OMG, made my day and hoping one day before he retires, Sherman can say that the current squad SF 49ers also have four (more) rings!
There's a lot of debate here on Brady doing well (4 TDs), doing poorly (2 picks), NE defense being good with pressure and 4 sacks on Wilson, NE defense merely being lucky with last play, but they are all true and NE won so it's fair on this game.
The cheating thing, on AFC championship game, won't go away that easily and it's possible, whether fair or not, that Brady and/or Belichick will get fined heavily. It's also possible that an assistant deflated one or more balls w/o anybody else being involved but stupid NFL would throw all in same category and end up going against Brady and Belichick.
Now it's on to baseball and things will be much more compelling in that sport, especially for Boston. Where the steroid fueled big hitters or high average Ichiro gave way to pitchers being the heroes (Lincecum, Hamels, Lee, Baumgarner, Shields, Verlander, Scherzer, Lester, etc), the emphasis could be on hitting again.
Leading the way into a batter led league again will be the Boston Red Sox. This could be the most interesting team since 2004. How big? Perhaps 100 games in 2015 with largest contribution coing from three hitters.
They could have Papi batting #3, Hanley Ramirez at #4, and Pablo Sandoval at #5 in their lineup. This could be THE story in baseball and take pitchers off the sports headlines for the first time in many years. Imagine a 3 ring home run hitter from the Red Sox dynasty, followed by a guy who may not be the big hitter but has best average of three taken from red hot LA Dodgers, followed by another 3 ring power hitter in SF's former hero, Pablo Sandoval. The Red Sox, no matter how their pitching turns out to be, will be a very, very scary team to pitch against. The perceived
weakest of these three still happens to have a .300 career batting average and still end a career with 2,500 hits.
I had to educate a Pats/Celtics fan on just how big this could be for his Boston. The Celtics had their day, the Pats won 3 out of 4 after the century turned, but what can come to his city has the potential for being the biggest thing ever. I smell a three-peat as a distinct possibility. Yeah, he knows Papi and how great he is, but what the Red Sox in essence has for 2015 in terms of point generation is now three Papis.
The scenario for a lot of games can be like this:
Papi is up to bat. Solo home run or maybe 2 run homer.
Ramirez either knocking in Papi if Papi only had a double/triple and getting on base himself.
Sandoval getting a two run homer and bringing himself and Ramirez to home plate.
This point generation alone can win many games, especially if we are talking about 4 points being scored. This gives a huge leeway for Boston's pitchers and a rotation of even 4-ish ERA pitchers can still win the game.
