Simmons hops on the "Holy freakin' crap! Every team from Boston is playing wicked hahd-cowh right now" bandwagon that seems to have been repeated ad nauseum the last week or so.
Yes, Boston College is #4 in the country.
Yes, the Red Sox are in the playoffs.
Yes, the Patriots are pretty good.
Yes, the Celtics have KG.
I'll even throw in that the dirty, theiving
$%@#$^!#% New England Revolution are MLS Cup favorites as the playoffs get underway next week.
Things these phenomena have in common: Each team plays in Massachusetts.
Things these phenomena don't have in common: Everything else.
Is it remarkable? Perhaps, but no more so than a scheduling quirk that has the Yankees play the White Sox on the same night the Bears play the Jets.
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