Manhandled. Shut down. David Wells takes the hill and the Cincinnati Reds scamper away like a pack of frightened Ring Dings. A 7-0 victory. Wells …

Just when I thought I’d rather drink the sweat off a gorilla’s nutsack than see another Tim Wakefield start, the guy comes through in a …

So what did you do this weekend?Well, instead of watching the Sox drop another to Chicago, I did my part for the George Lucas Retirement …

Screw you. Seriously, a 2:20pm start for today’s earth-crunching, baseball-lover’s wet dream of a match-up between the Red Sox and Cubs? I know it’s Wrigley …

Remember how you felt after Game Seven of the 2003 ALCS? Throat all knotted up. Dry heaves at the office. Senses dulled. Blood heated. Lungs …

Dearest Thaddeus. This is Red, the man your parents, for some inexplicable reason, have entrusted to guide you through this life if, God help us, …

Johnny Damon, I’m sorry I ever doubted you. Sorry I ever thought that your wedding and book signings and TV appearances and banjo tour of …

Anything can happen. That was the goddam mission statement of the 2004 Red Sox season. One minute we’re watching our boys go down three games …

Four innings deep and it looked like a replay of Monday night’s game. Nothing doing offensively, with each successive Sox at-bat about as alluring as …

Our boy Brandon on the business end of an uncharacteristic shelling. The bats that came to life in New York lulled back to sleep by …

Key hits from the guys who needed to deliver them most? Check. [Most pleasing was Edgah’s grand slam.] Another exceptional performance by Matt “Send it …

Hey, it’s only May, right? Right? Not much more I can say other than the Sox had ample opportunity to put this one away, and …

Read all about it here. Or you could just pay someone to tap your nuts with a hammer.

Remember how Kevin Spacey won an Oscar for American Beauty? Dude was so good in the flick, we were able to overlook such follow-up tripe …

Okay, Red Sox, I have to admit. As much as I love you guys, you weren’t my first choice last night. I had originally planned …

[With apologies to McSweeney’s] June 9, 1863Brandy Station, Virginia General Robert E. Lee: Men, I know these last few weeks have been hard. But we’ve …

In San Diego for a conference last week. One of the most gorgeous cities on the planet and I’m confined mostly to sterile hotel conference …

Well that was three hours of my life that I’ll never get back.

The Cro-Magnon: A throwback to a simpler time, when men roamed the land free from taxation, fast food restaurants, and the threat of a Bad …

One of my sisters knew Bernie Logue, the Red Sox clubhouse cook who died earlier this week, and she attended his wake this evening in …

Is there anything cooler than the walk-off home run? After a couple of fielding errors by Millar had us screaming for the return of Nick …

Whenever the A’s roll into town, I get the impression that the Sox view ’em in the same way that Spider-Man would view one of …

At la casa de Red, we uphold the sanctity of Mother’s Day. Specifically, we clean up our act, particularly when it comes to watching the …

First of all, can I just say thank you to NESN for going above and beyond to keep Boston fans ass-deep in Red Sox programming? …

Just your basic, solid win as the Sox take their second in a row in Detroit, leapfrogging Toronto in the standings to claim second place …

“Alright. I’ll say it. Your team is suckin’ wind. Barkin’ like a pack of dogs. I see it, y’all see it. And, yeah, it’s early, …

You know that feeling you get when you watch the movie Alien — the one that Ridley Scott did, not all that crap that followed …

Bronson Arroyo on the Tampa Bay beanball fracas, from this morning’s NESN Sports Desk:Bronson Arroyo: “It’s part of the game. It’s like going into second …

48 hours without a game has siphoned away my last few ounces of mojo. So instead of an actual post, I’m just emptying my head …

Thanks to my internet wife, Annette, for pointing out that Surviving Grady [along with Boston Dirt Dogs] was listed as one of the Intern’s “Links …

Last night, as the ugliest Sox game since that 19-8 drubbing in the 2004 ALCS unfolded, I flipped over to MTV, eager for a little …

I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend as I watch this season’s games, including last night’s fugfest. I’m just too goddamn happy. Seriously. It’s bothering the …

I dig the long ball. Love those 10-0 blow-outs where the offense is all keyed up like Caine in Kung Fu, splintering stadium walls and …

1. First things first: David Wells squaring off against the best-hitting team in baseball. Coming in, I will admit, I wasn’t feeling the love. In …

Back in February, when I was selected for the chance to purchase Monster seat tickets through redsox.com, I targeted games scheduled for months when, y’know, …