All posts on January, 2005

NESN presents the 2004 ALCS, beginning tonight at 8:00pm. Speaking as a guy who officially threw in the towel after the abomination that was Game …

One of the things that’s been helping me through the baseball-less winter, besides the NESN re-runs [ALCS 2004 starts next Monday!] and stacks of European …

Unlike Red, I despise winter. It is cold, the days are short, and worst of all, there is no baseball. I am a huge football …

So this is what I’ve been reduced to. Collapsed across the couch, empty Heineken bottles strewn about the floor, every light in the place turned …

The best thing about winning the World Series? Well, there’s the money, the ring, the bragging rights, the look on your neighbors’ faces when you’re …

After all the hype, all the interviews, the trash-talking and the comparing of numbers, the New England Patriots did what they do best. Win big …

While New England digs out of a mid-winter blizzard to prepare for the AFC Championship games, the Hot Stove couldn’t be hotter. Delgado and Ordonez …

When he left us for the Blue Jays, I was all, “To heck with that fat bastard” and “Have fun playing in front of 2,500 …

Last night, we drank. And when we drink, in between oafish attempts at “l’amour” and trying to make like Wade Boggs and will ourselves invisible …

If Mark Bellhorn was a movie, he’d be Repo Man. If he was a band, he’d be Wilco. If he was a TV show, he’d …

If you haven’t already read Faithful by Stewart O’Nan and Stephen King, what are you waiting for? The fact that the Sox are World Series …

Just when we thought we couldn’t pack any more Dave Roberts love into this website… we’re packing in more Dave Roberts love. Because not a …

Instead of posting my top ten list of favorite dessert foods or an in-depth analysis of the Swedish steel industry, we’re switching gears and talking …

This week, Major League Baseball released the terms of a new substance abuse policy focused on performance enhancing drugs. For years there has been speculation …

In November of 1977, Queen released their album News of the World. Just after Christmas the same year, it was certified platinum. To this day, …

Confession: I’m a winter soul. I love when it gets dark at 4:00 in the afternoon. Snow drifts up to my ass and my car …

…but Carl Pavano ain’t one. Actually, more like 39 problems. These are the thoughts that haunt my sleep: 1. Randy Johnson. 2. Randy Johnson’s haircut. …

Call him Shank, call him CHB (Curly-Haired Boyfriend), call him inventor of the curse, or call him Bozo. Use whichever nickname you prefer, just don’t …

EPSN and Dirt Dogs note that Derek Lowe is on the verge of signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Not surprisingly, Derek himself has no …

The big news for tonight’s Hot Stove Cool Music show at the Paradise, at least in my fevered brain, is that Theo Epstein will be …

It’s official. Ball gate is on. And no, this isn’t some cheap reference to Michael Jackson’s legal problems. In a nutshell [d’oh!], Minty held on …

It’s Friday morning, and after a night of barfights and gunplay [Thank you, Providence], we’re just gonna let this one devolve into a series of …

Cooperstown. The Baseball Hall of Fame. The final jewel in the crown for so many. The elusive dream for so many more. And what separates …

I’ll miss the Pokester. Although injuries and the emergence of The Bell as RSN’s new cult hero limited his playing time in 2004, he leaves …

This is the first time I’ve ever really sat and watched El Tiante pitch. Two words: F–king. Awesome. Best Red Sox player name ever: Dick …

Okay. So. You’ve bought all of the DVDs, commemorative scrap books and Red Sox World Champion sweatshirts you could get your hands on. You’ve got …

“Last year, when the Sox won the World Series…” I’ve been practicing saying that for a couple of days. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Yesterday, we …