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Look, if you’re gonna get swept by the Angels then you damn well better be applying foot to ass every time you face teams like …

It isn’t enough that the city sent Manny away with nothing more than a kick in the pants, “welcoming” his replacement with “Manny Who?” signs …

With all of Red Sox Nation, and most of the free world, focused on Manny Ramirez and Jason Bay, people may be missing an emerging …

Like Allan at Joy of Sox, I, too, was taken aback by the WEEI-issued “Manny Who?” signs being waved by some folks at Fenway during …

Hey Manny! I must admit, things do seem more relaxed in Red Sox Nation in the absence of Manny Ramirez. The Beard-Which-Should-Not-Be-Mentioned hit a couple …

Heidi Watney: Yet Another Perk of Playing in Boston So Jason Bay shows up, explains during his Fenway presser that he grew up with Rice …

I remember the night we signed him. I flipped on boston.com and the headline read, “Sox Sign Ramirez.” And I did what I typically did …

Gordon Edes is reporting a trade, Sportsline has Manny going to the Dodgers and Jason Bay ending up in Boston. More to come…

July 31st, 4:01PM: Do you know where your Manny is? As far as we know, still in Boston. While searching the web for updates I …

Today is the trade deadline. A day of magic and mirth. A day of action and suspense. A day which typically ends rather anti-climactically–much like …

Ladies, since the All-Star break, you have played twelve games. And of those twelve games, you have won approximately four. Four measly f@#king games. So …

“You’re damn right I was rooting for John Lackey to get the No-No on Tuesday night.” Sorry, Bob, I have to disagree. Seeing a no-hitter …

Go ahead and call Manny a troublemaker. A burden. A lousy teammate. A loose cannon. A guy who likely voted Republican and loiters far too …

You know, in many ways, I wanted to see John Lackey no-hit our boys tonight. Because being shut down by a guy with a 7.61 …

Would you want to be beaten by this guy? Last night, surfer-dude and Spicoli-wannabe Jared Weaver held the Red Sox down long enough for the …

When the Sox dropped the World Series in 1986, while I tried to wash away the pain with Spiderman comics and soda (hey, I was …

Honestly, I thought we’d mop up the place with Jered Weaver. Thought we’d send him reeling back to his surfboards and Evanescence CDs (’cause you …

Thanks to NESN for their mighty “Fenway Forecast” feature, which tells me the weather should be quite accommodating as the Sox attempt to show the …

To us, Manny is many things. Lovable. Forgetful. Laughable at times, and I mean that in the nicest sense of the word. He is also …

Here’s all you need to know about the Manny situation. When he and Ortiz are in the line-up together (and healthy), every game is within …

What kind of a world do we live in where Julio Lugo serves as the voice of reason. Yet here it is, from the Extra …

Is anyone else as fed up with the Red Sox as I am? They are playing like a team that simply doesn’t give a rat’s …

I suppose if we have to drop a game to the Most Expensive Team That Hasn’t Won a World Series This Century, it’s better to …

Funny what an All-Star Game can do. Coupla weeks back, the Yanks were literally the furthest thing from my mind, tucked somewhere between the films …

No, not pictures of Curt coloring in his sock with a red Sharpie or kissing George Bush full on the lips. These are pictures of …

The baseball foodchain dictates that you gotta feast on the lesser teams, and the Sox did just that in Seattle, sweeping away the Mariners and …

Attention, boss: You know I love you dearly. But my dream job–the job I was clearly destined to hold since day one–has finally become available. …

Meet Jon Lester, the unlikely savior. With another brilliant performance, Lester put a halt to the second-half losing streak and led the Sox to a …

The more I look at that strikeout by Sean Casey in the top of the ninth last night, the more I’m convinced that his mind …

It seems like any series played away from Fenway in 2008 is an experiment in torture. The first two games against the California Anaheim Los …

New promo spots for Sox Appeal are up at NESN.com. I’ve only seen the one with Wally on TV, but of all three, I must …

The boys get a mulligan for last night’s fisting in Anaheim. Mostly because I passed out halfway through, and if I can’t get it up …

As if just the return of baseball wasn’t enough after the three-day-seems-like-three-weeks break, we get great news from “down on the farm.” Big Papi is …

Jeebus, see what happens when there’s no baseball to be played? People start getting ornery with each other. Like Manny and John Henry: “I want …

With half a season behind us and home-field wrapped up for the World Series, let’s take a quick look at the Red Sox performance that …