First things first, could we please get some props for those dudes who constructed their own Papel-Bot marionette last night, complete with moving legs for …
He arrived in a flurry of Dunkin’ Donuts and truck commercials, and tonight, as we try to take another step toward our second World Series …
The 2003 ALCS left me a quivering pool of Irish oatmeal, barely able to take on solid food and haunted by images of a shirtless …
Royce: You said if somebody steals a base in the World Series… Coco: The first time somebody steals a base… Taco Bell is gonna give …
Game one? On a Wednesday night? Dudes, come on. That’s great for hobos and inmates, but what about the working man? The guy who pays …
As if losing an ALCS in which your team had a 3-1 edge didn’t sting enough, the Cleveland Plain Dealer lowers the full testicle stomp …
Sunday night, immediately following the final out of game seven, Jonathan Papelbon likely had the FCC on high alert when, after being asked by the …
With El Bencho back in our lives Sunday night, throwing out the first pitch and generally acting El Bencho-ish (I didn’t see him during the …
American League champions? I’ll drink, eat and dust off my collection of Brendan Donnelly-inspired scrimshaw (“Brendan versus the whale,” “Brendan spears some natives,” “Brendan gets …
You can’t tell me you didn’t call it. Because you did call it. I called it. Your grandmother called it. The guy who played “Dr. …
Look at that face. Look at it, I say! Is that the face of a guy who’s gonna let you down tonight? Who’s gonna let …
Do you get the feeling we’ve seen the last of Josh Beckett in the 2007 ALCS? Because I sure as hell don’t. If we’re in …
How many times can you truly beat the devil (and by devil, of course, I mean John Stamos)? In 2004, we proved that anything can …
I suppose we have them just where we want them now, these Cleveland Indians. Lulled into a false sense of security, riding high on the …
It’s incredibly easy to rag on Eric Gagne for his general ineptitude with a Sox game on the line, questionable taste in eye wear and …
a) The awkwardly hip woodshop/American literature/The Vietnam War and Its Impact on American Culture professor b) Jeff Daniels in The Squid and the Whale. c) …
That was our chance, I figured, after Youk flew out to center with the potential winning run aboard in the bottom of the ninth. No …
With all due respect to Charlton Heston and Will Smith, I think Josh Beckett would do a lot better as the last man on earth. …
In anticipation of tonight’s showdown between the Sox and Injuns at Friendly Fenway, we decided to pour through the memory banks to recall our favorite …
Dudes, if you’ve spent any time over the last four seasons reading this blog — and I know you haven’t — you’d understand that I …
Today’s Cleveland Plain-Dealer Indians blog tells me that “Red Sox Nation is so busy basking in the defeat of their hated rivals, no one is …
Cashman: [scribbling in journal] Okay, so. I like the way Wang matches up with Beckett, so he gets Game One… Headwarmer: What’s up? Cashman: Not …
So someone comes up to me in the office today and asks, “Are you praying for the Yankees to beat the Indians so we can …
A wise man named Wesley Snipes once said, “Always bet on black.” If you can find Wesley these days, hiding from IRS agents in a …
Even after watching it 500 times, Manny’s game-two-winning, heart-attack-inducing, pimped-out-to-the-extreme, earned-you-or-a-teammate-a-fastball-off-the-jublees home run still gets me giddy. And bonus props to the guy for coming …
Tonight, Daisuke Matsuzaka will take the mound in his biggest start to date. Bad enough the guy’s gotta follow-up Josh Beckett’s ridiculously spectacular performance Wednesday …
Josh Beckett was particularly Josh Becketty last night, smothering the Angels with a complete-game, four-hit shutout and basically stopping short of hog-tying Garret Anderson, stomping …
I said something very similar to this before the 2004 playoffs. For mojo’s sake, I felt it needed to be said again. Baseball in October …
Superstitious punk that I am, I avoid rallies that occur before the playoffs even start like the plague. But I will say this: Yesterday, during …
Ladies and gentlemen, your mission statement for the 2007 post-season. In handy photo format.
The first couple seconds of this clip, shot with a cheap-ass camera by a drunken blogger while half of my place was being consumed in …
Too drunk and tired to say anything more than hell yeah. Except what the f@#k is Patrick Bateman doing standing behind Lowell in that screencap? …
Listen, Friday is Saturday’s surly mistress, inviting you to stay out a bit later, drink a bit more, have that second steak dinner and keep …
So the hitting’s coming together, Mike Lowell has been outed as a native of Krypton, and Manny’s back with a vengeance. And now the Sox …