January 2011

Just an old interview showing A-Rod supporting Barry Bonds and lying about his steroid use. Douchebag.

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The Rays were already staggering from the loss of two big bats in their line-up when Carl Crawford and Carlos Pena walked. The knock-out blow was self-inflicted when the Rays traded Matt Garza to the Cubs. The Rays also lost a key piece of their bullpen in the off-season when Dan Wheeler signed with the Red [...]

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The Sox brass have apparently kiboshed their plan to expand the bullpen, a move that would have shortened the right field fence by about 10 feet (roughly R2-D2 on Chewbacca’s shoulders, for those who like to convert all measurements to “Star Wars”). The idea was first proposed as a way to “right-size” one of the [...]

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Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar were announced as the newest members of The Baseball Hall of Fame. Oddly, Blyleven made it in his 14th year on the ballot…not sure how he wasn’t good enough back then, but after not playing for 19 years he has improved and is now HoF caliber. But then again, I [...]

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With the wondrous Amalie Benjamin off the Sox beat, I’ve been wondering just how NESN plans to replicate the broadcasting one-two punch of Amalie and Heidi Watney on the pre-game show. The thought of Pete Abraham being wedged into tight pants and glasses is far too horrific to contemplate, so I’ll assume NESN is currently [...]

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I hope everyone had a safe and festive New Year. Now that I’m sober for the first time in 2011, I wanted to look back one last time at 2010. I’ll get to the Sox in a minute, but first I have to get this off my chest: it’s time to put Dick Clark out [...]

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One of my proudest moments as a Red Sox fan came when Bill Buckner — he of the monolithic eyebrows and 1986 World Series infamy — got a standing O on opening day at Fenway during his short-lived 1990 return to the Sox. Now we’ll have a chance to give him love whenever we feel [...]

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Also, they literally paved paradise and put up a parking lot. Although in this case, “paradise” means the McDonald’s that used to stand right across from Fenway. Score one for BK (from whose lot I shot this); they’re still there.

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The Sox have signed superutilityguy Hector Luna, fondly remembered in these parts as “Out Number Two of the Eighth Inning of Game Four of the 2004 World Series” (Embree got him swinging), to a minor league deal. While it’s unlikely that the guy will ever see one game of action in a Sox uni, I [...]

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