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Let me get this straight: The Red Sox drop the first game of this series to Texas, prompting an all out “Holy Christ we’d rather …

Look, with Andrew Miller on the hill against one of baseball’s most terrifying line-ups, we gotta get ourselves psyched up any way we can. So …

Shut down the internet, folks. We can’t top this. I’m actually surprised at how good Youk is in a lot of these commercials. If his …

I wrote the post below on Sunday evening but never got a chance to publish it. Apparently someone at Surviving Grady Enterprises leaked the story …

After the first game of this Texas series, I’d have rather faced a prostate exam in a roller coaster than an ALDS against the Rangers. …

Because he’s back home tonight, in Texas, to face the Rangers. And because the line-up behind him seems to have gotten its groove back, with …

“I’m back, guys.” “So am I.” “F$%k yeah!”

Traditional thinking would have us assume that John Lackey will be fed his own balls by the Texas Rangers line-up tonight. But I feel otherwise. …

If there is anyone who doesn’t understand the value of winning the division this season, just go watch last night’s game again. Or almost any …

Hey, the last time we faced the Rangers, we were a different team. Fresh out of the gate and eager to please. Trying to live …

I had a chance to check out the first game of Saturday’s doubleheader featuring the Portland Sea Dogs against… some other team. For all the …

If you need a win, you call Jon Lester. As Red explained, this game was as important as any game in mid-August against the Royals …

I know it’s important to never take wins for granted or expect a lesser team to roll over. But for chrissakes–it’s Jon Lester against the …

A horrible thought occurred to me while watching the Royals and Red Sox re-enact Conquest of the Planet of the Apes last night, with the …

Members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, I hope you were taking note of last night’s NESN Red Sox telecast. Because the sight …

“Shit, I dunno. Maybe the Red Sox. Yeah, maybe they win by two or three runs. I guess that sounds right. I don’t really give …

It’s not bad enough he crushed our World Series hopes in 2003, but he has to have a smokeshow for a wife? It’s finding things …

With a three-games-in-two-days stand in Boston sandwiched between a trip to Seattle and a jaunt to Kansas City, the Red Sox’ current travel schedule seems …

The schedule-maker didn’t know it at the time, but he was giving us a nice mid-August gift. The Sox will play four against the Royals, …

And tonight, the shirt says, “No more screwing around. We are the team with (currently) the second-best record in the American League playing the team …

In the madness of three games in 24 hours and the sudden demise of the Red Sox bats, we never got the chance to give …

Where has the highest-scoring team in the AL gone? The Red Sox have been averaging over five runs per game and just under 10 hits …

It’s our third game in a span of roughly 24 hours. Only this one means much, much more. Because we don’t want to fall much …

There were two highlights from game two of yesterday’s Sox-Rays doubleheader. The first came in the top of the fourth, when the Sox turned a …

The Red Sox managed just three hits against Medium-Game James (I gave him a promotion). Fortunately they all came in the third inning in the …

Today, the Red Sox play two against the Tampa Bay Rays. But if you’re a working stiff like myself, you’re gonna miss out on the …

Some crazy things that go through your head on a rainy Monday when your team has an off day and just lost a series to …

I could go on about how ridiculous it is to lose a series to the second-worst team in the American League. Or how Carl Crawford …

The sentimental guy in me, the one who digs sunsets and Michael Buble and chokes up every goddam time he watches “It’s A Wonderful Life,” …

As if the damn dirty apes didn’t f$%k our shit up enough, what with destroying Los Angeles in about 100 years and putting Chuck Heston …

The Commander entered the game with an ERA of 2.17. The King entered the game with an ERA of 3.31. This had all the makings …

What’s up, guys. You may be wondering why you’re all bound and gagged and tied to those folding chairs. Further, you may be wondering why …

Way back in 1977, the Mariners grabbed afro-ed hurler Tom House from the Red Sox. Since then, the two teams have been on opposite sides …

They say it’s important to remember where you came from (and by “they” I mean the cast of Back to the Future III). So as …

No game means excessive web-surfing…and this is the kind of stuff you find. Should be in the instruction manual for all parents.