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It is July 2nd and the Red Sox have just been swept by the Yankees and are eight-and-a-half games back in the AL East. Then …

Cesar Crespo pinch-hitting with men on in the top of the thirteenth inning against your mortal enemies? Kevin Millar playing right field during critical extra …

During periods of my life marked by undue stress — long stretches of unemployment, selling and building a home, the release of a new Rob …

Red Sox Nation and Terry Francona were treated to a baseball clinic last night. The price of admission? One game in the standings. If there …

This is baseball. When the baseball gods invented this beautiful game, this is what they had in mind. Two of the most storied franchises, who …

Curt Schilling’s reaction after striking out Todd Pratt in the sixth with two on. At the time, Pratt represented the tying run. The offense took …

What is it that turns the near-perfect baseball machine of last night into…into…well into whatever it was that took the field today? What is the …

Maybe we should have threatened to trade Manny to Texas years ago. Despite speculation that the proposed A-Rod deal would propel him to bold new …

Well, Red Sox Nation, what’s it going to be? Evacuate the bandwagon and tune into the NBA draft or circle the wagons in hopes of …

Sox lose in 10. Nomar throwing error gives it away. Offense still not showing up. Millar 0-for-4. D-Rays only four back in the loss column. …

Heaven help me. I think I’m starting to crack. I’m usually stronger than this. A lifetime of Sox worship has conditioned my body and feeble …

I’ll say this much for the 2004 edition of the Olde Towne Team: They don’t do things half-assed. When they lose, they lose in stellar, …

From the wife. For Father’s Day. Because she understands. So, how ’bout this: We trade Shoppach and Youkilis for Beltran, then trade Nomar to Oakland …

First, I am not angry. Alright, maybe Saturday’s game got me a little peeved. After Friday’s blow-out, a neat comeback win could have sparked that …

Alan Embree sits alone in the dugout after giving it up to the Giants in the eighth. The Sox rallied from a 4-1 deficit in …

A vicious power display and stellar bullpen performance turned a 7-2 deficit into a 14-9 win. Could this finally be it? The streak we have …

At last! Hating Barry Bonds is even easier! Bonds, whose knowledge of baseball history had him humorously mocking a visitor stumbling to draw comparisons between …

Derek Lowe starred in today’s episode of the World Series-chasing Boston Red Sox, and what a supporting cast he had. The positives are almost too …

I hate being in second place. Hate it more than losing two straight to a team with the second-worst record in all of baseball. Hate …

Remember back to the start of the season, when the Sox swept up in the Bronx and all anyone wanted to talk about was how …

Sunday night baseball. Pedro pitching another masterpiece, timely hitting and a web-gem from Pokey. What could be wrong? Jon Miller and Joe Morgan, that’s what. …

So I’m watching ESPN’s coverage of the Cubs/Astros game last night and I find myself rooting for Clemens. The last time I did that was …

My new drug of choice? It’s Pokey. I’m buying an HDTV monitor just to watch him tear it up even clearer than I do right …

Just as Pedro and Lowe have seemed to find themselves again, at least based on their last starts, Tim Wakefield keeps falling further into the …

Sox win! Yanks lose! Mussina tweaks groin! Curt hurt!? Friday rocks my ass off! More tomorrow morning!

The Red Sox now have a problem. It will be debated fiercely in the Nation, at least for the next few days. Who is the …

If there is anything we can say about last night’s game that is completely expletive-free, it is that it provided a neat encapsulation of the …

Okay, the Globe is now confirming what Bostondirtdogs.com reported earlier this morning: Nomar WILL be in the line-up tonight.

This morning, did you not find yourself awash in that “morning after” glow? You know, the one you wore every fifth day in 1999, when …

He is not the Nomar we used to know, love and cherish as a player. He is now a bitter man, looking for the big …

At Last! Tonight! The magic that is inter-friggin’-league play begins! It’s the night when old scores will be settled, ancient rivalries renewed, and the sheer …

It took a bizarre play to keep the Red Sox sixth inning alive and put up five runs after trailing 3-0. With bases loaded, Cesar …

First, Curt Schilling is the ace of the 2004 Red Sox staff. He’s the burly hurler with an attitude we’ve missed so much since Clemens …

We got beat by a guy named Gobble. Yikes. Tonight, we get the Schill-dog. And we also get to experience one of my favorite beasts, …

Off days after a loss suck. All we had to look forward to was Baltimore beating the Yankees. Right. I’ve got Oliver Stone looking into …