Almost Home
This is it, folks. We’ve just about survived another off-season and now it’s the stretch run until Truck Day, pitchers and catchers, and Spring Training. …
We’ve Told You 1,000 Times
Hard to believe, but yesterday was our 1,000th post at Surviving Grady! We’ve been around for almost 4 years, forcing our booze-induced opinions on Red …
I’ll Be Back
Curt Schilling announced yesterday that he will pitch in the 2008 season, just a few short weeks after confirming his retirement during a WEEI interview. …
Worst Sports Day of the Year?
No football. No baseball. Too cold to go out and play. DVD time.
First Base Power?
Buster Olney and the Denver Post are reporting the Red Sox have been in talks with the Rockies to acquire Todd Helton. Sounds good to …
Where’s Drew?
Not since the guy pictured above has someone been as hard to find as J.D. Drew. Is he signed or not? Will he be patrolling …
Hey Archie…I mean Dad, I’m Going To The Superbowl!
For Red Sox Nation, baseball season officially began at 10:15 last night. That’s when Brady’s magic ran out, ending the Patriots’ hopes of 4 championships …
One Step Away
The Patriots enter the domified air of RCA Stadium tonight, one win away from going to Miami. And there is nothing on that field that …
The Original Dirt Dog
After 10 seasons and nearly 1,000 games played in a Red Sox uniform, the Fenway Faithful must say goodbye to Trot Nixon. Nixon signed a …
you swim like lions through the crest and bathe yourself in zebra flesh
Good teams ride the talent of a superstar. Great teams find a way to fight through adversity and win playoff games. If you saw these …
Football Has Cheaters Too
Tomorrow, the Pats face the San Diego Chargers for a chance to go to the AFC Championship game. The talk all week has been Antonio …
The Last Nine Innings
For anyone that read Jerry Remy’s “Watching Baseball” and learned a couple of things about the game, “The Last Nine Innings” by Charles Euchner is …
Rice Left Out Again
Below is my post from January 2005, prior to the Hall of Fame announcements. It bears repeating… Cooperstown. The Baseball Hall of Fame. The final …
5 Questions For A Monday
1) Would you mess with Tigger?This kid apparently did, and got a left hook to the face. The father “just wants Tigger to apologize.” Riiight. …
On The Seventh Day, God Created Football
A few observations about yesterday’s playoff games: Tony Romo may have just become the Calvin Shiraldi of football. Gotta be able to handle slippery balls… …
Spring is Coming
This weekend, I’m all about football. But wouldn’t that be a nice picture to see in October?
Square Pegs
Well, the Red Sox seem to have landed the guy they want – if this is the job description: Wanted – Starting pitcher with potential …
Ring In The New
By this time tomorrow, I’ll be nursing the dreaded New Year’s hangover, trying to remember where I parked my car, and getting ready to shave …
Do We Really Want Another Guy Named Drew?
Can somebody tell me what is going on with the J.D. Drew contract? Not that I’m all jazzed up to watch someone making $14 million …
It’s Quiet, Too Quiet
Unless you’re a kid on school break, this week kinda sucks. Just that dead, end-of-year suckiness. 2006 is over, for all intents and purposes, yet …
The Greatest Gift of All
Christmas 2006 is officially done. I’ll be tearing down the tree, the lights, the 30-foot plastic Santa who looks slightly Asian and more-than-slightly deranged, and …
So This Is Christmas?
Something just doesn’t seem right when it’s 50 degrees outside on Christmas Eve, New England hasn’t seen more than a dusting of snow, and there’s …
To Market, To Market
Just how profitable will the Red Sox signing of Matsuzaka be? Hard to say, but it’s a safe bet they will recoup their $51 million, …
Nothing Left To Say
It’s Sunday, the hot stove has cooled down, the holidays are coming, what else? Another T.O. scandal in the news. The Celts won their fifth …
Is It Safe?
In what seems to be an effort to erase any evidence of the 2004 championship team, the Red Sox have announced their new broadcast team. …
I Don’t Like Mondays
I’m not at the point I want to shoot anyone, but Mondays after an un-Patriot-like beatdown in Miami yesterday are tough. I was as sure …
Waiting on a Friend
In my “book of best Saturdays” you will find no mention of December 9, 2006. After an open bar Christmas party Friday night, I drag …
Happy Birthday Larry Bird
Larry Legend turns 50 today. Thanks for the memories #33. The million-dollar contracts continue being tossed around the winter meetings like dollar bills at a …
Theo Gone Wild
The much-rumored deals have finally been confirmed. JD Drew and Julio Lugo will both be wearing Red Sox colors next season. As if we haven’t …
Where’s The Beef?
Day one of the winter meetings is in the books and we’ve got nothing to show for it but more rumors. I guess I’m getting …
Destination Unknown
It’s true. Red has left the building on one of his frequent “business trips” to parts unknown. He claims Florida, where the winter meetings start …
Where Is The Love?
Michael Richards goes on a tirade filled with the worst racial slurs and “historical” references during a nightclub act. Larry Johnson states he hates taking …
Manny Up
Can you ever get too much Manny trade talk? I hate to say it, but I think this time it’s for real. The inexplicable desire …