Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy calls Blazers "A Tomato Can"

Welcome to our community

Be a part of something great, join today!

Register Log in
chris_in_pdx

chris_in_pdx

OLD MAN
Joined
Oct 15, 2008
Messages
4,855
Likes
1,979
Points
113
I'd love to bitch slap the Celtics, but I don't think it's gonna happen.
 
Any of you guys remember the year when Boston (Bird era) had only one loss at home, and it was to the Blazers. IIRC, it was a thrashing too. That would be nice to see something like that again.

Found it:

Fri, Dec 6, 1985

Boston was 17-2 . Blazers won 121-103.

Boston is now 17-2! Destiny?
 
Last edited:
Fuck. That. Article. That was some pretentious vile passed for journalism.
 
Ugh ... I can't stand Boston fans. Things were much better when the Red Sox were the Yankees' bitch, the Patriots were mired in mediocrity, and Rick Pitino was talking about Bird, Parish and McHale "not walking through that door."

Now they all think they are God's gift to sports.

-Pop
 
oldmangrouch said:
I believe the term originated in boxing. One good punch and he will crumple and leak red stuff.
Click to expand...

I hope someone punches KG in his "tomato can" tomorrow night and he bleeds "red stuff".
 
SodaPopinski said:
Ugh ... I can't stand Boston fans. Things were much better when the Red Sox were the Yankees' bitch, the Patriots were mired in mediocrity, and Rick Pitino was talking about Bird, Parish and McHale "not walking through that door."

Now they all think they are God's gift to sports.

-Pop
Click to expand...
If it makes you feel better, I despise the Patriots.


BTW the Bruins are second in the NHL's eastern conference. :ghoti:
 
Tomorrow night, it'll be Portland with Greg Oden. One tomato can after another.
Click to expand...

Personally, I love the quote. If the Blazers needed some motivation for the game tomorrow, they just got it. At least most writers and teams give the Blazers some respect; in this case, not.

Paste it up in the locker room and then quietly go to business beating the Celtics, I don't care if it is by a lot or a little, just beat 'em.

Gramps...
 
Yea it is an old saying that has to do with destroying tomato cans. Basically, it is disrespect, as it is saying they are going to run over Portland easily.
 
SodaPopinski said:
Ugh ... I can't stand Boston fans. Things were much better when the Red Sox were the Yankees' bitch, the Patriots were mired in mediocrity, and Rick Pitino was talking about Bird, Parish and McHale "not walking through that door."

Now they all think they are God's gift to sports.

-Pop
Click to expand...

Definitely. Couldn't have said it any better.
 
I thought the tomato can reference was that all other teams are alike - Cleveland, Portland, LA, mighty Celtics will beat them all. Or somesuch crap. Whatever, hope the Blazers beat their asses.
 
If the Celtics have the same mentality as this douche bag, Portland's going to walk in there and steal this one.

I'm pretty certain the Celts respect Portland a lot more than this.
 
Crimson the Cat said:
If the Celtics have the same mentality as this douche bag, Portland's going to walk in there and steal this one.

I'm pretty certain the Celts respect Portland a lot more than this.
Click to expand...

Yes. It's usually the people who have nothing to do with a teams success, but seem to think they do, (like journalists or fans) who talk the most shit. We're all guilty of it. This hack is probably living his life vicariously through the Celtics, so he's feeling invincible at the moment.
 
If we beat the Celtics, I'm gonna send that writer a few emails about those tomato can Celtics.
 
This is their time. Let them enjoy it. Our time is coming soon. Let's hope we have a better crop of writers for our newspapers when our time comes.
 
*shrug* It's an upgrade from cockroach.
 
Until the Blazers beat the Celtics, then there's a certain (albeit disrespectful) grain of truth to what he said. I do think it makes perfect locker room material; and I hope the team takes it and uses it as motivation, 'cause they're going to need all of the help they can get.
 
Boston's got the title all sewn up. There's no WAY that 33 year-old Ray Allen or 32 year-old Kevin Garnett or 31 year-old Paul Pierce get hurt. No way.

Once players start to exit their prime they become pretty much bulletproof, right?

Ed O.
 
Can we beat the celts tomorrow? It's possible I guess, I mean, anything is....

<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=""></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
 
For what it's worth, Dan Shaughnessy is pretty well hated throughout Boston by athletes and fans.
 
RISE WITH IT said:
<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value=""></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Click to expand...


Quite possibly the douchiest moment in the history of post-Championship celebrations. I seriously think KG watched Titanic the night before and dreamed he was Leonardo DiCaprio standing on the front of that ship with his arms outstretched.

"I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!"

"ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!"

Lame.

What's the over/under in the game tomorrow night on number of times Garnett does the push-out-the-lower-jaw scowl followed by beating his chest a couple times?

-Pop
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)
Back
Top