Connelly's Top Ten - Repeat? / Boston Garden / Soccer Shooters

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1. Celtics repeat - not easy

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* Red Sox 1915 & 1916

* Celtics - 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, & 1966

* Celtics - 1968 & 1969

* Patriots 2003 & 2004

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2. Longevity -?

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* Johnny Bucyk scored in 1955 and 1978

* Ted Williams hit a HR in 1939 and 1960

* Bob Cousy scored a basket in 1950 and 1970

* Tom Brady completed a pass in 2000 and 2022

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3. Celtics won three games this year by at least FIFTY points / they led by 20 points in 50 of 101 games (clutchponts)

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4. Respecting the ball in Foxboro:

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* Ben Jarvis Green Ellis - 510 carries / 0 fumbles

* Jimmy Garoppolo...........94 passes / 0 Interceptions

* Pierre Strong....................7 targets / 7 receptions

* Christian Fauria..............79 receptions / 0 fumbles

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5. Redundancy alert - 159 players are on pace to strike out 100 times or more this year / 1957 only Duke Snider struck out 100 times or more

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6. How haven't more people died from:

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* Shank in golf tournament when hitting out of the crowd

* Foul ball into dugout?

* Pitcher hit in head

* Coach on bench hit by puck?

* Kill shot on kickoff return

* Car racing is obvious

* Skate blade cutting artery

* Leaping ball carriers landing on their head - breaking their neck

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7. Amazing Stat - This won't happen again - Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson combined for the following in 2002 for Arizona

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* 520 innings

* 650 strikeouts

* 70 starts

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8. Old School - Rookie Splits - pre-All Star / post All Star

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PLAYER.......YEAR....FIRST HALF.........SECOND HALF

Fred Lynn......1975...16 - 71 -.342 ............5 - 34 - 320

Larry Bird......1979......19.3 points............24.9 points

Ted Williams..1939...12 - 70 .306 .......19 - 74 - .345

Bobby Orr......1966.....7 goals................... 6 goal

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9. Just a Little Bit Outside - Opening of Boston Garden 1928

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* Springfield Daily Republican called the new Garden - most beautiful sports palaces in the world / Globe aristocrat of sporting arenas?

* Boston Garden - November of 1928 - first fight between Honey Boy Finnegan of Dorchester and Featherweight champion Andre Routis?

* Scalpers were selling $1 tickets to Bruins for $3?

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10. Randomocity?

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* Soccer - missing net 24 feet wide / 8 feet high should be a fine

* Is all the good content used up - lack of quality in new movies and TV shows is shocking

* Bryson DeChambeau DROVE a 416-yard green this weekend

* Go Oilers - wish it was Sunday night game

* Ben Dreith was a school principal at high school in Denver

* Jared Duran in June .384 (33-86)

* 1972 Bruins were mobbed at City Hall celebration - Esposito would say "If we had a parade we would have been killed"

* A break from typos for all of you - See you in August