Josh Beckett Didn’t Fly All the Way to Minnesota to Let Our Asses Down
I’m with Denton. We gotta take this season one game at a time. We got the win last night, and now we’ve got Commander Kick …
Fifth Grader? You Just Have To Be Smarter Than Red and Denton
So you think you know baseball better than Red and Denton? Here’s your chance to prove it! This Friday, our pals over at Draftstreet.com are …
One Day at a Time
The Minnesota Twins: The best cure for a five game losing streak. That was not your average ball game, right up until Bobby V made …
First Hurdle: Beating Santa Claus
It’s quite disheartening that the Red Sox’ first assignment on this road trip is to take down a team managed by the absolute doppelganger of …
Take Me Back to Simpler Days When 9 Runs Was Enough to Win a Ballgame
There are worse things than blowing a nine run lead to your most hated rivals and losing your fifth straight game on the weekend of …
Kiss This Thing Goodbye
Not much I can say other than we’re dead-ass last in the East, sporting the second worst record in the American League, in danger of …
Mike Lowell: Future Red Sox Manager?
I was drinking myself silly with a couple friends last night when I reiterated something I had tweeted earlier: If Kevin Millar isn’t managing the …
Quick Thoughts on the 100th Celebration
Let me preface my thoughts by saying the seats at Fenway are uncomfortable even for a skinny guy like me, I hate Sweet Caroline and …
On Its 100th Anniversary, a Salute to Fenway Park. By a Puppet.
We took Puppet Red out of the mothballs for this special Surviving Grady Puppetcast. Because nothing sets the tone for mirth and celebration like a …
So Who’s Going to the Game?
Our friends at TiqIQ have launched a new Facebook application called TiqIQ CONNECT. Unlike the majority of other widgets/applications, this one is pretty cool–not obtrusive–and …
The Return Of Angry
Remember “back in the day” before we had two World Series championships under our belts? There was a lot of hostility in these parts. The …
Those Texas Fellas Sure Are Tough
I guess you could say last night’s game went a lot better than the previous one. There were no Natural-style light-shattering home runs to win …
Everybody Assume “Holy Sh*t, It’s The Rangers!” Positions
Yesterday, I said something pre-game about not sweating the boys from Texas. Then they promptly stepped on our balls for roughly four hours. That’s what …
Let’s Just Act Like That Never Happened
I want the opposite of Total Recall on last night’s game. I want to purge it completely from my mind, like the time I took …
We Don’t Sweat the Rangers
We respect them, to be sure. But we don’t sweat them. Sure, they got the AL’s best record so far. And they haven’t lost yet …
Surviving Bobby
It took Daniel Bard just 94 pitches to get through six-and-two-thirds, then the wheels fell off. Nineteen pitches later (walk, single, walk, and a walk …
Baseball in the Morning Makes Everything Better
Look, the world is gonna kick your ass. That’s what the world does. That’s its job. But knowing that there’s fresh, all-new, never-before-seen baseball played …
Ortiz Set to “Non-Stop Ass-Kick” Mode
The last person I expected to be a motherflipping force of nature during this series with the Rays was David Ortiz. But the Large Father …
Don’t Let It End: A Message From Dennis DeYoung
Hello Red Sox Nation. As you know, I’m from Chi-Town and a fan of the White Sox, but the plight of your team is quite …
Number Three for Number Two
I like to think that shortly before the Sox took the field this afternoon and proceeded to have their way with the Rays, the team …
Commander Found, Ells Lost
For all of yesterday’s Opening Day pomp and circumstance, my greatest concern was the thought of Beckett unraveling again, leaving us with yet another question …
It’s A Wonderful Life (Every Fenway Opening Day)
Dad and I never missed an Opening Day. Sometimes we were in the stands — Manny’s first-pitch-at-Fenway-as-a-Red-Sox home run and the Mo Vaughn Ninth Inning …
Five Things Nobody Wants To See At The Home Opener
Red Sox ownership has proven to be pretty good at throwing a party at Fenway. Plans for the home opener haven’t been a hot topic …
The Surviving Grady Red Sox Podcast: The One Where We Talk About Blogging
Elvis Costello once said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. I have no idea what that means but on this episode, we …
Today’s Red Sox Loss in 25 Words
When your ace throws eight-inning, three-hit ball but the offense can’t score enough to get him the win, they’ve done f$%ked the guy.
Jon Lester Invites You to Tell Your Boss to Go Pound Sand
The Sox play the Jays today at 12:37pm (not 12:36 as originally stated). So those of us who are gainfully employed must now choose between …
How D’ya Like Me Now?
Hello Red Sox Nation. Tito here. Kicking back with a cauldron of Bigelow and watching your team soil the sheets on a nightly basis. Remember …
Daniel Bard is Ready to Make You a Believer
All day long at the office, I’ve been just walking up to people in the hall, getting up in their faces, and screaming, “Are you …
The First Time Is Always The Hardest
He may look like the goofy sidekick in some low-budget teen comedy, but Felix Doubront pitched his ass off for the Red Sox tonight. After …
By-Tor and the Snow Doubront
Look, when the Sox head up to Canada to play the Jays, I’m gonna bust with the silly-ass references to Rush lyrics. That’s just how …
Coffee is for Closers. But Since We Don’t Have One, Malt Liquor Should Work.
Considering that this was only the third game of the regular season, and that we were playing against the reigning AL Central champs, a team …
Hopes Turn to Clay
Paying a couple homeless guys twenty bucks to kick me repeatedly in the junk for four hours would have been a better use of my …
Detroit Breakdown
If you didn’t know there was a difference in character between Josh Beckett and Jon Lester, just look at the first two games of the …
“Fister” Joke, Blah Blah Blah, I Hope Josh Turns in a Good One
See what we did there? That title is the “Cliffs Notes” version of the post. Because, really, what more is there to do than remind …