Connelly's Top Ten - Pats Stink / Good Yankees / Acorns

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1. Patriots

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* Draft position last five years 1 / 3 / 17 / 29 / 15

* Wide Receivers who have caused problems this year: Boutte (demanding the ball and mouthing off about former coach) / Douglas (acting up on the field and getting "sick" in London) / Osborne (demands trade) /? Ja'Lynn Polk considers his hands best in league / Baker disagreement with State Trooper

* Last 1,000 yards in receiving 2019 - Edelman / Last 1,000 yards in rushing 2016 - Blount

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2. Bruins coach Jim Montgomery pushed captain, Brad Marchand last week - other coach and player conflicts

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* Joe Morgan and Jim Rice

* Babe Ruth and Ed Barrow

* Gary Williams and Martin Clark

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3. Sorry - I know it was only the first game, BUT I must point out that the Celtics took a carnival like 61 three pointers in their first game - that's 1.27 three point attempts each minute (the bench was 3-20)

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4. Who I root against

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* Whatever team Lebron or A Rod were on

* Yankees

* Dodgers

* Sugar Ray Leonard (except the Olympics)

* Canadiens

* Ohio State football

* Philadelphia Eagles

* Flyers

* Lakers

* Phil Mickelson

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5. Bruins captains not in the Hall of Fame (presuming that Thornton, Chara, Marchand, Bergeron are voted in when eligible)

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* Jason Allison..........2000

* Rick Middleton........1985-1987

* Terry O'Reilly...........1983-1984

* Wayne Cashman.....1977-1982

* Ed Sanford...............1954

* Jack Crawford..........1945, 1948, 1949

* Red Beattie...............1936

* George Owen...........1931

* Lionel Hitchman........1928-1930

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6. Likeable Yankees

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* Derek Jeter

* Lou Gehrig

* Roger Maris

* Andy Pettitte

* Mariano Rivera

* Joe Torre

* Aaron Judge

* Bernie Williams

* Don Mattingly

* Willie Randolph

* Ron Guidry

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7. Amazing Stat - Patriots wide receivers have had ONE reception over 50 yards PTB (post Tom Brady) - Stanley Morgan has 17 receiving touchdowns over 50 yards

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8. Old School - Tommy Lasorda ruined Fernando Valenzuela:

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Age 20-25: 97-68 / 84 complete games / 26 shutouts

Age 26-36: 74-85 / 30 complete games / 5 shutouts

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9. Just a Little Bit Outside - "According to science, Airplane! (1980) is the funniest movie ever made. It has a hit rate of 3 jokes per sixty seconds. That's a whopping 261 gags packed into its 87 minutes running time." (the sting)

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10. Randomocity

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* I will not watch an inning of the World Series

* Crazy acorns this autumn?

* Average ticket price for World Series on secondary market is $1,700 / box seats at Fenway in 1986 was $40

* I have had a change of heart - apple crisp over-rated

* Matthew Slater career: 1 reception / 8 targets

* Red Sox documentary on Netflix is worth your time (surprised they got Grady Little to participate until he walked out on interview)