Three Out Of Four Ain’t Bad
Tim Wakefield has pitched at least seven innings and given up just 11 earned runs in his last seven starts. Yet he is just 2-3 …
Line ‘Em Up!
When your hopes are resting on the shoulders of Tek and Lugo, sadly, you should prepare yourself to be letdown. But this was a letdown …
Michelle Damon’s Meal Ticket Gets Hurt and Other Tales from the Bronx
Listen, I’ve attended far too many mid-season Yankees Elimination Parties in my lifetime, only to find the Sox staring up at New York in the …
Worth A Thousand Words
I can’t decide if this would have been better if the ball rolled the other way and was a homerun. ‘Cause it was pretty damn …
Doubters and Naysayers: Jon Lester Invites You to Go F@#k Yourselves*
A couple months back, while waiting to get a haircut, I found ESPN the Magazine’s 2008 baseball preview stuck between the random copies of Men’s …
Ace In The Making?
If I asked you at the beginning of the season which Red Sox pitcher on July 4th would be 7-3 with a 3.21 ERA and …
My Prediction For The Weekend: PAIN!
Thank you Tampa Bay Rays for giving the Red Sox the kick in the pants they need to get their collective shite together. As Red …
"Open Letter to the Tampa Bay Rays" or "The Thing About Karma"
Okay, you swept us. And while I do question a few moves made by the Glorious Teets — such as not pinch hitting Casey for …
Some boys try and some boys lie
A-Rod and Madonna? That’s been the rumor du jour. From FoxSports: The magazine (Us) reported that A-Rod — who makes $28 million a year — …
"Dad, Please Don’t Give NESN’s Viewing Audience The Finger!"
My sentiments exactly. As captured by this dude.
And You May Ask Yourself, "Well, How Did I Get Here?"
July 1st and the Tampa Bay Rays not only lead the Red Sox by a game-and-a-half in the AL East, they own the best record …
Listen All Y’all, It’s Sabotage
Since he joined the team in 2001, Manny Ramirez has been our lovable oaf. Sure, sometimes he asks out of games or goes to visit …
Five Great Things That Never Happened
1. The day that Mayor Menino decided to carpet all of Dorchester. 2. The scene in GoodFellas where John Goodman shows up in a time …
Welcome To The Jungle
Did this all start back in 2000 when Pedro beaned Gerald “Hot Rod” Williams? To the best of my diminishing memory it did. Instead of …
Geddy Lee Has No Time for Your Platitudes, Boston Fan
As if it wasn’t enough to covet his rock-and-roll lifestyle, I openly envy the prime seating rocker Geddy Lee has at all Rogers Centres games, …
She Came, She Saw, She Looked Unquestionably Hot
And just like that, the Hazel Mae era has ended. Myself, I’ve always dug the Haze, especially the way she proudly flexed the hotness muscle–packing …
This Post Brought to You by Amstel Light
Have you ever seen a group of folks more excited about getting their drink on than the peeps in those Amstel Light ads that are …
The Man Who Fell To Earth
After 11 straight starts where he gave up three earned runs or less, Jon Lester learned a little baseball reality last night: sometimes you’re the …
That’s Right, You’re Not From Texas. But Texas Wants You Anyway.
Nice to see the Sox have a fairly easy time of it on the road last night, with a home run from Wonderboy Drew, four …
What Color Is Your Cap?
You’ve all heard the term “Pink Hats” by now. If you haven’t, go crawl back under the rock you’ve been calling home for the past …
Red Sox Closers: Part II
So this topic was meant to be one of our “throwdown” posts. Unfortunately, Red and I got a little more heated than usual “discussing” the …
Most. Intimidating. Sox. Closer. Ever.
The closer’s role is to be the lights-out guy. The one who comes in, steps up and promptly squashes any hope the other team might …
Meet Me at the Papelbon Shrine
If you drive, walk or roll around this fair city enough, you notice things like handbills, flyers, posters and other bits of graffiti that come …
The Epic Battle Between the Brain and the Loins, as Waged Every Evening During NESN’s Pre-Game Show
Dear Tastemakers at NESN: Red here. For once, I’ve got no shows to pitch you (although Carlton Fisk, Small Town OB-GYN is a winner, if …
You Can’t Stop Time, Rock and Roll or Timmeh Wakefield
Sometimes he’s Shakey Wakey. Sometimes he’s Tim the Enchanter. Sometimes he’s the guy who’s kicking your ass with an infuriatingly effective knuckleball. Tonight, that guy …
Rise, Senior Citizens, Rise!
Tonight it’s Timmy Wakefield, age 56, against The Big Unit, age 63. See that photo above? Here’s hoping we see a lot of Johnson doing …
Getting Healthy: Beatings To Resume Shortly
Even though we’ve got guys like Mikey Lowell and JD Drew carrying a good chunk of the offense, who wouldn’t like to see His Papiness …
No June Swoon
While my eyes tell me the Sox have been slumping lately – at least not scoring runs – the numbers tell a different story. Of …
Live Remishly.
Today is Jerry Remy Day on NESN, at the ballpark and in your heart. If you’ve ever trolled another team’s broadcast or–heaven help us–been subjected …
These Times Are Hard For Lovers
Two weeks ago, if someone told me Youk would be leaving the Sox-Snakes game in the fifth with a shiner, I’d have assumed everyone’s favorite …
Even God Brakes for Josh Beckett
…and unless the Man upstairs wants the world’s angriest Texan taking his name in vain, he’ll be stopping all this rain nonsense and letting Commander …
Kevin Youkilis: Looks Like an Ass in the Sunday Paper, Looks Like a Hero in the Sunday Ballgame
The first thing that greeted me Sunday morning–that is, after the blistering hangover and phone call from the woman who located my wallet and pants–was …
And Someone Said Fair Warning
Write this down: If Joel Pineiro Bread shuts down the Sox offense today, I will eat my Manny Ramirez T-shirt. Actually eat it, probably buffet …
Dice-KO’d
Well that sucked out loud. I guess I was hoping after the bad news about Schilling, a good return outing from Dice-K would ease the …
Your Friday Night Game Salvaged, Thanks to Papelbon and Delcarmen
There are several things in life that are much more glorious than seeing Jon Papelbon and Manny Delcarmen lip-synch Milli Vanilli’s “Blame It On The …