Bringing Down The House
Opening Day at Fenway. Magic and anticipation swirl about in the warm spring air. This is one of baseball’s finer moments. And the Red Sox …
Opening Day at Fenway. Magic and anticipation swirl about in the warm spring air. This is one of baseball’s finer moments. And the Red Sox …
For the past ten years, Fenway Opening Day has been my Christmas. It’s a holiday. It’s a holy day. It’s a day no work is …
Deceptively beautiful. Fluttering towards the batter begging to be hit, only to dance away from the bat at the last second. It is the knuckleball. …
First things first, yesterday’s game was played in Baltimore, right? At Camden Yards? Because unless it was just a souped-up NESN trick, it seemed to …
Especially when you get 14 of ’em. Throw in 16 hits and you’ve got a shitload of baserunners and an old-fashioned Friday night beat down. …
Some worthless observations after watching the first three games of the season. Josh Beckett + packed house at Fenway is gonna equal unstoppable awesomeness. I’m …
Wow.Josh Beckett mowing down batters. Fists pumping and attitude flowing. Schill in the dugout, watching like a proud father, animated, smiling. An absolutely giddy RemDawg …
1) “It’s only April” – Last time I checked, a game in April counts as much as a game in September. Remember 2005? We had …
Dude. The Red Sox are going to win the World Series. Alright, maybe that’s too bold a statement. Let’s just say they totally went above …
“People will come, Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway, not knowing for sure why they’re …
Sure, it’s only Cleveland versus the White Sox. Not the big Tampa Bay – Boston rivalry, but it is baseball. Real, live, counts-in-the-standings baseball. C.C. …
Ladies, you had your chances. You won’t have my besotted arse eyeing you deviously from across the bar anymore. Same goes for you, TiVo. Though …
“Johnny. Something’s wrong.” “What is it? The batteries go dead?” “Take that off. This isn’t fun time. This is serious.” “Okay. What is it?” “I …
I realized something while watching tonight’s Remdog Unleashed special on NESN. First, my manlove for Remy is immense. And after a winter that found me …
1. New York Yankees: “I hate them too, but cannot ignore the potent bats, capable of offensive output so staggering it could engulf the entire …
With all that is good and right and fun about baseball starting up soon, there is a shadow looming in the season ahead. The shadow’s …
Just when we thought that a Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood-like tranquility had been restored after the Josh Beckett testosterone-fest on Sunday, Our Man Tavarez kicked good …
One of the things we dug about Josh Beckett coming to Boston, beyond his youth, his two-seam fastball, and the heightened possibility of a Leeann …
As we find The Graffer being placed on waivers by the Red Sox, I humbly direct you to my August 9, 2005 post, Who Died …
Folks, there’s a reason we put Mike Timlin and Dave Roberts on the cover of Surviving Grady: The Book. For one thing, they’re both handsome …
Yankees 5, Red Sox 4 “It’s not a big deal…it’s an exhibition game,” Damon said. Right. This was Round 1 in a 20+ round heavyweight …
With Bronson Arroyo headed to Cincy, The Gammons holds auditions for a new headlining act for the next Hot Stove, Cool Music show. ::singing:: “Thank …
“I really admire Bronson and have gotten to know him really well,” Epstein said, but “if I allowed my personal feelings about a player or …
Folks, I’m having those dreams again. No, not the Eva Longoria-Keira Knightley threesome, although that’s a good one, too. I’m talking about the one where …
Last week, we learned that the Dave Matthews Band will be playing Fenway Park this summer. Today, we find that the Sox are considering a …
Sure, today’s the day the Sox will bust with the cool green unis for more grapefruit madness. But it’s also the day that I call …
Here’s a quick summary of my off-season survival plan: The World Series ends in October, and the dark days begin. Quite literally here in Boston …
Congrats to Terry Francona on finally scoring a raise from his bosses. A long time coming, if you ask me. If all was right with …
Howie: Ladies and gentlemen, it is my privilege to present one of the true characters left in baseball today. From the lair of the Chunichi …
Schill here. Red’s still sprawled out in bed, shotgunning DayQuil and Boone’s Farm. Meanwhile, Denton remains MIA, probably holed up in an Ivory Tower somewhere. …
So there’s this nasty, nasty virus going around the office. No, it’s not ennui… it’s something far worse. Like this horrific sinus infection kinda thing, …
Sure, there’s a lot to talk about, what with Adam Stern and his pack of hockey-mad Canucks beating the US in the first round of …
Matt ClementI think I’ll let my performance on the mound speak for itself. Not that, you know, my pitching will be funny. That will be …
Hey folks, Denton here. I know we meet here every day, have a few laughs, throw some Yankee-hate around, then go stumbling back into whatever …