Who’s on First?
With the off-season just underway, minds already begin to wander towards next year. Talk radio is fueling the debate of who the Red Sox starting …
Happy Birthday, Johnny
If you need someone to entertain the missus while you’re out on the town… give us a call.
Too Much Joy
::Phone rings in Red’s apartment, moments after Aaron Boone’s home run ends the 2003 ALCS:: Red [pouring himself a glass of arsenic as he answers …
Looking Back
Half of the World Champion team has filed for free agency. King George wants Pedro. Pokey and Mirabelli will likely go to teams where they …
Your Shopping List
All Sox, all the time. This is how it should be. Some great stuff in each of these publications, so do seek them out… as …
Greetings From Dizzy Land
World Series Champions. Day five. I still don’t sleep. Don’t eat much, either. But I’m always thinking. Thinking of how the Red Sox, formerly a …
Turn Back the Clock
First… a quick bit of shamelessness. Last week, with the World Series in full “schwing,” we received a substantial increase in readership volume, and plenty …
Your Own Personal, Late-Nite Jesus
So today is the big parade. The route has been changed to include a jaunt around the Charles River, so check the latest updates and …
Notes from the Nation
After Wednesday night’s dramatics, we received an overwhelming number of e-mails and comments from members of Red Sox Nation scattered all across the country and …
Field of Dreams
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America is ruled by it like an army of steamrollers. It has been erased …
AIN’T IT COOL?
Foulke snaring the final out. Minty raising his hands in victory. Leskanic dropping to the ground and making “snow angels.” Dave Roberts on Timlin’s shoulders. …
Chokehold
The St. Louis Cardinals are on life support, and the Boston Red Sox are standing on their air hose. Tomorrow, Derek Lowe will try to …
Letter to My Boss
Good morning, beautiful! Lovely dress. Okay, you’re probably wondering what’s been going on with me lately. Falling asleep in meetings. Missing deadlines. Perpetual five o’clock …
One Step Closer
The Red Sox are going to win the World Series. There. I said it out loud. And I am not afraid. I know we were …
Mighty Like a Rose
And so we survived Game One of the World Series. The freakin’ World Series. Just when you thought you’d be sleeping again. But I’m willing …
It’s On
Thw World Series begins tonight at Fenway Park. Say it again, just to make sure it sinks in. The Red Sox. Are in the World …
The Big Stage
Remember when the Sox were last in the World Series and suddenly you had Roger Clemens singing that “You’re not fully clean/unless you’re Zest-fully clean” …
Now, Back to Reality
It’s amazing how quickly things can change. One minute, we were soaring above the stratosphere, mocking A-Rod and blowing cigar smoke in the face of …
So This Is What It Feels Like
When Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS began, I was in New Jersey on business. I sat in a crowded hotel bar with my boss, …
Why Not Us?
See the guy in the photo above? He has balls of steel. Really. They are steel. The children he purports to have are not his …
Confessions of a Fan
Bless me, Big Papi, for I have sinned. After the game 3 nightmare, I stopped believing. I did NOT stop hoping. I did NOT stop …
Fightin’ Words
From Dirt Dogs: “They’re a walking disaster. They act like they’re tough, how they care so much about winning, but it’s all a front. They’re …
The Long Goodbye
The motto for this year’s Red Sox team? What a Difference a Day Makes. In yesterday’s post, I wrote them off for dead, refusing to …
Thank You, and Good Night.
I’m done. Call me a fair weather fan. Call me a bandwagon jumper. Call me anything you want. This was a postseason that began with …
The Rain Washed Everything Away
…except out hopes, which are pinned to the chest of Bronson Arroyo. Tonight represents the single most important game of 2004. An absolute must win …
Represent
One of Surviving Grady’s faithful followers spreading the word. When I was in Baltimore for the last weekend of the regular season, I saw a …
Rocked and Rolled Over
Ever been so mad, so possessed by otherworldy anger that you just wanted to roll on up to the nearest fruit stand, one of those …
Special Edition Post
There is just too much to say for me to try to fit it into the comments on Red’s fine post, so I decided to …
Torment
It was over in the second inning. Schilling, our warrior, our top gun was on the hill. And he couldn’t get it done. Had nuthin’. …
Can’t Hardly Wait
Understand this: The ALCS will not be easy listening. It is not prime time, family fare designed to inspire dinner table conversation. It is blood …
The Monday Lists
How to Watch the ALCS [a handy guide] 1. Tune into FOX 2. Press “mute” on your remote to spare yourself the inane blabbering of …
It’s On
Somehow you knew. No matter how the dice fell. No matter how the big wheel turned. No matter how many times you curiously contemplated an …
Satisfaction
My throat is red raw. My hair is on the floor. One of the living room windows has been punched out. There’s a half-eaten turkey …