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Wildfires raced through several Bay State towns, putting homes and lives in danger.
We're live with the latest.
A day of reconciliation, sorrow and hope, remembering VE Day around the world.
Thousands of foot soldiers march against hunger in the Hub.
It's still cool and very dry here, with snow moving into parts of Maine.
And in Sports Night, the Bruins open the playoffs against the Devils at the Garden.
Not what they had in mind.
Well good evening everyone, I'm Kim Carrigan.
And I'm John Marlar.
Brush fires are sweeping across hundreds of acres of land in several Bay State towns
tonight.
The latest fire to break out tonight is in Lakeville.
At least 100 acres are burning there.
Little there forced to evacuate and in other hot spots including Plymouth to the south
and Manchester by the Sea on the North Shore.
7 News reporter Jonathan Hall is live in Manchester by the Sea.
He has our top story.
Jonathan?
John, there have been some scary moments here.
It's been touch and go all day long.
Town fathers have declared a state of emergency.
Luckily, no one's been hurt.
But firefighters are in for a long night.
The conditions are just terrible.
We had no snow this winter so everything is tender dry.
Yeah, what we got here Doc is the fire is burning out to the roads.
It's night.
The forest should be pitch black but the woods are alive with light, alive with fire and
crews struggle to keep up.
It's just going to keep burning all night so I guess we're going to need some direction
as to what you're going to want to do.
Well put it out, I'm coming with some holes.
Okay, the only problem is we don't have any water.
The flames were first spotted early this morning and flared up this afternoon.
It's difficult to estimate but it's believed the fire has charred at least 200 acres off
Pine Street in Manchester by the sea.
About 300 firefighters and volunteers from two dozen communities are battling the flames.
We've had a long night and maybe a long week.
Lack of water a problem?
Lack of water is a problem, access to get to it.
Tomorrow when the winds will roll, this thing will dry right up.
Wherever we've done, it will come right back again.
The problem out here this afternoon and to a lesser extent tonight is the wind.
The wind gusts take these flames and throw sparks off into the dry timber.
It's so dry out here these things just ignite.
Homes have been threatened but so far none have been burned and despite the state of
emergency no residents have been forced to evacuate.
But it will be a long sleepless night for those who live in these woods.
We're not experienced about these things and the fire can travel fast so we send the children
to their friends and emptied out our valuables.
Just the terrain is terrible.
You just have to drag this hose in for miles.
They're in there some place at 2,000 feet.
And they're in there with precious little water.
Some have just a few gallons strapped to their backs.
If God rains on us we're all set.
That would be nice.
We've just checked with Captain Herrick, the man in charge here.
He says at last report all the flames were headed away from homes in the area and that
is good news.
A personal guard is expected here in the morning and it's hoped they will bring a helicopter
with them.
We're live in Manchester by the sea.
Jonathan Hall, 7 News.
Alright Jonathan thank you.
Also a massive brush fire in Plymouth earlier today forced some residents from their homes.
Flames shot 40 feet high and spread 60 acres wide burning through woodland off route 3
near Miles Standish State Park.
Residents doused their lawns with water as that fire drew near and then they were told
to get out.
Tonight fire officials say there are still some hot spots but the blaze is just about
out.
War and remembrance, World War II ended 50 years ago tomorrow in Europe.
Today veterans and heads of state from New England to Old England honored the allies
and tried to heal old wounds.
7 News reporter Christine Caswell has the story.
Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper were among some 60 heads of state, some former
allies, some former enemies toasting peace.
In London's Hyde Park the truce signed 50 years ago was honored by the release of hundreds
of dogs and each head of state in attendance signed an olive leaf which was placed in this
colossal globe.
Thomas Conway, an American soldier captured by the Germans was there.
He was hoping to meet other former prisoners of war.
If we could find them what would they do?
Break it down, break it down.
Talk over all times, yeah give them a big hug and maybe cry a little bit.
More solemn ceremonies to remember the 20,000 people killed a day during World War II were
held at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
Even the Chancellor of Germany, the former enemy was there.
Countries were ravaged, cities were destroyed, millions rendered homeless, countless numbers
remained for life and millions died either in battle, in bombings or as a direct result
of the war.
And in Portsmouth, New Hampshire veterans laid wreaths on the graves of comrades.
Fifty years ago tomorrow the fighting stopped and the celebrating started.
A huge celebration will be held in London tomorrow night with a sing-along outside Buckingham
Palace, then two minutes of silence will be observed across Great Britain.
In the newsroom, I'm Christine Caswell, 7 News.
A Watertown man is due in court tomorrow charged with impersonating a police officer, then
carjacking and kidnapping a BC student.
The student says Sean Allen assaulted him.
Police say Allen pulled the student over, cuffed him and took off in the car, then drove
to an isolated area where he assaulted the student.
Police have no motive for the attack.
Two more UMass hockey players are going to be arraigned tomorrow in a sexual assault
case.
Two are already charged.
Jeremy DeBona is charged with rape.
Brendan Murphy is charged with sexual assault.
And police are looking for a fifth suspect.
The assault allegedly happened in a dorm room on Thursday.
A Roxbury man is due in court tomorrow charged with shooting a girl on a Roxbury playground.
Twenty-year-old James Patton was arrested Friday, two days after 10-year-old Shante
White was caught in the crossfire.
Police have a warrant for another suspect.
Investigators say they got help from the community in identifying their suspects.
Could the Unabomber be threatening a Beverly man?
The FBI is on the case now.
This is a sketch of the so-called Unabomber, believed responsible for many male bombings
since the late 70s.
A scientist at New England Bio Labs in Beverly recently received a threatening letter.
Investigators say it's similar to other letters sent to victims of the Unabomber.
The test will prove if the letter is authentic.
It has been more than two weeks now since the bombing in downtown Oklahoma City.
And today for the first time the people of that city were able to try to get back to
day-to-day life.
Starting today, the people of Oklahoma City can go and see firsthand the destruction of
the federal building.
Many are taking flowers and gifts.
It's a way to help their children and themselves deal with the tragedy.
Controversial Michigan militia member Mark Kernke spoke at a so-called Patriot rally
today in Palm Springs, California.
You may remember Kernke's name surfaced in the investigation of the Oklahoma bombing,
though he was never charged.
His appearance today drew protesters in addition to the 500 who showed up for the rally.
Reporters by the way were not allowed inside.
Stay with 7 News for continuing coverage of the bombing in Oklahoma City.
We will bring you developments as they happen.
And another national news tonight.
Mother Nature not giving folks in Oklahoma a break.
A tornado ripped through a small town about 100 miles south of Oklahoma City.
A local TV cameraman caught the funnel on tape.
It ripped apart several buildings including a tire plant and a local gas station.
Amazingly, no one was hurt.
Deadly weather rips through Texas.
A tornado spawned by violent thunderstorms ripped through the Amarillo area overnight.
Seventeen people were killed including a man who was lifted from his porch and thrown 130
feet.
The thunderstorms left massive floods.
Reporters are still looking for three people who may have been swept down a manhole.
An lone gunman opens fire in the Minneapolis airport.
Police say the 28-year-old suspect actually boarded a downtown bus with a gun in full
view and headed to the airport.
When police confronted him, he opened fire and police shot him and hit him in the hip
and shoulder.
The man will be charged with attempted murder.
His last known residence was a home for the mentally ill.
Actor Gary Busey is expected to leave a hospital tomorrow after being treated for an apparent
drug overdose.
This is Busey in the movie Rookie of the Year.
He was found unconscious in his Malibu home Thursday night.
Investigators say he had cocaine in his shirt pocket.
Charges are pending while investigators take their findings to the district attorney.
A sea of humanity in the hub.
Thousands pound the pavement to turn the tide on hunger in the Bay State.
That story is coming up on 7 News.
Later in sports, the red hot red socks take one from the Tigers.
You are watching 7 News at 11 with Kim Kerrigan, John Marler, Harvey Leonard with weather,
and Gene LaVange with sports.
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A sea of good souls pounded the pavement of Boston today.
It was the 26th annual walk for hunger.
47,000 people, including John and me, put our best feet forward to fight hunger.
7 News reporter Mark Weill found out why so many people had an appetite to walk.
It was a street party, 20 miles long, a sea of humanity on a humanitarian mission, a glorious
day and a worthy cause.
I'm walking for hunger.
This is my first year walking.
I hope I make it.
Tens of thousands joined the 26th annual walk for hunger, the biggest one-day event of its
kind ever, to raise over $3 million for 500 Boston area soup kitchens.
One out of 10 people in Massachusetts is affected by this program, either taking part or receiving
from it.
There are going to be 14 million people receiving a meal as a result of what happens here today.
It's a good cause and I figure, God bless me with my health, I should be able to help
other people.
I have a lot and I feel bad for people who don't have as much as I have.
The halfway point.
Time for a break and a foot massage and maybe a band-aid for the blisters.
A few miles later, the Boston skyline comes back into view and the weary walkers know
the finish line is not far away.
How do your feet feel at the end of the day?
They hurt a lot.
But it's worth it?
Yeah, it really is.
20 miles, just a few more feet.
And at the finish line, there is celebration because even though their feet are hurting,
their hearts are happy.
That's what happens when you walk 20 miles for a good cause.
I'm Mark Weill, 7 News.
Thanks to everybody who got out today.
This year's walk for hunger was sponsored in part by Channel 7.
The clear skies held up real well today.
Clouds are trying to back in from the state of Maine.
That could make it interesting for early tomorrow.
We'll let you know all about it.
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Now 7 Weather with Harvey Leonard.
It was a terrific day today.
It was awfully nice seeing a lot of you during the walk path.
It was a great cause and a great day.
But look how chilly it was early this morning.
Twenty seven in Springfield, twenty nine in Key, New Hampshire.
Boston was forty one.
We did have a good recovery thanks to the strong May sun into the fifties in just about
all areas.
But that wind was whistling.
There were frequent wind gusts past 40 miles per hour across the area.
Cover temperatures now average out in the forties and it's still clear in our area.
Forty seven specifically in Boston.
Notice the dew point humidity very, very low.
It's been very dry, not much precipitation.
That of course is in part why the brush fire threat is going to remain just that until
we get some significant precipitation.
Now speaking of that, there is some cloudiness over the state of Maine.
Notice it's starting to back closer toward us and I think some of those clouds will come
down over eastern New England during the course of tomorrow morning.
So do expect some cloudiness, especially along the coast.
There's actually some snow falling out of the clouds.
Been snowing all day in Caribou, Maine.
Some light rain now around Bangor, Maine.
Even a remote chance, a little light rain or sprinkles could touch the coastline or
the outer part of the Cape.
I don't think that'll happen.
There's a remote chance, but there will be some clouds at times tomorrow, especially
the first two thirds of the day and most especially right along the coast.
Systems are kind of backed up in the atmosphere.
So we're just near the edge of this storm.
That's why a little cloudiness may temporarily back in.
We'll warm up with sunshine on Tuesday and then get some of this moisture on Wednesday
and Thursday.
That's how the week seems to be shaping up.
Let's give you a forecast.
It breaks down like this.
Tonight, some clouds well to the north and east of Boston will edge closer to town by
dawn, temperatures 35 to 45 and tomorrow look for some cloudiness, especially along the
coast for a while.
Temperatures in the afternoon, 55 to 62.
Still a gusty wind, not as ferocious as today though.
Becoming clear tomorrow night, 35 to 45 with less wind.
Great day on Tuesday.
That's my pick of the week.
Sunshine near 70 inland, near 60 on the coast with a sea breeze.
Clouds come in Tuesday night.
A little bit of rain could develop on Wednesday and there is a threat of some rain on Wednesday
night and Thursday.
We do need the rainfall, so let's kind of hope it works out that way.
Mike Gross will be next updating you during tomorrow morning.
He'll see you then.
Game one between the Bruins and Devils at the Garden this afternoon.
Not a pretty picture.
Picture, that is.
We'll break it all down straight ahead in sports.
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Time for 7 Sports with Gene Levante.
Trying to find something positive about today's Bruins game.
Let's see.
Well, to the best of our knowledge, nobody wearing black and gold lost any teeth.
Otherwise, it's a day to forget.
Bees were bagged and tagged by the devils this afternoon.
This was just plain ugly, folks.
Stefan Richet gets it started for the devils.
On the power play in the first, Richet lets it fly off.
Bork's stick gets behind Blaine Locker.
One-nothing devils.
Ball game.
Bad boy Claude Lemieux gets the next two.
Blows by both Neely and Bork.
Nice move.
And it's two-nothing New Jersey.
Same type of thing a little later.
Lemieux is in naked.
Beaks Blaine Locker.
Three-nothing after one.
Bruins just couldn't convert today.
They only mustered 23 shots.
Martin Brodeur stops every single one of them.
Devils win game one in a cakewalk.
Five-nothing the final.
It's time to put this one in the past.
And in a hurry.
You know, you can score 50 in the season if you don't show up for playoffs.
I think the team's going to have questions.
You hear it every year that a player's had a great year, but he just can't come up with
the playoffs.
So I always, you know, my dream is always to win the Stanley Cup.
I was fortunate to win it my first year, but it's been a long wait.
I think when they get a three-nothing lead after one, the game's over then.
You know, you can keep trying, but a team that only gives up two goals a game, it's
going to be pretty tough.
And the last 40 minutes were obviously hard for everybody, as included.
Claude Lemieux taking a shot at Mr. Neely there.
New Jersey wins easily.
Game two tomorrow night at the Garden.
So the Bruins have a chance to get right back in it right away.
Philly takes game one in overtime, 4-3 over Buffalo.
It's Detroit by the same count over Dallas and St. Louis.
Nip's Vancouver 2-1.
All of these game ones of the best of seven series.
Toronto 5-3 over Chicago.
San Jose surprises Calgary.
5-4, the final Sharks lead that best of seven series now, one game to none.
Baseball season is less than two weeks old, and the Red Sox have already posted four shutouts.
Maud Eshelman is starting to stand out like a circle in a pack of squares.
So far this season, the Sox are handing out more spankings than a fraternity initiation.
They shellacked the Tigers this afternoon.
John Ballentine, a huge series.
And the first has the Sox off and running his fourth dinger of the road trip.
What more can you say about Eshelman?
Picks up his second win, strikes out three-well, just giving him four hits.
He is still unscored upon in 13 big league innings.
He is 2-0 on the young season.
Sox break this one wide open in the sixth.
It's Ballentine again.
This drops in and goes as a two-run double.
Ballentine with three RBIs on the day.
Four hits, and the Red Sox have a six-nothing lead.
Huge hitter Troy O'Leary gets in the act.
Talk about the Big Jack.
This thing is an upper deck jobby, a three-run smash.
Wow, Boston leads nine-nothing.
Mike McFarlane completes the fireworks with a two-run poke.
Red Sox sweep the series thanks to today's 12-1 thumping of the Tigers in Detroit.
After disposing of the Celtics in four games, the Orlando Magic turn their attention to
Michael Jordan in Chicago and Chicago in the Bulls in game one of their series that started
in Orlando today.
Late in the game, the Bulls have a one-point lead in the ball.
Michael Jordan has it stolen.
The Magic are off to the races.
The other way, Horace Grant finishes it off.
Orlando has a one-point lead with just six seconds left.
Last gasp.
Jordan can't decide.
Should I shoot?
Should I pass?
What am I going to do?
Goes for the pass, off-pippin', throws the ball away, and the chance to win Game 1 goes
with it.
Magic take it.
94-91 the final.
And what an ending to Game 1 between the Nixon-Pacers.
Down by six, 16 seconds left.
Bridget Miller goes crazy.
The three cuts the lead to three.
Pacers steal the inbound pass.
Miller steps back, hits another three, and the game is tied just like that.
The John Starks miss two free throws while Miller made a pair.
Pacers up two.
Nix with one final chance, but Greg Anthony slips, and that's all she wrote.
New York had a six-point lead with 16 seconds left, and they lose the game by two, a colossal
collapse by the Nix.
Pacers take Game 1, 107-105.
So the Magic lead the series now.
Second game to none, Miller with the last eight points within 10 seconds.
As Orlando beat Chicago, Indiana beats New York, as we told you, that's Miller with the
heroics there.
And Houston comes back to beat Utah.
Rockets win the series three games to two.
Well, that'll do it for sports for now.
It's been 25 years since Bobby Orr's incredible flight.
We take a look back with Bobby just ahead on SportsXL.
Great, Gene.
We'll look forward to that.
Before we leave you tonight, we'd like to tell you about some of the in-depth stories
that you can look forward to this week on 7 News.
Looks like killer viruses, dangerous teenage trends, and extremists spreading the word
of hate in America.
This week, 7 News goes beyond the headlines to bring you stories New Englanders will be
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Starting tomorrow, we'll introduce you to some of the most lethal killers in the world.
We're talking about killer viruses.
And so deadly, they've wiped out entire villages in a matter of days.
Could it happen here?
And all you need is to have one person from that community get on a plane and fly somewhere
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Starting Tuesday on 7 News.
I'm Mike Lawrence.
Technology is about to change what comes out of your TV set.
Television is going interactive, and couch potatoes may soon be half-baked.
Soon, you'll be able to actually play against other viewers in those game shows you've
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Order, stop and start, even rewind movies in your TV set without going to the video
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And this is really a new frontier.
I mean, our imaginations are the only thing that's limiting us now because the technology
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Wednesday on 7 News.
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A disturbing new trend has young kids burning their bodies.
Rants used by ranchers to mark their cattle now branding the human body is the newest
way for teens to express themselves.
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Most Americans were shocked to find out that the bombing in Oklahoma City was homegrown
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But as you'll see this week, it was no isolated incident.
Hate groups have been on the rise in America for years.
Of course I'm planting the seeds of hatred for the criminals in Washington.
They're using today's technology to reach out to more and more people.
Hate's a growth industry in America.
Thursday on 7 News.
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This Thursday on 7 News at 11, I'll take you on the set of New England's favorite TV show
for the final taping of Seinfeld.
We'll talk to Jerry and the gang as they say goodbye for the season and still leave everyone
wondering if there will be another.
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Today in New England, weekday mornings.
Neely put it on Broughton.
With Lemieux and a 2 on 1.
Score!
3 to nothing.
Broughton to Lemieux.
Tonight on Sports Extra, the Bruins 95 playoff day.
They were so out of it, you could have knocked them over with a feather.
Socks are smashing the ball like you read about.
But what about the pitching?
And who is this Vaughn Eshelman?
The easier I make it look, the easier it's coming to me right now.
Besides that, no secrets.
Bobby Orr.
25 years ago this week, the greatest moment in Bruins and perhaps Boston Garden history.
The principals take a look back.
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Also tonight, buyers beware.
L.B. shares his memories of the Boston Garden.
And good evening everyone.
Welcome to Sports Extra.
I'm Gene Livanchi.
In addition tonight, Kevin Dupont joins us to talk more about the Bruins disappointing
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you should ask.
But first, let's get it over with.
As we said earlier about today's playoff opener, at least none of the Bruins lost any teeth.
Otherwise, it was an ultra-weak, ultra-ugly effort in game one against the Devils.
Fran Charles has the gruesome details off the top.
I'd like to let it down to our names and all players here.
Throw him here.
There you go.
Thank you.
They were filing through the turnstiles for what will be the final Bruins postseason run
at Boston Garden.
But once the Bruins themselves filed onto the ice, that or little else seemed to be
of concern.
What started off badly only turned worse.
The Devils blitzed Boston for three first-period goals and never looked back.
I think when they get a three-nothing lead after one, the game's over.
Then you can keep trying.
But a team that only gives up two goals a game is going to be pretty tough.
The last 40 minutes were obviously hard for everybody, as included.
After Riche's goal made it one-nothing, the Devils' supposed demon, Claude Lemieux, was
busy doing something he rarely does, score.
Lemieux left Cam Neely's side long enough to punch in two goals past Blaine Locker.
This from a guy who only netted four during the regular season.
That tale was telling enough.
You can score 50 in the season if you don't show up for playoffs.
I think the team's going to have questions.
You hear it every year that a player's had a great year, but he just can't come up with
the playoffs.
They're going to play solid.
That's exactly what you should expect of the New Jersey Devils textbook.
That is exactly the way they're going to play.
When it was all said and done, New Jersey tallied up five goals while Boston buried
not one.
Not what was expected from a Bruins team who lost to the Devils just once during the regular
season.
You know, we just finished eight games or one-eight of the last ten games and everybody told us
about how good we were.
We had a couple days off and to say it frankly, we were horse sh**.
There's no other way to look around it and we were that way as a team.
No matter how bad we got beat, whether it was double all the time or whether it was
five-nothing, it's only one game and they got to win four, we got to win four.
So hopefully we can get right back at it tomorrow.
If there's an upside to this Devils disaster in game one, the Bruins don't have much time
to dwell on the loss.
They're back on the ice tomorrow night at 730 and if you'll recall in last year's Bruins
Devils series, home ice meant no advantage.
Both Boston's wins came on the road.
Well, now they'll have to lean on that track record coming up on a Wednesday and Friday
nights in New Jersey.
For 7 Sports Extra, I'm Fran Charles.
And as Fran mentioned, the Bruins will have a chance to get right back at it, game two
tomorrow night at the Garden and very much a must-win for the Bees who can ill afford
to head to New Jersey in a two-nothing home.
More on the Bees debacle today with Kevin Dupont coming up a little bit later on.
Well, the Red Sox bats continue to be the story.
Seventeen more hits today and a 12-1 pounding of the Tigers completing the sweep this weekend.
But what about Vaughn Eshelman?
The little-known lefty is starting to make a name for himself.
He's still yet to give up a run in 13 innings of work this season, one of the biggest surprises
of the young campaign.
We caught up with Vaughn upon his return to Fenway earlier tonight trying to answer the
question, who is Vaughn Eshelman?
I'm a pitcher out of AA last year that went down to Venezuela and I had a pretty good
year down there and the Red Sox picked me up in the rule five draft from the Orioles
because I wasn't protected on their 40-man and now I'm with the Red Sox.
Are you surprised at all by the early season success that you've had here?
Thirteen scoreless innings, 2-0, seven more shutout innings today.
I mean, this is a dream start.
Well, like you said, it's a dream start but that's something, you know, in the four years
I spent in the minor leagues that I dreamed about.
And you know, anytime you dream about something, everything is going to go for the best and
so far it has.
You seem to be the picture of calm out there in the mound, at least on the outside.
Is that accurate on the inside?
I mean, you as calm as you appear to be out there?
I've heard that a lot.
Today I was pretty calm.
In Yankee Stadium when I first got started, it wasn't quite as calm the whole time.
You know, I forgot hitters, you know, who hit what, this and that but everything has
worked out pretty good.
Did you think that when you were with the, when you were picked up by the Red Sox in
the rule five draft, basically what it means is they had to keep you on the 40-man roster
or actually with the big league club where they'd have to send you back.
Did you expect at any time that that might possibly happen that you might be on your
way back to the Orioles organization?
Well, you know, starting out spring training, we had 14 pitchers in camp and they said 13
were gone.
So everyone felt like they were gone.
Then a week later we had 22 guys there.
So it wasn't just a gimme.
I mean, I had to throw the ball well to make the team and you know, I threw it, you know,
pretty good and you know, I had got a lot of confidence from Kevin Kennedy and you know,
Amberlynn and those guys and they kept me around and I'm glad they did and they should
be right now.
Hopefully they are too.
I would think that they, they probably are.
Is there something about Vaughn Eshelman that Red Sox fans should know that perhaps they
don't that you'd like to share with us here tonight?
A little tidbit, a little factoid or something?
I'm not sure what exactly you're looking for.
I'm just going out and trying to make it look real easy and the easier I make it look, the
easier it's coming to me right now.
Besides that, no secrets.
What's been the biggest surprise for you in being a big league pitcher?
Your first two major league starts are both wins.
Obviously you've made it look easy but in terms of what your expectations were and what
reality is, what's been the biggest surprise as far as that's concerned?
I think the biggest surprise is, you know, after being in the minor leagues for quite
a while that I got on the mound at Yankee Stadium and Don Manningley wasn't 10 or 15
feet tall.
You know, they make him out to be that way and he just wasn't there.
But I'm assuming today Cecil Fielder was probably as big as you expected him to be.
Yeah, he was big and he almost knocked me out there with that good fastball away and
he hit it up the middle.
I thought that was the end of my game.
Well Vaughn, again, congratulations to you.
Terrific start 2-0.
Your first two starts are both wins and of course Red Sox fans and everybody would love
to see you continue that success for quite some time.
Thank you.
Vaughn Eshelman.
And a nice kid at that and we wish Vaughn of course continued success.
And the Red Sox will play their annual game against the Paw Sox in Pawtucket tomorrow
before opening a three game series with Vaughn's old organization, the Orioles, at Fenway Park
on Tuesday night.
Still ahead on Sports Extra, it's the ultimate Boston Garden moment.
It's been 25 years since Bobby Orr's memorable leap into Boston sports lore and number four
reminisces with us later in the show, it's a moment that no one in Boston will ever forget.
And also coming up, L.B. tugs at the heartstrings, his fondest memories of the Boston Garden.
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Welcome back.
We're pleased to have with us his second appearance here on Sports Extra by my count, Kevin Dupont
of the Boston Globe joining us in many other areas as well.
And we're talking hockey, a new thing for you, I know.
Actually, that name belongs somewhere else.
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Let's start with today's game, a possible Kevin.
What happened to this team today?
Playoff series starting after a short season.
The last year in the garden, you figured these guys would come out fired up and they were
about as flat as you could be.
Yeah, they went down like a house of fire.
It was not a good showing.
I thought pitiful.
Among the very worst playoff performances I can remember in this town for really no
attack and really not looking interested.
And the big, big matchup, of course, Cam Neely, Claude Lemieux, and Cam just didn't show up
at all.
As you wrote for the morning, woke up, saw a shadow and went back in for 60 minutes sleep.
Is there something you can attribute it to or is it just one of those days and, you know,
they just came out flat?
I mean, but hard to expect that this team would come out flat in the playoffs, but I
guess you have to write it off as kind of one of those days, I guess.
Well, I guess you write it off as one of those days because they have no choice really.
But I'm astounded to come into this building, their own building anyway, where they've always
had great pride in performance.
You know, the whole thing about playing for the sweater, playing for the home crowd, playing
for this arena now that it's about to close and to show up and really come in with a four-star
stinker was amazing.
Who would have thought the Celtics would have had a better playoff effort at this point?
Of course, they had four games to do it.
Yeah, there were some people over there today making this analogy.
Well, the Celtics had this brutal blowout to Orlando in the first game and came back
and made a show of it, but you know, what does that mean?
Back to back now because of Fox TV, they don't have the day off in between and they aren't
playing tomorrow night.
Is that going to hurt or help these guys?
Well, my guess is it would hurt them in that their core is old with Oates, with Neely,
with Bork, talking about Neely too coming again, the knee is still an issue with them.
It hasn't been a pressing issue this year, but a guy today who plays poorly has to come
back tomorrow and all of them, all of them, to think they would come in and give that
same effort would to make, you'd have to think they'd be down 0-2.
So the get right back up on the horse theory isn't going to apply here in New York?
Well, I suppose they're hoping it does.
Today among other things, Sutter said, you know, we can't typify what he said here about
his team, but he also said that one of the good things is that they don't have to think
about it, that they have to come back in.
If I were the coach, I'd tell them to go home and think about it.
A lot of guys were focusing, a lot of fans and media types are focusing on the Lemieux
and Neely matchup and certainly would be a case.
Most people thought of Lemieux just beating Neely up and taking him out of his game, trying
to frustrate him.
Who would have thought that Lemieux would have been the offensive hero and the offensive
star in the matchup?
Two beautiful goals.
Yeah, two beautiful goals and this is the same guy we live through in Montreal, Claude
the fraud and everyone loves to hate the guy.
But the truth is he's among the very, very few players in this game now who not only
does that kind of grungy hateful job, but he also has the skill to go out there and
bury two and he did.
He came up with two beautiful goals and one in particular where Neely is standing about
12 paces back.
He also got around Mr. Bork there without much interest.
And Bork was late.
I mean the big line was minus two before they were even out of the gate.
Talk about how important this game is now tomorrow night.
They go into New Jersey outsized and on a bigger surface and on the road.
This is about as crucial as the game as you're going to get for them tomorrow night.
Size is important and to look at New Jersey you say these guys are that much bigger.
If you actually take the numbers and put them on paper they're not that much bigger.
The averages are virtually the same.
They play a lot bigger.
They play patiently with Jocke Lamar's system and in that sense they look bigger.
But this is exactly where we were last year Gene.
After the Bruins go up two nothing in the series they come back and they lose four straight
and by the end of that series you said boy New Jersey's bigger, stronger, more patient.
It's five in a row now.
They're doing the exact same thing.
Let's talk about Brian Sutter.
Should the Bruins make an early exit and not get out of this first round?
Is his job in trouble?
Is his status depending on the outcome of this series?
Does he need to get out of this first round or find himself on that coaching hot seat?
I think he has to get out of the first round.
My feeling was going into this that he had to have two good playoff rounds.
Obviously win the first to get to the second in the first place.
And then if he got there and had a good second series I figured he'd come back for sure.
If he bows out that'll be twice in three years he's bowed out in the first round.
I think they'd have to make a change here.
And again it's still early so we don't want to.
Well that's right.
That's right.
But hey it is what it is.
You saw it today.
It was dreadful.
For my money a lot in many ways as bad as, this goes way back now, but in 1981 they had
a playoff series.
Cheever's first year behind the bench.
They had Minnesota.
Minnesota was supposed to be a soft touch.
They turned around.
They were out in three games.
Locker today.
A little playoff jittery you think.
A couple goals he really won one off Bork's stick but he guessed wrong on Lemieux's goal.
He's had better days as well.
I can't fault him.
I thought he did a very, very representative job and Sutter too after the game said maybe
the only good thing he could say about his team was Locker's play.
By the time he lets in the fourth it looks to me as if the malaise is kind of infectious.
There's a draw shot from way out that goes by.
My feeling was pull him after the first period when it was down three nothing.
Take a case of it in the room.
Go in and say, this kid's played well for you all year and now this is how you're going
to play for him.
I'm pulling out and I'll go with Billington.
Let's take a look at the overall playoff scene now.
Quebec and Detroit teams to beat respectively in your opinion or who you like in here?
I like Pittsburgh even though last night they didn't open up like a team I should have liked.
Always struggling with the caps.
What's the story?
They do especially first round.
One of their problems is they've been trying to choose which goalie to go with.
They have to go with Reget right now because Barrasso's hurt.
I still think they've got too much talent up front to lose to the caps and the caps
are playing pretty well right now.
Caps also lost Dave Poulin last night.
I don't know for how long.
Coach Poulin.
Coach Poulin that's right.
Go that Notre Dame fight song for Coach Poulin.
The other side I do like Detroit a lot.
I was surprised how tight Dallas was able to play with them today but in the end I think
it'll come down to Dallas and Pittsburgh.
Winner, I say Detroit.
Okay.
I think you have a lot of fans in New York after that Knicks collapse today and what
happened to the Rangers in their opening round blowing the big lead jumping off the old bridge.
I thought the Rangers last night lost exactly how they should lose the whole series which
is their old guys couldn't keep up with it.
Nedved is a no show.
Kovalov had one nice little kind of swishy little goal over on the right post but beyond
that they're just they're old at the core.
This is similar to Boston and the younger players who should be doing the job just aren't
doing it and countering that great legs on Quebec side.
Good scores great legs and young.
Quickly what's your expectation for the rest of the series for the Bruins now?
Well I thought going in that they'd win in seven.
I still think they can make it a series.
I think we're going to know a whole lot in the first 30 minutes tomorrow.
If they're going to come out with that same awful tepid effort they can just hold the
show right up.
If they come out and four check and get in I know part of this is that whole muddled
middle.
They got to get beyond that.
All right Kevin Dupont appreciate you coming in as always.
Appreciate your insights.
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Tonight LB shares some of his favorite garden moments.
A warning everyone this is a tearjerker so have the hankies standing by.
The Boston Garden wow the memories.
It's LB here we're going to take a look at it tonight from my perspective the love the
tenderness and what it means to me.
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The good old days men were like this.