Now that’s how you break a losing streak. A taut pitcher’s duel, some ass-droppingly good glovework, at least three or four guys you could point …

Look here, land dwellers. The guy’s finally seeing some big league action. Think he’s gonna just sit back and let Doc Halladay mow down his …

::Looks around::::Shuts off phone::::Locks door::::Checks outside window::::Locks window::::Closes blinds::::Draws shades::::Double locks door::::Turns off lights::::Opens basement door::::Heads down stairs::::Turns off light::::Opens door to secret “sub-basement”::::Gets in, …

Folks, you’ve been forced to endure NESN’s “The Adventures of Ellsbury ‘n’ Elf” here at SurvivingGrady.com for some time now. But did you ever wonder …

Okay, so the guy I mocked in the previous post turned in a complete game gem, shutting us down like a rusty old lamp and …

When your losing streak hits four games, when you find yourselves on the business-end of two back-to-back bitch-slappings by the perennial AL East cellar dwellers, …

Yeah, the bullpen took what could have been Justin Masterson’s first big-league win and promptly flushed it down the Beemis. But that doesn’t mean we …

Justin Masterson gets the call for today’s series finale against the Angels, as pretty much every other available pitcher on the team is down and …

The latest player to fall victim to the clubhouse flu is Daisuke “He Who I Just Can’t Bring Myself to Call Dice-K” Matsuzaka. So tonight, …

As savvy readers of this here blog will recall, it was a dark day for me when the Mouth of Truth was dispatched by NESN …

It’s almost hard to believe that there was a time in my life when I expected the Red Sox to find bold new ways to …

If there’s one team we’ve become pretty handy at mopping up the floor with, a team whose playoff dreams we’ve shattered into a million tiny …

Ladies and gents, I have a confession. Yesterday afternoon, for the first time in a long time, I took the name of Manny in vain. …

Last night, when it became apparent that Josh Beckett was like the 400-pound gorilla they simply weren’t going to knock off the bicycle, the Yankees …

You know what’s even cooler than watching Manny swat home runs as casually as the average man pours a bowl of Cookie Crisp? It’s watching …

… sooner or later, everyone takes a beating. And that was one ugly, ugly beating, low-lighted by some ass-tearingly bad pitching. Buchholz was dismal, giving …

Wang versus Buchholz sounds like the title of some bad 70s porn movie. The type that involves at least one line of dialogue like, “Hey, …

Red: If you’re talking the single most bizarre moment in any Red Sox game, let alone a Sox-Yankees mash-up, it has to be that bit …

I think I’ve reached the point where I enjoy seeing the Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians even more than seeing them beat the Yankees. …

At least we hope to, as Wakefield takes on Paul Byrd, a guy who looks oddly enough like the dude who works in your office …

It’s sometimes creepy to think that if the Sox had landed Mike Mussina back in the day, we might have never signed Manny Ramirez. So …

The last time the Sox were here, the Injuns tried to throw Commander Kick Ass off his game by using the old “Hey, here’s that …

Cashman: They’re a good team, those Red Sox. I have to give them that. Headwarmer: You pitched to Manny with first base open, didn’t you? …

For those of you keeping score, last week, a Sox-loving construction worker confessed to burying an Ortiz jersey in the new Yankee Stadium. According to …

Ortiz is hitting .077. Timlin boasts a 54.00 ERA. The Sox have taken out the basement apartment in the American League East. And, honestly, I …

So Dunkin’ Donuts has this commercial with Jonathan Papelbon. And it shows him getting a long line of congratulatory ass-slaps after a game — a …

See that guy in the photo above? Man, I love that dude.

He does! Seriously! You’re up there, thinking you’re getting on his nerves by giving him what for from the bleachers and grandstands and barrooms and …

Bill Buckner had another heartfelt homecoming, wiping tears from his eyes as he walked to the mound to throw the first pitch. Li’l Johnny Pesky …

I’ve always felt that if you’re world champs, you should get to open the next season at home. No questions asked. You just sit there …

The minute that ball left Delcarmen’s hand, I calmly placed my beer on the floor, headed into the kitchen, found a corkscrew, and briefly considered …

After two miserable losses in the Great White North, we turn to our stopper. Josh. El Beckko. Commander Kick Ass of the F@#k Yeah Brigade. …

Here’s the thing. This fairly sweet grove of trees in the Fenway area was my grandfather’s home. Then one day in 1911, these f@#king guys …

A spectacular quote from The Large Father on the Globe’s Extra Bases blog, regarding the futile attempts of such alleged “Papi Neutralizers” as Mike Myers …

Two stellar, back-to-back pitching performances from Matsuzaka and Lester. Hits and home runs from Ortiz and Tek. The first official Manny “let me pull up …