Heidi, El Bencho and Everything That Could Have Been
The first rule of Fight Club is that we do not talk about Fight Club. And in this case, “Fight Club” loosely translates to “last …
The first rule of Fight Club is that we do not talk about Fight Club. And in this case, “Fight Club” loosely translates to “last …
Some baseball players were just meant to look like filthy degenerates. Kevin Youkilis is one of them. Can you even recall that there was a …
Dear sirs: I received your most recent letter, threatening certain and swift legal action if I do not surrender payment in the amount of twenty …
Long before America’s Favorite Offensive Liability, Jason Varitek, was crowned Cap’n, there was only one man fit to wear the title: Captain Carl Yastrzemski. Although …
These days, every time Jon Lester takes the mound, I’m reminded of that blurb I read in ESPN: The Magazine’s 2008 baseball preview issue: “Jon …
Tonight, our Feel Good Story takes on the O’s Feel Good Story as Jon Lester faces Jeremy Guthrie. What’s so feel-goody about Guthrie, you may …
In no particular order: — 2004: The Lost Footage: Throughout the 2004 playoffs and post-championship pomp, you guys pretty much videotaped every move the team …
When Roy Halladay’s locked in, opposing pitchers have little margin for error. Last night, he was, limiting the Sox to 7 hits. On the flipside, …
…I’d be perfectly happy to see the Chicago Cubs do it. Just sayin’.
Just when I thought the Sox would be lost without Manny in the line-up, they’ve gone positively batshit over the last few games, scoring nine …
The thing about cancer is that it doesn’t give a shit who you are or how old you are or who you know or how …
Remy, THE GAMMONS and DO, testing OSHA’s limits for the amount of unregulated awesome allowed in one booth. Today, I had the fries. Yeah, I …
Typically, when the Sox put up double digits in the first inning, my first reaction is, “Save some of those runs, motherflippers! Bank ’em for …
With my newfound hobbies–petty larceny, vintage soda bottle collecting, clockin’ the hos–I’ll admit I may not be giving the Sox the undivided attention that they …
Okay, not “terror” as in people rushing madly into the streets, arms flailing, eyes spun wide with fear and madness as if they’ve just been …
Driving home from New Hampshire last night, after watching the Sox drop another to Chicago, I pulled off the highway for a lemonade Coolatta (which, …
Despite all the shits and giggles we like to dispense with, Denton and I are, at least part of the time, upstanding citizens within our …
::on phone:: Yeah, so I’m feeling pretty good, Terry, and I figure I’ll be back any day now to– ::knock at door:: Hold on a …
The good folks at Bigelow Tea sent us a link to this video, which shows Wally the Green Monster getting his bag on. Noteworthy for …
Look, if you’re gonna get swept by the Angels then you damn well better be applying foot to ass every time you face teams like …
One of the most bizarre, lasting images from the 2004 ALCS–besides that look of faux shock on A-Rod’s face when he realized his “ball slap” …
Like Allan at Joy of Sox, I, too, was taken aback by the WEEI-issued “Manny Who?” signs being waved by some folks at Fenway during …
Heidi Watney: Yet Another Perk of Playing in Boston So Jason Bay shows up, explains during his Fenway presser that he grew up with Rice …
I remember the night we signed him. I flipped on boston.com and the headline read, “Sox Sign Ramirez.” And I did what I typically did …
Today is the trade deadline. A day of magic and mirth. A day of action and suspense. A day which typically ends rather anti-climactically–much like …
Ladies, since the All-Star break, you have played twelve games. And of those twelve games, you have won approximately four. Four measly f@#king games. So …
Go ahead and call Manny a troublemaker. A burden. A lousy teammate. A loose cannon. A guy who likely voted Republican and loiters far too …
You know, in many ways, I wanted to see John Lackey no-hit our boys tonight. Because being shut down by a guy with a 7.61 …
When the Sox dropped the World Series in 1986, while I tried to wash away the pain with Spiderman comics and soda (hey, I was …
Honestly, I thought we’d mop up the place with Jered Weaver. Thought we’d send him reeling back to his surfboards and Evanescence CDs (’cause you …
Thanks to NESN for their mighty “Fenway Forecast” feature, which tells me the weather should be quite accommodating as the Sox attempt to show the …
To us, Manny is many things. Lovable. Forgetful. Laughable at times, and I mean that in the nicest sense of the word. He is also …
What kind of a world do we live in where Julio Lugo serves as the voice of reason. Yet here it is, from the Extra …
I suppose if we have to drop a game to the Most Expensive Team That Hasn’t Won a World Series This Century, it’s better to …
Funny what an All-Star Game can do. Coupla weeks back, the Yanks were literally the furthest thing from my mind, tucked somewhere between the films …