Heidi Watney: Not Exactly Spielberg
When my eyes caught the words “Heidi Watney Video Diary” I thought my perverse prayers had been answered. Yesterday’s screen cap showed Heidi and some …
When Did We Become Yankees Fans?
Growing up, and for most of my adult life, Red Sox fans were the hard-luck losers. The wait-til-next-year gang. The folks who entered spring with …
12.60 ERA? No Big Deal
On the day when everyone is Irish, the guy that jigged and hornpiped after two World Series just isn’t the same pitcher. Jon Papelbon, on …
Lester To Start Opening Day
Terry Francona made the official announcement yesterday: Jon Lester will start Opening Day. Unless you’ve been in a Turkish prison for the past three years, …
The Craziest Thing I’ve Ever Seen During a Red Sox Game?
A couple days back, when Denton posted the infamous shot of Pedro giving Don Zim the throw-down during the 2003 ALCS, it got me thinking: …
More Than Meets The Eye?
Since that dark day when Johnny Damon signed with the Yankees, just a year after helping the Red Sox win a World Series, he hasn’t exactly been …
It’s On…Again!
OK, so a March 14th game featuring Aceves vs. Banuelos might not have the intensity to result in something like Pedro rolling Zim down the …
Still The Sandman
I don’t really want to talk about Beckett’s “one bad inning.” Didn’t we see enough of that act last season? Something just as concerning was …
Wake On the Block?
There’s little revelation to a recent report on ESPNBoston that Daisuke Matsuzaka could be had in a trade. We’re fairly certain the Sox were leaving …
Coolest Names Among Sox’ First Cuts
It’s never surprising to hear about roster moves and cuts this time of year; The Great Weeding is an annual rite of spring training. But …
Another Good Sign
We’ve been watching every move the guy makes since joining the Red Sox. It was front-page news when he was hitting off a tee and …
Jon Lester: Ready to Tear It Up
See the look on the face of the guy in that screencap above? With all due respect to Charlie Sheen, THAT’s the look of winning. …
Your Starting Shortstop?
There really aren’t too many unanswered questions surrounding the 2011 Red Sox. Other than some uncertainty at the catcher’s spot, and the nagging fear of …
Sox Lose To Rays, Nobody Cares
The big story, if you can call it that, was Carl Crawford facing his former team for the first time. “I just try to tune …
Remy & Orsillo: Already In Mid-Season Form
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, on behalf of NESN, I respectfully submit the following clip — which includes some …
The Forgotten One?
All winter we’ve been speculating on the 2011 Red Sox. Will Beckett and Lackey rebound from their sub-par 2010 seasons? Will Pedroia and Youk be …
Spring Training Memories: When Remy and D.O. Met Denton
I know I drag this clip out every year ’round this time. But I ask you to indulge me just one last time, as I …
Wine that maketh glad the heart of man
Yeah, that title is a quote from the Book of Psalms, proving once again that you just never know what you’ll find when you stop …
Bearded, Weirded
I consider it something of a crime that San Fran’s Brian Wilson gets his weird on in big-time commercials like this, while the Human Quote …
At Last, the “Dustin Pedroia Visits Hot Dog Stand” Headline We’ve Been Dreaming Of
If the stories coming out of this year’s spring training camp are any indication, the 2011 season seems certain to bring us enough bizarre anecdotes …
“Did You Write a Love Letter to Chase Utley?”
From the magnificence that is It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Further Proof that “S*&t My Dad Says” Should Star Terry Francona and Dustin Pedroia
This clip of outtakes from Red Sox photo day has been seen pretty much everywhere. As a matter of fact, I believe redsox.com had it …
Bring Me The Head of Bartolo Colon
Hey, I know it’s just a spring training game. But it’s Jeter, Teixeira, A-Rod, Cano, Posada and Andru Jones versus Darnell, Tek and… uh… I …
A Message From Seventies Jim
Hey ladies, Jim Rice here. Not the Hall of Fame Jim Rice on NESN with the complicated glasses and the multicolored suits. This is the …
And Now This Important Message from Puppet Red to the Rest of the American League
As always, thanks to our friends at Treehouse Studios for the puppet.
You Know It’s Spring Training When…
Yeah, that’s right, stolen base for “Wheels” Ortiz. Normally I would disregard this type of stat assuming it was a typo or there is some …
Just When We Thought Heidi Watney Could Not Get Any More Awesome
Just as ballplayers have contract language stating “don’t drive your moped down an ice slope in the winter” and “avoid tiger-baiting at all costs,” NESN …
…And Starring Terry Francona As Winston Wolfe
Somewhere in a Florida diner… You’re fat. Also, reprehensible. And a lousy closer. You’re loud and abrasive. I just tweeted about how much you suck. …
Baseball, Cavemen, And Dead Presidents
Every off-season it happens: the Yankees make a big free-agent signing, the Red Sox make a counter move. Or the Sox make a trade, and …
Beckett’s Alright, Ino’s Alright, We’re All Alright. Or So We Hope.
After last year’s DL-apalooza, the last thing we wanted to hear coming out of spring training were any “Carl Crawford trips on ham sandwich” or …
Today, BC and Northeastern. Tomorrow, the World.
And thus officially begins the greatest and most frustrating time of the year. Greatest because baseball is back. And God knows we’ve waited long enough …
“You don’t know the power of the dark side!”
There’s been a lot of talk over the past few years about how winning may have dulled the intensity of Red Sox fans. How even …
The Surviving Grady Podcast: Beckett Obsession, Lester With a Jetpack and the Madness of Brian Cashman
For the latest edition of the Surviving Grady Red Sox podcast, Red and Denton decided to balance our “onions” jokes and alcohol-soaked lunacy with someone …
Baseball Hottie of the Day
Meet Adair Bard, wife of future Red Sox closer Daniel Bard. According to my new favorite website, playerwives.com, the two were married last year in …
What Have They Done With the Real Josh Beckett?
Who is this clean and lucid fellow chatting up Peter Gammons? And was there a pot of tea and tray of Nice Biscuits nearby? Because …