Felix Doubront is the Red Sox’ Most Popular Pitcher
Well, at least according to the numbers. After crunching the numbers on more than 8,000 tickets sold to Fenway Park since the beginning of the …
The Lackey Factor
Prior to the season, Red boldly predicted that John Lackey would win 20 games. I, on the hand, predicted that Lackey would somehow lose …
Ten Much Cooler Endings for Last Night’s Red Sox-Orioles Game
Look, Red Sox. You know I’ll be there through the thick and the thin. But as a working stiff whose boss is always looking for …
Revenge of the Bullpen
Just two nights after looking like they were pitching batting practice for the Rays, the quartet of Tazawa, Breslow, Uehara and Bailey shut down …
“Not in the Face, Rays. Not in the Face!”
Well, the Rays got even. They got to plunk a guy — the Elf, no less — and they got the win. But tomorrow, they’re …
All’s Well That Finally Ends. Plus, We Won.
Full disclosure: I started writing this post somewhere around the eighth inning, hoping that as tight as things got, the Sox would pull it out. …
Victory!
Yeah, when I think “victory” I think of Michael Caine. Or not. Last night/this morning, there were plenty of heroes. Big Papi took the cape …
You Cannot Stop David Ortiz. You Can Only Hope to Contain Him.
I’ve been tossing superlatives at the Large Father since 2004, so I’ll just present what I tweeted yesterday after his three-run bomb. When Shakespeare wrote, …
And Somewhere, Bobby V Says, “I Groomed Clay Buchholz for This Success.”
I’m not entirely sure that Clay Buchholz’s hair isn’t an alien symbiote, kinda like Spider-Man’s black costume. But I do know this: every time the …
David Ortiz Will Never Stop Being Awesome
“Yeah, just me. Hangin’ at the Bruins game. Wavin’ a towel. Bein’ awesome with little or no effort.”
The Adventures of Ellsbury ‘n’ Elf: Red Sox vs. The National Security Agency
The recent news that the FBI and Homeland Security have been collecting phone records and monitoring our calls for years unleashed a shockwave of OUTRAGE …
Boom, Boom, Fire Powah!
Tie game. Bottom of the ninth. Who do you want at the plate? While Red is no doubt drafting an Ode to JD Drew, …
With Lester, Everything Is Possible
Not a lot to say about last night’s game. Lackey deserved a better fate, and the line-up pulled that most heinous baseball maneuver of running …
Phase One Complete
I still want all three. But man that trouncing to kick off the Rangers series was pretty sweet. Nineteen hits, seventeen runs, four home runs …
Time for Street Justice, Fenway Style!
Last time we played the Rangers, in May, they dropped us like a bad habit, sweeping the series and outscoring us 16-4 across three games. …
David Ortiz Will Now Hear the Lamentations of Your Women
Quick: Pick the guy you expected to be leading the Sox in home runs two months into the season. Maybe Napoli? Or Middlebrooks? Or, be …
Gods of Thunder, But Still Creeped by Thunder
Last night, the Red Sox tightened their grip on first place in the East with a rain-shortened, 3-0 win over the Yanks. Yes, as I …
Claymation!
This is an EXCITING TIME to be a fan of excitement, because tonight’s Red Sox-Yankees game promises to be full of it. For one thing, …
The Real Deal
The Red Sox have a two game lead in the AL East. Tonight they start a three game series with the team looking up …
The Magic of Morales
Tonight, the Reverberations of Clay Buchholz’s Injury continue to be felt, as Franklin Morales gets the start against the Phillies. Of course, we’ve got nothing …
Your Move, Jonny Gomes
Gotta love this ad for The Lower Depths in the latest Dig. My question is, who on the team would be crazy enough to do …
Red Sox vs. Phillies: The Rivalry Continues
Phillies and Red Sox set to begin home and away four game series By Dan Groob, TiqIQ One of the features within the newly installed …
Back on Top Again
So Alfredo Aceves comes back to the bigs to make a spot start for the Sox, going six strong with one earned run ad three …
And Then, Depression Set In
This sucks. The team is playing well, they just had their most dramatic win of the season…and now mood is ruined by the abortion …
Game of the Year. So Far.
Yesterday may have been the KING OF DAYS. We had a new season of Arrested Development, a Sunday-before-a-holiday to encourage binge drinking, and a Red …
John Lackey, Destroyer of Worlds
Alright, so the title of this post goes a little overboard. But it has to be. Because my man-love for John Lackey is in overdrive …
The Surviving Grady Podcast: Beware the Ides of May With Jen Royle
How is this the same team we watched in April? Back then, they said, “jump” and opposing teams said “How f#$king high and can I …
Hell-O, Teet-O
Don’t look know but Neato Teeto’s Cleveland Indians are sitting atop the totem pole of the American League Central, which makes tonight’s game a true …
Felix Doubront, Deliver Us From Evil
I wrote up a brilliant post comparing the 2013 Red Sox to every character in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. Then I lost my wifi connection …
I Love it When a Plan Comes Together
Okay, maybe some half-cocked allusion to a winning streak doesn’t really constitute a plan, I’ll take it. Five wins in a row is five …
I Believe in John Lackey
Before the 2013 season started, I pegged Lacko to be the surprise of the year. I even figured him to win somewhere in the neighborhood …
Four!
The mystery of the 2013 Red Sox continues. April powers turned to May downers, but the last three games have shown some real gritty …
We’re Number Three!
Okay, so May hasn’t been all that kind to us. But we still have the third best record in the American League. That has to …
One in a Row
Every winning streak starts with one game. Perhaps tonight is the start of something for the Red Sox. They exploded with eight runs in …