ALCS Game Two Strategy: Let Kiké Hernandez Do Everything
First off, let me say that I have very little experience managing baseball at any level. In fact, the closest I’ve come to being affiliated …
Open Letter to the 2021 Red Sox Before the ALCS
Look, it’s the day of game one of the 2021 ALCS, and Puppet Red has just one favor to ask of the Red Sox. I …
My Mostly Sober Experiences with the Red Sox in the ALCS
The 2021 Red Sox begin the next step in their playoff run Friday night, playing in the ALCS for the first time since that blessed …
Party Mode Christian Arroyo is an Entire Mood
After a week in which they won a one-game Wild Card showdown with the Yankees and then sent the 100-game winning Rays packing in the …
Red Sox Done It Again
I grew up in a time when Red Sox playoff wins were rarer than three-legged rainbows and talking apes. Where every season began with the …
Are the Red Sox Ready to Shock the World… and the Rays?
In game one of the ALDS, the Rays kept the Red Sox offense in check. Every time we got runners on base, they found a …
It’s a Good Time to Love the Red Sox and Excitement
This has been an interesting season to say the least, complete with a stumbling out of the gate against the Orioles, a summer surge, a …
Not the Red Sox Crushing the Yankees’ Playoff Dreams Again
Look, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The 2004 ALCS didn’t just break the Championship drought in Boston, it also helped us …
Puppet Red’s Hype Reel for the 2021 Wild Card Game
The Red Sox are about to take on the Yankees in a one-game elimination match to see who can play the Rays in the 2021 …
A Reminder That Baseball in October Means Everything
Hello. Hi. My name’s Red. Take a seat. Get comfy. Grab a beer. And listen up. Because I’ve got something important to tell you. As …
There’s No Way the Red Sox Aren’t Making the Playoffs: A Slightly Sober Man Explains
When the Red Sox began their late summer skid, falling into a place where they couldn’t stop tripping over their own asses, I made a …
Did Someone Say 69 Wins for the Red Sox?
The Red Sox hit the magic number of wins (69), s we have no choice but to make a celebratory video. This is what it …
Red Makes a Promise to Red Sox Nation
Fellow Red Sox fans, I’ve spent a lot of time during this losing skid listening to my beer. But where has that gotten me? Where …
Future Chris Sale Visited Me and Said Chill Out, the Red Sox Got This
Despite the fact that I’m known to engage in hyperbole and copious amounts of alcohol, I can tell you with a straight face that last …
Red Sox Add 2021 World Series MVP Kyle Schwarber
Fans of trade deadline day excitement will be happy to see that the Boston Red Sox did not sit idly by and watch other teams …
Red Sox End No-Hitter and the 2021 Yankees Season in 5 Minutes
This year hasn’t exactly been kind to the New York Yankees. First, their billion dollar payroll, chock full of mercenaries and alleged superstars, has shat …
The Night the 2021 Yankees Season Officially Ended
As a Sox fan at the turn of the century, I’d learned to live in the shadows of the New York Yankees, who won the …
Aaron Boone is the Gift That Keeps on Giving to Red Sox Fans
Let’s agree on one thing: The Yankees’ hiring of Aaron Boone as manager had nothing to do with his credentials or potential and everything to …
Showing Compassion and Solidarity with Other Teams, Red Sox Lose
You could see this coming a mile away. For a while, last night’s game was running true to form. The Red Sox took an early …
When Chris Sale Returns, the Red Sox Should Accept Unconditional Surrenders from Other Teams
Here’s the thing: the Red Sox are the best team in baseball. End of story. Sure, “experts” will tell you that’s not true, or that …
The Cashman/Headwarmer Dialogues: Good Thing We Dumped Ottavino
The latest entry in the long-running series in which Brian Cashman discusses the current state of the New York Yankees. With his headwarmer. Cashman: I …
The Strangest Dustin Pedroia Memorabilia Ever
One of the advantages of living within a 20 minute drive (or one-hour drunken stumble) of Fenway Park is the ability to bask in its …
Remember When the Red Sox Feared the Yankees?
All it ever seems to take to bring out the worst (or dare we say the best) in a person is first-hand exposure to the …
Vintage Pedro Martinez Carving Up the Yankees in the Postseason
Before the 2004 ALCS, our greatest postseason triumph against the Yankees was game three of the 1999 ALCS. Of course, for a Sox fan in …
The Night Derek Lowe Crushed the Oakland A’s
The pre-2004 postseason picture was pretty lean for the Red Sox. In their 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998 and 1999 playoff appearances, the Sox went an …
From Nutkick City to the Best Record in Baseball: The Red Sox in April
I wanted to get this post up early because the Red Sox had the best goddam record in baseball when I woke up this morning. …
Red Sox Flashback: The Night Josh Beckett Buried the Cleveland Indians
The other day I posted a photo of Eric Hinske on Twitter. And it got me thinking of the 2007 Red Sox. And the fact …
The 2021 Red Sox, Starring Alex Cora as “Dad”
The best thing about this 2021 Red Sox team, at least to my beer-stained eyes, isn’t the Superman offense (King Xander has come to life …
If the Red Sox Lose Again, It Will Be Out of Sympathy
It’s officially getting ridiculous. Your 2021 Boston Red Sox just keep on winning, even as the universe continues to give them reasons (or, you might …
All the 2021 Red Sox Do is Win
Five wins in row. Sole possession of first place in the East. Sure, we’re just a week into the season, but the way the Red …
Not to Get Crazy But the Red Sox Should Probably Gas Up the Duckboats
A casual glance at this morning’s American League standings will show you that the Red Sox are currently in first place in the East, and …
Red Sox Walk-off, Restoring Order to the Universe
After dropping three straight to one of the worst teams in the American League, the Red Sox seemed in danger of falling into one of …
Red Sox Lose Opening Day as Part of the Master Plan
Another Opening Day has come and gone and the Red Sox took the loss. Not just a loss, but a really flaccid, boring kinda loss, …
Revisiting the Best Opening Day Ever
There are a few things you can count on in this life: death, taxes, and me posting this same exact story every year on Opening …
Things I’ve Said on Opening Day
A reflection on the many thoughts and flights of fancy that gripped my mind on Red Sox Opening Day, now and in the past. Guest-starring …