On the Stairs I Smoke a Cigarette Alone / Mexican Kids are Shootin’ Fireworks Below
You know things are good when it feels weird to lose two games in a row. Especially since one of those games was started by …
Everywhere Feels Like Home
I think it all started at Camden Yards. Then it spread to Toronto. It popped up in Chicago and Tampa. Other than the Bronx, it …
Hey Everybody, We’re Streaking!
The Red Sox win streak ended at 12 games Friday, thanks to Dontrelle Willis. Sunday, a new streak began as Manny and Ortiz took the …
You Johnson!
All good things must end. Win streaks. Our brief, four game advantage in the AL East. Jason Johnson’s tenure in the starting rotation (Paging Kyle …
That’s a Dozen, Cousin
And this one… man, it just felt good from the start, didn’t it? It may have been my pre-game “Keep the Streak Alive” feast of …
Hello, Goodbye
I’m not much up on my classic Star Trek, but I believe that there’s an old Vulcan proverb stating, “Wanting is better than having. It …
It’s Like a Petewave
Ten in a row. Another gem from Lester. Offense bursting at the seams like the buttons on Dom DeLuise’s vest. But the real highlight of …
A Brief History of Bad Ideas
1865 Abraham Lincoln: Happy anniversary, baby. Here ya go. Mary Todd Lincoln: Tickets? To the Theatre? Abraham Lincoln: It’s a little something called “My American …
How to Enjoy This Afternoon’s Red Sox Game: A Handy Guide for the Gainfully Employed
Good news: Although your schedule indicates today as an off day, there will, in fact, be baseball at Fenway! Bad news: If, like me, you’re …
Superman Returns
First off, a bit of armchair management: If I were Tito, I would have made it a point to get the Hebrew Hammer into yesterday’s …
Feel Good Time
Unless Peter Gammons can make a call to The Powers That Be about this weather situation in Boston (and you know that with his connections, …
Strange Days, Indeed
For me. Interleague play has all the allure of a Golden Girls marathon. Apparently, it brings out the worst and weirdest in others as well. …
If You Think That a Kiss is All in the Lips Come On, You Got It All Wrong, Man
Another win. Another trouncing. Another National League team sent scrambling to the gates of Fenway, clutching what’s left of their pride and their teeth, imprint …
This Morning in the Red Sox Clubhouse
What’s with all the pancakes? You don’t like pancakes? No. Coco love. But… jesus. There’s like 1,000 of them. Nothing’s too good for my boys. …
Who Is Kyle Snyder?
The Red Sox returned to Fenway with a problem. Lenny DiNardo is still on the DL. Matt Clement developed a mysterious arm injury (that everyone …
How a 2-4 Roadtrip Became a 3-3 Homecoming: A Sleestak Explains
Dudes. Seriously. WTF? I turn my back for one second to mess around with the weather crystals, trying to arrange a little light rain for …
Back Where You Belong
A solid win. A nice outing from Colonel Beckett. A home run from Papi. Three hits from A-Gon, whose bat is suddenly filthy with summetime …
A Quick One
First: Nice job, Les. Now, today’s game. I remember the days when we were Atlanta’s beeyotch, laying down and taking it like a champ whenever …
Goodbye, Minnesota
Other than the Trop, is there a park in all of baseball as miserable as the Metrodome? For this trip, it certainly brought out the …
He Was a Good Guy. Loved His Red Sox.
My dad passed away Tuesday morning. And I couldn’t be happier. Understand: I mean no disrespect. I loved my dad like you read about. But …
OUCH
I would rather have every hair on my body plucked out with tweezers before having to witness anything like that again. If you didn’t know …
A Time To Schill
I was wrong. There, I’ve said it out loud and I throw myself at the mercy of Red Sox Nation asking forgiveness. In all of …
Bad Moon Risin’
Is the glass half empty or half full? Do you look at yesterday’s split and say “they started a rookie pitcher in the second game, …
Rain Delays, Free Dogs and Lester
Two things I’ve learned about playing Texas: it always rains, and they hit the crap out of the baseball. Yesterday’s rain delay approached the 5-hour …
Vote for Summer
On a night the Sox get rained out… it’s almost like being stood up, isn’t it? You get all gussied up in your cap and …
Where’s the Solace You Can Find at the Bottom of Your Mind
Man, I hate watching games in hospitals. All those machines beeping and intercoms blaring and sallow people shuffling about; it’s not just unsettling, it’s too …
It Only Happened if You Acknowledge That it Happened
Let’s just lay it all on the table: last night’s game was an embarassment. An abomination. A night of profound ugliness, rivaled perhaps only by …
I’m Forgetting to Remember to Forget
For all my fears of Papi wrenching a hammy during interleague play, I must say that jaw hit floor in my house when Youk was …
A Round and a Bout
First, a confession: I didn’t watch a second of yesterday’s game. I was drinking, gambling, getting all mussed up with women of questionable reputation, making …
It’s a Bellhorn Day.
Now THAT’S how you end a game. Frustration everywhere. Schilling set to be the hard-luck loser after a splendid outing. Papi launching a drive that …
That Thing Got a Hammy?
Okay, I’ve seen enough of Toronto, thanks. Sure, I’ll happily pocket last night’s W — a true “team” victory if there ever was one — …
Worth A Thousand Words
Yeah, that picture pretty much sums up the Red Sox performance against the Jays. Not just last night either, Jaspar, I’m talking about all season. …
Road Worrier
In some ways, as pathetic as it might sound, I’d rather have lost last night’s game by that 6-3 score that held through 7 innings. …
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending
It’s become increasingly clear that the only time Rudy Seanez should be allowed onto the playing field at Fenway is if there’s a fire in …
Better Late Than Never
I ::heart:: Curt Schilling. Now… go get ’em, Timmeh.