Sox Spotting At the Celtics Game

After last night's Celtics-Lakers finals game, it's time to add to the ever-growing compendium of Sox dressed up in their best Celtics green. And who wouldn't enjoy getting kickass courtside seats and watching the local 5 beat up on the guys from L.A.?

The Globe reported that, "[t]he Sox contingent was expected to include Curt Schilling, David Ortiz, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Mike Lowell, Jacoby Ellsbury, Tim Wakefield, Coco Crisp, Julio Lugo, Alex Cora, and front-office folks Mike Dee, Sam Kennedy, John Henry, Tom Werner, and Larry Lucchino." No official confirmation whether that whole slew of Sox guys actually attended the game, but at least three of that gang were in attendance.

David Ortiz was at the game, of course- he's getting to be a regular. Pretty soon, he'll have his own seat on the Celtics bench. Jon Lester was also on-hand, and was honored by the Celtics as part of their "Heroes Among Us" program-- and was given a standing ovation by the crowd.

Curt Schilling took in the game from courtside seats directly beside the Lakers' bench- which gave him a fantastic opportunity to listen in on all the action. And, of course, he's wiling to talk all about it:

One thing I did learn was that in addition to not having one ounce of athletic ability, being white, and having no vertical, and only being able to dribble right handed, I couldn't play in the NBA because about 43 times last night I heard things being said that would have made me swing at someone. These guys talk MAJOR trash on the floor, and the great part is that most of the times I've seen it the guy on the receiving end usually doesn't respond much, if at all, and just plays the game, schooling the guy who feels like he needs to talk to make his game better.

See lots more pictures of the Sox at last night's game, after the jump...



















Photos courtesy: Boston Globe, Getty Images, Boston Herald, and Reuters.




Comments (4)

[ jules ] says:
on June 9, 2008 2:49 PM

Thanks for the pics. I read Curt's blog...very interesting bit on Kobe (whom I cannot stand at all).



[ Liza ] says:
on June 9, 2008 3:13 PM

Love the caption on the one of Curt and two of his kids: "Gabby texting (not a boy btw), Gehrig watching the Celtics dancers and Dad explaining to him, well, dad things..."

Also, a big fat AWWW at Lester. He looks so freakin' happy in that first one.



[ Lyndsay ] says:
on June 10, 2008 11:41 PM

wow. Ortiz looks thrilled to have wifey in attendance.

Schilling is a douche.



[ Jane ] says:
on June 11, 2008 12:35 AM

Jon. Wowzah. He's so very fun to look at.




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