Clay Buchholz Will Start for Red Sox Opener, Possibly Change Your Oil
The news that Clay Buchholz has been officially named the Opening Day starter for the Red Sox was hardly a surprise? Who else was gonna …
Vazquez Seeks Second Opinion, Mirabelli Rested and Ready
So far, this year’s spring training has been a pretty routine mix of awesome and zany, from Mookie knocking baseballs all over Florida to Victorino …
I’ll Take the 2004 Red Sox Over the Avengers Any Day…
…when it comes to tackling Ultron, the New York Yankees, and other threats to humanity.
Don Orsillo’s First Red Sox Game Was Pretty Memorable
Before the Sox started winning World Series, we fans clung tenaciously to what meager triumphs we were afforded: Pedro kicking Yankee arse in one game …
The Importance of Being (and Keeping) Mookie Betts
Much of my winter was spent shoveling snow, drinking myself comatose and waiting for the seemingly inevitable news that the Red Sox were trading Mookie …
The Role of “The Man” Will be Played by Xander Bogaerts in 2015
We’re less than one week into the grapefruit games and I know the importance of keeping things in perspective. Shit, last year around this time …
Five Good Things from the First Red Sox Spring Training Game
It’s tough to accurately assess a baseball team after the first month of the regular season let alone one measly spring training game. I think …
The Cashman/Headwarmer Dialogues: Moncada? Where Would We Play Him?
“2015 is all about the Rod.”
Red Sox Valentines You Can Use
Because we are romantics at heart. And cheap shits, too.
Confession: I Never Loved the Rolling Rally
Let me explain. I grew up in the ’80s in a baseball household. The Red Sox were my dad’s religion, and that’s how he raised …
Happy Birthday, Fred Lynn: The Original Gangsta
It’s his birthday. How do YOU think the former AL Rookie of the Year is gonna spend it?
Hello, Daniel Nava; Goodbye, Drake Britton
I was pretty happy to see Daniel Nava re-up with the Sox. In a world full of professional athletes who seem to swill too often …
Five Ways the Red Sox Can Market the Hell Out of the Pablo Sandoval Signing
Dear Red Sox Ownership: It’s me again. The guy with the puppet and the blog. You may have stopped reading my mail after my petition …
Mike Napoli’s Blizzard Plans Are Cooler Than Yours
Meanwhile I’m sitting here with ten boxes of “Ring Dings” and a Netflix subscription.
How the Red Sox Can Make 2015 Better than 2014
An amazingly simple (and booze-inspired) analysis.
The Year in Red Sox Vines
This is the time of year when some sites post their wish lists for next year’s Red Sox team or their expert analysis of what …
Jon Lester Signs with Cubs. Panic Ensues.
While he wasn’t necessarily the most spectacular pitcher to ever don a Red Sox uniform, Jon Lester had somehow come to represent everything that is …
Hot Stove?
After the disaster that was the 2014 season (not to be confused with the 2012 debaucle), I kinda thought the Red Sox would load up …
The Hanley Ramirez Press Conference Was Kinda Hanlarious
With all the crap I’d been hearing about Hanley Ramirez over the past 24 hours — shitty teammate, punk-ass attitude, not the kind of fella …
Red Sox Say, “Screw the Youth Movement,” Sign Sandoval and Ramirez
If history — or, I should say, recent Red Sox history — has taught us anything, it is that a shit year is normally followed …
SG Red Sox PuppetCast: Just a Couple Puppets Talking About 2004
Puppet Red makes his glorious return to our site, but now he has a new friend: Puppet Denton. To everyone who has ever thought to …
A-Rod Is Back In The News
Remember when guys like Sosa and Big Mac were baseball’s bad guys at the beginning of the PED era? Remember everybody fawning over A-Rod for …
Do Not Youk Gentle Into That Good Night
A couple days ago, Kevin Youkilis, AKA Yooooooooouuuk, AKA The Greek God of Walks, AKA Shemp McManus, announced he was retiring from baseball. As someone …
RIP Mr. Mayor
Mayor Thomas Menino, Boston’s mayor for 21 years, passed away this week. Menino was fortunate to be the overseer of eight Boston championships during his …
Would You Have Sent Gordon? A Drunk Person Asks
Look, it’s hard for me to get violent over a World Series game in which I have no emotional stake. But last night’s game seven …
A Legend Is Born
Full disclosure: I watched exactly one half of one inning in this entire series. Without a dog in the fight and no real interest in …
Game One: All Giants
After rolling through the post-season undefeated, the Royals suffered a loss in game one of the World Series. The loss came at the hands of …
How Curt Schilling and His Balls of Steel Saved Us All Ten Years Ago Tonight
Today marks the ten year anniversary of game six of the 2004 ALCS, which will forever be known, at least in France, as “Le Game …
That Time Kevin Millar Predicted the Future
Before The Steal there was The Walk, Kevin Millar’s improbable base on balls against Mariano Rivera that help fit Dave Roberts for his Superman cape. …
One Year Ago Today, Summarized in Five Photos
The night David Ortiz saved us. Again.
The Surviving Grady Red Sox Podcast: Talking to People About 2004 with Guest Matthew Kory
Folks, it has been ten years to the month since the Red Sox drop kicked us all into the promised land, winning the World Series …
And Then There Was That Time Jake Peavy and a Cigar Store Indian Predicted the Future
Still one of my favorite 2013 memories.
Jon Lester Selling His Newton Home Can Only Mean One Thing.
That John Henry is building him some kid of funky but well-appointed, state-of-the-art family pad underneath Fenway Park. With secret Batcave-like entry and exit points, …
It’s All About Me
Now that the wretched 2014 Red Sox season is over and we have October wide open, I thought I’d spend a few minutes boring …