Keith Hayes got his love for writing in the 6th grade where he began writing sci-fi stories for classmates and friends, while continuing to write over the years as a personal hobby.
In 1991 after purchasing WebTV, he caught the Internet bug and began writing on various message boards and newsgroups under the pseudonym Mista Sinista. His posts became popular as he covered movie reviews, the New England Patriots, WCW and WWE (formerly WWF) wrestling. Just do a Google search for Mista Sinista or Sinista1 under groups, and you'll discover enough material to read for months.
As his debating talents developed online, he became vocal in his local newspaper, the Enterprise. He began submitting Letters to the Editor, and most of his pieces were printed on a regular basis. He also had similar success with his letters to the early years of Patriots Football Weekly. After generating some buzz and catching the eyes of readers, Keith was contacted to write for wrestling web site Wrestlenutz.com. He was then later contacted to write for a New England Patriots fan website PatriotsFootball.com, which is now known as PatsFans.com.
When covering the Pats, Keith kept his Mista Sinista attitude and reviewed the games with his "tell it like it is" style. The Patriots experience soon took off, and allowed him to meet various players, travel to a Pro Bowl in Hawaii, a Super Bowl in New Orleans, several away games in the Meadowlands, and some great games in Foxboro, where he has been a season ticket holder since 1990.
Today, he covers the New England Patriots for eSports and as a 12th Man correspondent for PatsFans.com. You can read his political and local debates on his hometown site Brockton Forums. But for a real treat, you can also see the twisted side on his moniker web site Sinista1.com, where he has some great spoofs like "Barbie and Ken's True Hollywood Story," and "Celebrity Survivor."
Most recently, Keith has become a co-host on two hit radio shows at WXBR 1460 AM in Brockton (formerly WBET). On Fridays, Keith can be heard during the "On the Mark PI Show," with his host Private Investigator Mark Chauppetta, who has his own reality television show in negotiations, and a role in the upcoming horror film Frightworld where he plays an FBI Agent hunting a serial killer who has killed his wife.
Keith is now following in his host’s footsteps after scoring a part in Walt Disney's upcoming movie "The Game Plan," starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. In the movie, Keith plays a football player on QB Joe Kingman’s (Dwayne's character) Boston Rebels rival team the New York Dukes. Also joining Keith on the show is defense attorney Ken Diesenhof, and Brockton Police Officer Frank "Czman".
On Saturdays, Keith can be heard during "Krashing Into the Bigfield/The Lock Up" from noon to 4 p.m. talking sports with Enterprise writer Kevin Tocci, and aspiring actor Tom Mariano, cousin to "Boston Rob" of "Survivor/Amazing Race" fame. The show also features guests Matt Futrell, Peter Czymbor, Dennis Harris, and is produced by former Indie wrestler Mike Pavia. The South Shore Sports Show is growing, as the first two hours cover sports (professional and local), while the second two hours cover the best talk in professional and Indie wrestling.
Usually I write a piece after every game, but seeing that week 1 and week 2 opponents were AFC East match-ups, I figured I would wait to see the outcome since I had predicted my outcome in my last piece.
Week 1 the Pats opened the season in Foxboro against the Buffalo Bills, and for the first half it was almost as if someone had dressed the Red Sox in Patriots uniforms. For QB Tom Brady, it was a nightmare from the opening drive when he fumbled the ball away allowing the Bills defense to put a quick six on the board after the TD recovery by LB Takeo Spikes. By halftime, the Pats passing game stunk up the Razor as if someone opened a full diaper genie. Boos rained down as the team headed into the locker room, as I hoped the Patriots imposters would return back to Fenway.
When the second half opened, the Patriots of old returned, and turned the game around with SOLID defensive play, and a dual ground attack with Corey Dillon and Laurence Maroney, but Brady was still having problems despite throwing what was probably one of the best timed interceptions of the game.
The Pats defense had just spanked the Bills offense and abused QB JP Losman for four downs that led to a safety. A safety that fired up an a defense that was already hitting on all cylinders, and was itching to get back out there at a time you could see the Bills offense didn't want to go back out there, and it showed as the defense spanked them again.
The Bills coaching staff also deserves some credit for the loss. The Bills were up, and just inside the Pats red zone faced with a fourth and one situation. Instead of opting for the FG, the Bills decided to run the ball and got stuffed. If the Bills had kicked the FG, the safety would have left the Pats still down by one. It was funny, because I mentioned this to a person sitting next to me when they were going to go for it that it was going to come back to haunt them if they didn't convert.
The Pats D continued their dominance, and walked out of Foxboro wiping their brows and breathing a sigh of relief at the fact they were able to come back and win this game where their QB and passing game was flat.
This past weekend it was almost the same thing, except the offense was there. Yet, the Jets almost took the game away with three great plays.
On the first of great plays, the Jets were faced with 3rd & 13 on their own 29 yard line, when QB Chad Pennington, from a no-huddle shotgun, tossed up a pass to WR Jeremy Cotchery who got split in half by two of the Patriots' secondary. Yet, he kept his awareness, and realizing his knee never touched the ground, kept going for a 71 yd TD.
On the second great play, faced with third and nine, WR Laverneus Coles hauled in a 46 yard TD pass while making some Walter Payton type moves on his way to the end zone.
The third great play came on a FG attempt late in the fourth, when K Stephen Gostkowski had his 29 yard attempt blocked by LB Johnathan Vilma. However, faced with no timeouts, the Jets had to rush down the field against a hungry Pats defense who ended the game on a LB Tedy Bruschi interception.
Now the Patriots sit and atop of the AFC East waiting for the Denver Broncos to come to town in a game, which I predict, will be very hostile. Why? Because the taste of that playoff loss still lingers in everyone's mouths throughout New England, including Bill Belichick and his Patriots, of which DL Richard Seymour summed it up best this week...
"We don't need a pep rally for this one."