The High-Priced Slugger Who Actually Slugged
Watching Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford and John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka shuffle into town and collect fat paychecks for delivering a fraction of what …
Watching Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford and John Lackey and Daisuke Matsuzaka shuffle into town and collect fat paychecks for delivering a fraction of what …
James Loney will be at first today against Kansas City. Felix Dubront is on the hill, Pedro Ciriaco’s leading off and Mauro Gomez will not …
Sup. It’s me. The nerd who dubbed you “Commander Kick Ass of the F$%k Yeah Brigade” during your second season with the Sox. Back then …
Gotta be honest: when I woke up this morning, I partly expected to see a front page headline splashed across redsox.com to the effect of …
Depending on who you believe or what Twitter feeds you happen to follow, the Red Sox have officially entered fire sale mode. Things started innocently …
Last night’s game finally did it. It took what little faith I had left for 2012, that little part of me that kept pointing to …
The 2012 Red Sox will take their team photo this afternoon at Fenway Park. After last night’s loss and further evidence that the downward spiral …
Replace “Sweet Caroline” with Tom Waits’ “Earth Died Screaming.” Allow fans out of the Park during the seventh inning stretch so that they can slam …
Let’s face it, whether or not the Red Sox actually win tonight is largely irrelevant. While the math tells me we’re still alive, my gut …
Just when we thought we’d seen the last of Roger Clemens, word out of Texas is that the Rocket has joined the Sugar Land Skeeters …
Yesterday was my birthday. And I woke up determined to spend a good chunk of my time in a bathtub filled with gin and hookers, …
Maybe it’s because we’re currently sitting 12.5 games beneath them in the standings. Or the fact that they are almost guaranteed a playoff spot while …
A couple months back, my mother sent me a bunch of my old Red Sox scorecards and yearbooks that she uncovered. Accordingly, to further underscore …
The Red Sox are literally spiraling into a pit of despair. The players hate the manager. The manager hates the owners. The field crew want …
Playing baseball is a little like playing poker, especially if you’re pitching. The pitcher has to decide what to throw next, much like the poker …
Not to belittle the life and memory of Johnny Pesky, but I selfishly thought for a few brief moments that his passing might serve as …
I know this season hasn’t exactly been packed with games I’d want to relive night after night on DVD. And Josh Beckett hasn’t been a …
Every chance we get, we try to do a little somethin’ somethin’ to stick it to cancer. This month, I’ll be participating in Project Trivia, …
Holy shit. Word is that Johnny Pesky, everybody’s grandpa and a fixture in the Red Sox organization for as long as I can remember, has …
Anyone who says that watching the 2012 Red Sox play is only slightly more enjoyable than getting attacked by robot bears is missing the point. …
Derek Lowe has become the 135th player from the 2004 Red Sox to get picked up by the Yankees, joining Mark Bellhorn, Mike Myers, Alan …
In a season punctuated by ill-timed injuries, spirit-crushing losses, non-stop rumors and Nick Punto, we haven’t had a lot to cheer about. But Clay Buchholz …
So the million dollar question: Will the Red Sox, behind Clay Buchholz, their best pitcher of late, snap this three game skid? Or will they …
Amazingly, we are still not in last place. Preposterously, we are only 5.5 games out of the wild card. Realistically, the last couple months of …
Despite the fact that the Red Sox are, amazingly, still in the running for a Wild Card spot, the 2012 season has been largely a …
So, we’re back below .500, which is kinda cute and easy to overlook in April but like the goddam Sword of Damocles in August. Tonight’s …
So we lose a series to one of the AL’s worst teams, with a few of those losses being of the “someone just stepped on …
I’m never one to hate on the team. Sure, I’ll mock, lambaste, ridicule… but at the end of the day, I truly want them to …
See that post title? That will also be the title of Bobby V’s inevitable tell-all book after he is officially branded the fall guy for …
Last week, Denton gave me a copy of the Oil Can Boyd autobiography. It remained in my car until this morning, when I finally brought …
The Red Sox won again last night, making it three in a row. Which is awesome. But not so awesome was when Ryan Sweeney got …
While it would be nice to think that the Sox really will be all “Hulk Smash” from here through September, I’m not counting on anything. …
I’ll admit, I had a bazillion things going on the other day, and the Red Sox game was little more than white noise. Until Teixeira …
The last two Red Sox teams to finish below .500, the 1997 and 1994 Red Sox, both had 49 wins on July 28, just like …