Posts in category October Baseball

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 …

Look, there’s only so much that we as fans can do as the Red Sox gear up for game three of the ALDS in the …

Alright, I’ll admit that I bought into the David Price, Game Two Starter hype. Figured the guy’s gotta be looking to make a statement, to …

Watching game two of the ALDS was a painful experience, with David Price knocked out early and most of the Red Sox bats locked in …

Watching game one of the ALDS last night, I felt oddly calm and collected as the Red Sox cruised to an early 3-0 lead. Two …

I’m going to be honest: the last time the Yankees were a blip on my radar was the 2004 ALCS. Once we shook that monkey …

Today marks the last game of the 2018 regular season. And while it would be nice to see the Red Sox go out on a …

I remember Don Orsillo’s first game as permanent Red Sox commentator for NESN. It was April 4, 2001, and Hideo Nomo threw a no-hitter. I …

I’m gonna go ahead and bet that when the MLB schedule makers were putting this season together, they very likely had this weekend earmarked from …

I’ll come right out and say it: I’m pale as fuck. Boston Irish. Red hair. Skin so white it’s almost translucent. I’m the kid whose …

The Red Sox won the AL East last night, and I was so caught up in a Devil Dogs- and whiskey-induced stupor I almost forgot …

The Red Sox have won 101 games. That’s the most games they’ve won since 1946 and they will very likely surpass the record of 105 …

As much as I will never, ever forget the Red Sox’ 2004 season and the profoundly uplifting effect it has had on my life and …

Everything you needed to know about the Red Sox’ chances in the ALDS were painfully apparent in the first inning of game one. That’s when …

The Red Sox begin their playoff campaign tomorrow with game one of the 2017 ALDS. And they’re going into this one as underdogs. In fact, …

The MLB regular season is in the books, with the lucky teams whose seasons will extend to the playoffs identified. The Boston Red Sox sealed …

In a world that seems dangerously close to running off the rails with every passing day, it’s refreshing to know that we can still find …

Around the All Star Break, when the Red Sox were looking like they might just make something of themselves this season and the Cubs were …

The Mighty Terry Francona will be heading to the World Series again, this time with the Indians, which is one of the teams he helped …

I’m old enough to have seen the Red Sox hit the postseason 13 times in my life. Three of those playoff runs ended majestically. The …

There is not I’d love to see more than the Red Sox getting to the World Series and having David Ortiz work his October magic …

In my illustrious career as a Red Sox fan, I’ve had the good fortune and privilege to attend a handful of postseason games at Fenway …

When Charles Dickens wrote, “it was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” he may well have been talking about last night’s …

I never want to become one of those people who’s content to rest on laurels and past glories and demand nothing more of the Red …

Last week, as the NLCS and ALCS kicked off, I made a mental list of the teams participating and my thoughts on them. It looked …

With the Red Sox slowly fading into off-season oblivion with a whimper (let’s not even talk about last night’s turgid loss to the Jays), we …

We heard and saw a lot of awesome things during the 2013 ALCS. But the following soundbyte, especially when whittled down and removed from the …

Our pal Japanese Masshole tweeted a couple of photos from the daily paper in Tokyo, where Koji Uehara is as big as he is here …

When Shane Victorino stepped to the plate last night with the bases loaded and the Sox down 2-1 in the seventh inning, I wasn’t expecting …

For the Red Sox, the road to the 2013 World Series included a dramatic win in game six of the ALCS–a game punctuated with some …

Putting the exclamation point on one of the most inexplicably awesome seasons since 2004, the Red Sox closed out the ALCS tonight at Fenway Park, …

The Red Sox are one game away from the World Series. But getting there will require buzzing through Max Scherzer, who’s a pretty formidable opponent …

Watching tonight’s game conjured all those memories of playoff baseball: the pacing, the drinking, flailing my fists at the wall, and urinating out the window …

Wasn’t there some Greek God who got his power from his beard? Or was it a superhero? Or maybe I dreamed the whole thing. Anyway, …

I wanted that one. Having a 3-1 leg up on the Tigers and needing to win only one against Sanchez, Scherzer and Verlander sounded about …