David Ortiz: Not to Be F**ked With
When Big Papi smiles, the world is a better place. The sun seems brighter, the flowers smell better, your neighbor’s old lady looks a …
John Farrell Has Had Enough of this Losing Streak
See that face? That’s the look of a guy who doesn’t want to see his team take it in the shorts again. It could also …
We Need One Of These Moments
Ten in a row, folks, that’s where we are. The last three series, the Sox have been swept in a variety of ball-busting ways. …
The 2014 Red Sox: Good Enough for Me and Bobby McVee
I wasn’t in the room when Andrew Miller threw last night’s game away. I got up to grab another beer. Got distracted, probably thinking about …
Red Sox Behind the Eight (Losses in a Row) Ball
During last night’s Red Sox game, when I wasn’t throwing things at my television or doing shots of Clorox, I was having a moment of …
A Fistful of Lackeys
So the Red Sox have lost seven games in a row. Even worse, as a number of astute folks have pointed out, their current record …
Remembering Charlie Hustle: What Pete Rose Could Teach Us Today
Many of you may still remember him – Cincinnati-born baseball star Pete Rose, also known as “Charlie Hustle” is still one of the most successful …
Red Sox Get Seven-Dusted
The 2014 Red Sox have lost their seventh game in a row. And suddenly the likes of Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli, Jon Lester and Clay …
Red Sox: Please Turn Off The Suck Machine
Yeah, I want to scream too. And sit in a crappy dive bar and get hammered. The Red Sox are now 20-25 and looking …
The Face That Will Bring Us To The Promised Land?
I only have one question about the Red Sox signing Stephen Drew to a one-year (prorated) fourteen million dollar contract: WHY? When the rumors …
Detroit Breakdown
The Red Sox went without a struggle all weekend. In hindsight, I wish it had poured and washed out all three games to spare us …
Godzilla Returns To Theaters, Red Sox Return To Boston
Okay, that Minnesota thing didn’t really go as planned. While Big Papi did his best Godzilla impersonation out there, the Sox managed to drop …
Minnesota is to David Ortiz as Earth’s Yellow Sun is to Superman
We’ve really kind of run out of superlatives to describe David Ortiz. In the first two games of this Minnesota series, the guy’s gone an …
What Could Have Been
In 2002 the Minnesota Twins gave up on a young David Ortiz. In 2003 he hit 31 home runs for the Red Sox and …
Road Trip
The Red Sox have finally battled back to the point they can hold their heads high and call themselves a winning team. Now, I’ve never …
Red Sox Say “Happy Mother’s Day” in New Video
Coupla quick things about this video: Looks like it was filmed back in spring training or at least early April as Gomes is clean shaven. …
David Ortiz: Crushing Opposing Teams’ Dreams Since 2004
There isn’t a whole lot of good from last night’s game that we can discuss. The Red Sox were outclassed, outquaffed and outplayed by Yu …
The .500 Days of Summer?
Here we are, finally back to an even record since the team was 2-2 back in early April. The question is; where do we go …
Everything You Need to Know About the Red Sox Reaching .500 Can be Summed Up By Dustin Pedroia’s Expression
Sure, the guy went 1-for-5 with four strikeouts, so he was hardly the spark that fueled tonight’s Red Sox come-from-behind victory. But look at that …
The Red Sox in 2014
2014 was always likely to be a challenging year for the Red Sox as they started the season as the team that everyone wanted to …
Best Walk-off Against the Reds Since 1975
With the Reds in town and the constant reminders of Carlton Fisk’s famous home run in game six of the ’75 World Series, I kinda …
Where Exactly Did David Ortiz’s Epic 482-foot Home Run Land?
/ Back on April 22nd, David Ortiz hit the longest home run at Fenway Park in nearly a decade. The blast off of Masahiro Tanaka …
Please Stop Stepping On My Nuts, 2014 Red Sox
Look, my nuts are pretty strong. They’ve been through a lot of shit. And any nuts that could survive the 2003 ALCS are nuts I’d …
Time to Start Working on that Army of Jon Lester Clones
Just when some of us (myself included) started wondering aloud if Jon Lester left his better days on the 2013 postseason field, he storms back …
So, Mike Napoli, Who’s Gonna be the Hero of Today’s Red Sox Game?
Okay, it’s never good to make such assumptions. But after last night, I really do feel like the Red Sox have turned a corner. Was …
Shades of Fear Free Download
Shades of Fear is now available as a FREE download in the Kindle store. All I ask is that you post a review on Amazon …
Step One
Man, if I had any Photoshop skills you’d be looking at Buchholz and Pedroia in the picture above. They combined forces and became a two …
Drinking to Forget: Sox Drop Two to Rays
Last year, when the Sox took the field on Opening Day, I didn’t know what to expect. But it certainly wasn’t a World Series champion. …
The Surviving Grady Guide to Getting Out of Work, Enjoying this Afternoon’s Red Sox Game
Clearly, The Man doesn’t like baseball. If The Man did, he would have realized that today, the first of two games against the Rays begins …
Jackie Bradley Jr., I Can Tell That We Are Going to Be Friends
With all the focus on Xander Bogaerts coming into this season, the Magic of Jackie Bradley Jr. went mostly overlooked. “Oh, the gentleman replacing Ellsbury?” …
Sox Beat Rays, John Lackey Becomes Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Okay, I’m lying on the S.H.I.E.L.D. thing. But would it surprise you if John Lackey, who has defied every tenet of the reality you and …
Red Sox vs. Rays in the Battle for the Planet of Last Place
Last October, the Sox and Rays were the toast of the AL East, duking it out in the ALDS while the Jays, Yanks and Orioles …
Steve Lyons Fills in for Jerry Remy and Other Things That Make You Go “Hmmmm.”
First things first: I’m a huge fan of Psycho Steve Lyons. When he was in and out and in and out and in and out …
Yankees Fans Who Taunt Robinson Cano Confronted by Robinson Cano
So here’s a thing where Jimmy Fallon gives New Yorkers the chance to give a piece of their mind to a poster of former Yankee …