Posts in category Opening Day

There are a few things you can count on in this life: death, taxes, and me posting this same exact story every year on Fenway …

There are a few things you can count on in this life: death, taxes, and me posting this same exact story every year on Red …

There are a few things you can count on in this life: death, taxes, Law and Order reruns and me posting this same exact story …

Another Opening Day has come and gone and the Red Sox took the loss. Not just a loss, but a really flaccid, boring kinda loss, …

There are a few things you can count on in this life: death, taxes, and me posting this same exact story every year on Opening …

A reflection on the many thoughts and flights of fancy that gripped my mind on Red Sox Opening Day, now and in the past. Guest-starring …

So it wasn’t exactly the sort of 2020 Opening Day we were envisioning when the 2019 season ended. Hell, it might not have been the …

Today is the first day of what we will call the 2020 MLB semi-season, which the Red Sox will open tomorrow night. And even though …

Look, it’s been a while since we saw brand new Red Sox baseball on our TVs. And as much as I enjoy reliving game 4 …

I first wrote this blog post in 2011, roughly five years after my dad passed. Right up until the day he died, Opening Day was …

The late 90s were not a good time to be a Red Sox fan, unless you happened to enjoy teams that regularly ripped your heart …

Hello. Hi. Okay, so. I’m back. Alright, now that we’ve got the niceties out of the way, let’s talk baseball. Opening Day 2018 is upon …

I’m old enough to remember back when Big Lee Smith gave up a game-winning home run in his Red Sox debut back in 1988, so …

On my way in to the game today, so I will shamelessly re-post this entry from a couple years back. Because it all still matters. …

Back in 2001, when Red Sox ownership dropped a ton of money on free agent Manny Ramirez, more than a few eyebrows were raised. But …

Today is Opening Day for the 2016 Boston Red Sox. And in my mind — a sick and twisted place you don’t want to visit …

Gotta love the way Hanley Ramirez just toys with opposing teams. Early in the game he’s just goofin’ around, waltzing around the dugout with David …

  We may look back on Red Sox Opening Day 2015 as the day Clay Buchholz became an ace. I know, I know, we’ve seen …

You can blame all of this on a train ride. Over a decade ago, in October of 2003 to be precise, I was on a …

First things first, my track record for Red Sox pre-season prognostication is dismal. For every one time I’m spot on (I once got taken to …

Hey, they can’t all be gems. Those Dwight Evans first pitch home runs to start the season are few and far between. So I won’t …

If North Korea’s gonna start lobbing nuclear missiles our way, I hope they at least have the good sense to wait until the Jackie Bradley …

Another Red Sox Opening Day is upon us and, holy shitnips, it’s the tenth motherflippin’ Opening Day since we started this weird-ass blog. But unlike …