I was reading with interest the latest blog article on the oficial website of Toronto's sports radio station, the Fan 590. This article was written by Eric Smith, who is the play-by-play voice on the Fan 590 for Raptors games. His article was on Bosh's return tonight to Toronto to take on his former team, the Toronto Raptors. Some of his comments seemed to suggest that Bosh was actually MEDICALLY CLEARED to play during the final 6 games of last season. However, Bosh sat out because of an "injury". If this is true, then Bosh lied through his keyboard on his Twitter updates that he made during the offseason about being undecided. However, we have no actual proof yet. I'll just let you read some of the comments and then link to the article. Here they are:
from the actual article: "I can’t tell you if he quit or not (he says he didn’t - and I never had any reason to not trust his word) but I can tell you that he was medically cleared to play the final 6 games of the season (with his face/nose injuries) and he wasn’t on the floor as the Raptors were still in the thick of the playoff race … trying to slide into the post-season ahead of the Chicago Bulls."
from his first comment in the response section (it's the "#5" one): "Yes, he was cleared to play"
The comment was in response to a fan question. The fan had asked whether that was true and that he thought Bosh's injuries (facial) were serious enough to keep him out for the year. (The fan's comment is the 3rd one listed.)
Lastly, here is my comment (it's awaiting moderation and is the 14th one listed): "On the game tonight, I’m debating whether to even WATCH it! Why? The fans will be poor sports and further blacken our collective eyes, and Bosh and LeBron will put on a big show at the end to give Miami the win. This will prove their comments of “it’s just another game” to be a lie designed to fool us and the media. However, I will ALWAYS root for the Raps. Go DeRozan at All-Star!"
Here is the link to the blog posting: Bosh Back in T.O.
Just thought that was interesting. Catch you later!
P.S.: For the fellow Toronto fans who will watch the game, I just want to tell you: DO NOT boo Chris Bosh or LeBron James! They WANT you to boo them, and it will give us a worse reputation than the one we already have in the minds of many other NBA fans. A better option is to simply give them the silent treatment and cheer on our Raptor players, whether they win or lose. If you want to boo ANYONE, boo the imcompetent management and ownership of the team for the ill-advised decisions they have made during the team's history: expansion years drama in 1998 with Damon Stoudamire, the Vince Carter and Tracy McGrady drama years and other bad trades and signings, the Chris Bosh moves and drama, and the current rebuilding moves we have made. To conclude, I will simply give you the lyrics to an old-school Christian thrash metal song called "Violence" that a band called Living Sacrifice made back in 1991. Here they are:
In the mind of mortal man
The vision is tainted red
Consumed by anger, provoked bye words
That should never been said
Now all this mind seems to harbor are misplaces aggressions
Once released, they will seek
Reaping the sadistic intentions
In this time and age that maintains no aspect of order
Hard to see are these lines in which many souls border
Visual assistance show life as a harsh reality
The bitter effect produced not approved by society
Read the words, hear Christ speak
Refrain from anger, revert the cheek
Withheld in compassion, not signs of the weak
Seek humility for blessed are the meek
Living Sacrifice Self-Titled Album info
Hear the Living Sacrifice "Violence" song
Later!
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