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OK, the Red Sox no-hit Northeastern yesterday afternoon while scoring 17 runs in the first five innings. Later, they beat Boston College for like the …

Throughout the loud, messy, harrowing and ultimately uplifting blur that was the 2004 postseason, Jimmy Fallon was the turd in the poundcake. At every turn, …

Best line from yesterday’s White House visit by the World Champion Boston Red Sox: Reporter [to group in photo above]: Which one of you is …

Every time I see this:It reminds me of the night I wrote this*. To the members of the 2004 Boston Red Sox, I heartily apologize …

…like this one on Red Sox spring training speculations.

Another snow storm on the way. Spring baseball on the way. The snow will be gone in a few weeks, but baseball will be here …

Dude, let it snow, let it sleet, let Jose Canseco and brother Ozzie set up a book peddlin’ shack on my front lawn. I give …

Just a couple off-topic notes on tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony: 1) If Morgan Freeman doesn’t win Best Supporting Actor, then I’m mailing someone in Hollywood …

So, according to Larry Lucchino in Thursday’s Globe, championship rings will, in fact, be handed out before the home opener. Further, ownership decided that “everybody …

“It’s the fans that need spring training. You gotta get ’em interested. Wake ’em up and let ’em know that their season is coming, the …

In today’s Globe: Little seems to have changed this spring about [Mark] Bellhorn. He still doesn’t say boo, though Kevin Millar, who brought Manny Ramirez …

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 …

Can you imagine being a Yankee fan? What are they going through right now? Last October they watched their team complete the worst chokefest in …

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 …

Spring at last, Spring at last, thank God Almighty, Spring at last. Today is the day Spring officially begins in Boston. Not some arbitrary date …

Jose Canseco did steroids? Not really heart-stopping news. But maybe some of the other players he calls out in his book, Juiced, will be surprising. …

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 …

The New England Patriots are the Superbowl champions. Again. The game didn’t go anywhere near the way I predicted, but the outcome is what matters. …

After two weeks of hype, finally, the game will be played. We have heard trash talk and speculation, predictions and accolades, and even a message …

I am pleased to report the safe return of Red from inside the borders of Yankee territory. Despite several attempts on his life and a …

First of all, NESN’s idea to replay the ALCS this week was brilliant. I mean, who isn’t sick of the Superbowl hype? Nobody watches the …

The 2004 season was incredible. Amazing. Historic. But be honest, if you could change a couple of things, you’d do it. I don’t mean scores …

While Red is on his mission in the labyrinth of tunnels deep below New York City, I too have been redeployed for a day. My …

El Guapo Found! Ten days after his wife filed a missing persons report with police, former Red Sox pitcher Rich Garces returned home safely. No, …

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 …

Unlike Red, I despise winter. It is cold, the days are short, and worst of all, there is no baseball. I am a huge football …