It’s tough to get all hot and bothered about the playoffs when I don’t have a horse in the race. But, man, do I love …

Six years ago tonight — yes, it was Saturday, October 16, 2004 — the Sox dropped game three of the ALCS. And they didn’t just …

This pretty much sums up my feelings on last night’s ALCS game. Another Yanks come-from-behind victory, blah blah blah. Pass the Tylenol. Honestly, my feeling …

Thanks to Lisa for pointing out, on the Surviving Grady Facebook page, the eerie similarity between the Ellis Burks Glamour Shot and Uncle Rico’s infamous …

Watching the Yanks sweep away the Twins last night, I realized that for the most part, I could have scripted the 2010 ALDS in my …

Watching ESPN’s Four Days in October helped take away whatever pain I might have been feeling after the Sox got shut out of this year’s …

As soon as the Sox were officially toastified out of the 2010 playoffs, I focused my attentions on tonight’s premiere of ESPN’s Four Days in …

The great ‘Duk at Yahoo! Sports asked me to write a “Dear John” letter to the 2010 Boston Red Sox. I figgered I’d re-run it …

Well, here we are at the last game of the season. And we can actually play a role in the Yankees’ ultimate fate; if we …

Mike Lowell: Way, way cooler than Mike Douglas. He came as the sidecar to the Josh Beckett deal. He leaves as the 2007 World Series …

With the Sox being eliminated from contention, my last remaining wishes for 2010 are to be magically transformed into Heidi Watney’s sweatpants and see Jon …

Seriously. As the Sox were melting down in July, running a 12-13 record while building a human-sized pneumatic tube linking the Fenway clubhouse to Mass …

I’ll admit it. I got sucked in. When the Sox snagged the lead in last night’s Bronx implosion, I turned to the drunk next to …

Okay, so I got what I wanted. The Sox have taken the first two of their three game set in New York. Now we won’t …

Achieved: 1. Knock enemies out of first place. Completed last night with a harrowing 10-8 victory in the Bronx, highlighted by a 4-4 night from …

Commander Fu#$kin’ Kick-Ass, you gotta listen up: I don’t want to see the Red Sox eliminated from the playoffs this weekend by the Yankees. In …

They will in my neighborhood, God damn it, because if John “Everybody’s” Lackey, he of the 12-11 record, drops another game to the lowly Orioles, …

As long as I can remember, my Dad used to wish for two things: to live to be 70 (his own dad, my gramps, passed …

Watching the preview of ESPN’s upcoming film, Four Days in October did precisely what I assume they wanted it to: teleported me back to those …

Honestly, I thought this home stand would be a cakewalk. Even though there wasn’t much I’d seen since April that should have produced such confidence, …

Statistics say we won’t make the playoffs. BUT I SAY STATISTICS ARE DUMB AND MOSTLY DRUNK! So how can you trust them? Go with your …

Say this much for the 2010 Red Sox: they’re keeping it real. They could have folded up long ago citing injury, plague, gingivitis, or just …

With the Rays now in first place and the Sox seven games behind the Yanks for the wild card, I’m not exactly clearing up my …

At this stage of the season, as playoff hopes fade like murky watercolor paintings left out in the rain (a lyric proudly lifted from the …

I honestly thought — without the help of drugs or alcohol — that this west coast swing might be where the Sox turn it around. …

Folks, I have to admit: I’ve been living a lie. I just got back from a week-long sojourn to Las Vegas. And before I set …

Denton may have written off 2010, but I don’t go as quietly. Not so long as the slide rule and abacus tell me that the …

Ahem. ::clears throat:: The f#$k? Who are you and what are you doing in my broadcast booth? Mister Cashman sent me. Said after last night’s …

Sunday afternoon, long before I’d ingested whatever alcohol had me predicting a John Lackey triumph last night, I had the pleasure of serving as one …

Now that I’ve had time to flush last night’s loss out of my system (thanks to Mother Alcohol), I’m looking forward to seeing Lackey step …

I like to think of myself as a guy who “gets it.” That time my ex-wife went out for groceries and was never heard from …

“I know what they’re coming with,” Garza said, “and they’re coming with a lot to prove; everybody saying they’re out of it, they’re too far …

Two games today, and if we can beat up on Seattle twice — something any self-respecting team looking for a spot in the playoffs should …

According to SI, via the Globe, the Sox have put a waiver claim on Johnny Damon. Interesting, although it’s likely nothing will come of it. …

At the beginning of the season, I figured Beckett, Lester and Lackey would be the keys to our success, the studs who’d keep us from …