Play Ball With Red and Denton, Win Cash and Prizes!
Baseball season is heating up, and suddenly the fantasy team you picked when there was still snow on the ground doesn’t look so good. Already …
Rumble in the Bronx
It’s that time again. Red Sox vs. Yankees, round three. Despite being down a game in the AL East standings, the Red Sox lead the …
NESN Presents “Mike Timlin: Freelance Assassin”
Sunday Morning, Fenway Park. So. What’s the plan for Lackey? I think we’re gonna keep him on a tight pitch count today. Short leash. Help …
The Let-Down, The Comeback and How It All Might Have Led Me to the Unemployment Line
The other day I had a client meeting at 5:00pm — yes, on a Saturday, because business sleeps for no one, or so my boss …
Carl Crawford, Man of Action
When I’d heard we signed Carl Crawford, I imagined a guy who finally felt emancipated — freed from the half-empty stands and less-then-enthusiastic crowds of …
Time To Streak
The only thing standing between the Red Sox and a nice winning streak are the the Oakland A’s. Of course, I said the same thing …
Off Day Blues
There’s really nothing I want to say about yesterday’s game, or the entire White Sox series, so I’ll ignore it. Instead, I’ll take the day …
Open Letter To The Red Sox
Dear Boston Red Sox, I will be attending the game today and I would greatly appreciate it if you didn’t suck. I paid a lot …
Apocalypse. Now.
Here’s what we don’t need: a losing streak at the hands of the Chicago White Sox. Last night’s 7-3 crapfest was not the way to …
Hot Sox-on-Sox Action!
Ozzie Guillen’s Flying Circus pulls into Fenway tonight, with the Red Sox looking for their twentieth win of the month after storming through May at …
Clutch… Then Not Much
Yesterday’s twin bill in Detroit was like a trip in Mr. Peabody’s Wayback Machine. In the first game, we visited 2004, when Ortiz was a …
For The Sweep
Big Papi came through 2004-style to win the first leg of the double-header, smacking a solo shot in the top of the ninth. The Sox …
Let’s Play Two!
The Red Sox are so good, they don’t even have to play to extend their lead in the East. After enjoying a rainout in the …
You’re Gonna Miss Tim Wakefield When He’s Gone. In 2375.
For a guy who was around when the New Testament was considered “science fiction,” Tim Wakefield has been one of the more versatile and at …
Beard of Fury
First of all, props to Tony Lee over at NESN.com for reminding us that tonight will be the first time the Red Sox face Porcello …
The Surviving Grady Podcast: Reversal of Fortune… and Descent into Inanity
Denton and I attempted a respectable podcast last night. But either the booze or the weather or the altered state I’ve been in since Dunkin …
No More Mr. Nice Guys
Play time is over, bitches. After another vicious assault, this time with the Tigers playing the victim, the Red Sox are mere percentage points out …
Day Trippin’
Day game in the fair city of Cleveland with Jon Lester on the hill. I’m penciling in a “W” based on Jonny K’s career stats: …
Is It 2010 Again?
Is the injury plague going to strike the Red Sox again? What next, famine? Locusts? Potato blight? Depending on who you believe, Dice-K is either …
The Driver May Be Crazy But We Won’t Get Off the Bus
Another eighth-inning meltdown to bury a sure-thing win? A second bullpen implosion to keep us out of first place? A missed opportunity to show the …
Return To Oil Can Boyd’s “Ballpark by the Ocean”
The last time these two teams played, the Red Sox were spiraling around the drain and nobody knew the Indians were going be a contender. …
Congrats to the Guy Who’ll Still Be Pitching Long After Talking Apes Have Taken Over the Planet
There’s no one on this Red Sox team whose success gets me giddier than Tim Wakefield. Yes, the man can inspire heart-stoppage and spontaneous window-punching …
Ubs 9, Milkmen 3
Well that didn’t go as planned. In one epic clusterf%&k of an inning, the Red Sox turned a 3-1 lead into a 9-3 disaster. Aceves did …
Hello Second Place, We Won’t Be Staying Long
I may change my opinion on inter-league play if the Sox keep this up. Last night’s assault on the Cubs should be enough to keep …
Another Day, Another Walk-Off Win
After losing the first six games of the season, the Sox have now won the last six and are within a game-and-a-half of first place. …
Homage To Jack Edwards
Well, as I was driving on the rain-soaked highways and backstreets of Massachusetts, it struck me what an odd thing a 2011 Yankee fan is. …
Here comes that rainy day feeling again
I think it’s safe to say the Red Sox have found their Mojo. A weekend sweep of the Yankees, a big come-from-behind walk-off victory, and …
Play Ball! Please…
It looks like they are going to play ball at Fenway tonight. Which is good, because if the Red Sox don’t get a game in …
Beauty And The Beard
Kevin Youkilis in the dugout spending a quiet moment with Eliza Dushku. Interesting. Eliza was at a recent charity event Youk held, but so was …
All Eyes On Wakefield
Tonight’s game (weather permitting of course) will be a reall battle of the ages. The Orioles have 23-year-old Zach Britton starting, while the Red Sox …
“How Ya Like Us Now?” or “Adrian Gonzalez Has Got 99 Problems But the Orioles Ain’t One”
Couple weeks ago, we would have lost last night’s game. No question. The staggering amount of runners left on base. The inability to crack a …
Hey AL East, Remember Us?
Yeah, it’s us, the Boston Red Sox. We’re just chilling out in third place for now. But Yanks and Rays, those footsteps you hear? Us …
Sox Get a Transfusion… of Awesome!
I hate to say I called it on our last podcast, but I called the motherf#$king shyte out of this weekend series. A sweep of …
Question Mark Becomes Exclamation Point
Coming into this season, Josh Beckett was one of our biggest question marks. But after watching Commander Kick Ass channel his 2007 self and shut …
My New Least Favorite Red Sox Fan
Watching a Fox broadcast of the Red Sox playing the Yankees is very similar to getting your annual physical during an alien abduction. Or so …