Are You Ready?
I never thought I’d look forward to a Monday as much as I am right now. Starting tomorrow, it’s on. No more speculation, no more …
He’s Batshit, But He’s Our Batshit
Julian Tavarez pitched his final spring tune-up yesterday. The results: five-and-two-thirds innings, six hits, 1 ER, no walks, 2 K’s and no sucker punches. Pretty …
If They Kept Blogs: Wally the Green Monster
“So today I’m working the spring training crowd. Giving them my everything, because I’m their clown. Their green, good-natured clown and I jump when they …
Where Have You Gone, Jason Varitek? A Nation Turns Its Lonely Eyes to You
I don’t know much but I know this: If the Red Sox are gonna go anywhere in 2007, they’re gonna need the big man — …
Kyle Snyder Will See Your Ass in Kansas City Next Week
And so will Josh Beckett, Brendan Donnelly, Javier Lopez, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Okajima, the Papel-Bot, Joel Pineiro-Bread, J.C. Romero, The Schill, Julian Tavarez and Wakey. …
And Now This Important Message from Mark McGwire
Kids, steroids are bad news. Seriously. They’re just no damn good. Look what they’ve done to me. Reduced me to a sniveling nub of a …
If They Kept Blogs: Devern Hansack
Okay. Seriously. The next person who yells “Hey, Devern, get your hand off your sack” from the stands is going to die. I mean I …
Give It All Up And Start All Over. You Say You Will But You Don’t Know When.
Finally read The Shaughn’s bit on Curt’s blog from today’s Globe. Kinda funny and kinda lame all at once. But you probably expected that. Here’s …
What’s Eating Covelli Crisp?
The Edes laid down a somewhat bizarre conversation with Secret Agent Covelli in yesterday’s Globe, which shows a slightly more introspective gent than the fun-loving, …
Hey Wang, It’s The DL!
Potential Opening Day starter and 19-game winner Chien-Ming Wang will start the 2007 season on the DL. Wang pulled a hamstring doing sprints on Friday. …
Do you really expect me to believe this is a straight stalker case?
I know this news is a few days old, OK, the story itself is a few years old, but what the f–k? Bob Uecker has …
Didn’t We Almost Have it All, Hazel Mae?
Hazel. Good morning. Red here. You know, everything was going pretty good for me yesterday morning. Sun was shining. Car started up just like that …
Daisuke is Ready and So Are We
Matsuzaka had his finest outing of the spring, allowing one measly hit, retiring 15 of the last 16 batters he faced, and receiving a standing …
Leave Manny Alone!
This is it? This is the best “Manny being Manny” event, the latest “Manny moment,” the biggest “controversy” the Boston media can come up with? …
Another Reason Curt Schilling is High Priest of the Church of Awesome
This morning on EEI, Dennis and Callahan were interviewing Curt, asking him about his blog, and taking the typical condescending tone that any of these …
What Part of "He’s Not Available" Do You Not Understand?
The Red Sox have reportedly been scouting Houston’s Brad Lidge. But that can’t be possible, because Astros skipper Phil Garner tells The Buzz that Lidge …
Summer Repeats in Winter: Great Literature Made Better by Adding Kevin Millar
I have a feeling — and it’s a pretty good one — that when the Sox play Baltimore, whether it’s Grapefruit or regular season, they …
Where’s The Beef?
Hey, I know it’s only spring training, but where are the bats? Where’s the potent line-up? Kevin Youkilis and J.D. Drew are the only regulars …
Got Irish?
Today. NESN. One-o-five. Green uni’s, Jerry McRemy and Don O’Sillo. Enjoy!
But I Was Mad for Jigs and Reels, Drinking Dirty Big Pints of Stout
Each year ’round this time for as long as we’ve been doing this silly-ass blog, I’ve posted a St. Patty’s Day playlist. I’m always down …
"I’ll Take ‘What’s Tito Chewing?’ for Five Hundred"
Gotta come clean: Part of the joy of watching Red Sox baseball is watching Teets wangle back and forth on the bench, chewing that unholy …
Josh Beckett’s Birthday Party Was Way Cooler Than Yours
During one of my late-night YouTube trolling sessions (not seeking soft-core porn, mind you, but, sadly, old Electric Company clips from the late 70s), I …
A Good Distraction
Toronto beat the Red Sox 1-0 yesterday. Yawn. Many of the regulars didn’t play for Boston, and the game was basically the A.J. Burnett show. …
"So, How’s Your Porn Stash?"
So they finally met as Red Sock and Yankee. Matsuzaka and Matsui. Together again, at last. And it was dizzyingly brilliant, like when Jean-Luc Picard …
J.D. Drew Wants to Buy You a Sofa
As if the Sox don’t give us enough reasons to reach for the sedatives over the course of a season, now the good folks at …
Welcome, Yankees
I don’t care that it’s Spring Training and it just doesn’t count. Or that it’ll be two innings of Papi and Giambi then a steady …
Coco Crush!
Anyone who thinks Coco Crisp hasn’t been born again hard need only check out this shot from yesterday’s near-mash-up with the Detroit Tigers. See Covelli, …
Time Doesn’t Wait for Me
Though it wasn’t heard as frequently as “Sweet Caroline” or “Dirty Water,” Boston’s “More Than a Feeling” would crop up on the Fenway P.A. system …
Ed Who?
Who is this guy? You gotta love when you go the sportsline.com to look up a player, and that’s the “picture” you find. Rogers was …
Big Man on Paper
Curt’s blog has become my new obsession, and I only pray the guy keeps it rolling throughout the season. But I was even happier to …
He Walks Among Us, But He Is Not One Of Us. Kinda.
I still can’t get used to seeing the Trotter in a Cleveland uni. To the point that I’ve already cut out a little cardboard Red …
So Many Riches, So Many SoulsEverything We See that We Want to Possess
Another reason to love YouTube: if it didn’t exist, I might have missed this commercial for Route 125 Auto featuring the Papel-Bot. The dealership’s located …
Days Like These I Feel Like I Could Change the World
For my money, you can shut down spring training right now. Unless Yaz, Jimmy Rice and the disembodied (but still all-knowing) head of Teddy Ballgame …
A Post About Nothing
Well, we had a little surprise planned for SG Nation today but it didn’t quite work out. Now I’m on the hook for a post …