After giving us one of the best Octobers in recent memory and stuffing 2013 with all sorts of awesome, we really can’t blame the Red …

John, when I first heard we’d signed you, I’ll admit, I was skeptical. We were doling out a lot of money to a guy who, …

You can’t win everything. So if given the choice between the individual accolade of AL manager of the Year or rolling down Boylston Street in …

If you’re like me, minus the bad stomach and alcohol poisoned-brain, you’ve likely been suffering bouts of Red Sox withdrawal ever since the last piece …

First things first: When it comes to the Red Sox, I can never escape the feeling of impeding collapse. Blame it on the teams of …

Not to be outdone by David Ortiz hitting the Letterman and Regis shows (is it even called Regis anymore? I have no idea), Jonny Gomes …

The Large Father was on Letterman last night and, as you might expect, Papi didn’t disappoint. Especially when he got up to give props to …

Who among us hasn’t taken a trans-atlantic flight and sought to capture the magic of the moment by purchasing the aircraft upon landing? It’s a …

Just got back in from the rally and before I collapse, I wanted to post this video I shot of Ronan Tynan delivering a stirring …

My hopes for game six were pretty simple. I wanted John Lackey to pitch a gem, and I wanted to see Stephen Drew get a …

When the Red Sox played game seven of the 1986 World Series, I was in Rhode Island. Watching at a friend’s apartment. Head dizzy with …

If the Red Sox win the World series, I suspect we’ll soon see David Ortiz, Shane Victorino and Jonny Gomes making the talk show circuit, …

With just a few hours to go before first pitch, Red and Denton offer booze-inspired predictions for game six of the 2013 World Series, discuss …

The Red Sox are one win away from a World Series title. Just take a moment to let that sink in while I place my …

After 2004, I can no longer be the guy who predicts how things are gonna go down. But I do believe that if the Sox …

Ever since game one, we’ve been wondering when the Red Sox bats were gonna spring back to life. And last night, while Clay Buchholz–who looked …

I will say this: you have to give credit to Clay Buchholz for his expert use of subterfuge. Where other pitchers starting a game in …

First things first: that obstruction/interference/getthef#$koutoftheway call on Middlebrooks was the worst conceivable way to end a World Series game. I honestly have no idea how …

My post-game two anxiety officially reached the “unhealthy” stage sometime late last night on a long flight back from Texas. Today, I’ve tried to put …

Nothing helps restore a team’s determination like dressing like Herb Tarlek from WKRP in Cincinnati. Ryan Dempster clearly understands this, as evidenced by his spectacular …

I spent the better part of last week in Dallas on business, which severely limited my access to the first two games of the World …

We heard and saw a lot of awesome things during the 2013 ALCS. But the following soundbyte, especially when whittled down and removed from the …

Our pal Japanese Masshole tweeted a couple of photos from the daily paper in Tokyo, where Koji Uehara is as big as he is here …

When Shane Victorino stepped to the plate last night with the bases loaded and the Sox down 2-1 in the seventh inning, I wasn’t expecting …

For the Red Sox, the road to the 2013 World Series included a dramatic win in game six of the ALCS–a game punctuated with some …

Putting the exclamation point on one of the most inexplicably awesome seasons since 2004, the Red Sox closed out the ALCS tonight at Fenway Park, …

The Red Sox are one game away from the World Series. But getting there will require buzzing through Max Scherzer, who’s a pretty formidable opponent …

Watching tonight’s game conjured all those memories of playoff baseball: the pacing, the drinking, flailing my fists at the wall, and urinating out the window …

I wanted that one. Having a 3-1 leg up on the Tigers and needing to win only one against Sanchez, Scherzer and Verlander sounded about …

Man, the stretch from the end of last night’s game to right now, roughly 90 minutes before tonight’s first pitch, has been murder. But it’s …

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 …

Hello, assholes, and welcome to game three of the ALCS between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers. The big story today, as you …

Coming into this series, the FOX announcers made sure we knew one thing: THAT JUSTIN VERLANDER IS AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE OF NATURE. Seriously. You DO …

Ever since the ALCS began, all we’ve heard about is how the Red Sox are going to have to get past Justin Verlander. Because, as …

For a while, game two of the ALCS was looking a lot like game one. The Tigers’ starter — this time, Max Scherzer — was …