All posts on September, 2006

Let’s admit the bastards beat us The New York Yankees are going to finish the 2006 regular season with at least 97 wins, a double-digit …

He’s a gamer, a dirt dog and a brawler. He runs blindly into walls, proudly sports the filthiest cap in all of baseball and is …

::Arranging chess pieces on a board:: Okay. Wang can start the ALDS. Then we’ll go to Moose. And then… hmmm… ::phone rings:: Hello? Mr. Cashman, …

God damn this team. I’d forgotten about them. Left them in a pile of yesterday’s dust. They were so over in my book, you needed …

So the Red Sox season is officially over. Time to think football and hibernation. Inevitably, it is also time for the annual “trade Manny” debate …

The Debbie Clemens-Shonda Schilling combo will instantly give us more MILF cred than any other team in Major League Baseball. Oh, and he can still …

Forget the 52 homeruns. Forget the 133 RBI. Forget the clutch hits and walkoff blasts. There are more reasons why David Ortiz is our Most …

This is the legit headline at sportsline: Tavarez pitches complete game in BoSox victory over Jays I shit you not. How does this happen? The …

In a season that has brought us plague, pestilence and Jason Johnson, Ortiz has been the one sure thing. Our go-to guy whenever games — …

In my mind, last night’s game represented a perfect microcosm of the 2006 season, in convenient three-hour format. You had your moment of unbridled awesomeness, …

Sorry everybody, I just can’t do this anymore. For the rest of this colossally disappointing season, I’ll be watching from afar. The games…they just hurt …

Dad got the tickets, because that’s what Dad did. He just waved his hands like some goddam illusionist and suddenly, bam!, there were tickets. To …

If you’re gonna do this goddam thing, do it right. Talk about how you hit 32 home runs during that magical 1979 season and how …

Hey, God. Red here. Thanks for listening. That worked out great. And now, while I seem to be in your good graces, I’ve got a …

It’s sad to think about what this series could have meant. Hell, what most of us thought it would mean a month ago. The showdown …

Hey God. Red here. You know, I don’t ask for much. And seeing as how you never saw fit to grant me that thing with …

Hey, we won. Coming from behind and everything. Seriously, at the end of the night, we had a bigger number in that crazy box thing …

Boston Dirt Dogs has a photo [courtesy of Leighton Communications, Inc.] of the Sox players’ wives, taken at the second annual Say It With Flowers …

Some discussion points, if you will. Because I’m currently shuttling between two impossible deadlines. 1. “I’m not thinking about the MVP. No one’s focus here …

For the first time in three years, the Red Sox aren’t going to the playoffs. Feels kinda weird, doesn’t it? Like watching the captain of …

“Owned by the Royals in five straight games? Dudes, grab a cold one and a couple foreign chicks and give it up. Next year’s only …

I’m sure I’ve said this before. But considering the way we fought back, how this thing slipped away, the team we were playing and the …

Yesterday, as you may recall, I asked for white baseball player afros that could best the mighty Don Sutton’s. Well, the votes are in. And… …

Hey, congratulations on that no-hitter. What? That no-hitter last night. Over Arizona. Congrats. That was Anibal Sanchez, fool. I’m Isabel Sanford. Oh. Thanks anyway, Red. …

A spark. It can be defined as “anything that activates or stimulates; inspiration or catalyst” or “a trace of life or vitality.” In the case …

Critical hits when we need them most? A solid starting pitching performance from Julian Tavarez? Walk-off home-run by some kid from the goddam Yankees’ AAA …

Labor Day. A bit of a chill in the air and finally some sunshine here in Boston. But still cloudy and rainy in the hearts …

Well…not quite down the drain yet, but spiraling faster with every loss. I have gone on record as refusing to give up hope, and I …

Sometimes, you just have to hand it to the Shaughn. This is one of those times. Everyone at SG sends well wishes and positive vibes …

Dude. Boomer’s gone. Sure, I’m sad. Because it more or less signals the official “wavin’ of the white flag” on the 2006 season. But far …