Strange Days, Indeed
For me. Interleague play has all the allure of a Golden Girls marathon. Apparently, it brings out the worst and weirdest in others as well. …
For me. Interleague play has all the allure of a Golden Girls marathon. Apparently, it brings out the worst and weirdest in others as well. …
Another win. Another trouncing. Another National League team sent scrambling to the gates of Fenway, clutching what’s left of their pride and their teeth, imprint …
What’s with all the pancakes? You don’t like pancakes? No. Coco love. But… jesus. There’s like 1,000 of them. Nothing’s too good for my boys. …
The Red Sox returned to Fenway with a problem. Lenny DiNardo is still on the DL. Matt Clement developed a mysterious arm injury (that everyone …
Dudes. Seriously. WTF? I turn my back for one second to mess around with the weather crystals, trying to arrange a little light rain for …
A solid win. A nice outing from Colonel Beckett. A home run from Papi. Three hits from A-Gon, whose bat is suddenly filthy with summetime …
First: Nice job, Les. Now, today’s game. I remember the days when we were Atlanta’s beeyotch, laying down and taking it like a champ whenever …
Other than the Trop, is there a park in all of baseball as miserable as the Metrodome? For this trip, it certainly brought out the …
My dad passed away Tuesday morning. And I couldn’t be happier. Understand: I mean no disrespect. I loved my dad like you read about. But …
I would rather have every hair on my body plucked out with tweezers before having to witness anything like that again. If you didn’t know …
I was wrong. There, I’ve said it out loud and I throw myself at the mercy of Red Sox Nation asking forgiveness. In all of …
Is the glass half empty or half full? Do you look at yesterday’s split and say “they started a rookie pitcher in the second game, …
Two things I’ve learned about playing Texas: it always rains, and they hit the crap out of the baseball. Yesterday’s rain delay approached the 5-hour …
On a night the Sox get rained out… it’s almost like being stood up, isn’t it? You get all gussied up in your cap and …
Man, I hate watching games in hospitals. All those machines beeping and intercoms blaring and sallow people shuffling about; it’s not just unsettling, it’s too …
Let’s just lay it all on the table: last night’s game was an embarassment. An abomination. A night of profound ugliness, rivaled perhaps only by …
For all my fears of Papi wrenching a hammy during interleague play, I must say that jaw hit floor in my house when Youk was …
First, a confession: I didn’t watch a second of yesterday’s game. I was drinking, gambling, getting all mussed up with women of questionable reputation, making …
Now THAT’S how you end a game. Frustration everywhere. Schilling set to be the hard-luck loser after a splendid outing. Papi launching a drive that …
Okay, I’ve seen enough of Toronto, thanks. Sure, I’ll happily pocket last night’s W — a true “team” victory if there ever was one — …
Yeah, that picture pretty much sums up the Red Sox performance against the Jays. Not just last night either, Jaspar, I’m talking about all season. …
In some ways, as pathetic as it might sound, I’d rather have lost last night’s game by that 6-3 score that held through 7 innings. …
It’s become increasingly clear that the only time Rudy Seanez should be allowed onto the playing field at Fenway is if there’s a fire in …
Just when I was falling in love with the idea of having Boomer back… I have to let him go. Again. Sadness rules my world. …
Dear Mr. Ortiz: Splendid work last night. It was nice to see you bust out of Wednesday’s 0-for-5 coma which, let’s face it, helped sink …
First things first: Manny Ramirez. What the f–k? I mean, a couple nights ago the guy catches thirteen levels of heck from Yankee Nation for …
Running late and running a fever, so it’s a quick one today. But really, what is there to say after last night’s loss to the …
Folks, my mind is an eternal Yankees elimination party. It rages 24/7, there’s free drinks and steak for everyone, and after midnight we give Ron …
The only good things I can say about yesterday’s loss to the Phillies are as follows: 1) It closes out this mercifully brief interleague fling. …
The White Sox versus the Cubs for Windy City bragging rights ends up in a good old-fashioned throwdown. Yankees play the Mets for back page …
We’ll take a win, because winning is nice and we like it. Especially when it’s fueled exclusively by home runs by Papi, Tek and Scenic …
Coupla things: First, anyone who reads this blog regularly knows I loves me some Hazel Mae. She doesn’t come quite to the level of Kelly …
We knew this ridiculous stretch against the Orioles couldn’t last. Like all good things in life, it had to eventually end. My hope, however, was …
At about 8:30 I was ready to make the call. With the Red Sox up 4-0 and the Yankees getting pasted, I almost did it. …