November 2009

Yup. Mr. Burks. Still one of my favorite moments from 2004: Watching Ellis carrying the trophy off the plane as the Sox returned home from St. Louis. Guy has about as much of a chance of making the Hall as Dom DeLuise. But if Cooperstown had a “Frank Capra Wing,” that moment would be a [...]

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OK, so they never really say anything about the Red Sox. But we know…

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Why get out of bed and cart your nasty, hungover ass to the local Wal-Mart? We’ve got plenty of things to keep the Sox fan on your list happy. Like select shirts for just ten bucks and free shipping (shirts that we promise neither myself nor Denton have already worn. In most cases). And for [...]

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As our pal Rob at The Bottom Line noted in our comments section, the Sox will be minus A-Gon come 2010. While we were blabbering on about liberating the best of Toronto, those sneaky Canadians actually did something, securing Gonzalez to a one-year deal, and clearing the path for Marco Scutaro to join our ranks. [...]

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Six years ago today, Theo Epstein and Larry Lucchino took a road trip out west that helped change the fate of the Boston Red Sox. They showed up at Curt Schilling’s doorstep on Thanksgiving bearing gifts for the Schilling family and a couple of wheelbarrows full of cash and a Sox jersey for Curt. The [...]

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Actually, I have no bloody idea if the man’s really fleet of foot. I just wanted to use that headline. But, yeah, we got Tug Hulett from the Royals. Soon, my friends. Soon we shall have the largest and finest collection of utility fielders in the land. Perhaps in the entire world. They shall all [...]

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For far too long, our country has been under the thumb of our Canadian oppressors, sitting back and just taking it while they defile our country with their hockey and their Degrassi and Rush’s “By-Tor and the Snow Dog.” Even as we speak, Jason Bay, crafty minion of the Canucks, is holding our feet to [...]

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I’ve always counted Gary Sheffield among the most imposing looking batters. Not that he’ll ever be mistaken for Mr. Rogers outside the box, but when he steps to the plate, he seemingly transforms into a deranged, Night Train-swilling ‘Nam vet who was bitten by a vampire bat and just watched some asshole swipe the last [...]

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NESN and Fox Sports are reporting that the Sox are actively shopping Scenic Lowell, even willing to yummy down on half his $12 million salary to clinch a deal. Not surprising, because in all this Adrian Gonzalez chatter, the most likely scenario — assuming the Sox could ever pull it off — saw Youkbacca moving [...]

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