Special Ultra-Condensed Labor Day Edition
Hello Oakland. We are the Red Sox. You may remember us from the 2003 ALDS. Heh. We are in your house tonight. And we are …
The View From 3rd Street
Took in last night’s game from the Monsta seats, front and center in the front row. A very cool experience and completely new perspective. As …
These Are Days
The Red Sox have won nine in a row. And the only thing standing between us and our tenth straight victory is John Wasdin, who …
A Heartfelt Message to Red Sox Nation
Hello. Steinbrenner here. Mister Steinbrenner to you. Or, as I’m also known in various parts: Big George, The Boss, and “Balls” O’Sullivan. Enough with the …
A Tale of Two Cities
Fenway Park, Boston. Thirty-five thousand rabid, championship-starved faithful watched their team take one step closer to their goal. The World Series. The Fall Classic. God …
Hoover, Damn!
Tonight, the Red Sox begin the single most important stretch of the season. Angels and Rangers at home. And it’s on. The kid gloves are …
Shock and Awe
They are mirror images of each other. One bats from the left side of the plate, one from the right. They will beat you using …
Things I’ve learned…
Dale Svuem is every bit as bad a third base coach as Red Sox Nation has portrayed him as. Another player gunned down at the …
In Tim We Trust
Yesterday, a Manny-less line-up scored 5 runs on nine hits, as Pedro collected his 14th win. Today, Tim Wakefield looks to make it six in …
Public Service Announcement
“Hello. I’m Dmitri Young of the Detroit Tigers. The scumbags who run this site asked me to tell you that they’ve added some new shirts …
The Boys Are Back In Town
These guys are playing scary-good baseball. 17-7 in the month of August and the only loss in their last ten games was on a career …
Personal Space
The Red Sox are winning. The Red Sox are hugging. A lot. I mean, I can’t recall a Red Sox team that hugged as much …
Born Again Hard
Mike Timlin is back. The Mike Timlin who tore through the 2003 playoffs? The one who had opposing batters pissing streams of fear and contemplating …
Too Much, Too Soon
Okay, so Lilly shut us down, but good. That doesn’t keep me from believing that this team could barnstorm through September and possibly take the …
Pure Imagination?
Pssst. The Red Sox are five and a half games behind the Yankees. A week ago, this scenario was pure science fiction. We’d be zipping …
Rampaging!
The Red Sox won their fifth in a row yesterday, besting the White Sox 10-7 in a veritable slugfest. It wasn’t a pretty one. Bronson …
Don’t Speak It
Four in a row, and the offense is back. Back like crazy back, with 14 hits last night, a grand slam from Manny (he of …
The Curse of Grady Little?
It is well documented that we at Surviving Grady do not believe in curses. But for those of you who are believers, add this to …
Ass Men United
No, folks, the title of today’s post isn’t another clever allusion to Johnny Damon’s girlfriend (though there’s a great but sadly backside-free photo of our …
Happy Birthday Red!
Best wishes to the creative genius of Surviving Grady! This is as close as I could get to fulfilling his “being-Johnny-Damon-for-a-day” birthday wish. Enjoy!
Quiet Riot
With very little fanfare the Red Sox have won 8 of their last 11 games. Could this finally be the streak we have been waiting …
Mad World
I was flipping between last night’s Sox game on NESN and Donnie Darko on HBO Zone, and I’m still trying to figure out which was …
Hauntingly Familiar
We have heard all of the commentary on yesterday’s game, yet we will hear it all again. Why? Because yesterday was “same as it ever …
The Adkins Diet
Things you don’t do: Step on Superman’s cape. Spit into the wind. Admit to purchasing Rod Stewart’s The Great American Songbook Volume 1 for anyone …
Coulda Woulda Shoulda
A bump in the road or the beginning of the end? Whatever it turns out to be, I walk away from last night’s loss with …
3 out of 4 ain’t bad…
Pedro Martinez turned the clock back in the series finale with the D-Rays. Complete game shutout, 6 hits, 10 strikeouts, no walks. In the month …
"El Bencho" en Fuego!
Watching the Sox lay down the hurting on the D-Rays to the tune of 14-4, I hear the pessimist in me whisper, “They should be …
Bring Your "A" Game
A great win. An offensive explosion. Timely hitting not seen since… well, not since Mueller’s game-winning home run off Rivera several weeks ago. This was …
Workhorse…or overworked?
Looking every day as old as his 38 years, Curt Schilling was pulled in the sixth inning after surrendering his third homerun of the night. …
A Sort of Homecoming
Okay. So. Tonight. The Red Sox are back home after an admittedly disappointing road trip, in which they went 5-4 against the likes of the …
Man on Fire
Pedro Martinez wasted no time last night in issuing a statement to the Tigers – this is my game. He struck out the first five …
Unamused.
Losing to Detroit is bad enough. Losing a one-run game to Detroit is excruciating. The record for this road trip — which we’d figured would …
How’s Your Faith?
It is Friday, August 6, 2004. The Red Sox are 9 1/2 games behind the Yankees in the division and 1 1/2 games behind Oakland …
Being Dale Sveum
Journey with survivinggrady.com as we venture inside the mind of Dale Sveum during the pivotal ninth inning of last night’s blistering 5-4 loss to the …