June 2011

The worst thing about last night’s loss wasn’t watching our ace get slapped around. It wasn’t watching our offense scratch out a meager two hits. It wasn’t even losing “the World Series preview” opener. The worst thing was knowing we have to listen to another day of bitching about interleague play. Interleague play has nothing [...]

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Josh Beckett, the man who tamed the Yankees, versus Cliff Lee, the man who snubbed the Yankees? Damn right I’ll take some of that. And I’ll be showin’ ‘em what being an obnoxious Boston fan is all about. From the privacy of my living room.

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The Sox are in Philly for the next couple days, which means Teets will be traveling incognito. The guy who used to manage the Phillies (for comparative purposes, think “The Butch Hobson Era” in Boston) understands that he remains persona non grata in the City of Brotherly Love. And he’s not expecting a laurel and [...]

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Josh Beckett will be doing the charity thing on August 29, hosting his annual Beckett Bowl at Lucky Strikes Lanes. My feeling is any event that brings Verne Troyer and the guy with the glasses from Run-DMC together with Commander Kickass — as Beckett Bowl has in the past — earns “must attend” status in [...]

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The Red Sox did not break their losing streak with a relentless show of offense. Nor did they shut out Pittsburgh in a 1-0 pitching duel. Instead, they received a gift from the good Pirates: four errors contributing to a 4-2 win. Three of the errors led directly to runs, unearned of course. But an [...]

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Wasn’t it just a couple weeks ago that the Sox were smashing the cream of the AL East to pulp, rolling over any team that would dare stand between us and the division crown? Man, it sure seems like a long time ago. Back then, the Sox could do no wrong, and would even occasionally [...]

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More miserable weather, another miserable outcome. Last night’s loss prevented Jon Lester from hitting the 10-win mark thanks to the lack of a timely hit once again. Even Papi sounds tired of the rain. “What’s wrong with Mother Nature?” Ortiz said. “I just walk up to the plate and it starts pouring. What’s up with [...]

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Man, I’m pretty jazzed for this Boston-Pittsburgh series. Because I grew up in the heat of the great Sox-Pirates rivalry of the ’70s and ’80s. And I remember the time Carl Yastrzemski had Willie Stargell forcibly removed from his favorite restaurant for playing too many Chi-Lites tunes on the jukebox. And when Willie returned the [...]

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I appreciate you offering to drive me to Pittsburgh. No worries. Teets thought it would make sense. Give you a chance to relax. Find your peace. Get your head straight. Although I notice we passed the exit for Pennsylvania a couple hours back. I know a better route. All the GPS I need is right [...]

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