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Word is Jason Varitek will be announcing his retirement on Thursday and taking a job within the Red Sox organization. Of course, it’s a bittersweet …

Peter Abraham’s “Random Red Sox thoughts” post today is outstanding. I don’t need an entire article devoted to Crawford’s stance or a minute-by-minute update of Bobby …

Bobby V has been all smiles and pats on the ass since being named Red Sox skipper. But now, Jon Krawczynski reports, it looks like he’s …

Jet Blue Park, the Pride of Lee County. But wait…type www.jetbluepark.com into your browser and look where you end up! Yup, redirected to the Yankees …

With Manny Ramirez returning to active duty in the MLB, an old quote from Teets has been making the rounds. Apparently, back in 2008, in …

As if Don Zimmer wasn’t already cuddly enough, the intrepid and quite possibly drug-addled minds in the Tampa Bay Rays’ marketing group have gone and …

The Globe had an interesting piece on the whereabouts of former Red Sox players. Most surprising to me was that Brad Penny — who I’d …

It’s game on for Dustin Pedroia from the moment he arrives at camp. Props to Joe MacDonald and his “Quick Hits” segment over at ESPN …

Terry? Yes. It’s John. John Warczak? You finally returning my hedge clippers? No, John Henry. From the Red Sox. Oh. So. The wife tells me …

Does anybody else get the feeling that maybe, just maybe, things aren’t going to be all rainbows and flowers in 2012? Look, I didn’t expect …

“So if you’re feeling lonely, don’t. You’re the only one I’ll ever want.” “I only want to make it good. So if I love you, …

One of the more interesting moments of the Wakefield farewell press conference was when he gave props to Dan Duquette. After all, it was Dan …

Great story today by the Herald’s Michael Silverman. Reading it made me realize how much I’m going to miss Terry Francona. Whatever your opinions are …

I wrote this about King Wake back in 2010. But a lot of the sentiments still apply. So today, I repost, in honor of his …

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Fenway Park (and perhaps sell some T-shirts and coffee table books while they’re at it), the Red Sox are …

Gerry Callahan had an interesting piece in yesterday’s Herald (which you will be shocked to know does not once mention politics). The story starts out …

Because it is all about the money, I was happy to hear that the Red Sox and David Ortiz have successfully avoided arbitration, coming to …

Despite the fact that I enjoy the occasional eight-day bender and have probably killed off more brain cells with Budweiser to render me effectively sub-human, …

Forget all those things your grandparents told you about seeing the first robin or the stupid groundhog as being the harbingers of spring. We all …

The reports are in: Kevin Youkilis is engaged to Tom Brady’s sister Julie. She is a schoolteacher with a 5-year-old daughter, he is a sweaty …

I refuse to believe that this scene hasn’t played out at least one weekend in Boston, with Julian Tavarez as the crooner, Mike Timlin as …

He used to shout at his glove, once referred to Cleveland’s ballpark as being built by the ocean and racked up hundreds of dollars in …

After a lost season in 2010, Jacoby Ellsbury was a wrecking machine last year. He played in 158 games, smacked 32 homeruns, drove in 105 …

After the dust settled last October, pitching was not exactly a bright spot in the 2011 Red Sox season. One positive that did come out …

Among the many reasons I love baseball is that fact that I clearly know nothing about football. Everything I thought was going to happen in …

If there’s anything good to be gleaned from last night’s final score, it’s that pitchers and catchers report in less than two weeks. That is …

Will a Patriots Superbowl victory tonight finally erase the memory of that catch? Well, we’ll probably never see an opportunity for a perfect season again, …

I think it was roughly 15.3 seconds after Bobby Valentine was named Red Sox skipper when folks started chatterin’, “Hey, remember that stuff Bobby said …

Our pals over at the Extra Bases blog had some excerpts from an interview Josh Beckett did with none other than Kevin Millar. Josh toed …

Let’s face it, if any of us had a HoF vote, we’d be sending Billy Mueller to Cooperstown for what he did for us in …

When word came down that Heidi Watney would be leaving NESN at the end of 2011, I got an email from a college buddy of …

Question: How is it that I have never seen this clip of a hot chick stripping down to her Red Sox underwear? Answer: It’s from …

Just when I thought we might get a season out of “Action Jackson” headlines, Gordon Edes shits on the party by telling us the Sox …

Some good news out of New York: The Yankees have unwittingly signed Manny Delcarmen to a minor-league deal. Those tools. Little do they realize that …