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This is the type of quality news that will help get us through until pitchers and catchers report. How many times while you were watching …

Kevin Youkilis for Playskool’s LumberLand. What child hasn’t dreamed of owning and operating his or her own lumber yard? With the Playskool LumberLand set, you …

Lest you think Big Papi’s awesomeness takes an off-season, there’s this piece in today’s Globe: David Ortiz’s face lights up when he talks about helping …

The Sporting News has reported that Jon Lester was announced as the 2008 Hutch Award winner. The Hutch Award is given to the player who …

So about fifteen minutes ago, I’m sitting outside on the steps, taking in another unseasonably tolerable autumn morning and reading the comic book pictured above, …

Last time I checked, Manny Ramirez hadn’t killed anyone. He wasn’t named in the Mitchell Report for pumping his body full of steroids. He didn’t …

One of the best games I ever attended was Fenway opening day 1998. The Sox were down by five goddam runs to Seattle heading into …

From Rookie of the Year to Gold Glove winner! Congratulations to Dustin Pedroia, the artist formerly known (to Chip Caray anyway) as El Caballito!

Mike Timlin became the final eligible member of the Red Sox to file for free agency. Timlin had a dismal 2008 season, logging an ERA …

1. Replace Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer with Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo. 2. Replace talk of “electoral college” with talk of “Heidi Watney’s ass.” …

…for your favorite moment of the Red Sox’ 2008 season. Myself, I gotta go with Jason Bay sliding home with the run that won the …

It might be easy to write off the re-signing of Wake as sentimentality run wild. But for the money, you can’t find a better number …

October baseball in 2008 did not live up to Fall Classic standards. I’m happy to flip the calendar over to November and forget the feeble …

It’s officially hot stove season. Which means, once again, that anyone with a pulse can and likely will on the Yankees’ radar. Like Manny! Manny …

Congratulations to the Phillies, World Series Champions. I’m not quite sure how I came to have such distaste for the Rays, but I was quite …

Imagine, for a moment, that the Sox didn’t win the 2004 World Series. When the dust cleared and I eventually got out of therapy, I …

Hard to believe there is still baseball being played and our team isn’t a part of it. I look at the Rays and still can’t …

Back in the late 80s, I was offered a ticket to The Who’s farewell show at the old Foxboro Stadium. I was young and foolish …

First things first, I didn’t stay up to watch the game. As a matter of fact, I thought it was rained out and didn’t even …

The Rays are in Philly for the next three games, and today’s Herald tells us that the welcome wagon was in full effect. Added reliever …

One of the toughest choices the Sox are gonna make this offseason concerns the Captain himself, Jason Varitek. The tough guy with the Pee Wee …

You never know what you’re gonna find on that internet thing! For example, you can actually vote for Surviving Grady as the 2009 Best Sports …

Random thoughts before I drive the hookers home: 1) Call it the Attack of Former Red Sox Managers. During last week’s ALCS, Walpole Joe Morgan …

Now that I’ve sobered up and posted bail, well on my way to a full recovery from being eliminated in a game seven, I need …

Wanna know the strangest thing about today? It’s not that the goddam Tampa Bay Devil Rays are about to play in the World Series, giving …

Details of Joba Chamberlain’s arrest are coming out, and it looks like faithful members of the Nebraska chapter of Red Sox Nation helped the Yankee …

Hey, you. Over there. In the skirt. My name’s Derek. And I’d like you to welcome me into your heart. Again. Derek Lowe is putting …

Somewhere, somehow, there has to be someone who got drunk in Vegas last spring and, for a couple laughs, put money down on Tampa Bay …

If only we didn’t start the season with that goddam trip to Japan… Kidding. Honestly, I thought we’d do it. Once we took game five, …

Well, here we go again. The entire season comes down to one game. Tradition vs. dome. Beard vs. Mowhawk. Uncle Teets vs. Grandpa Joe. The …

Keep prayin’, baby. How many times? How many times can we keep the devil in check? Blow cheap cigar smoke in Death’s face? Stuff the …

If I learned anything from the 2004 ALCS, it’s that you don’t get greedy. You take one precious game at a time when your team’s …