Screw the Wild Card
Two weeks from now, I may be begging for a wild card spot for the Sox. For now, I have my sights set on the …
A Man Apart
Turns out that, unfortunately, I was wise to bury my enthusiasm after Saturday’s win. Yesterday, the Sox took another two steps back, getting pummeled by …
Tempered Enlightenment
Last night’s victory was a bloody good one, what with a sensational pitching performance by the Schill-Dog, some fantastic defense (including Pokey going airborne to …
Get That Ass Back
It’s difficult to find words to appropriately capture the dismay I’m feeling as the Sox spiral toward what could become the most depressing season I’ve …
The Difference
It is July 2nd and the Red Sox have just been swept by the Yankees and are eight-and-a-half games back in the AL East. Then …
Open Letter to Terry Francona
Cesar Crespo pinch-hitting with men on in the top of the thirteenth inning against your mortal enemies? Kevin Millar playing right field during critical extra …
No Glove, No Love
During periods of my life marked by undue stress — long stretches of unemployment, selling and building a home, the release of a new Rob …
Checkmate!
Red Sox Nation and Terry Francona were treated to a baseball clinic last night. The price of admission? One game in the standings. If there …
Man your battlestations
This is baseball. When the baseball gods invented this beautiful game, this is what they had in mind. Two of the most storied franchises, who …
Crunch Time
Curt Schilling’s reaction after striking out Todd Pratt in the sixth with two on. At the time, Pratt represented the tying run. The offense took …
Gone Missin’
What is it that turns the near-perfect baseball machine of last night into…into…well into whatever it was that took the field today? What is the …
The Manny Show
Maybe we should have threatened to trade Manny to Texas years ago. Despite speculation that the proposed A-Rod deal would propel him to bold new …
Decision time
Well, Red Sox Nation, what’s it going to be? Evacuate the bandwagon and tune into the NBA draft or circle the wagons in hopes of …
Buzzkillers, Vol. 2
Sox lose in 10. Nomar throwing error gives it away. Offense still not showing up. Millar 0-for-4. D-Rays only four back in the loss column. …
Buzzkillers
Heaven help me. I think I’m starting to crack. I’m usually stronger than this. A lifetime of Sox worship has conditioned my body and feeble …
House of Love
I’ll say this much for the 2004 edition of the Olde Towne Team: They don’t do things half-assed. When they lose, they lose in stellar, …
I Don’t Mind the Red
From the wife. For Father’s Day. Because she understands. So, how ’bout this: We trade Shoppach and Youkilis for Beltran, then trade Nomar to Oakland …
Now With Less Anger!
First, I am not angry. Alright, maybe Saturday’s game got me a little peeved. After Friday’s blow-out, a neat comeback win could have sparked that …
Worth a thousand words
Alan Embree sits alone in the dugout after giving it up to the Giants in the eighth. The Sox rallied from a 4-1 deficit in …
The times, they are a changin’
A vicious power display and stellar bullpen performance turned a 7-2 deficit into a 14-9 win. Could this finally be it? The streak we have …
"The Jerk Store called. They’re running low on you!"
At last! Hating Barry Bonds is even easier! Bonds, whose knowledge of baseball history had him humorously mocking a visitor stumbling to draw comparisons between …
Rocky Mountain Win
Derek Lowe starred in today’s episode of the World Series-chasing Boston Red Sox, and what a supporting cast he had. The positives are almost too …
The View from Second Place
I hate being in second place. Hate it more than losing two straight to a team with the second-worst record in all of baseball. Hate …
Into Thin Air
Remember back to the start of the season, when the Sox swept up in the Bronx and all anyone wanted to talk about was how …
Another day in RSN…
Sunday night baseball. Pedro pitching another masterpiece, timely hitting and a web-gem from Pokey. What could be wrong? Jon Miller and Joe Morgan, that’s what. …
Rocket Reloaded
So I’m watching ESPN’s coverage of the Cubs/Astros game last night and I find myself rooting for Clemens. The last time I did that was …
Super Friends
My new drug of choice? It’s Pokey. I’m buying an HDTV monitor just to watch him tear it up even clearer than I do right …
L.A. Haze
Just as Pedro and Lowe have seemed to find themselves again, at least based on their last starts, Tim Wakefield keeps falling further into the …
A Quick One
Sox win! Yanks lose! Mussina tweaks groin! Curt hurt!? Friday rocks my ass off! More tomorrow morning!
Pair of Aces!
The Red Sox now have a problem. It will be debated fiercely in the Nation, at least for the next few days. Who is the …
"Thanks! We’ll Be Sucking Tonight!"
If there is anything we can say about last night’s game that is completely expletive-free, it is that it provided a neat encapsulation of the …
He’s Back!
Okay, the Globe is now confirming what Bostondirtdogs.com reported earlier this morning: Nomar WILL be in the line-up tonight.
Return of the Product, Parts II & III
This morning, did you not find yourself awash in that “morning after” glow? You know, the one you wore every fifth day in 1999, when …
Slipping away…
He is not the Nomar we used to know, love and cherish as a player. He is now a bitter man, looking for the big …
Old Scores Settled Here
At Last! Tonight! The magic that is inter-friggin’-league play begins! It’s the night when old scores will be settled, ancient rivalries renewed, and the sheer …