Last weekend, I mocked Daisuke and Wakefield prior to their respective showdowns with the Phillies. In response, they turned in great performances. Yesterday, I took …

The last time the Sox faced the Rays this season, they blew us up like the goddam Death Star, plating 24 runs to our 9 …

Let me get this straight: Last night, Daisuke Matsuzaka comes close to no-hitting the reigning NL champions, and then this afternoon, Shakey Wakey’s knuckler holds …

Apparently, I should be dissing Daisuke more often. Because a few hours after my post equating watching his starts with a root canal, the guy …

Tonight’s game against the Phillies combines two of my least favorite things: Interleague play and a start by Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has earned his fat …

Finally back in Boston and catching up on a week’s worth of Sox news, and quite happy to hear that Kevin Millar — El Bencho …

First: full disclosure. I didn’t see a bloody second of last night’s Sox-Yanks mash-up. I was trapped at a business function that went on and …

…or at least that’s what I keep telling myself. It’s called positive thinking, folks. And when your team touts the second highest payroll in baseball …

If there’s one thing the 2004 postseason taught me, it is that SEEING DAVID ORTIZ SMASH MAMMOTH HOME RUNS MAKES ME HAPPY. Therefore, I was …

Back in the pre-Tina, pre-Heidi days of 2004, NESN’s resident bombshell was Krisily Kennedy, the former Miss Rhode Island who worked the Sox pre-game show. …

If you have twenty minutes of your life to waste — yes, twenty freakin’ minutes — might we suggest the latest Surviving Grady podcast, in …

Clearly, umpire Dale Scott had someplace to be immediately after today’s Sox game. Maybe he had a date or a sandwich that needed attention, but …

Hockey beards are back in full effect in the NESN studios. And a few of our beloved Red Sox commentators have taken up the cause. …

One run, three hits, nine strikeouts and no walks through seven innings? Who the f$%k was that guy on the hill tonight? I say we …

Okay, I’ve given the whole Josh Beckett thing a lot of thought over the past 24 hours. Something’s clearly bothering him, and as someone with …

Good to see the Sox salvage the last game of the Yankees series on the strength of a masterful performance by Lester. But until the …

Look, I think the less said about last night’s game, the better. So with that… ACCORDION SOLO! Alright. That worked. Bring on CC.

Has the Sox-Yankees rivalry lost its potency, as many people like to claim? Maybe, maybe not. In my mind, 2004 took a lot of the …

I’m talking about the four game sweep of the Angels, of course. Although this photo of Amalie Benjamin, my internet wife, ain’t all that bad, …

Last night we had a Sox win featuring John Lackey pitching brilliantly against his former team, a home run from Ortiz and some serious heat …

I wrote this back in February. In honor of tonight’s Nomarpalooza at Fenway, I felt it appropriate to push replay: * * * * * …

After Scenic Lowell got, like, 57 hits in Monday night’s game, it seemed a no-brainer that Tito would ride the Mikey Express for last night’s …

If there’s someone who I’d like to see feelin’ kinda Lester, it’s Jon Lester. We know the guy’s capable of amazing things, but his 2010 …

In last night’s game thread post, I put out the call for a little Red Sox-created carnage. Man, did they deliver: 20 hits, 17 runs, …

The last time the Anaheim Angels stepped on our turf, we were fighting for our lives in the 2009 ALDS. Now, the stakes are even …

Every once in a while, real life comes knocking, getting in the way of my Heidi and Pedroia obsessing. This is one of those times: …

Look, we could go on and on about how our boys have lost their last four match-ups against the worst team in baseball. How the …

You know that feeling we used to get when the Baltimore Orioles showed up at our door? The way we’d salivate, mentally count off the …

Tonight, Clay Buchholz takes the hill against fellow dude Shaun Marcum. Seeing as how Sox pitching has given up a staggering 24 runs over the …

It occurred to me last night, after watching what seemed to be the seventy-fifth run of the game cross the plate, that this has the …

Do you think Lyle Overbay wants to take a roundhouse kick to the face while Pedroia’s wearing these bad boys? Forget about it. Anyway, yeah. …

This weekend, the Baltimore Orioles — the AL East’s version of the “before” guy in the old Charles Atlas ads — rolled into town. To …

Nothing raises the spirits more than watching your team beat up on the division’s appointed chew toy. So, welcome, Baltimore Orioles. We are happy to …