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I was saddened to hear that Red Auerbach passed away last night at 89. I grew up in Boston and Red was revered as a legend for his coaching in the 1950's and 1960's.

In my time I saw him as an executive, engineering dynasty re-building trades. The most famous of course was trading the rights to who turned out to be Joe Barry Carroll aka Joe Barely Cares to Golden State for Kevin McHale and Robert Parrish. McHale had made a name for himself at the University of Minnesota but Parrish went from obscurity in the Bay Area to perennial all-star with the Celts.

As a lifelong Celtics fan, Red, thank you for what you gave to the game, the Celtics and to the city of Boston.

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I just saw this on HBO. I don't mind saying I got tad verklempt when they got to the Sox winning the 2004 world series.

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My wife volunteers for an animal relief organization that helps take care of pets if there is a disaster like a wildfire. Somehow this lead to both of us volunteering at something called Petapalooza in Sedona yesterday where a bunch of like organizations try to adopt out dogs and cats that need a home.

It rained like crazy and everyone got wet despite being under cover.

There were a couple of Cesar Milan wannabes there which is not a big surprise but amusing nonetheless.

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