-7                     ERA 3.41           K/BB/INN   103/53/198

S.P. 4    S. Marcum Jays/Harwich ‘02 Promising young starter who posted decent numbers despite being plagued with injuries much of the season and pitching for an offense with as punch as Glass Joe.                                   9-7              ERA 3.39           K/BB/IN      123/50/151

PEN

R.P. 1    B. Morrow Mariners/Y.D. ‘04-05 Filled in nicely while  J.J. “watch your Mouth” Putz was down and is a burgeoning star as a starter.   ERA - 3.34              K/IN - 75/64                        S V- 10

R.P. 2   J.  Masterson  Sox/ Wareham ‘05 Tito’s confidence in Big J. superseded that of M.D.C as the season progressed while  one of the biggest off-season questions for Theo and the boys will be his role entering the spring.  Not great numbers but being born in Kingston, Jamaica gives him extra points here. Eire mon!    ERA 3.16 - 6-5    K/IN/BB    68/88/40

R.P. 3  J.P  Howell Rays/Bourne’02-Wareham ‘03 Aided a patch-work yet very effective bullpen for the feel good story of the year “you can call me…Rays”.  Well besides “Nights in Rodanthe” of course…Fills the lefty role in this pen.     ERA 2.22    6-1      K/IN/BB   92/89/39

R.P. 4    J.J. Putz  Mariners/Y-D ‘97-Hyannis ‘98 The aforementioned Putz, watch your mouth, put together an O.K. season despite injuries and the fact that he pitched for the worst team in baseball, well the Nat’s don’t count.  ERA - 3.88             K/IN- 56/46                            SV 15

Closer  B. Wagner Metropolitans/Brewstah ‘92 Still throws flames despite Herve’ Villechaize like frame and his injury was directly related to Mets 2^nd consecutive (chuckle) collapse.

ERA- 2.25              K/BB  45/9 BB                        SV- 23

• Post Season Award….. MVP = Rocky Cherry Baltimore/ Brewster ‘00 - Wins because his name could’ve fit nicely on a Combat Zone marquee and That’s all that really matters.

Ms. Palin visited Salem, N.H. Wednesday night and said she looked forward to watching Senator John McCain debate Senator Barack Obama “right here, in the heart of Red Sox Nation.” Ms. Palin said that “Red Sox fans know how to turn an underdog into a victor,” a timely applause line given that the Sox trail the Tampa Bay Rays three-games-to-one in the best-of-seven American League Championship Series.

It seems, however, that Ms. Palin voiced a similar sentiment - actually, identical sentiment - last week at a rally in Florida.”How about those Tampa Bay Rays?” Ms. Palin said after the Rays defeated the Chicago White Sox.

“You know what that tells me? It tells me that the people in this area know a little something about turning an underdog into a victor.”

This bitch must be stopped! We don’t like to get political here on BSP, but we would call anyone from any party out for this crap.

Seriously, shouldn’t a Vice Presidential candidate be disqualified just for thinking they can get away with this shit? Has Sarah Palin ever heard of recording devices? The Internet? Sports Blogs? Do they have any of these things in Ruktkeytucktuk Alaska or wherever she hails from?

I mean I can understand not believing in evolution, some people are not very bright.

I can get past her saying that if the “under god” part of the pledge of allegiance was good enough for the founding fathers then it is good enough for her (The pledge of allegiance was written in 1892). Some people don’t know U.S. history.

I can get past her wanting to turn Alaska into a 19th century Lowell and the Bering Sea into a 20th century Charles River. How else will she pay for the gas to drive her illegitimate grandchild and friends to the hockey rink in her Escalade? Oh and fuck Polar Bears, they don’t do shit for us anyway.

I can get past the fact that it took her six colleges to get a Bachelor’s degree, although that does make half my retarded friends qualified to be V.P.

What I can not get past is rallying Red Sox nation with the same battle cry earlier bestowed upon the 17 fans of the Tampa Bay Gays. This my friends is inexcusable, it almost makes me wish goats could vote.

Click here for a glimpse into the oval office if Palin becomes president. Make sure to have your volume up and and click on as much stuff as possible!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=manny

In the meantime, look how absolutely utterly pissed off these dogs are to have owners that are assholes, it’s kind of funny how their toolbag of an owner gets uncomfortable when he realizes that he is such a douche that he just ended his relationship with his dogs. So then he blames it on his girl. Extra douche sauce please!:

No I am not amused! Where the fuck is your light saber?! I can only wish someone will take a light saber to your helmet soon you asshole!

I know this is a cheap way out of writing anything of substance but I don’t give a fuck, not giving a fuck is great. You should try it:

See ya soon… fuck.

Of course we need to throw in a little twist, so the face off will be between Mark and two of Randy and George’s most memorable roles.

The rules are simple, we are voting for who would win in a no holds barred street fight. Weapons are not allowed to be brought from home, but fighters may pick up anything lying around and use it. Other than that there are no rules, anything goes.

And now without further ado here are the contenders:

Coming in at 6′ 0″ tall and 175 pounds (210 with the cigar) is Hannibal Smith of the illustrious A-Team (Peppard)

Up next coming in at 6′ 5″ and 230 pounds (1998) 5′ 10″ 160 pounds (today) is Mark McGuire:

And finally measuring 6′ 5″ and weighing 245 pounds, from Vacation, Cousin Eddie (Quaid):

Here is my prediction; McGuire gets so wrapped up in dodging questions from the media that he gets blindsided early by Hannibal who burns his retnas out with his cigar. A blinded McGuire then haphazardly stumbles into Cousin Eddie, spilling his Milwaukee’s Best.

Cousin Eddie promptly chokes McGuire to death with his beer soaked shirt, slurping up the beer leaking from the tightly twisted shirt while doing the choking… impressive move to say the least. Bottom line is that ‘98 McGuire might have stood a chance, but post-juice he is no match for these two highly trained professionals.

Cousin Eddie then turns his attention to Hannibal who throws his cigar at Eddie chinese star style. Eddie removes his own cigar from his mouth just in time to catch Hannibals cigar in his teeth. Eddie then promptly and simultaneously takes a drag off of Hannibal’s cigar and rifles his own towards him. A move which allows Cousin Eddie to keep his streak of 7,634 consecutive breaths full of cigar smoke alive.

Hannibal, stunned by the cat like reflexes, freezes and is struck in the face. Eddie, smelling victory, finishes the weakened Smith off by suffocating him with his rabbit fur hat. Eddie then proceeds to empty his RV toilet by pouring the contents over the dead bodies of McGuire and Hannibal with the hose. All the while muttering “the shitter was full, the shitter was full” repeatedly under his breath:

Bottom line is I believe Cousin Eddie takes it due to him being 100% bat shit crazy. I’ll take insane over training all day. What do you think?

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Manny opened up a bit in an interview with T.J. Simers of the Los Angeles Times recently and the big picture is starting to develop. It is hard to piece it all together living under the spell of the Boston media, so I am going to lay it out for everyone.

Most people here get 90% of their Red Sox “news” from Dan Shaughnessy and Bob Ryan, the two worst reporters in the history of the english language. Bob is just an out of touch toolbag who for the last five years has been on a constant audition for ESPN with his over the top schtick. Dan Shaughnessy should be writing for the National Enquirer. His stories are rarely true and are so sensational that they should have original Batman television show style cartoon captions accompanying them. “Manny ate Terry Francona’s baby!” Kapow!

All of these stories that came out about Manny’s antics, they were leaked by the Red Sox to douches like Shaughnessy by other douches in the Red Sox front office (alot of douching, I know). Namely Larry Luchino. It is what he does when they are about to make a trade involving a beloved player. He did it to Nomar Garciaparra. He leaked stories about him faking an injury to get people to think Nomar had to go. It is a crap tactic and Theo was so pissed over it that he quit and fled Fenway in a gorilla suit. Now I am not saying Manny didn’t want to get traded, I am just saying that the story we were getting was nothing more than Red Sox propaganda filtered by tabloid reporters. Think about it.

As all loyal B.S.P. readers know, I have long professed my undying man love for Manny, so I do not claim to be 100% objective either. I just want to get the other side of the story out there for some of you who don’t read everything you can on the greatest manchild in the history of baseball.

In the interview with Simers Manny made a few key points about the lack of privacy for him in Boston, and how he felt like he was living in a cage. I want to point out that this supposed fire breathing, horrible teammate, never threw one person under the bus by name. He also goes out of his way to say that he loved the fans, he just hated, get ready for the big surprise… the media.

Here are some of the key statements Manny made in the interview:

“Baseball in Boston is like a Sunday football game, but played every day,” Ramirez said. “We lose in LA, I go to breakfast and people say, ‘Well, you’ll get them tomorrow.’ In Boston, it’s ‘Hey, what’s going on, the Yankees are coming.’ It’s just a different atmosphere. The fans in Boston got your back no matter what, but I’m talking about the people who write all this bull because it means so much to them. If your happiness depends on Boston winning or losing, you have to get a life.”

I could not agree more, if your happiness and moods in life are a direct result of the score of a game you need to rethink your philosophical makeup.

“I would bring my kids to the park [in Boston] and I want my kids to be kids, but there’d be people trying to interview them. That’s so stupid.”

Anyone who disagrees with that is an asshole, period.

Here Simers asked Ramirez about Schilling talking shit about him being a “problem in clubhouse”.

“I don’t wish him anything bad, although it did make me madder and play harder to show everyone who I am,” Ramirez said. “I don’t disrespect or takes shots at anyone. I don’t want someone going to one of my sons and saying your dad is a punk and talks bad about people behind their backs.”

Doesn’t wish anything bad on a guy who went out of his way to talk shit about him. What a prick this guy is!

My point is this, everyone in the world over the age of 12 has been the victim of only one side of a story getting out. Everyone knows there are two sides and we all get pissed when we hear something untrue being said about us without being able to refute it. Manny was the victim of this, except the one side was the Red Sox PR machine and The Boston Globe. Imagine if someone who disliked you and wanted to smear your name had that type of power behind them?

Manny got pissed, can you say that you wouldn’t have?

This concludes part one of the Last Manny Post, check in tomorrow for Part 2 titled “It’s all Scott Boras’ Fault”

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-Today we have the much anticipated debut post of Tiny Danza. He brings it hard as expected, coming right out of the gates with a fuck you to the Yankees and the Pink Hats of Sox Nation. Nice work Tiny.

- by Tiny Danza… Earnest Hemingway once wrote in The Old Man and the Sea - “…Son never lose faith in the Yankees.” Well fuck Hemingway! He ended up in Cuba anyway didn’t he? And fuck The Yankees! Their season, dynasty and crummy little “house” have all crumbled before our very eyes. And while the love fest at B.S.P is going down I’m comin’ with a lovin’ spoonful for my main man Theo “Boy Genius” Epstein. While many of us were crying in our Yaz painter’s caps because Billy “Moneyball” Beane spurned the Sox and their lucrative offer in ‘02 to take over baseball operations. The Sox subsequently hired a young nobody and Luchino protege named Theo Epstein. Upon being hired Theo outlined 4 prominent organizational goals which are outlined and dissected in the proceeding paragraphs:

1. Re-build the moribund minor league system by making it a “…player development machine” -Check

The Yankee dynasty of yesteryear was not solely the by-product of the Steinbrenner Cabbage farm, but came to fruition in spite of it. Contrary to popular belief those Championship Yankee teams were built upon the backs of: Jeter, Rivera, Posada, Pettite, Williams, Soriano and Mendoza (yes there WAS a time he was very effective) all drafted and developed in their system to form a rock solid nucleus. Homegrown cheap talent filling spots at: S.S., CL, C, SP, C.F, 2^nd, RP encompassing the most important positions in middle of the field.

Possessing upwards $200 million didn’t hurt either, well at least not at first. You see having that much Cabbage allows teams/G.M.’S to be more aggressive but also allows/exaggerates their mistakes e.g., Pavano, Irabu, Giambi, etc. etc.. And like the call of the siren, the allure of pricey free-agents and sexy trades at the expense of young/cheap talent will leave your franchise stranded on the rocks for YEARS. Just LOOK at the Yankees pitching staff for next year as proof. $200 mill and you’ve got: Rivera, Joba, and well…. SHITE! Hughes and Kennedy have been less productive than Irabu the infamous “Fat Toad” in the popular Yankee fable. Mussina and Pettite both faced Honus Wagner as rookies while Pavano will be retiring giving his body to medical research. A confluence of events that’s left the once proud Yankee farm system as potent as a Giuliani seamen sample and the roster just as useless. All the while BOY WONDER has stockpiled: Beckett (TRD), Dice (FA), Lester, Delcarmen and Papelbon in their collective prime, with Bucholz, Masterson, Bowden, and Bard on the horizon. Not to mention: Youk, Pedroia, Ellsbury, Lowrie in the everyday line-up with Lars Anderson, and Argenis “I’ll win 8 gold gloves” Diaz on their way. The indisputable fact remains that in 4 years the Sox farm system has gone from laughing stock to “player development machine”. Welcome to the machine my friends welcome.

2. Reach the Post-season every year - *5 out of 6

Technically *4 of 5 as Theo’s contract dispute kept him away for the ‘05 season although it still was a team he assembled. Let’s see, ‘03 you lose a heart-breaking game 7 to the Spanks, ‘04 you win in the ultimate of fashions and make SPORTS history, ‘05 you lose to the eventual World Champ Chi Sox, Injury plagued ‘06 no p-offs, ‘07 you win another World Series and ‘08 another chance in the tourney. Hmm? Think we’d have taken that in ‘02? Just git’ to the tourney baby!

3. Win World Series - 2 and counting

The aforementioned two Championships are the fruits of the labor from goals 1 and 2. It’s what many of Sox nation has been lusting after for years and have received beyond their wildest dreams. So let me take this time to share a little secret with most of you from Sox Nation. Shhh, come closer… YOU’RE NOT ON THE F’ING TEAM… Sox Nationalism has gotten way out of control, reel it in ladies. Treat it for what it is, Entertainment! You’re not Bernie “F-ing” Carbo! Put down the game jersey and get a hold of yourselves! YOU’RE NOT ON THE F-ing TEAM!!! Subject for a coming article: (SOX) Nationalism is next to Imperialism

4. T-bag remaining G.M’s in the league - Artistic embellishment for this one -

Not too sure about ya’ll but my indoctrination into Red Sox Nationalism was to watch year after year and player after player leave or be traded out of town due to the perpetual frugalities err, cheapness of the ownership and unmentionable, incomprehensible myopic stupidity of their management which was as synonymous with the Red Sox as Fenway itself. Everyone is familiar with tales of Harry Frazee, Babe Ruth and “No, No Nannette”. But how ’bout members of Sox Management, under the leadership of our own Tom “fetch me some juice…BOY” Yawkey, shouting from roof boxes, “get that Nigger of the field!” Who just happened to be Jackie Robinson, OOPS! Same thing happened to Willie F-ing Mays! Doh! But that was Long ago and my childhood did not produce such blunders of that magnitude. However, sending Fisks’ and Lynn’s ‘81 contract 2 days late and subsequently losing both to free-agency as a result hardly ranks as keen business acumen, but I digress.

Theo has not ONLY rebuilt the organizational depth to be one of baseball’s best and altered its perception from laughing stock to champion he’s also WON at the same time. And I don’t want to hear about the payroll because as is witnessed by the Yankees, Tigers, Cubs, etc., etc. Cabbage don’t pitch, hit, run, nor win. True it can help sometimes but it can also hurt ya’ bad, just ask Bubba Steinbrenner, Fat George’s belligerent son. Theo didn’t need cabbage to reel in a “Big Papi”, Bellhorn, stealing Millar from a Japanese team was supposed to hurt our relations over there? Dice anyone? Embree, Cora or remember Bill Mueller. Probably forgot since, Mike Lowell, the “throw-in” for the Beckett deal has helped us all forget the man-crush we had on Billy. Nor did he need it to make the Nomar trade, or bring in Dave Roberts, or acquire Schilling for a boat load of prospects that nobodies heard from since. He’s not perfect as is evidenced by the perpetual hole at the S.S. position, the J.D. Drew contract and failure, thus far, to develop a major league catcher, Gagne’ trade etc… Yet what makes him GREAT is his fearlessness to make the deal coupled with his understanding how valuable the minor league/development of players is to form a nucleus. It’s a bag or be bagged league and from where I’m sitting there’s a few G.M’s w/ sweaty chins hanging around MLB.

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Hero status is the least we can bestow upon the man who I will forever refer to as The Patriot. The man was the consummate team player, doing whatever was asked of him. Not only that but he did it with an ear to ear grin on his face. Troy didn’t need to play to the media or the fans, he was just who he was and everyone loved him. Everyone. Teammates, opposing players, coaches, media. I dare you to find someone who has ever muttered the words “You know, I just don’t like that Troy Brown”.

Here is an excerpt from a live blog that boston.com is running covering the press conference:

Owner Robert Kraft spoke for about three minutes before calling Brown up for a presentation.

He then said that the team’s game Nov. 13, against the Jets before a nationally televised audience, will be Troy Brown Night. Kraft unveiled a poster promoting Troy Brown Night.

Bill Belichick is speaking about his memories of Troy Brown’s career. He listed some moments that stand out to him:

The Super Bowl against Carolina, when he had a big catch on first-and-20 to set up Adam Vinatieri’s winning kick.

The Snow Game against the Raiders, and how his punt return set up Vinatieri’s big kick.

His TD catch from David Patten against the Colts.

His TD catch to beat Miami in overtime — “one of his biggest catches, 81 yards.”

A 2006 game against the Packers in which Brown, playing defensive back, held Donald Driver to one catch.Belichick went into depth about Brown’s performance against Driver, saying the team has a photo of that play hanging in the walls of Gillette Stadium. He believes the picture epitomizes what Brown is all about as a pro.

Here are a couple of quotes from Troy during the conference:

“It’s hard to let go,” he said. “But I know, at the end of the day, I played this game the way it supposed to be played.”

That is the understatement of the year. Troy played the game the way 1% of all professionals manage to play it.

And as you all know there is always the straw that broke the camels back when declaring heroes, and here it is: