The Surviving Grady Podcast: Do the 2011 Red Sox Simply Suck?
Look, we know they don’t. We know it’s just a bump in the road. A spanner in the works. And everything’s gonna work itself out. …
Jimmy Fund Sabermetrics Event
Nothing like an off-day to do some good work to help out the Jimmy Fund. Red and I aren’t really up on our stats, unless …
John Lackey’s Evening, as Succinctly Explained by Four Lines from “Little Lion Man” by Mumford and Sons
“But it was not your fault but mine. And it was your heart on the line. I really f*cked it up this time, didn’t I …
Would You Trust Your Position In Third Place To This Man?
I wouldn’t, but what choice do we have? Maybe the Sox will score 10 or 12 runs early and take the pressure off.
.500 or Bust
What is it with this team? Every time they get within a game of the elusive .500 mark, they pull a Mama Cass. Last night …
Sometimes I Feel Like a Remyless Child
And I know you feel my pain, too. Sox vs. Jays. Let’s win it for Jerry.
“The Wrong Side of the Razor” or “There’s Never a Good Time to Upset Josh Beckett”
I can only hope, for Papelbon’s sake, that the TVs in the Sox clubhouse were tuned to something other than the NESN broadcast last night. …
What This Team Needs…
…is a good donnybrook. Not one in which someone gets hurt or mortally wounded or touched indecently by DeMarlo Hale. But maybe one in which …
Boston’s Newest Badass
Caution: do not watch the video if you’re squeamish! Rajon Rondo has been the glue that holds the Celtics together all season. But his performance …
“The Journey of a Million Miles Begins With the First Step” and Other Things We Say to Brace for a Daisuke Start
These days, I’m particularly wary of announcing that this team has turned a corner. Or that the rocket to .500 has just left the platform. …
Baby Steps
I guess you have to start somewhere. Today’s 4-0 win, despite Mother Nature’s attempt to further mess with the pitching, is as good a place …
As Good As It Gets?
“They’re going to start hitting.” “Just wait ’til Crawford heats up.” “No way you can keep that line-up down.” “Curt Leskanic was a gentleman. And …
Timmy To The Rescue
How many times since 1995 have we looked to Tim Wakefield to step up and help try get the team on track? Tonight, we look …
Puppet Red Sends Love From the Basement. Just Like the Red Sox.
Thanks, as always, to our man Pete from Treehouse Studios for the puppet.
Lacking Again
This is why I despise John Lackey. Following a marathon, piss-through-the-entire-bullpen, extra-innings game that ended somewhere after closing time in the midwest, it was Lackey’s …
Cue Sad Piano Music From “The Incredible Hulk”
…Because how else do you end a game that took about five hours to play, featured over two hours of rain delay, and ended around …
Searching for .500
They are pulling the tarp off the field and getting ready for baseball at Fenway. With a win tonight, the Red Sox would have an …
He Does It All
Is there anything Dustin Pedroia can’t do? There’s been a lot of talk all day about his epic 13-pitch at-bat resulting in a two-run double. …
Honor The Streak
The Red Sox are riding a one-game win streak. To make it two, the Sox will have to out-duel Jered Weaver and his 0.99 ERA. …
The Start Of Something Good
The World Series-like celebration of Carl Crawford at the end of today’s game is exactly what this team needed to get rolling. It couldn’t have …
Delusions of Mediocrity?
It’s May 1st and I am officially worried. Everybody, myself included, said “give this team a month, they’ll figure it out.” OK, it’s been a …
Something in the Night
Well, my first Fenway adventure ended in failure, thanks to that fat, bearded freak Bobby Jenks. I think it’s time for Bobby to take his …
Hit the Bricks, Buddy
There are plenty of things that suck worse than losing three of your last four games to the Orioles and Mariners. Especially when the M’s …
My First Game Of 2011
My outfit won’t be quite this extravagant, but I’ll be there cheering my ass off. A win would be much appreciated, I hate the way …
Beat The Birds. Please?
Flashbacks to the first week of the season. Not a good thing. It’s time to bottle up some of whatever is flowing through Jed Lowrie’s …
Starring Vince Vaughn As Josh Beckett
The Commander against some gaily-plumed birds? Please…
So Close to .500, We Can Taste It
Last night, my drunken self stomped around the house and screamed for the bats to come back to life and wondered why in the hell …
Let’s Make It Ten
I think it’s safe to say that things are getting back to normal in the AL East. With a win tonight, the Red Sox would …
Surviving Fenway
Fenway Park, one of the greatest venues in all of sports, and it’s right in our backyard. But let’s face it, getting there can be …
Welcome to When Everything That Doesn’t Make Sense Makes Sense
These days, I can’t watch a Red Sox game without thinking of that line from JFK where Kevin Costner says, “We’re through the looking glass, …
Magic Man
I don’t care where this version of Dice-K Matsuzaka has been hiding for the past few years, let’s just make sure he sticks around. His …
Oh, Daisuke Matsuzaka! Your Mystery So Vast, Your Wonders So Deep!
Every Matsuzaka start brings us The Riddle of Daisuke. As in which pitcher will show up: The curious confounder who one-hit the Blue Jays through …
California Dreamin’
It’s amazing how quickly things turn around. One day your team is the laughing stock of the baseball world, criticized for every move as they …
Happy Birthday to Terry Francona, the Tea Drinkin’ Genius
As if the Sox needed any extra incentive to prevent Dan Haren from reaching 5-0 on their watch, a certain Picard-esque manager is 52 years …
DaySleepers II
Not a lot to say about last night’s win over the Angels, other than I can only hope the line-up had a meat-and-whiskey basket delivered …