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There is something in the air in Red Sox Nation. It’s not just the throngs of college students returning to Boston to rejoin the bandwagon. …

Hello Oakland. We are the Red Sox. You may remember us from the 2003 ALDS. Heh. We are in your house tonight. And we are …

Took in last night’s game from the Monsta seats, front and center in the front row. A very cool experience and completely new perspective. As …

The Red Sox have won nine in a row. And the only thing standing between us and our tenth straight victory is John Wasdin, who …

Hello. Steinbrenner here. Mister Steinbrenner to you. Or, as I’m also known in various parts: Big George, The Boss, and “Balls” O’Sullivan. Enough with the …

Fenway Park, Boston. Thirty-five thousand rabid, championship-starved faithful watched their team take one step closer to their goal. The World Series. The Fall Classic. God …

Tonight, the Red Sox begin the single most important stretch of the season. Angels and Rangers at home. And it’s on. The kid gloves are …

They are mirror images of each other. One bats from the left side of the plate, one from the right. They will beat you using …

Dale Svuem is every bit as bad a third base coach as Red Sox Nation has portrayed him as. Another player gunned down at the …

Yesterday, a Manny-less line-up scored 5 runs on nine hits, as Pedro collected his 14th win. Today, Tim Wakefield looks to make it six in …

“Hello. I’m Dmitri Young of the Detroit Tigers. The scumbags who run this site asked me to tell you that they’ve added some new shirts …

These guys are playing scary-good baseball. 17-7 in the month of August and the only loss in their last ten games was on a career …

The Red Sox are winning. The Red Sox are hugging. A lot. I mean, I can’t recall a Red Sox team that hugged as much …

Mike Timlin is back. The Mike Timlin who tore through the 2003 playoffs? The one who had opposing batters pissing streams of fear and contemplating …

Okay, so Lilly shut us down, but good. That doesn’t keep me from believing that this team could barnstorm through September and possibly take the …

Pssst. The Red Sox are five and a half games behind the Yankees. A week ago, this scenario was pure science fiction. We’d be zipping …

The Red Sox won their fifth in a row yesterday, besting the White Sox 10-7 in a veritable slugfest. It wasn’t a pretty one. Bronson …

Four in a row, and the offense is back. Back like crazy back, with 14 hits last night, a grand slam from Manny (he of …

It is well documented that we at Surviving Grady do not believe in curses. But for those of you who are believers, add this to …

No, folks, the title of today’s post isn’t another clever allusion to Johnny Damon’s girlfriend (though there’s a great but sadly backside-free photo of our …

Best wishes to the creative genius of Surviving Grady! This is as close as I could get to fulfilling his “being-Johnny-Damon-for-a-day” birthday wish. Enjoy!

With very little fanfare the Red Sox have won 8 of their last 11 games. Could this finally be the streak we have been waiting …

I was flipping between last night’s Sox game on NESN and Donnie Darko on HBO Zone, and I’m still trying to figure out which was …

We have heard all of the commentary on yesterday’s game, yet we will hear it all again. Why? Because yesterday was “same as it ever …

Things you don’t do: Step on Superman’s cape. Spit into the wind. Admit to purchasing Rod Stewart’s The Great American Songbook Volume 1 for anyone …

A bump in the road or the beginning of the end? Whatever it turns out to be, I walk away from last night’s loss with …

Pedro Martinez turned the clock back in the series finale with the D-Rays. Complete game shutout, 6 hits, 10 strikeouts, no walks. In the month …

Watching the Sox lay down the hurting on the D-Rays to the tune of 14-4, I hear the pessimist in me whisper, “They should be …

A great win. An offensive explosion. Timely hitting not seen since… well, not since Mueller’s game-winning home run off Rivera several weeks ago. This was …

Looking every day as old as his 38 years, Curt Schilling was pulled in the sixth inning after surrendering his third homerun of the night. …

Okay. So. Tonight. The Red Sox are back home after an admittedly disappointing road trip, in which they went 5-4 against the likes of the …

Pedro Martinez wasted no time last night in issuing a statement to the Tigers – this is my game. He struck out the first five …

Losing to Detroit is bad enough. Losing a one-run game to Detroit is excruciating. The record for this road trip — which we’d figured would …

It is Friday, August 6, 2004. The Red Sox are 9 1/2 games behind the Yankees in the division and 1 1/2 games behind Oakland …