What I'm Thankful For..... ?

* Thankful for being able to watch Larry Bird, Bobby Orr, Pedro

* Parquet floor (not some ridiculous green floor)

* The triangle in center field at Fenway

* The championship flags hanging from the Boston Garden rafters

* Heartbreak Hill

* Will McDonough, Peter Gammons, Leigh Montville, Bob Ryan, Dan Shaughnessy

* A Kevin McHale drop step

* Wiffle Ball / Pitch Backs / Street Hockey Games / Games of 21?

* Boston Garden pizza, Fenway Sundae Bar, Fenway Frank

* Kevin Garnett blocking shots taken after the whistle

* The first half of Nomar's career (could have been the greatest Red Sox)

* Sculls going under bridges over the Charles River?

* Twenty years of unprecedented success for one city - 12 championships?

* John Havlicek moving without the ball (and not just standing out at some three-point line)

* Electric Football, table hockey, Nerf basketball, Super Toe

* A Gerry Cheevers kick save ten feet from the crease

* Keeping score with my dad for All Star games watching the likes of Aaron and Clemente and Yaz

* Feeling of confidence Patriots fans experienced when Adam Vinatieri lined up a game winner

That Don Shula lost his *** when Mark Henderson cleaned snow for John Smith's winning kick

* The Natural, Hoosiers, Rocky, Raging Bull, Rudy, Breaking Away

* Harry Sinden chewing out the referees?

* A Bill Parcells press conference

* Boston pulling together after the marathon bombing

* Dante Scarnecchia, Eddie Popowski, Chris Ford, Bill Belichick

* A Johnny Bucyk diagonal pass from left corner to Bobby Orr on the right point

* Zdeno Chara and Patrice Bergeron playing hurt for the spoked B

* Fours, Red Wing, Penalty Box, Cask N' Flagon

* The Citgo sign?

* For all you readers of the Top Ten!

A What I'm Thankful for (an old one that popped up on Facebook)

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Top Ten - What I'm Thankful For..........

* Bill Belichick – the greatest sports coach of all time – beyond debate now

* Tom Brady – I think you would have to say one more Super Bowl and he passes Bill Russell as the greatest player in Boston history - who would imagine that we would ever have that conversation (1. Russell, 2. Brady, 3. Orr, 4. Bird 5. Williams 6. Bird 7. Pedro 8. Esposito 9. Marciano 10. Rodgers 11. Havlicek 12. Neely)

* Gronk – Brings fun to the game and the greatest player that position has ever seen – now if he could only stay healthy

* Mr. Kraft – Thanks for the team – they can show you every week for giving us this jewel of New England – team is as important as foliage

* Terry Francona – I guy who does it old school when baseball was the greatest game

* Theo – A person who thinks, creates a plan, acts on it, is patient and sees it come to fruition - hall of famer

* Isiah Thomas – the way he gets his shot off in the paint against players more than a foot taller

* Brad Stevens – for keeping his composure while I’m yelling at the TV

* Tommy Heinsohn and Mike Gorman – The best local broadcasters in a town that used to be filled with them – they deserve a Tommy point

* Dan Shaughnessy – for being the best sports writer in a town that used to be filled with them

* Bruins – hmm, hmm, they were the team that used to have the most exciting team in town

* Boston Marathon – Thanks to the BAA for giving us this harbinger of spring every year

* Fenway Park – Hope it stands another 100 years (miss the Boston Garden)

* The smell of Italian sausages outside the park

* The guy who used to start the Lets Go Bruins chant – when they were relevant

* Kevin McHale for his drop step and clothes line of Rambis

* To Cam Neely for smashing Claude Lemieux's head into the Globe sign

* To all of you for reading the Top Ten

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