BU (and Flyers!) WIN!

BU won their 3rd consecutive Beanpot last night with a 2-1 OT win. Goaltender John Curry was the Tournament MVP, only allowing 1 goal on 65 shots in the 2 wins. Brian McGuirk scored the winner 5:06 into OT, snapping his 1st goal of the year over the glove of the BC (sucks) goalie. It was a good game to watch, but we did the BU peeps get so profane?

The Flyers (shockingly) DOMINATED the Red Wings in a 6-1 victory. It was the 1st time the Flyers had won consecutive home games since April 2006. Michael Leighton got his 2nd consecutive start and looked good. The Flyers scored two short-handed goals and broke the game open with a 5 goal 3rd period. In the 1st period, Red Wings D Andrea Lilja kneed and elbowed Simon Gagne, prompting Flyers D Denis Gauthier to pound the hell out of Lilja. Keith Primeau's Flyers career was celebrated before the game. It was invigorating (yep. INVIGORATING.) to watch such a great performance from the Flyers. On national TV, to boot!

In Phillies news, MVP 1B Ryan Howard admitted on HBO that his mother pays him an allowance. The 27 year old hit 58 HR and made $355,000 last season. Yikes. I wonder how much $ Mama Howard gives him each week?

Daisuke Matsuzaka arrived at Tampa International Airport last night, sporting a stylish pink polo shirt, and was immediately surrounded by zillions of reporters of the Japanese and American variety. He is expected to arrive at the Sox training complex at 12 noon today.

In other 12 noon excitement, tickets to see The Police at Fenway Park go on sale, with a pre-sale for Best Buy Rewards Club peeps. It is unclear just how many tickets will be made available in this pre-sale, and getting a pre-sale passcode doesn't guarantee you a ticket. But you can still find the passcodes on eBay for around $100/pop. Some actual tickets are even up for bid at $1500+, with the seat locations not yet indicated. A 2nd Boston show could very well be added, though, which should drive ticket prices on the secondary market down a bit. Maybe? Yikes.

I think it would take a Phillies-Red Sox WS Game 7 at Fenway to get me to pay $1500+ for a ticket. I should probably start saving up $ now...