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Happy New Year! The best of Boston Irish Blog - 2011

December 31, 2011

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Happy New Year to all! What a great day, we can all look back on the year, enjoy a few memories (hopefully) and then slam the door on it and move on to a bigger, better, brighter 2012. In the meantime, before the fireworks go off tonight, a quick look back at the top ten Boston Irish Blog posts of the year that was. Enjoy.

The best of Boston Irish Blog Top ten stories of 2011

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Bill Frist, the downfall of online poker and jobs being lost in Dublin and the rest of the World.
Friday, March 11, 2011 Signs you shouldn't be gambling
Thursday, May 19, 2011 The Premiere League is about to eat itself
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 The Boston Bruins and the $156,679.74 bar tab
Thursday, January 06, 2011 Underdogs Manchester City battle to 0-0 draw with Arsenal
Thursday, December 08, 2011 Dinamo Zagreb take a dive in the second: French gambling authorities taking a close look at Lyon’s 7-1 win last night.
Monday, December 05, 2011 **** you, Fantasy Football. **** you.
Thursday, August 04, 2011 Pay that man his money! A-Rod and the underground A-List Poker circuit
Monday, October 24, 2011 Beer me: MLB announce they are going to look into Red Sox club-house drinking
Thursday, July 28, 2011 European Baseball Championship qualifying tournament 2011: Time to get back to a single location tournament.

A handful that didn't make the top ten
(But we liked them)

Jan 31st 2011 - Where the streets have no name: U2 and the best Superbowl half time show ever.
Monday, January 24, 2011 - Jay Cutler and casting the first proverbial stone
Monday, January 10, 2011 - The top ten most enjoyable rivalries in sports: Version 2.0
Thursday, February 03, 2011 - National Signing Day; or, ‘How to destroy a young mans life with unrealistic expectations’
Tuesday, April 05, 2011 - Mass panic in Red Sox nation, yet again.
Monday, May 23, 2011 - Ray Lewis: Preacher man.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 - Put the iPad down and go see a ball game
Wednesday, June 08, 2011 - LeBron drops eight points total in crucial game five: We await ESPN’s reaction.
Thursday, July 07, 2011 - The Roger Clemens defence: There is none.

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