I should be ecstatic, right? The Celtics, the basketball team that I loved growing up, trounced the Lakers, their rival of so many years. I remember playing Lakers vs. Celtics on our old family computer and exulting when Bird, McHale and Parish consistently beat Magic and Kareem… at least when I was playing!
Maybe I’ve just turned into a crotchedy old man, but I’m in the unhappy position of having liked both the New York Yankees and the Boston Celtics as a child and now… I’m not particularly fond of either team. It particularly galls me when Boston fans complain incessantly about the exorbitant payroll of the Yanks and yet are suspiciously unvocal about the Celtics acquisition of two All-Star players. Granted, the Celtics’ payroll is still well within reason compared to the rest of the league (unlike the Yankees), but still… For some reason it’s just hard for me to get very excited about traded players…
Maybe I need to get into minor league baseball and NCAA basketball or something like that…
