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When Wake is on, as he was yesterday, it almost isn’t fair. Opposing hitters look like they’re trying to swing at a butterfly as the …

When it took Josh Beckett 35 pitches to get out of the first inning of game one of a doubleheader, Tito must have been reaching …

As the moments tick down to curtain time, The Gammons continues to audition acts for tonight’s Hot Stove Cool Music show at Fenway. ::singing:: …so …

First things first, someone on the Red Sox owes me a motherf#$king turkey sub. Because in the ninth inning, when our offense squeezed out its …

At first glance, this game looked like it might be a perfect reason for implementing the slaughter rule in Major League Baseball (a rule the …

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: Nothing frightens me more than the sight of David Ortiz trying to leg out an extra …

Just as there’s a part of me that keeps expecting J.D. Drew to bust out of his power shortage and launch 18 homers in the …

Tonight, we get Timmeh, who is money in the rarified air of The Trop. Of course, he’s going to need to be, as he’s not …

While the rest of us were wetting ourselves with glee over David Ortiz’ Return to Power Island on Saturday night, Jered Weaver was steaming mad …

After the balls-to-the-wall drama of Saturday night’s game, yesterday gave us nothing but balls-to-the-griddle exasperation, and the ominous feeling the our return to the valley …

Nothing sets the tone for an afternoon game at Fenway like some good old fashioned crazy lady dancin’. Sure, physically, she’s in the Monstah seats… …

If there was any doubt about who the ace of the Red Sox staff is, Curt Schilling cleared it up: it’s Beckett’s team. Schill got …

I taped this SI cover to my office wall the night before Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS. I haven’t taken it down since. If …

As I see it, there are only three occasions that Eric Gagne should be allowed back on the mound for the Sox: 1) Everyone else …

During my sad excuse for a lunch break, I was able to watch the Sox’ put the boots to the most aptly named John Lackey …

Today, the Red Sox play two against the Anaheim Angels in a series that will feature not only Gary Matthews’ first visit to Boston since …

On paper, are you freakin’ kidding me? Daisuke Matsuzaka, our $100 million Monster Island import versus something called “Andy Sonnanstine” with a 1-8 record, 6.35 …

It’s been far, far too long since we’ve had a dramatic, drop-yer-beers-and-grab-yer-balls finish like that. So long, in fact, I’d practically forgotten what it felt …

Timmy Wakefield’s like that crazy girl you dated in college. One night, she’s all over your best friend, dirty dancing with your uncle Pete and …

The man in the picture is Eric Gagne. Based on his expression he is happy, probably having done something good for his team. Red Sox …

Especially you, Eric Gagne. Especially you. We got one jewel — Saturday’s Beckett performance — wrapped around two absolutely wretched games, and saw our AL …

After a relatively relaxing 2007 season, we hit the dog days and suddenly we’re in a play-off race. We watch the scoreboards, we curse the …

Hey New England. Bob Swerski here, filling on for Red and Denton. Denton is currently being “detained” for his behavior after watching last nights game. …

Myself and a few characters of ill-repute will be shufflin’ off to Baltimore to watch the Sox take on the Kevin Millar Jug Band at …

First things first: I must confess that I didn’t watch last night’s game, haven’t checked the box scores or newspaper sites or the comments section …

So wearing a garter belt and stockings was, for you anyway, a liberating experience? I guess. That is, if you could call waking up in …

A picture is worth a thousand words, right? In Manny’s case, I’m guessing a couple of those words began with a capital “F” and ended …

The question is, “What is Curt Schilling in the business of doing?” And tonight, for his big return, I’ve got a feeling that business will …

This is just your basic, everyday clip of Manny acting like a bull and charging a towel held by Wily Mo, followed by Coco getting …

Watching Beckett get his 14th win — a tidy affair featuring nine strikeouts and one measly run over 6 and 2/3 innings — got me …

That’s right, suckers. You can take your Starbucks and your Space Needle and your Puget Sound and your grunge rock and your Ichiro and kiss …

This loss falls squarely on the shoulders of the guys who squandered the 1st and 2nd inning opportunities. Bases loaded with one out in the …

This was the scene at the plate in the series finale between the Sox and Seattle back in June. Yeah, that was the series that …

The whole situation with JD Drew’s son is something that I can honestly say I totally understand and sympathize with. ‘Cause I’ve been there. A …

…because all this news coming out of the Bronx after each Clemens meltdown is simply too priceless. Like this awesome bit from Yahoo! Sports that …