July 2010

Because Red Sox fans apparently can’t make up their own minds as to who they love or hate, there’s been lots of “instructions” in the papers and on sports radio this week as to how we’re supposed to greet Johnny Damon tonight when he arrives at Fenway finally clean of those nasty-ass pinstripes. Honestly, I [...]

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By tomorrow afternoon, we’re going to know who is in for the stretch run. The looming menace of the trading deadline will have passed, and anyone reporting for duty in a Red Sox uni starting August 1st damn well better be in this thing to win. Despite the fact that the Sox have endured a [...]

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We couldn’t help but notice that ratings are down. That the Sox are no longer the sure thing they used to be. And that the pre-game shows just kinda melt into each other. But don’t sweat it, NESN programmers; your pals here at Surviving Grady have got your bailout plan. Personally, we think that The [...]

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If the Red Sox go on to the playoffs and make some noise in October, we can look back at this Angels series as the turning point. After losing the series in Oakland, followed by a dismal split against the lowly Mariners, the road trip could have turned the Red Sox into sellers at the trading deadline. [...]

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We hardly think of ourselves as trendsetters here at Surviving Grady, even though Denton was first on the “Sweats Bi Ebe” craze back in the 80s. But we do dig the fact that after we coined “Commander Kick Ass of the F#$k Yeah Brigade” to describe the madness in human form that is Josh Beckett, [...]

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Thank you, John Lackey, for turning it up to 11 and getting us one step closer to my dream of sweeping the Angels. Why you were sent back out for the eighth inning is something only Teets and his therapist know for sure, but I appreciate the badassery you displayed before a crowd that surely [...]

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I’ve never been a big fan of Jered Weaver. So I’m kinda sorta hoping that scrawny dink decides to carry over last night’s HBP shenanigans into tonight’s game. Because I wanna see Youk (the likeliest recipient of a beaning) flip him like a motherf$%king blond pancake. A girlie pancake. Because that’s what Jered Weaver is. [...]

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Any nine-year-old fan of the Encyclopedia Brown books could solve last night’s mystery: what do you do with Big Papi at the plate in the eighth inning of a one-run game? The first clue was already public knowledge, no sleuthing required. Ortiz had already belted his 20th homer of the season back in the third [...]

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Sweet Jesus, I just want to see a win. A sweet fix of victory to get me through the night and silence the drums. So something, anything that shakes up the suckus quo and gets us back on track is welcome. Tonight, that something is Victor Martinez. I’m not expecting the guy to hit for [...]

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