Between the Poles and the Equator
Spring Training is underway, but for the past couple evenings I’ve been hanging out in the Wayback Machine, watching NESN’s recasts of Games One and …
Spring Training is underway, but for the past couple evenings I’ve been hanging out in the Wayback Machine, watching NESN’s recasts of Games One and …
Checking in from the slopes and thanking God for wi-fi… Over the past couple months, we’ve been fortunate to have seen our goofy-ass site referenced …
I gotta tell ya… I get absolutely giddy when I see this photo. Giddy! Read the AP story that accompanied it here.
As I’ve documented far too many times in these lackluster pages, Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS took years off my life, positioning me squarely …
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. I can’t take it. I’ve tried to bury the emotion. Tried to let the pain just trickle off me. …
Quick hits for Monday morning: Watched the 60 Minutes bit on Canseco last night, and my favorite quote was from writer Howard Bryant: “What we’re …
…has a cover story on Johnny Damon, in which he reveals, among other things, that he’s contractually bound to keep his hair long for the …
Watching the replay of Game 7 of the ALCS last night, I’m reminded of just how goddam zombified I was — we all were — …
With apologies to McSweeney’s. ACT ONE, SCENE THREE Goneril: Did my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his fool? Bronson Arroyo: I don’t know …
Am I the only person watching the NESN ALCS replays like I’m seeing this stuff for the first time? During last night’s Game Five repeat, …
Episode XIV, wherein Red returns from a business trip and brings everybody down. I love planes. Seriously. Love travelling coach and stuffing myself into tiny …
NESN presents the 2004 ALCS, beginning tonight at 8:00pm. Speaking as a guy who officially threw in the towel after the abomination that was Game …
One of the things that’s been helping me through the baseball-less winter, besides the NESN re-runs [ALCS 2004 starts next Monday!] and stacks of European …
So this is what I’ve been reduced to. Collapsed across the couch, empty Heineken bottles strewn about the floor, every light in the place turned …
The best thing about winning the World Series? Well, there’s the money, the ring, the bragging rights, the look on your neighbors’ faces when you’re …
When he left us for the Blue Jays, I was all, “To heck with that fat bastard” and “Have fun playing in front of 2,500 …
Last night, we drank. And when we drink, in between oafish attempts at “l’amour” and trying to make like Wade Boggs and will ourselves invisible …
If Mark Bellhorn was a movie, he’d be Repo Man. If he was a band, he’d be Wilco. If he was a TV show, he’d …
Just when we thought we couldn’t pack any more Dave Roberts love into this website… we’re packing in more Dave Roberts love. Because not a …
Confession: I’m a winter soul. I love when it gets dark at 4:00 in the afternoon. Snow drifts up to my ass and my car …
…but Carl Pavano ain’t one. Actually, more like 39 problems. These are the thoughts that haunt my sleep: 1. Randy Johnson. 2. Randy Johnson’s haircut. …
EPSN and Dirt Dogs note that Derek Lowe is on the verge of signing with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Not surprisingly, Derek himself has no …
The big news for tonight’s Hot Stove Cool Music show at the Paradise, at least in my fevered brain, is that Theo Epstein will be …
It’s official. Ball gate is on. And no, this isn’t some cheap reference to Michael Jackson’s legal problems. In a nutshell [d’oh!], Minty held on …
It’s Friday morning, and after a night of barfights and gunplay [Thank you, Providence], we’re just gonna let this one devolve into a series of …
I’ll miss the Pokester. Although injuries and the emergence of The Bell as RSN’s new cult hero limited his playing time in 2004, he leaves …
This is the first time I’ve ever really sat and watched El Tiante pitch. Two words: F–king. Awesome. Best Red Sox player name ever: Dick …
Okay. So. You’ve bought all of the DVDs, commemorative scrap books and Red Sox World Champion sweatshirts you could get your hands on. You’ve got …
First of all, f–k Randy Johnson and f–k the Yankees. I hope they sign Beltran and Griffey and Sosa and Clemens and Aquaman and install …
1. Accept the fact that Scarlett Johannson will not be returning my calls, making me waffles, or providing me with a personal re-enactment of the …
Red Writes Theo Epstein Theo: I’ll make this short and sweet. As Christmas presents go, this ranks right up there with the Tranformers Fortress Maximus. …
George Steinbrenner Writes Javier Vazquez Mr. Vazquez: Big Man here. Don’t want to go to L.A., huh? Look here, assface, if this caper of yours …
Sean McDonough Writes Joseph Abboud Good evening, Joseph, Sean McDonough here, coming to you tonight by pen and paper from an elegant hotel room overlooking …
Dear Mr. Roberts: Just heard that you’ve been traded to the San Diego Padres. It’s disappointing for sure, because the image of you skimming your …