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 …
Just two nights after looking like they were pitching batting practice for the Rays, the quartet of Tazawa, Breslow, Uehara and Bailey shut down …
Well, the Rays got even. They got to plunk a guy — the Elf, no less — and they got the win. But tomorrow, they’re …
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. …
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 …
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, …
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 …
“Yeah, just me. Hangin’ at the Bruins game. Wavin’ a towel. Bein’ awesome with little or no effort.”
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 …
Tie game. Bottom of the ninth. Who do you want at the plate? While Red is no doubt drafting an Ode to JD Drew, …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 Red Sox have a two game lead in the AL East. Tonight they start a three game series with the team looking up …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The mystery of the 2013 Red Sox continues. April powers turned to May downers, but the last three games have shown some real gritty …
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 …
Every winning streak starts with one game. Perhaps tonight is the start of something for the Red Sox. They exploded with eight runs in …
“Just win. Just win.” I ain’t looking for a 15-3 beat down. Just something positive to lift the team’s spirits and give them something to …
The Boston Red Sox have started their season off with a bang. After just over a month of baseball, the Sox were sitting atop the …
After Denton’s *ahem* uplifting assessment of the local nine in the preceding post, I would like to offer my own perspective on the 2013 team …