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Hey y'all, my name's Ryan and I'm gonna be adding to the blog from now on.  I can't throw down a big post right now but for those that keep up with this deal I'll be writing about things that get me fired up.

Things that get me fired up

Batman and Robocop

Coleslaw in sandwiches

Music 

Boston Life 

So strap in and keep an eye out for new stuff.

PS - Because posting funny videos is really easy...Troy and Abed in the morrrrning.

Celtics-Sixers Headed to Game 7

Ryan Hollins sucks.  Brandon Bass is an upgrade from Big Baby Glen Davis, but won't be scoring 27 points again in the playoffs.

I'll be the first one to tell you, I don't know much about the NBA.  I went to my first Celtics game in January, and watched them pull one out against the Pacers, and have followed them a little bit closer this postseason once the Bruins got knocked out in the first round.  But they need to play a lot more disciplined style in order to move on.

But, Game 7 is at the Garden, where the C's dominated in Game 5.  After the Pacers' performance in their Game 5, the Heat should easily move on, and if the Celtics should meet them in the Eastern Finals, I got my money on the Celtics.

Bear and the Gang: A Proper Intro

So looking back at the last post, I realize that it was a little slapdash on my part. I haven't written a Bruins post in a while, and I figured, what better way to get people thinking about the Bruins in a positive light than to give them another venue to watch Bear and the Gang?

Bear and the Gang started in late March, during the regular season, with an extended retro-sitcom-esque introduction featuring several Bruins players, National Anthem singer Rene Rancourt, NESN announcer Jack Edwards Claude Julien and of course, The Bear.

 Sit back, relax and enjoy the intro, and log onto bostonbruinsTV for more from the B's this off-season.

Bear and the Gang: Date Night

Bear and the Gang is probably the greatest thing that the Boston Bruins have done since their championship run last year. A close third being resigning Adam McQuaid.

In episode two, we find Bear having a date night with one lucky ice girl. As things start to get intimate, Claude Julien interrupts with his unique style of awkward humor that can only be brought to you by sports icons. I'm not entirely sure who writes these things, but if anyone can find that out, it'd be greatly appreciated.

Anchorman 2 Trailer - Check

Will Ferrell has always been hit or miss with me.  Hits: Stranger Than Fiction, Elf, Kicking & Screaming.  Miss: Old School, Semi-Pro, (sorry, but...) and Talladega Nights.  Huge Hit: Anchorman.

This trailer doesn't give you much, but you know its going to be more of the same as the first one, which is plenty enough for me.  Sixty percent of the time, this movie will be good every time.

New Red Sox Memorial Day / 4th of July / 9-11 Hats

Since they started the 'Stars and Stripes' hats on Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and September 11th in 2008, two hats have been awesome, and one tolerable.  This hat is one of the awesome ones.

For the past two years, MLB has been making a large portion of the hat white, and its pretty much an unwritten rule in baseball that white hats are always a bad idea.  The first year, the hat was similar to this design for the Red Sox, with the navy blue, but instead of camoflauge in the 'B', there were stars and stripes.

For every hat sold, 100 percent of the proceeds will go directly to the Welcome Back Veterans Fund.  I'll be picking one up Wednesday afternoon so I can wear it when its not raining.

Why the Sox Should Get Rid of Kevin Youkilis

Photo: The Slanch Report

Kevin Youkilis has only played in less than half of the Red Sox games this season.  He hasn't had more than 491 at-bats since the 2008 season.  With players like Will Middlebrooks making a huge splash already and (as much as I don't want to say it...) Nick Punto already on the bench, I think the Sox could do without Youk.

On Monday night, the Sox got themselves back to .500 baseball against the division-leading Baltimore Orioles, and on Tuesday, Youkilis is scheduled to come off the disabled list and rejoin the team at Camden Yards.  There's talk of Middlebrooks staying even with Youk back because of the injuries to Cody Ross and Ryan Sweeney (with Sweeney being the only one on the DL as of now), but here's why Middlebrooks staying shouldn't even be a question.

Two years ago, Jacoby Ellsbury went down with a rib injury, thanks to Adrian Beltre's clydesdale-like frame, and spent time away from the team in Arizona rehabbing for most of the season. Youkilis has had a few injuries over the past two seasons, and rather than focus on getting better, he has taken some of that time to blast Ellsbury for time the centerfielder spent away from the team.

Playing in the same about of games (18), the stats looks like this:

Youkilis:               14 H, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 14 R
Middlebrooks:   22 H, 5 HR, 16 RBI, 12 R

As for the argument that Middlebrooks isn't ready to be an everyday player?  Platoon him with Punto, problem solved.  Youkilis could help almost any team in the majors, and has decent trade value.  The Sox have a bunch of young players producing already this year, so if they could cash in on Youkilis for a few more, I'd say its now or never.