All posts on December, 2009

The winter of 1999 was a blur of bruised knuckles, stale beer and washed-out dreams. After the Summer of Pedro and the triumphant All-Star Game …

Popular thinking within the confines of my own brain is that the Sox will need to plug the hole left by Jason Bay with someone …

Driving home from parts unknown on Sunday, I flipped over to 98.5 thinking I might catch the late football game. No luck, but before I …

Pending a quick turn-yer-head-and-cough, it looks like Jason Bay will be heading to New York after all. But to the Mets, not the Yankees. So, …

From the Globe via ESPN, a proposed three-way (very, very different from the sort of “three ways” Doug Mirabelli used to propose) between the Sox, …

When I saw the headline “Heidi Watney, Kathryn Tappen Ready for Epic Fantasy Battle,” my first thought was that the good folks at NESN had …

Well, it’s over for another year. Weeks of planning and preparation and money-spending gone in a 10-minute blur of flying bows and shredded wrapping paper. …

“I’m shakin’ the dust of this crummy little town off my feet and I’m gonna see the world. Italy, Greece, the Parthenon, the Colosseum. Then, …

Tonight you will be visited by three ghosts! Steinbrenner? What are you doing in my bedroom at midnight on Christmas Eve…are you here to tell …

In a world in which Mike Lowell can keep boomeranging back to the Sox, despite the front office’s increasingly desperate attempts to cast him out, …

The Yankees have re-acquired Javier Vazquez. As I’m sure you’ll recall, the last time Senor Vazquez suited up for New York, this happened: I’m glad …

Officer Lowell, it’s good to have you back on the squad. Honestly, I have no problem about being back here. Glad to hear it. And …

I apologize for the shaky video, I couldn’t figure out how to “acquire” the quality footage (found here). Also, Sports Illustrated has it as the …

Call it the curse of the Epsteins. Back in the day, Theo’s great uncles, Leslie and Julius Epstein, wrote the screenplay for The Man Who …

My guess is right around the same time Adrian Gonzalez became Hank Aaron. Based on many of the nasty comments I’ve received, I know I …

A few weeks back, Theo Epstein was waxing rhapsodic about how 2010 could be a bridge year for the Sox; a time to squeeze what …

So, Mike Cameron and John Lackey were officially introduced to the media. Everyone smiled, glad hands were given, all the right things were said. Both …

Since the 2009 season ended, the A-Gon chatter has been an amusing diversion. But from the moment the Sox sprung to life and made their …

Apparently upset that they couldn’t land Kevin James, what with his movie career and all, the Sox have been chatting up former Yankee Nick Johnson, …

How does the blockbuster acquisition of a guy named “Tug” go unnoticed in Red Sox Nation? The addition of Timothy “Tug” Hulett solidifies the Red …

Yeah, that’s face that will represent your Boston Red Sox on the mound every five days beginning in 2010. Except maybe in April, because for …

So one minute, we’re sitting around, touching up our series of John Marzano-inspired oil paintings, and watching helplessly as Jason Bay’s agent holds our nuts …

Crazy John Lackey — so mean he once shot a man for snoring — is apparently coming to Boston. According to NESN, via ESPN: The …

Thanks to reader Brian James for reminding me, in the comments section, that I called for Theo to deliver us the magic of Boof Bonser …

It’s become increasingly likely that the next time Jason Bay steps onto the Fenway grass, it’ll be as an opposing player. As Bay’s agent, Joe …

If they don’t make another single move this winter, the Sox have at least secured the Tiumverate of Awesome Names by snagging guys named Boof, …

Great shots from the David Ortiz Celebrity Golf Classic over at Boston.com and my unsolicited commentary: Big Papi is looking very svelte in the pics …

When he first showed up in Boston, Mike Lowell was nothing more than the alleged sidecar to the Josh Beckett deal. Someone we were taking …

Red doesn’t like to talk much about the game with the oddly shaped ball, so it falls on me to interrupt coverage of the Winter …

According to the reports flying out of the winter meetings, the Sox “have interest” in approximately 5,734 players, including Mike Cameron, Rich Harden, Mike Gonzalez, …

I think I speak for Denton as well when I say I’m queer for Gammons. And why not? In a world filled to bursting with …

Alright, that may be stretching a bit, but check it: The line-up for this year’s Hot Stove Cool Music show includes Tinted Windows, a group …

Us: Hi, Kason! Kason: Hi! Us: Welcome back! Kason: Thanks! Tune in tomorrow for more action from the Winter Meetings.

…I just can’t hate on Derek Jeter. And believe me, I try.

The winter meetings are afoot, which means news of the deals and rumors and fistfights and lobby smackdowns and chair tossings and back-alley handshakes and …