All posts on March, 2011

Among opening day memories, one of my favorites still stands as Manny Ramirez’ line-shot home run on the first pitch of his first Fenway at-bat …

After fumbling through the last week and a half of Grapefruit games, the Sox flipped the switch from “Phantom Menace” to “Empire Strikes Back” during …

That’s right ladies, I’m back. Seventies Jim at your service. And I mean that in any way you want to take it, sexual or otherwise. …

We all like seeing the Sox sign such high-caliber players as Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez. And we all know that luring the premium talent …

Today’s game against the Rays was the last in their Fort Myers facility where they’ve played March baseball for the past 19 years. Starting next …

The Sox played the Rays to a 1-1 draw today, with a home run from Gonzalez and four innings of one-run, one-hit pitching from Buchholz. …

We know we’re getting ahead of ourselves, what with the first official pitch of the Red Sox’ 2011 regular season still more than 72 hours …

The news out of Sox camp today is that Alfredo Aceves and Hideki Okajima will be starting the season in scenic Pawtucket, RI, while Matt …

In his Baseball Notes column in the Sunday Globe, Nick Carfado makes the following suggestion to Red Sox management: …sign Pedro Martinez, let him get …

Now that Tito and the Sox have lulled the rest of the AL into a false sense of security, they can take the East by …

Rather than dwell on the fact that the Red Sox have dropped nine straight Grapefruit games and lost the highly-coveted Mayor’s Cup to the Twins …

For anyone lacking a real social life (like myself) and don’t have a taste for college basketball, flip over to NESN and catch Dice-K and …

Is there any point during spring training that we should start to worry just a little? The line for Clay Buchholz today looked more like …

Regarding your new Sox promo video/rap single/nightmare fodder “This Is Boston.” I know you’ve taken a lot of heat for this, with the comments at …

Spring training with just over a week left before the real thing starts is bad. An off day during the regular season seems endless. So …

Call me an old-fashioned sort of bloke, but I don’t believe in letting the team get my dander up anytime before April 1. While others …

Is it possible that the Sox could only start Lackey during inter-league play? Because he continues to be mediocre against the American League, particularly the …

I was sitting in the dentist’s office a few hours ago, and, after the receptionist told me I had to shut off my phone and …

Sitting here on March 21st, the first day of spring despite white crap falling from the sky all day, it’s easy to imagine today’s pre-season …

Just gotta say that nothing gets me in the mood for Red Sox baseball like Kelly O’Connor’s gorgeous spring training pics.

He’s a local guy from Milton who has bounced around in the majors for a few years battling injuries. Last year he got the call …

It’s no secret around here that I’m one of the few Manny fans left. I don’t buy half of the nonsense that drove Manny out …

When my eyes caught the words “Heidi Watney Video Diary” I thought my perverse prayers had been answered. Yesterday’s screen cap showed Heidi and some …

Growing up, and for most of my adult life, Red Sox fans were the hard-luck losers. The wait-til-next-year gang. The folks who entered spring with …

On the day when everyone is Irish, the guy that jigged and hornpiped after two World Series just isn’t the same pitcher. Jon Papelbon, on …

Terry Francona made the official announcement yesterday: Jon Lester will start Opening Day. Unless you’ve been in a Turkish prison for the past three years, …

A couple days back, when Denton posted the infamous shot of Pedro giving Don Zim the throw-down during the 2003 ALCS, it got me thinking: …

Since that dark day when Johnny Damon signed with the Yankees, just a year after helping the Red Sox win a World Series, he hasn’t exactly been …

OK, so a March 14th game featuring Aceves vs. Banuelos might not have the intensity to result in something like Pedro rolling Zim down the …

I don’t really want to talk about Beckett’s “one bad inning.” Didn’t we see enough of that act last season? Something just as concerning was …

There’s little revelation to a recent report on ESPNBoston that Daisuke Matsuzaka could be had in a trade. We’re fairly certain the Sox were leaving …

It’s never surprising to hear about roster moves and cuts this time of year; The Great Weeding is an annual rite of spring training. But …

We’ve been watching every move the guy makes since joining the Red Sox. It was front-page news when he was hitting off a tee and …

See the look on the face of the guy in that screencap above? With all due respect to Charlie Sheen, THAT’s the look of winning. …

There really aren’t too many unanswered questions surrounding the 2011 Red Sox. Other than some uncertainty at the catcher’s spot, and the nagging fear of …