March 2010

Savvy readers will note that the annual Surviving Grady St. Patrick’s Day Mix hasn’t changed much over the last couple seasons. I think I peaked, along with Daisuke Matsuzaka, in 2007, and have let it ride ever since then, cranking it up as I backflip into a vat of Guinness. As always, we welcome your [...]

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Good news from our friends at NESN: Sox prospect Ryan Westmoreland’s surgery to remove a brain malformation was successful. We wish him the luck of the Irish, the very best vibes we can conjure, and anything else he needs to ensure a speedy recovery.

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You wanted to see us, Sarge? You’re damn right I wanted to see you. What’s this bullshit I hear about you guys handing out hot turkey sandwiches to those young toughs on Yancy Street? Aw, it’s cold out there, Sarge. We just thought we could help build good relations with those kids if we brought [...]

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Is anyone else getting concerned about the rash of mysterious and potentially serious issues plaguing the Red Sox? Ryan Westmoreland needs brain surgery to correct a “cavernous malformation” of cells in his brain stem. This could not only affect his ability to play baseball but his overall quality of life. Let’s hope he kicks this [...]

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Ruth may have been credited with building it, but it’s the wrecking ball taking it down. The demolition of “old” Yankee Stadium is underway. At first, it seemed like a non-story to me: a bunch of Bud-drinking Yankee fans named Joey and Big Lou wearing their wife-beaters and cat-calling mildly attractive women as they do [...]

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Spring training is at once the most exhilarating and ball-draggingly slow time of year. But quote like this one, from Teets Francona regarding Friday’s grapefruit rain-out against St. Louis, make it all worthwhile: “What are you going to do? Youk called me at 7:30 and I was dying to say don’t go. But on the [...]

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Those of you eager to inject a little more Clay Buchholz into your life will be happy to see Mr. Lean make what we believe to be his acting debut in this skit from Comedy Central’s Tosh.0. Next up for Buch is an ESPN commercial set to air around opening day, and, of course, the [...]

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Great video from our friends at NESN. This starts out like your run-of-the-mill “charge-the-mound sequence”…but not for long. When the pitcher beats feet and heads for the outfield, it starts to look like something from Benny Hill. Later, the cameraman must be getting jostled or running after the hit batter because things get a little [...]

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I’ve never been to a concert at Fenway Park, unless you count that time during a 2001 rain delay in which Dante Bichette and Morgan Burkhart strapped on the electric guitars and tore through some Foghat classics. But one band I’d love to see play the holiest of cathedrals is U2. I know it’s been [...]

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