A Sort of Homecoming
Best thing about last night’s game: That ovation for Cabby when he stepped to the plate in the first. Is there anyone who cultivated such …
Best thing about last night’s game: That ovation for Cabby when he stepped to the plate in the first. Is there anyone who cultivated such …
Trading deadline comin’ up. Comin’ at ya. Time to start sizing up Cory Lidle and John Lieber. And there’s that nervous feeling in your gut, …
The pattern is getting frighteningly predictable. Schilling pitches, Red Sox win. Beckett pitches, Red Sox win. Lester pitches, Red Sox win. Anyone else pitches, the …
Note to everyone at my office: Today, I’m all about the happy. Seriously, if you’re looking to lay a ton of paperwork at someone’s feet, …
Well, Blogger is being a little bitch today and won’t let me add a picture. And I’m not in the mood to figure it out. …
Whenever I’m watching one of those post-game interviews where Tina Curvaceous chats up Terry Francona, there are certain moments I expect — and in many …
Red Sox Nation has begun to look at every fifth day with as much trepidation as a high school girl waiting on the results of …
The oft-dreaded West Coast trip started with a bang last night. Everything Jamie Moyer threw ended up out of the park. There were more wildly …
Some of the names and faces were a little different but the results were certainly the same. Red Sox Nation hears the two letters “DH” …
Back in the day, the good folks at Marvel Comics created a title called “What If,” which gave them the opportunity to explore such topics …
First off, is it just me or is Jon Lester the world’s oldest looking 22 year-old? I swear when I watch his conferences I’m looking …
For six painful innings, it looked as if the Red Sox — 2004 World Champions and proud owners of the David Ortiz contract — were …
It wouldn’t be a Red Sox season without some sense of dread. Without some feeling that the Grim Reaper stands waiting behind each corner, ready …
DynoMite! Hey everybody, JJ Walker here. Red and Denton offered me a box of Hostess cupcakes and a 40 to give you my expert-like game …
I hate to do it just a couple of days after the break, but it is time for a little reminder of how the game …
What can I say? I took my eyes off the ball for a split second. It’s Little League 101, and it cost us the game. …
The worst sports day of the year is over. Once my vodka and Tylenol PM induced hangover clears, I’ll be ready for the second half …
I almost feel bad for fans of contending National League teams. Almost. You go into the 9th inning with a one-run lead, you put the …
OK, so maybe the All-Star break isn’t that exciting. But after that 19-inning gut-twister, maybe a little break won’t be so bad. The homerun derby …
For all the majestic things that have been going on with this team [12 game win streak! Loretta an All Star! Tavarez still not spotted …
Saturday’s game could very well been “one of those games.” The starting pitching gets you six innings, the bats swing mighty and get you lots …
Why does anybody pitch to him?I know, he’s got a Hall-Of-Famer named Manny Ramirez watching his back. But seriously, at what point do you just …
So we avoided a sweep at the hands of the Rays. Which is good, because the last thing any self-respecting Sox fan needed at this …
Okay. So we’ve lost three in a row to a team with guys named “Aubrey”, “Ty” and “Russell” in its line-up. And tonight, unless the …
You know things are good when it feels weird to lose two games in a row. Especially since one of those games was started by …
I think it all started at Camden Yards. Then it spread to Toronto. It popped up in Chicago and Tampa. Other than the Bronx, it …
The Red Sox win streak ended at 12 games Friday, thanks to Dontrelle Willis. Sunday, a new streak began as Manny and Ortiz took the …
All good things must end. Win streaks. Our brief, four game advantage in the AL East. Jason Johnson’s tenure in the starting rotation (Paging Kyle …
And this one… man, it just felt good from the start, didn’t it? It may have been my pre-game “Keep the Streak Alive” feast of …
I’m not much up on my classic Star Trek, but I believe that there’s an old Vulcan proverb stating, “Wanting is better than having. It …
Ten in a row. Another gem from Lester. Offense bursting at the seams like the buttons on Dom DeLuise’s vest. But the real highlight of …
1865 Abraham Lincoln: Happy anniversary, baby. Here ya go. Mary Todd Lincoln: Tickets? To the Theatre? Abraham Lincoln: It’s a little something called “My American …
Good news: Although your schedule indicates today as an off day, there will, in fact, be baseball at Fenway! Bad news: If, like me, you’re …
First off, a bit of armchair management: If I were Tito, I would have made it a point to get the Hebrew Hammer into yesterday’s …
Unless Peter Gammons can make a call to The Powers That Be about this weather situation in Boston (and you know that with his connections, …