Posts in category Winning Is Awesome

Today is the sixteenth anniversary of game four of the 2004 ALCS. Or, to put it simply, it’s been 16 years since The Steal. Everyone …

As I’ve documented far too many times in these lackluster pages, Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS took years off my life, positioning me squarely …

If you’re like me, you do two things with great precision: drink and attend Red Sox games. Lately, we haven’t had a lot of the …

Last night, as I was climbing into increasingly deeper cups of alcohol, watching the Red Sox blow a lead to the lowly Angels, one of …

I know I haven’t really been blogging much these days. I blame it on a couple of things: my covert work with the government which …

No need to get into a lot of detail about last night’s Red Sox game. Another shit start, this time from E-Rod, and a late-inning …

Last week, I was living the life of a quiet, undistinguished Boston gentleman. I woke up at the same time each morning for a vigorous …

For years, my automatic response whenever a Red Sox game went to shit was to pick up the nearest chair and toss it into the …

Look, I’ll come right out and say it: I have no goddamn idea how I’m supposed to feel as the Red Sox head to Los …

How did Alex Cora know that Eduardo Nunez was going to pinch hit a three-tun homer? Easy. Time travel.

Savvy readers of this blog (yes, all eight of you) have heard this rant before. That Alex Cora didn’t just fall off the turnip truck …

Look, after clinching the division and winning their 104th game last night, I would have forgiven the Red Sox for rolling out a line-up against …

The Red Sox won the AL East last night, and I was so caught up in a Devil Dogs- and whiskey-induced stupor I almost forgot …

Actually, the Red Sox don’t have 99 problems. They may only just have a couple. One of them is Chris Sale’s arm, which should be …

If you look back on past Red Sox championship seasons, you can pinpoint the precise moment when you realized we were dealing with some sort …

Open your windows. Better yet, go outside. Let that 100 degree Boston sun hit your face. Suck in all that fresh air. Drop to the …

If you have any grounding in the classics, you know the hero has to take a few lumps before ultimate triumph. Batman has to lose …

All it ever seems to take to bring out the worst (or dare we say the best) in a person is first-hand exposure to the …

If you only have time to read seven words today, let me encapsulate last night’s game thusly: Steve Pearce is a Bad Ass Motherfucker. If …

Alright you know that this headline’s misleading because any discussion of the greatest Red Sox player ever starts with Ted Williams, David Ortiz or Eric …

A little less than fifteen years ago, in October of 2003 to be precise, I was on a late afternoon Acela from NYC to Boston. …

The Boston Red Sox are playing fantastic baseball this season. This is an undisputable fact. They have more wins than any other team in the …

The twenty-first day of April is upon us. The Boston Red Sox have played 16 games so far this month, and lost only one of …

The Boston Red Sox are officially a juggernaut. They are the 800 pound gorilla of the division. They are more powerful than a speeding locomotive, …

Alright, the Red Sox didn’t really eliminate the Yankees. Or… did they? No, technically there’s still a lot of baseball left to play. But after …

Look, I don’t care if it’s against the Rays or the Marlins or the Bad News Bears or the Backstreet Boys or the cast of …

There were a lot of awesome moments in the Red Sox’ two-game series sweep in Miami, including JBJ’s first insane catch of the year and …

It sure looked like it tonight, as NESN cameras did their usual post-win view on the outfield and a nation turned its lonely eyes to …

Part of our rights as Red Sox fans is the ability to think all hell’s breaking loose one minute, and jump on the World Series …

In a world that seems dangerously close to running off the rails with every passing day, it’s refreshing to know that we can still find …

I grew up with Roger Clemens, fell in love with Pedro Martinez, and now Chris Sale is carrying me into my “functioning alcoholic” years. Tonight, …

A Chris Sale start against one of the dregs of the American League East is supposed to be a slam-dunk. One of those “why are …

As if dropping 3 of 4 in the Bronx and letting the Yankees crawl back into the AL East race wasn’t bad enough, the Red …

I don’t care about your stats or facts or “wait till late September” or detailed powerpoints and sabermetric bullshit backing things up. All I know …

When we first heard the Red Sox signed Doug Fister, we figured he’d be relegated to two primary roles: mop-up duty and being the brunt …