Posts in category October Baseball

I always get sentimental around mid-October. Not because it was around this time in the 90s that my Uncle Thad, last seen walking down route …

The pre-2004 postseason picture was pretty lean for the Red Sox. In their 1988, 1990, 1995, 1998 and 1999 playoff appearances, the Sox went an …

Or, on the other hand, maybe… let us? Come on, wouldn’t a seven game ALCS be awesome? Think of the ratings! The drama! The raw, …

First of all, I can’t blame the Red Sox for perhaps feeling a little too giddy about their prospects in the ALCS going into game …

So the Red Sox just dropped game four of the ALCS and I’ll admit that the boys didn’t do themselves any favors, scoring two runs …

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Red Sox take it in the shorts in the first game of the playoff series, then go …

Today is the seventeenth anniversary of game four of the 2004 ALCS. Or, to put it simply, it’s been 17 years since The Steal. Everyone …

First off, let me say that I have very little experience managing baseball at any level. In fact, the closest I’ve come to being affiliated …

The 2021 Red Sox begin the next step in their playoff run Friday night, playing in the ALCS for the first time since that blessed …

I grew up in a time when Red Sox playoff wins were rarer than three-legged rainbows and talking apes. Where every season began with the …

In game one of the ALDS, the Rays kept the Red Sox offense in check. Every time we got runners on base, they found a …

This has been an interesting season to say the least, complete with a stumbling out of the gate against the Orioles, a summer surge, a …

Hello. Hi. My name’s Red. Take a seat. Get comfy. Grab a beer. And listen up. Because I’ve got something important to tell you. As …

When the Red Sox began their late summer skid, falling into a place where they couldn’t stop tripping over their own asses, I made a …

Before the 2004 ALCS, our greatest postseason triumph against the Yankees was game three of the 1999 ALCS. Of course, for a Sox fan in …

The 2004 Red Sox will always be, in my mind, the greatest red Sox team ever assembled. I don’t care if the stats nerds point …

Today is the sixteenth anniversary of game four of the 2004 ALCS. Or, to put it simply, it’s been 16 years since The Steal. Everyone …

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 …

Today marks the 17 year anniversary of the craziest thing I’ve ever seen during a Red Sox game. I still wake up some mornings and …

If you’re like me, you do two things with great precision: drink and attend Red Sox games. Lately, we haven’t had a lot of the …

When you come to my house for Thanksgiving, there are a few things you have to just accept. First, you’ll be sipping cider from my …

When Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS began, I was in New Jersey on business. I sat in a crowded hotel bar with my boss, …

Six years ago tonight, David Ortiz did the unthinkable. Already a deity in Boston for pulling us up by our bootstraps during the 2004 post-season, …

Took a lot of thinking, but I’m comfortable with these picks.

The Boston Red Sox were eliminated from the postseason last night. This is never a good time; in fact, for some Sox fans it can …

I’ll come right out and say it: I’m not a hockey fan. I’ve followed the Bruins from a safe distance and could barely tell you …

I’m old enough to have Red Sox angst in my DNA. I try to suppress it, but it’s there. In the blood. Keeping me grounded …

For years, my automatic response whenever a Red Sox game went to shit was to pick up the nearest chair and toss it into the …

Let’s get one thing straight right off the bat: I love the ladies. Hell, there’s nothing I love more than grabbing a couple six packs …

Look, I’ll come right out and say it: I have no goddamn idea how I’m supposed to feel as the Red Sox head to Los …

Savvy readers of this blog (yes, all eight of you) have heard this rant before. That Alex Cora didn’t just fall off the turnip truck …

I was a young shaver when the Red Sox played game seven of the 1986 World Series. When Marty Barrett struck out to end it, …

Hello. Hi. My name’s Red. Take a seat. Grab a beer. Because I’ve got something important to tell you. Ready? Okay, here it is: Baseball …

The 2018 Red Sox begin another ALCS run this weekend, for the first time since that blessed 2013 season. So what better time to get …

Roughly 24 hours after a 16-1 spanking of the Yankees lulled me into a false sense of security, the Red Sox were back in “ALL …