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Bedard's Weekend Briefing 05.24.19: BSJ hits 10k, Bruins Cup prep ramps up, Patriots looking good, Sox head to Houston

By Greg A. Bedard

May 24, 2019 • 9:18 am

Good morning!

A few random thoughts while I wonder if the Stanley Cup Final will ever get here...

We finally cracked 10,000 subscribers overnight and we can't thank you enough for the support. Yeah, it's taken a little longer than we hoped, but this was a new venture and all of it is unchartered territory. When we started this, I never envisioned a huge site. Always figured this would be an intimate community made up of hardcore fans that prefer intelligent debate and study about their teams, and we've definitely achieved that. We weren't going to be for everybody — that was never the goal — that's OK. So far, so good and we'll keep trying to get better. But thanks so much for the support to this point, and we look forward to bringing more into the tent.

BTW, if you missed out on Toucher & Rich's Bruins Superfan contest ... well, it was something else.

I'm sure a few of them were in attendance at the soldout scrimmage last night. Highlights: Tuukka Rask allowed two goals, Brad Marchand left with a hand tweak, and David Krejci was sent home sick.

They were missing some key players and it's very early, but the Patriots look like they're on their way.

Red Sox won again in Toronto, but now things get real for the Sox: they head into a two-week stretch where they face the Astros, Yankees and Rays.

Have a great Memorial Day Weekend! And, remember, it's always Veterans' Day here at BSJ. Yes, we get behind from time to time depending on how busy it is, but we will push it through as soon as we can. Thanks!