Posts in category Winning Is Awesome

If back in April you told me that come September, Felix Doubront would have the second-best record on the Sox’ staff, I would have responded, …

How do you put the exclamation point on winning a series against the hottest team in the National League and the team you’re the odds-on …

  My man Red gets the prize for predicting the Sox would take two out of three in the post-trade grudge match with the Dodgers. …

All you need to know about last night’s game is that Will Middlebrooks was intentionally walked not once but twice. In fact, if you slept …

  That was exactly the kind of performance the Red Sox needed out of John Lackey. The only numbers you need are six-and-two-thirds innings and …

On paper, it looked like the Red Sox might be able to complete this road trip blindfolded and with a perpetual vodka IV drip. The …

For a while the Sox seemed headed to a frustrating loss. Shit tons of men left on base, no hits when it mattered (a paltry …

We’re just one start down, but the Jake Peavy pick-up already looks like the shot in the arm we hoped it would be to our …

  Exactly when did Ryan Dempster become the most reliable starting pitcher the Red Sox have? The dude held the Orioles at bay for five-and-a-third …

Two things that have become painfully apparent over the past 48 hours: the Rays are not going to stop being a thorn in our ass …

The first thing I wondered when Kevin Youkilis got shipped off was, “Who the hell is gonna fill the all-important role of ‘bearded, freakish dude …

Dear John Lackey: Watching you hold down the American League’s second-best team and one of our most likely playoff opponents last night, I suddenly realized …

For anyone not paying attention to the 2013 Boston Red Sox, it’s time to start paying attention. Like Bigfoot, The Kinks’ “Low Budget” and those …

I would like to thank Shane for making all that beer and meat I downed in the hope of a win worthwhile. And he would …

So I asked for two wins and I got ’em. The first was a rain-interrupted make-up of a rain-interrupted game that the Sox took, 5-1. …

Full disclosure: I started writing this post somewhere around the eighth inning, hoping that as tight as things got, the Sox would pull it out. …

I’m not entirely sure that Clay Buchholz’s hair isn’t an alien symbiote, kinda like Spider-Man’s black costume. But I do know this: every time the …

I still want all three. But man that trouncing to kick off the Rangers series was pretty sweet. Nineteen hits, seventeen runs, four home runs …

Last night, the Red Sox tightened their grip on first place in the East with a rain-shortened, 3-0 win over the Yanks. Yes, as I …

So Alfredo Aceves comes back to the bigs to make a spot start for the Sox, going six strong with one earned run ad three …

Yesterday may have been the KING OF DAYS. We had a new season of Arrested Development, a Sunday-before-a-holiday to encourage binge drinking, and a Red …

When you think about it, was there any chance that Buchholz was going to pitch well last night? After the “doctoring the ball” mind-f**k that …

Sox win, Sox win. And we take the series with Oakland. Now we have the best record in the American League… which we’ll keep for …

They’ve done it to me again. Not even twenty-four hours after I’d packed away the puffy hand and Schilling jersey in disgust, they’ve got me …