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Think for just a minute about this weekend’s sweep of the Orioles. John Smoltz starts Friday’s game with a 7.04 ERA. He ends up raising …

Josh Beckett is the textbook “ace” pitcher. By the numbers, look what he’s done: Averages just under seven innings per start Three complete games ERA …

Everything just makes sense when Josh Beckett’s on the mound. Nuff said.

Seriously, and what are the chances of that? I was wandering through the aisles, looking for a cheap port wine, when my man Ken texted …

The trade deadline is typically more pomp than circumstance. But this year, with the Sox locked in some sort of offense-draining quagmire and Ortizgate filling …

The news that broke yesterday about David Ortiz being on “the list” of 104 players who tested positive for steroids has me in a funk. …

That’s what it feels like, bro. That’s what it feels like. Oh, and f@#k Giambi.

Reporter: Considering the struggles this team has had scoring runs of late, did you feel that you put your teammates in a difficult position by …

After Tuesday night’s shyte show, I went into last night’s game wanting nothing but carnage and chaos, with the Sox whipping the A’s back into …

Okay, that’s a little harsh. Because The Bot has only blown three saves this season. And Candlebox really, really sucks. But, if nothing else, last …

Sitting at my desk this afternoon, chewing on a particularly dismal ham sandwich, I had a vision. A vision of the Fenway scoreboard flashing the …

Great piece on 12-game winner and Chief Executive Ass Kicker Josh Beckett in today’s Globe, but it would have been even greater if the editor …

If you need to ask why Jim Rice is “the man” then you probably shouldn’t be reading this blog. Here is my favorite part of …

Nobody–and I mean nobody–works a suit, tie and/or shades like Big Jim Ed. That stuff with the bat, yeah, that was impressive, too. But Mr. …

John Smoltz avoided the “one bad inning” syndrome by sucking in all five he pitched today. Is there really anyone left out there that thinks …

Because The New Guy not only belted a home run in his first game as a Red Sox, he also tears it up on the …

The Sox return to Fenway was certainly not the offensive explosion we were hoping for, but we’ll take a win any way we can get …

If you’re heading in to tonight’s Sox-Os game, first, congrats. Second, be advised that The Red Sox Wives will be holding their 18th annual Can …

So we’re coming off a five game losing streak and just lost Mark Kotsay, he of the hot wife, good clubhouse karma and world’s most …

No game tonight? No problem. Your boyfriends at Surviving Grady have got you covered, with the following video suggestions that are far less exciting than …

I was being honest when I predicted that 2009 would be the Year of the Looger. Sadly, it is not to be, at least not …

After another disappointing showing by the offense, the Red Sox pulled the trigger to add a bat to the line-up. Hunter Strickland (Portland SS) and …

Attention, please. This is the Ellis Burks Glamour Shot talkin’. And for too long, my cardboard brothers and I have sat back in silence. While …

We all know that after a grueling three hours of rocking on the bench, begging his offense to come through for him and praying against …

I’m calling the Great John Smoltz Experiment a failure. The guy has managed just one win while compiling a 6.31 ERA. Would have been a …

When Millwood left Smoltz, he was but a learner, but now he is the master. Or something like that. Alls I know is Thoroughly Modern …

For a long time, perhaps too long as our man Chad Finn suggests, WEEI has been the bastion of sports radio in this fine city. …

Sometimes you come across a couple photos that really need no set-up or introduction at all. Their inherent awesomeness speaks for itself. Ladies and gentlemen, …

I watched this one from my local (where, through the magic of Blogger-via-Blackberry, I still sit, sucking down Bud Light like it was my job). …

Versus I like our chances.

Tonight we get what I like to call “The Trifecta.” First, the long-awaited return of Red Sox baseball. The four-day drought for me was like …

The Julio Lugo era in Boston is over. While it will bring great sadness to certain readers of this site who claimed to be “ahead …

Day four of the All Star Break and we have nothing to talk about. WEEI is “breaking” the news that the Sox are trying to …

Tim Wakefield finally makes it to the All-Star Game and you keep his ass on the bench all night as an extra innings reserve? Feck, …

Not a big fan of the All-Star Game here. I used to dig it as a kid. But now the sight of our guys playing …