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Tonight’s game against the Phillies combines two of my least favorite things: Interleague play and a start by Daisuke Matsuzaka, who has earned his fat …

Finally back in Boston and catching up on a week’s worth of Sox news, and quite happy to hear that Kevin Millar — El Bencho …

When David Ortiz launched his eighth homer of the season over the Green Monster, I decided it was official: Big Papi is back. Ortiz spent …

First: full disclosure. I didn’t see a bloody second of last night’s Sox-Yanks mash-up. I was trapped at a business function that went on and …

More heroics from an unlikely source, another shaky closing effort from Paps, and we’re back even at 20-20. It seems to be the theme for …

…or at least that’s what I keep telling myself. It’s called positive thinking, folks. And when your team touts the second highest payroll in baseball …

Now is anybody worried about John Lackey? Granted, the bats should have feasted against a Triple-A call-up, but you need more out of Lackey than …

If there’s one thing the 2004 postseason taught me, it is that SEEING DAVID ORTIZ SMASH MAMMOTH HOME RUNS MAKES ME HAPPY. Therefore, I was …

Never a dull moment in the Boston sports world, eh? Last night, the Celtics advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals by beating the Cavs into …

Back in the pre-Tina, pre-Heidi days of 2004, NESN’s resident bombshell was Krisily Kennedy, the former Miss Rhode Island who worked the Sox pre-game show. …

The Red Sox had an off-day so we take solace in the second-best thing to a Red Sox win: a Yankee loss. Sabathia got lit …

Clearly, umpire Dale Scott had someplace to be immediately after today’s Sox game. Maybe he had a date or a sandwich that needed attention, but …

Hockey beards are back in full effect in the NESN studios. And a few of our beloved Red Sox commentators have taken up the cause. …

One run, three hits, nine strikeouts and no walks through seven innings? Who the f$%k was that guy on the hill tonight? I say we …

Did you ever get that feeling that some seemingly routine, almost mundane event might turn out to be something special? A turning point? I kinda …

The Red Sox squeaked out a win last night by invoking the “our starter sucked a little less than your starter” rule. Brandon Morrow was …

Okay, I’ve given the whole Josh Beckett thing a lot of thought over the past 24 hours. Something’s clearly bothering him, and as someone with …

We are “just a tick” shy of twenty percent through the season and it’s time to ask the hard question: Are the Red Sox a …

Good to see the Sox salvage the last game of the Yankees series on the strength of a masterful performance by Lester. But until the …

Remember how good you felt after the Sox completed the sweep of the Angels on Thursday? That was awesome. Now it’s getting hard to recall …

Watching any of Boston’s sports teams last night was like getting a rectal exam by a guy wearing sandpaper gloves. Weather permitting, at least the …

Look, I think the less said about last night’s game, the better. So with that… ACCORDION SOLO! Alright. That worked. Bring on CC.

Has the Sox-Yankees rivalry lost its potency, as many people like to claim? Maybe, maybe not. In my mind, 2004 took a lot of the …

As Red pointed out  the other day, Dustin Pedroia has turned into the team’s quotable gangster. And he did not disappoint  when asked about the …

I’m talking about the four game sweep of the Angels, of course. Although this photo of Amalie Benjamin, my internet wife, ain’t all that bad, …

On paper the match up doesn’t look very promising, but the way the Sox have been playing against the Angels, I like our chances. Scott …

Last night we had a Sox win featuring John Lackey pitching brilliantly against his former team, a home run from Ortiz and some serious heat …

Ex-Angel John Lackey will face his former team for the first time since joining the Red Sox. Oddly, Ex-Red Sox Joel Pineiro will start for …

I wrote this back in February. In honor of tonight’s Nomarpalooza at Fenway, I felt it appropriate to push replay: * * * * * …

After Scenic Lowell got, like, 57 hits in Monday night’s game, it seemed a no-brainer that Tito would ride the Mikey Express for last night’s …

If there’s someone who I’d like to see feelin’ kinda Lester, it’s Jon Lester. We know the guy’s capable of amazing things, but his 2010 …

We’ve all seen this a million times: some kid has a few too many watered-down beers at the ballpark and the next thing you know …

In last night’s game thread post, I put out the call for a little Red Sox-created carnage. Man, did they deliver: 20 hits, 17 runs, …

The last time the Anaheim Angels stepped on our turf, we were fighting for our lives in the 2009 ALDS. Now, the stakes are even …