Meet the Feebles
Do I still think the Red Sox are going to the playoffs? Despite their absolutely shit-tastic September, I do. Do I think they’re actually going …
The Remains of the Day
Was last night’s thumping of the Orioles the beginning of the turnaround that’s gonna drive us into the postseason? Or just a law-of-averages blip on …
Say Goodnight, Gracie
As much as it pains me to say it, the Red Sox are done. I will root for them as tirelessly as I have all …
Today Is The First Day of the Rest of the 2011 Season
Look, I’m gonna make this brief. We’ve got two games today against the second-worst team in the American League. So if you guys were planning …
Show Me The Heart
Confession time: I do not share Red’s undying optimism and confidence in this team. It doesn’t mean I don’t root my ass off for them …
Because the Savviest Teams Understand the Need to “Keep It Interesting”
The Sox seem bent on making a liar out of me, especially with last night’s encore performance of “Time to Lie Down, Boys; the Rays …
I Still Want the East
Such is the life of the Red Sox fan. A couple days ago, I would have been happy to see the boys slide under the …
The Red Sox Will Make the Playoffs: A Prediction That Doesn’t Require the Sudden, Inexplicable Disappearance of Matt Albers and John Lackey
This is the post in which I tell you that I’ve stopped tearing what’s left of my hair out over the 2011 Red Sox. Because …
Tonight’s Pre-Game Pep Talk, Courtesy of Doctor Doom
“I’ve seen horrors in the Negative Zone that do not compare to the icy cold dread of a Kyle Weiland start to kick-off a critical …
Dear 2004 Red Sox: Please Stop. Before Pokey Reese Gets Added to the FBI’s Terror Watch List
Hey, 2004 Red Sox. WTF?! First Manny Ramirez gets arrested for allegedly tossing the missus, now Curt Leskanic, cult hero and player of the role …
Just When You Thought It Was Safe
When I saw the Red Sox batters crank it up to full awesome last night in support of Tim Wakefield, I thought it might be …
What Has Two Thumbs and Two Hundred Wins?
This guy! Congrats to Timmeh on finally achieving his 200th win. The fact that he’s the last of the nice guys and the elder statesman …
Getting Wakefield to 200 Wins: A Different Approach
For what seems like the past ten years I’ve been begging the Red Sox offense to do everything in their power to help Our Man …
Just Manny Being…Brett Myers?
It seems the once-beloved Manny Ramirez has taken the Roger Clemens approach to life and is determined to eradicate any goodwill once felt toward him. The …
Tonight, Let’s Enjoy Football
For the next few hours, let’s forget about loss columns, wild cards, Tampa Bay, slumps and injuries and just enjoy some Patriots football. Tomorrow, we’ll …
Ten Years After
There is a Red Sox game today, just as there are a bunch of football games. We will watch and we will will root for …
Dear September, Please Stop Punching Us in the Nuts
For a few brief moments in the ninth inning of last night’s game, we were back. Their “closer” was on the ropes, whacked around for …
We Remember Winning. And It Was Awesome.
Despite this 2-7 September hole, I’m not ready to cash in my chips on the 2011 Red Sox just yet. Hell, I lived through Dante …
The Ellis Burks Glamour Shot Says Chill the F$%k Out, People, and Root Your Boys On to the Playoffs
Folks, I follow two golden rules in this life. Number one is never pick up a hooker named “Armando.” The other, with all due respect …
Dear John
Dear John Lackey, You suck. Out loud. Please join the DL and finish the season player checkers with JD Drew. That is all, Denton
When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around. In This Case, John Lackey.
Right now, John Lackey, we need you more than ever. With players dropping like flies day after day, you must transcend your human limitations and …
April Again?
Nineteen games to go and the Sox are still two-and-a-half back in the division. If not for a couple of extra-inning wins by the Orioles …
Let’s Win a Friggin’ Game, Eh?
Do you want to see the Sox head back to the States 1-for-Canada? Neither do I. As much as it pains me to beg the …
Paying It Forward… for the Jimmy Fund
Since we started this blog back in 2004, we’ve had the good fortune to meet a great many cool fellow Red Sox fans. And a …
Missed Again
I had the picture for this post ready to go when the Jays took the lead in the third. Another futile attempt at 200 was …
And In The End, The Love You Take Is Equal To The Love You Gave To Wake
Dear Red Sox offense: Help get this guy his 200th win. He’s a stand-up guy and he deserves it. That is all.
Sox Pound Jays, Tease Wakefield
Sox Offense: See what we did there? Wakefield: Yes. Impressive. Sox Offense: Fourteen runs, motherf#$ker. That’s no joke. That’s a pummeling. Wakefield: Indeed it was. …
Step One: Seal Jon Lester in Carbonite…
…Because if he goes down, it’s “John Lackey, ALDS Game One Starter!” But I didn’t come here to hate. I came here to pray to …
Jon Lester To Start All Post-Season Games
Remember that old Bugs Bunny cartoon where he played every position? First base: Bugs Bunny, Second base: Bugs Bunny…and so on? That’s sort of what …
Never Trust A Guy With Two Last Names
A kid barely old enough to buy himself a beer stateside shut down the Boston Red Sox. Henderson Alvarez vs. Josh Beckett looked like a …
And Starring Josh Beckett as the “Flash Mob of Fists”
So we’ve lost two series in a row and are 1-3 in September. As James Caan’s boss in “Elf” yelled, “That doesn’t happen!” And if …
No More Whacky My Lackey
It ends right here. There will be no more talk of how John Lackey has looked better since coming off the DL. There will be …
Feelin’ Kinda Lackey
With 29 runs scored over the first two games of the series, I’m calling for a quiet one today. 2-0, maybe 3-1. Just enough so …
And After An Epic Beatdown Of Our Own, We Get Heidi By The Pool
Just another reason to be the beater, not the beaten. No offense to Mr. Orsillo, of course. And if that wasn’t enough to be thankful …
Today’s Pre-Game Inspirational Speech, Courtesy of Doctor Zaius
“Beware the beast man, especially these Rangers… for they are the devil’s pawns. Alone among God’s primates, they… aw, screw this. Just win the f$%king …