The Cashman-Headwarmer Dialogues: Special ALDS Edition
Cashman: [scribbling in journal] Okay, so. I like the way Wang matches up with Beckett, so he gets Game One… Headwarmer: What’s up? Cashman: Not …
Where’d They Go? Where Are All Those Golden Years?
So someone comes up to me in the office today and asks, “Are you praying for the Yankees to beat the Indians so we can …
Next Stop Wonderland
A wise man named Wesley Snipes once said, “Always bet on black.” If you can find Wesley these days, hiding from IRS agents in a …
Wake Up the Kids, Put on Some Tea, Light Up the Tree, it’s Christmas Day
Even after watching it 500 times, Manny’s game-two-winning, heart-attack-inducing, pimped-out-to-the-extreme, earned-you-or-a-teammate-a-fastball-off-the-jublees home run still gets me giddy. And bonus props to the guy for coming …
Manny Time!
When you’re up against guys like Manny and Ortiz, you have to pick your poison. Mike Scioscia picked Manny and paid the price. In the …
Shake Your Moneymaker
Tonight, Daisuke Matsuzaka will take the mound in his biggest start to date. Bad enough the guy’s gotta follow-up Josh Beckett’s ridiculously spectacular performance Wednesday …
The Fenway Players Present Deliverance, Starring Josh Beckett as the Hillbilly and the Anaheim Angels as Ned Beatty
Josh Beckett was particularly Josh Becketty last night, smothering the Angels with a complete-game, four-hit shutout and basically stopping short of hog-tying Garret Anderson, stomping …
And the Ghosts of Dave Henderson and Calvin Schiraldi Will Guide Them
I said something very similar to this before the 2004 playoffs. For mojo’s sake, I felt it needed to be said again. Baseball in October …
So Easy to Get Stuck in All That California Snow
Superstitious punk that I am, I avoid rallies that occur before the playoffs even start like the plague. But I will say this: Yesterday, during …
Because You Can Never Have Too Many Photos of Dustin Pedroia Holding a Whisky Bottle and Howling to No One in Particular
Ladies and gentlemen, your mission statement for the 2007 post-season. In handy photo format.
There’s No Place Like Home
Especially when home is Fenway Park. For anyone that doesn’t think home field advantage is a big deal in baseball, take a look at the …
David Ortiz and Jonathan Papelbon Are Pals
The first couple seconds of this clip, shot with a cheap-ass camera by a drunken blogger while half of my place was being consumed in …
Red Sox = AL East Champs = Hell Yeah
Too drunk and tired to say anything more than hell yeah. Except what the f@#k is Patrick Bateman doing standing behind Lowell in that screencap? …
Peter Gammons Explains Why It’s Better to Clinch on a Friday Night
Listen, Friday is Saturday’s surly mistress, inviting you to stay out a bit later, drink a bit more, have that second steak dinner and keep …
The Sound of Drums
So the hitting’s coming together, Mike Lowell has been outed as a native of Krypton, and Manny’s back with a vengeance. And now the Sox …
Play Ball!
Just to get you pumped, a couple of stats from sportsline.com… Lester allowed one run and three hits over 6 2-3 innings in his lastouting, …
Worth a Thousand Words
Any photo of a Yankee pitcher walking off the mound in the 10th while an opposing player rounds the bases in triumph is like a …
Strange How The Night Moves, With Autumn Closing In
While Red basks in the beauty of the Great White North, catching up on the latest hockey and curling news, the rest of us eagerly …
A Little Help From Our Friends
Jesse Litsch, now a close friend of Red Sox Nation, shut down the Yankees, holding them to one run on an A-Rod groundout. The Jays …
A Different Season
Well, with Red off wrestling Polar Bears or Penguins, or whatever the hell lives in Calgary, I had hoped to spend the week talking about …
Welcome to Theo’s World
When Theo Epstein was basking in his Caribbean retreat last off-season, setting up the players on the Red Sox like some multi-million dollar chessboard, last …
Come to Boston, Scott Kazmir, Where the Beer Flows Like Wine
A great article in today’s St. Petersburg Times, in which Scott Kazmir and BJ Upton lament the fact that so many pesky Sox fans have …
Men on a Mission
Nothing like a visit to the Trop to cure what ails you. Especially if what ails you is not being able to win baseball games. …
You Dream It, They Do It
In Wednesday’s post, I conjured a scenario in which the Papel-Bot gives up a grand-slam. Later that evening, he gave up a grand slam. Then, …
The Power of Positive Thinking
Dudes, being a Red Sox fan is like being a member of the KISS Army. Yes, you get up and shake your ass for Destroyer …
Grab Solace Where You Find It
You’re in the heat of a pennant race. Your lead in the division has been sliced Kate Moss-thin. You’ve already lost the season series to …
Manny Ramirez Is All Suited Up With Nowhere To Go
For the “Classic Manny” file, ProJo’s Steve Krassner recounts this priceless bit: Manny Ramirez (strained left oblique) visited Terry Francona’s office early yesterday and asked …
Back To Business
The hype is over. The water-cooler crowd can go back to talking about Belichick and defensive signals and other things they know nothing about. For …
Joe Morgan and Some Angels Agree: "Things Happen at Fenway Park"
Watching the Sox and Yanks on ESPN is truly a special, wish-you-didn’t-have-ears kind of hell. Just a non-stop onslaught of how amazing A-Rod is and …
Magic Number: 9
Meet Josh Beckett – 2007 Cy Young winner. Beckett’s dominating performance over the Yankees while former contender Chien-Ming Wang crapped the sheets pretty much sealed …
And a Man Called Commander Kick Ass of the F@#k Yeah Brigade Shall Lead Them
What better way to wash all the dirty of last night’s loss from our collective mouths than watching Giambi, A-Rod, Cano and company get hamstrung, …
Round One: Bad Guys
If I woke up in a booze-and-grilled-meats-induced stupor and saw the final score of this shit-storm, I would have been fine. I fully expected Dice-K …
…And Someone Said Fair Warning
First things first, I’d like to see a sweep. What better way to put the exclamation point on the 2007 season — and tender a …
They’ll Name a City After Us And Later Say It’s All Our Fault
Folks, it’s official. Amalie Benjamin is the captain of my heart. The driver of my soul. Everything that makes my mind go zing. In what …
Something So Strong Could Carry Us Away
Remember the days when you didn’t pitch to Ortiz with the game on the line under any circumstances? I think those days are upon us …