Posts in category Winning Is Awesome

Around 10:00 tonight, with the Red Sox flailing and looking to drop the first game of this homestand against the Rangers, I tweeted that I …

The haters will tell you the Boston Red Sox are in last place in the AL East and won’t sniff a drop of the playoffs …

The good Lord knows that between the 1999 ALCS and the 2003 ALCS, the New York Yankees have done more damage to my soul than …

Look, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. The 2004 ALCS didn’t just break the Championship drought in Boston, it also helped us …

This year hasn’t exactly been kind to the New York Yankees. First, their billion dollar payroll, chock full of mercenaries and alleged superstars, has shat …

As a Sox fan at the turn of the century, I’d learned to live in the shadows of the New York Yankees, who won the …

Here’s the thing: the Red Sox are the best team in baseball. End of story. Sure, “experts” will tell you that’s not true, or that …

I wanted to get this post up early because the Red Sox had the best goddam record in baseball when I woke up this morning. …

The best thing about this 2021 Red Sox team, at least to my beer-stained eyes, isn’t the Superman offense (King Xander has come to life …

It’s officially getting ridiculous. Your 2021 Boston Red Sox just keep on winning, even as the universe continues to give them reasons (or, you might …

Five wins in row. Sole possession of first place in the East. Sure, we’re just a week into the season, but the way the Red …

A casual glance at this morning’s American League standings will show you that the Red Sox are currently in first place in the East, and …

After dropping three straight to one of the worst teams in the American League, the Red Sox seemed in danger of falling into one of …

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 …