The deal is not set in stone yet, but to see Mikey Lowell bounced is just a sad thing all the way around. The classiest guy in the organization and a member of the '07 champs, Mike Lowell was one of the biggest reasons to watch the Red Sox in the last couple of years. Getting rid of him, gives me one more reason to not be upset that I don't have NESN.

Speaking of which, normally I loathe Shaughnessy and his snarky and mostly annoying columns, but I think in this case, he has a point. Read his most recent column about how the Red Sox have "given up" competing with the Yankees here.

Then there's the ailing Patriots who are "rebuilding." Nostradumbass has been talking about the 7 years of famine and the rebuilding that is in progress in Foxboro for months now and the national sports media is getting on board too. Check out this piece on ESPN.com.

As much as it pains me to say it, Nostradumbass might be on to something. We'll have much more on all of these stories on the Wicked Pissa Podcast, but this has just been a bummer of a morning to be cheering on any of the Boston sports teams...oh wait, the C's are still going strong, I guess.

I just read this article by Dan Shuaghnessy about how Brady has gone soft and I am slightly torn. On one hand, I get his drift, on the other hand, why shouldn't we have a different impression of football players. Isn't this a good image he is portraying? Don't we want high school football players to think it's ok to have sensitivity and show love?

Maybe Shaughnessy would perfer that they all grow up to be big steroid enhanced tough guys who walk around beating people up for no reason other than Roid Rage. I applaud Tom Brady for having the cojones to show is affection for Giselle in public and for never being the d-bag that we come to expect from professional athletes.

In the day of Michael Vick and Barry Bonds, isn't it nice to have an athlete that people can look up to? Someone who is a stand-up guy as well as a good husband and father? What is wrong with all of this?

Don't get me wrong, I get it. I understand Shaughnessy's point in this article, but instead of calling Brady out for it, let's celebrate a guy who knows who is and doesn't waiver from that. He is our quarterback and despite NOSTRADUMBASS' comments, he'll be back slingin the ball to #81 this year better than ever!!

adam@wickedpissadude.com