You GOTTA love sports!

First off, welcome to The VP of Common Sense blog. The title is an homage to our favorite sports writer, Bill Simmons. The Sports Guy had the idea that every sports team should have a VP of Common Sense to consult before making any major decisions. For example, the Red Sox signed Mike Cameron to a two year, $15.5 million contract this past off-season, claiming his defense was significantly better than Jacoby Ellsbury's. Had they contacted the VP, his response would have been something like this:

"You're going to sign a 37 year old outfielder who is essentially an automatic out at the plate to a two year contract based on the strength of his defense? Are you fucking serious? Do you know how many 37 year old great defensive center fielders there are out there? That's right, NONE!"

So anyway, this is the role of the VP of Common Sense. JMO and I will try to provide common sense while discussing a variety of topics, most of them dealing with Boston sports. We'll try to keep our posts entertaining and filled with lots of lame jokes.

There is no better time to start blogging than a spring where the Celtics have been hooked up to the Juvenation Machine and the Bruins have come out of nowhere to make a run at the Stanley Cup. Today's Celtics game featured a ridiculous 29 point, 18 rebound, 13 assist performance from "The Big One" Rajon Rondo and an even more improbable +12 +/- from Sheed. Coupled with a pedestrian 22 point effort from Lebron, this led to a Celtics victory and allowed the 18,624 in attendance to go out and get their rage on like Rondo. We officially have ourselves a series, and it seems the C's have a real shot to win it.

I'd like to address all the Celtics fans bitching about Lebron getting too many calls: STOP BITCHING. Today's game was called tight on both ends (there's gotta be a joke there) and the officiating was consistent, at least until the fourth quarter, when the refs actually let them play a little more, which benefits the Celtics. Superstar treatment is nothing new in the NBA, and Lebron gets no more calls than Kobe or Jordan did. The officiating is bound to be bad because basketball is the hardest sport to ref. If the Celtics lose this series, it won't be because of the officiating, it will be because they were outplayed. If they play like they did today, that's not likely to happen. So sit back, crack open a cold one, and enjoy watching your team match up against the greatest player in the game for a trip to the conference finals.

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-Aloy