Everybody Loves Sean Casey
The Sox’ signing of first baseman Sean Casey as a lefthanded bat off the bench brings us yet another talented, soon-to-be-the-toast-of-the-clubhouse sort. My favorite bit …
The Sox’ signing of first baseman Sean Casey as a lefthanded bat off the bench brings us yet another talented, soon-to-be-the-toast-of-the-clubhouse sort. My favorite bit …
At NESN’s secret base on the moon, the auditions to replace Tina Cervasio begin… NESN, as you know, is the leading subscriber-based cable channel in …
I just had some quick words for Tina C’s former bosses at NESN, the cads who let her slip through their fingers, failing to recognize …
Would have been mighty sweet. But it looks like we’ll just have to settle for a rotation of Matsuzaka, Schilling, Wakefield, and Lester/Buchholz, with ALCS …
In a concerted effort to clean up some detritus that’s been clogging up my living space, I came upon a wealth of old Sox games …
One of the greatest things in the history of the world used to be Peter Gammons’ Baseball Notes column in the Sunday Globe. After a …
MLB has a piece on last week’s auditions for the Florida Marlins’ dance team, the Mermaids: The tryouts are essentially Spring Training for the group. …
One of the most thrilling, grind-yer-nuts-on-the-cheese-grater conclusions to a Sox playoff series came during the final game of the 2003 ALDS. We were holding on …
On the same tape on which I found the 1986 ALCS clip from yesterday’s post, I discovered an old Sox special, hosted by a young …
I was far too young for the 1975 World Series to have any sort of impact on me. My indoctrination into the Secret Club of …
I’ll confess to not having seen any of his flicks. But I was very much looking forward to his take on The Joker this summer.
The Sox and Hillbilly Youk are gearing up for that magical dance that is salary arbitration. Though much of this process is shrouded in mystery, …
He’s led us to two World Championships. He’s 8-0 as a manager in the World Series. He’ll be leading the AL squad during 2008’s All …
When you’re Mike Lowell (and that’s World Series MVP Mike Lowell to you, whitey), you don’t have to go out in search of the awesome. …
Game One, First Inning Tito: So what was your plan of attack going into this? Clint: Actually, we took a somewhat offbeat approach. After the …
Listen up, Red Sox, Inc.: You can re-sign Tim Wakefield’s caddy, you can let Santana slide through your fingers, you can even refuse to release …
Ever wanted to experience the raw thrill of being in a room with two guys named Bubba and Hansack? You’ll get your chance on Monday, …
Just getting around to reading last Sunday’s Herald (that’s just how action-packed my life is, folks) and I came across this interesting bit from Massarotti: …
In this era of major league primadonnas, billionaire arseholes, juicers, liars, cheaters, tell-all biography hustlers, daycare Fellinis and fast food assassins, this quote from Mike …
So what if Jim Ed doesn’t make it into the Hall? As this priceless clip demonstrates, he and former droogie Dwight Evans soundly bested Goose …
I mean, it sounds like it could be his voice, but… I just don’t know. Something tells me, especially when he hits that crescendo at …
The Rocket explains it all tonight on 60 Minutes. Myself, I’ll be watching my recording of his 20-strikeout game against Seattle at Fenway from 1986 …
Sup. It’s me, Roger’s ass. Listen, I’m in Maui right now on business, but I wanted to set the record straight. It wasn’t steroids or …
During his chat on boston.com yesterday, The Gammons revealed that he didn’t expect Jim Rice to make it into baseball’s Hall of Fame in this, …
Red Sox Monster points out that Kevin Youkilis has embraced the entrepreneurial spirit, and signed on to become the official spokesperson for a line of …
My Dad took me to my first Red Sox game at Fenway in 1978. He walked me up the ramp through the fog of sausage-steam …
I haven’t eaten Wheaties in ten years. Not since the great “Wheaties Scandal” of 1997, in which unauthorized photos of a scantily clad Bob Newhart …
The 2004 post-season is defined by two turning points. The first was The Steal. The second was that home run by Mark Bellhorn in Game …
In my house, it ain’t Christmas until I’ve heard The Ramones tear through “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight Tonight)” and The Pogues serve up …
“After Christmas, I’m going to sit down with Mike Wallace of `60 Minutes,’ and I’ll do an interview, and he’ll ask me a ton of …
I was thumbing through a 1991 comic book about a superhero whose body is altered by chemistry, when I came across an ad featuring a …
In his greatest move since scoping out Tina Cervasio’s spectacular rear end on NESN’s “Red Sox Weekly” (a moment of TV history lovingly captured in …
The ProJo alerted us to this bit at twincities.com: The Boston Red Sox remain the favorite to acquire Johan Santana from the Twins, insiders say. …
Dirt Dogs called to my attention this clip from adultswim.com, in which Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force exposes the secret Red Sox conspiracy behind …