September 2010

Clay Buchholz does for win number 16 in Seattle. Tune in now folks, this ain’t no late-night game!

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Dice-K goes for win number ten tonight. Unfortunately,other than people on the west coast and a few drunks around here, I’m not sure many people will be up to see his effort. Sure, I’llbe up, but people with real jobs and lives aren’t going to stay up until midnight to see Dice-K battle Ichiro, are [...]

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With the Rays now in first place and the Sox seven games behind the Yanks for the wild card, I’m not exactly clearing up my schedule for any 2010 World Series victory parades down Comm Ave. But last night’s win, anchored by another stupendous Jon Lester performance, is the kind of game that gets me [...]

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Seriously, if the Red Sox can’t beat this guy, it’s time to think about a new career. He looks like he belongs on the chess team or playing tuba in the marching band. In other news, the Jets are in trouble for allegedly harrassing Mexican reporter Ines Sainz. Woody Johnson had this to say: “I [...]

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At this stage of the season, as playoff hopes fade like murky watercolor paintings left out in the rain (a lyric proudly lifted from the Barry Manilow hit, “Too Strong a Relish”), I pin my hopes on the little things. Like praying that Jon Lester can nab his 17th win. And that Ortiz might slam [...]

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Now, finally, we can all admit we’re just playing out the string. As Red said, we’ll watch, we’ll root, we’ll cheer, but we know:we’re looking to next year. Tonight, I have my eye on Saltalamacchia to see if he might be the 2011 catcher, being backed up and benefiting from the wisdom of Tek? Lackey’s [...]

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I honestly thought — without the help of drugs or alcohol — that this west coast swing might be where the Sox turn it around. “They’re going to turn it around,” I said to the drunk next to me as I lie in bed watching last night’s game. “The drive to the playoffs begins now.” [...]

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Folks, I have to admit: I’ve been living a lie. I just got back from a week-long sojourn to Las Vegas. And before I set foot on that sunbaked soil, I was convinced that I’d experienced fast food. That I knew fast food. Turns out, however, I knew nothing. I’d never been to In-N-Out Burger. [...]

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We know him as the RemDawg. Former Red Sox player, cancer survivor, our beloved color commentator on NESN. We enjoy all of his antics: from air guitar to breaking down the great “pizza throwing incident.” But man, I wouldn’t want to hang out with his kids. Last week, Remy’s son Jordan was arrested for assaulting a [...]

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