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The Home Run Derby sucks. Is there anything worse than hearing Berman say “back-back-back” six thousand times? Or listening to Joe Morgan and Boomer fumble …

You know that killer guitar riff at the beginning of Van Halen’s version of “You Really Got Me”? That blazing red mushroom cloud towering over …

John Smoltz picked up his first win in a Red Sox uniform last night, pitching five strong innings and striking out seven. It wasn’t pretty …

I never want to be that guy. No, not the guy who trolls local high schools to check the female talent; I already am that …

…he goes an cuts this remarkable, poignant commercial promoting LiveStrong’s cancer awareness campaign. And, yes, tonight, as every blog, newspaper, sportswriter, dog, robot, gypsy and …

Hungover, bedraggled, and just no good to women anywhere, I found myself poking around The Baseball Shop in Orleans yet again the other day. Amidst …

Really not much to say about this one. The Large Father continued his Say Amen Somebody Revival Tour by belting his three-hundredth home run, but …

Watching Wakefield walking off the mound these days is like watching Spider-Man walk away from the crumpled, beaten body of the Green Goblin. It's the …

Wakefield gets number eleven. Pedroia makes the play of the game. The wind deserves the save more than Papelbon. Green couldn’t find second base with …

I don’t really know how these thing start. You wake up at the crack of 11:00AM hungover to the point you’re convinced that you slept …

Watching the post-game wrap-up on NESN after last night’s epic performance by Commander Kick Ass, I was amused by Heidi Watney’s question to Aaron Bates: …

Okay, now that we’ve welcomed back Nomar and made a jolly good show of it, can we please get back to some f@#king offense? We’ve …

Well played, Fenway Faithful. Well played indeed. A one minute, ten second standing ovation for the returning Nomar Garciaparra, and a true hero’s welcome for …

The return of Nomar certainly overshadowed the fact that the shortstop that actually helped the Sox win their 2004 World Series was also present at …

On NESN’s pre-game, the Eck, who played with Nomar on the 1998 team, laid down the law: “This guy deserves as big a standing ovation …

The 1998 ALDS was our first taste of playoff baseball with the one-two punch of Nomar Garciaparra and Pedro Martinez in our corner. Pedro was …

Last night, I was thinking, “The only way this weekend could get any better would be if Wakefield was named to the All-Star team tomorrow.” …

This is all you need to know about today’s game: The Mariners have never swept a three-game series at Fenway Park in their 32-year history, …

Another great start from the Red Sox rotation, another loss. This time Takashi Saito wears the goat horns. Despite helpful members in the Red Sox …

Last night, Tim Wakefield and the Red Sox were robbed of a victory by one of their own fans. Leading 2-1 in the fourth, Langerhans …

Does this mean we can cross Toronto off the list of free agent suitors for Jason Bay? Looking more and more like the guy that …

Navigating the mean streets of Cape Cod this weekend, so updates may be at a premium as I test this whole "remote blogging" business (and …

See that video up there? I’m not posting it because I like this horsecrap music. I’m posting it as an all points bulletin to you, …

Check the photo above. If you eyes can clearly make out Jim Ed Rice in a dazzling, Ronald Isley-inspired pinstripe number, your eyes are perfectly …

I did it again, folks. I gave up on the Sox. Wrote them off when all looked grim, convinced we were on the cusp of …

I’ll make this brief: After a crushing, sledgehammer-to-the-onions loss like last night’s, there’s no one — no one — I’d rather see on the mound …

Today’s performance will be epic. We are not just looking for a stopper, we are looking for a mind eraser. Something very special coming today, …

Apparently, sometime after the rain delay of last night’s game, Tito decided to give the lads a rest and replaced the entire team — particularly …

Going to the Yankees is like pledging allegiance to the Nazis, the Cylons and the Sinister Six. Once you go there, I can’t let you …

Let me say this first: I’m a huge Papelbon fan and I’m thrilled he will be the most prolific closer the Sox have had. But… …

Snapshots of me come in three flavors: goofy, deranged and retarded. The last photo taken of me in which I looked somewhat human was my …

Interleague play is like a Jason Mraz concert your girlfriend drags you to; as soon as it starts, you eagerly await its ending. And now …

As if there was any doubt in my mind that Terry Francona is the Greatest Red Sox Manager Ever, this quote from today’s Globe cements …

As seen over the trash can at The Baseball Shop in glorious Orleans, Mass. A magical place where you can get your full baseball card …

Tim Wakefield became just the third 10-game winner in the American League yesterday, shutting out the Braves for six innings in sweltering Atlanta. It was …