Ah, spring training! Yesterday, Red Sox pitchers and catchers reported and did some workouts—no actual pitching yet. I’m really looking forward to this season—we made an excellent pickup in Daisuke Matsuzaka (pictured to the left), and with Papelbon in the rotation, our starting pitching should be very strong this season. Although there’s no clear closer just yet, I think the bullpen has enough talent that it shouldn’t be a problem filling the hole.

If nothing else, this season will certainly be exciting as ever, and hopefully we’ll actually be able to make the playoffs this year after last season’s disappointing finish.

The Super Bowl last night, other than the first quarter, ended up being pretty ho-hum. Commercials weren’t too great either, but here are a few of the ones I liked (and that I could find online). I’ll keep adding more as I find them.

UPDATE: YouTube has a complete collection of all the commercials. I think I got the highlights, but if you want to see them all, you can get them there.

Budweiser King Crab Commercial

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I really am not very excited about the Super Bowl today—I don’t care for either of the teams. I don’t want the Bears to win, because, quite frankly, Rex Grossman does not deserve to even be in the Super Bowl, let alone have a ring on his finger. And, Indy? Well, I’m not too fond of them either—if they win, all we will hear is how Peyton Manning has finally gotten the monkey of his back, is one of the greatest quarterbacks ever, etc.

In the end, though, I think the Colts will prevail—they have too much momentum coming into this after the New England game. I had the feeling that whoever was going to win that game would win the Super Bowl.

Colts 24, Bears 14

Well, I guess Peyton’s going to be going to the Super Bowl, although he really should be thanking the Pats’ defense for their second-half collapse.

Looks like we’ll have to go for 4 Super Bowls in 7 years instead of 6.

Go Red Sox!

What a game last night! It had everything a good Patriots’ playoff games should: a nail biting finish, moments of uncertainty, and, of course, clutch kicking. I must admit I was pretty nervous when Gostkowski was preparing for the kick; he certainly doesn’t inspire the confidence that Vinatieri did, but he’s been a great replacement this season, and he definitely proved his worth last night.

We’ll see what happens next week—the Patriots have never lost an AFC Championship Game, and they just know how to play playoff football. Manning is going down!