Smells Like Team Spirit
Throughout the loud, messy, harrowing and ultimately uplifting blur that was the 2004 postseason, Jimmy Fallon was the turd in the poundcake. At every turn, …
How Soon Is Now?
Best line from yesterday’s White House visit by the World Champion Boston Red Sox: Reporter [to group in photo above]: Which one of you is …
Faster Than the Eye Could Flick
Every time I see this:It reminds me of the night I wrote this*. To the members of the 2004 Boston Red Sox, I heartily apologize …
Honestly, I Only Read It for the Articles…
…like this one on Red Sox spring training speculations.
Play Ball
Another snow storm on the way. Spring baseball on the way. The snow will be gone in a few weeks, but baseball will be here …
Here Comes the Sun
Dude, let it snow, let it sleet, let Jose Canseco and brother Ozzie set up a book peddlin’ shack on my front lawn. I give …
By the Way
Just a couple off-topic notes on tonight’s Academy Awards ceremony: 1) If Morgan Freeman doesn’t win Best Supporting Actor, then I’m mailing someone in Hollywood …
With this Ring…
So, according to Larry Lucchino in Thursday’s Globe, championship rings will, in fact, be handed out before the home opener. Further, ownership decided that “everybody …
Springtime Ramblings
“It’s the fans that need spring training. You gotta get ’em interested. Wake ’em up and let ’em know that their season is coming, the …
From the "God Help Us All" Department
In today’s Globe: Little seems to have changed this spring about [Mark] Bellhorn. He still doesn’t say boo, though Kevin Millar, who brought Manny Ramirez …
Between the Poles and the Equator
Spring Training is underway, but for the past couple evenings I’ve been hanging out in the Wayback Machine, watching NESN’s recasts of Games One and …
From The Dark Side
Can you imagine being a Yankee fan? What are they going through right now? Last October they watched their team complete the worst chokefest in …
Monday Gratitude
Checking in from the slopes and thanking God for wi-fi… Over the past couple months, we’ve been fortunate to have seen our goofy-ass site referenced …
Counting Hours, Minutes, Seconds…
I gotta tell ya… I get absolutely giddy when I see this photo. Giddy! Read the AP story that accompanied it here.
Keep Your Couth
As I’ve documented far too many times in these lackluster pages, Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS took years off my life, positioning me squarely …
Harbinger of Sanity and Madness
Spring at last, Spring at last, thank God Almighty, Spring at last. Today is the day Spring officially begins in Boston. Not some arbitrary date …
Juiced?
Jose Canseco did steroids? Not really heart-stopping news. But maybe some of the other players he calls out in his book, Juiced, will be surprising. …
The Emergency "In Case We Lost" Post
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. I can’t take it. I’ve tried to bury the emotion. Tried to let the pain just trickle off me. …
"You Lost Your L.A. Privileges…"
Quick hits for Monday morning: Watched the 60 Minutes bit on Canseco last night, and my favorite quote was from writer Howard Bryant: “What we’re …
The Latest Boston Magazine…
…has a cover story on Johnny Damon, in which he reveals, among other things, that he’s contractually bound to keep his hair long for the …
Wasn’t That a Time?
Watching the replay of Game 7 of the ALCS last night, I’m reminded of just how goddam zombified I was — we all were — …
Shakespeare’s "King Lear" Rewritten to Include Sound Bytes from Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS
With apologies to McSweeney’s. ACT ONE, SCENE THREE Goneril: Did my father strike my gentleman for chiding of his fool? Bronson Arroyo: I don’t know …
Things That You Lean On, Things That Don’t Last
Am I the only person watching the NESN ALCS replays like I’m seeing this stuff for the first time? During last night’s Game Five repeat, …
Everybody Loves the Pilot [Except the Crew]
Episode XIV, wherein Red returns from a business trip and brings everybody down. I love planes. Seriously. Love travelling coach and stuffing myself into tiny …
Another Day at the Office
The New England Patriots are the Superbowl champions. Again. The game didn’t go anywhere near the way I predicted, but the outcome is what matters. …
Game On!
After two weeks of hype, finally, the game will be played. We have heard trash talk and speculation, predictions and accolades, and even a message …
Return of the King
I am pleased to report the safe return of Red from inside the borders of Yankee territory. Despite several attempts on his life and a …
Relive The Dream
First of all, NESN’s idea to replay the ALCS this week was brilliant. I mean, who isn’t sick of the Superbowl hype? Nobody watches the …
Animal Kingdom
While Red is on his mission in the labyrinth of tunnels deep below New York City, I too have been redeployed for a day. My …
In The News
El Guapo Found! Ten days after his wife filed a missing persons report with police, former Red Sox pitcher Rich Garces returned home safely. No, …
Feel It Again
NESN presents the 2004 ALCS, beginning tonight at 8:00pm. Speaking as a guy who officially threw in the towel after the abomination that was Game …
Eternal Sunshine of the Sox-less Mind
One of the things that’s been helping me through the baseball-less winter, besides the NESN re-runs [ALCS 2004 starts next Monday!] and stacks of European …
Every Mile is Two in Winter
Unlike Red, I despise winter. It is cold, the days are short, and worst of all, there is no baseball. I am a huge football …
The Knife Feels Like Justice
So this is what I’ve been reduced to. Collapsed across the couch, empty Heineken bottles strewn about the floor, every light in the place turned …