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 …
Who Do You Wish Retired with the Red Sox?
Sometimes, as a Red Sox fan — or a fan of any team for that matter — you just find yourself harboring an odd attachment …
The Night Troy O’Leary Became Red Sox Legend
St. Patrick’s Day was this week, which means I was going to make the inevitable joke about Troy O’Leary being Dublin’s favorite son. And whilst …
The Angriest I’ve Ever Been After a Red Sox Game
Like any “enthusiastic” fan of any sports team, I get emotionally invested in the outcome of every game. I also tend to drink a lot …
Obscure Red Sox Hall of Fame: Mike Lansing
Throughout the long and illustrious history of our franchise, a lot of players have donned the Red Sox jersey, made the fabled trek from Fenway’s …
An Unsurprisingly Brief List of 2020 Red Sox Highlights
You may think there’s not a lot of good to be found in a season that saw the Red Sox finishing with the third worst …
Six Underrated Christmas Movies You Have 24 Hours to Watch
Okay, so this Christmas isn’t gonna feel like the ones you remember. No wrestling with your siblings, no choking on mom’s dry ham, no uncomfortable …
Things I’m Thankful For, 2020 Edition
Look, it’s been a pretty shitty year for fans of Red Sox baseball and fans of doing cool shit in general. We can’t cram our …
The 2013 Red Sox Remain My Second-Favorite Red Sox Team Ever
The 2004 Red Sox will always be, in my mind, the greatest red Sox team ever assembled. I don’t care if the stats nerds point …
The Most Unbelievable Thing on “Lost” was the Red Sox Winning the World Series
Sure, there were a lot of great Red Sox Pop Culture Moments. Like the time a slightly drunk Carl Yastrzemski appeared on the Tonight Show …
Happy Stealiversary: Remembering the Greatest Stolen Base in Red Sox History
Today is the sixteenth anniversary of game four of the 2004 ALCS. Or, to put it simply, it’s been 16 years since The Steal. Everyone …
A Crushing Defeat… and the Birth of a Blog
As I’ve documented far too many times in these lackluster pages, Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS took years off my life, positioning me squarely …
Still the Strangest Thing I’ve Ever Witnessed at Fenway Park
Today marks the 17 year anniversary of the craziest thing I’ve ever seen during a Red Sox game. I still wake up some mornings and …
Dear Fenway Park: Please Please Please Take Me Back
Used to be that when shit got real or real bad, a trip to Fenway Park made everything better. But now… I can’t even do …
Five Ways the Red Sox Can Salvage The 2020 Season
The 2020 Red Sox season is officially circling the bowl. We’re just a dozen games from the final flush and with the Celtics in the …
Hairpreciation for the 2020 Red Sox
Red Sox highlights have been in pretty short supply in 2020 There’s just not a lot of good you can squeeze from the second-worst record …
Red Sox Win, Execute Worst Gatorade Shower in History
The Red Sox won last night’s game with a walk-off, which is good. Not so good was after the game, when Rafael Devers and a …