The Shortstop Solution
Despite all the pomp and circumstance, the Yankees are going to re-sign Derek Jeter. You know it. I know it, too. The Steinbrenners know it. …
Waiting For Spring…
Yeah, this is how bored I am and how much I’m jonesing for baseball already on November 20th. It’s gonna be a long, cold, lonely …
Felix is King
They got this one right. Felix Hernandez is the 2010 American League Cy Young Award winner. His 13 wins and 12 losses are irrelevant: he …
Surviving Grady’s Plan for Extending — and Rejuvenating — the MLB Playoffs
One of the more interesting topics being kicked about at the GM Meetings [distinguished from the “Winter Meetings” and the “Lyman Bostock Memorial Barbecue and …
Breaking News: Sox Express Interest In Another Big-Money Free Agent
I think I’m catching on to how this works. Some random media dude calls Theo Epstein and says “hey, lots of talk about you know …
The Jeter Farce
Jeter winning another Gold Glove is like Rob Schneider winning an Oscar. Boston.com has a great summary of all the reasons why Jeter shouldn’t have …
Thank You, Veterans
We obviously don’t take a lot of things seriously in our little neighborhood here on the Net, but this is one of them. I don’t …
Amalie Leaves the Beat. And a Little Piece of My Heart Gets Chewed Up by Birds.
So my internet wife, the classy, knowledgeable and handsomely bespectacled Amalie Benjamin is leaving the Red Sox beat, moving on to new challenges at the …
More Hot Stove
Just because the guy can’t spell his name correctly doesn’t mean he can’t play right field for the Red Sox. I would sure love to …
Looking Forward To 2011
Some good news to get the off-season started on the right foot: Both Pedroia and Youkilis are on track to begin their offseason baseball activity …
I’m Ready for David Ortiz: 2013
What kind of a backwards-ass world do we live in when Deval Patrick can get locked into the Governor’s seat for another four years, but …
Yankee For Life?
The Hot Stove is heating up early this year. After Hal Steinbrenner said that negotiations with Derek Jeter “could get messy” Jeter’s agent fired back. …
Giants Win First World Series Since Moving To San Fran
They didn’t have to wait 86 years…just 56. In the bizarro world of baseball, Edgar Renteria was named World Series MVP. Plagued by injury and …
The Rangers Had A Homecoming…
Now it’s a party. And a series. There will be November baseball! Happy Halloween!
Red Sox Halloween House of Horrors: Night of the Living Pedro
Few can argue that Pedro Martinez was the definition of bad-assery. His starts weren’t just games; they were events. We slapped on the Yoda masks …
At Last, a Non-salacious Reason to Use “Heidi Watney” and “Picked Up” in the Same Sentence
Anyone with even cursory knowledge of this blog knows I loves me some Watney. So I was quite happy to read, courtesy of my man …
What Every Player Should Strive For, What Every Kid Should Look Up To
With all the stories of performance enhancing drugs, off-the-field controversies and inflated statistics, it’s nice to hear a story about someone using their God-given talent …
Jimmy Fund Update
Just a final THANK YOU as we wrap up our 2010 Jimmy Fund fundraiser. Red and I are pleased to be sending a decent-sized check …
Yankees Announce Pitching Coach Dave Eiland As 2010 Scapegoat
Certainly the Yankee demise in 2010 had nothing to do with a bunch of over-priced all-stars that Brian Cashman assembled choking in October? Or Joe …
Feelin’ Kinda Wilson
Rangers lefty C.J. Wilson, who was the losing pitcher in Game 5, didn’t hide his emotions. “We took down the champions. We took down the …
Start Spreading The News
Red Sox Nation received the consolation prize it hoped for last night: the Yankees were eliminated from the playoffs and will not win the 2010 …
Tonight, We’re All Rangers
I actually heard Glenn Ordway talking about how he wants the Yankees to win tonight to “set them up” for a loss against Cliff Lee. …
Where Were You Six Years Ago Tonight?
One of the biggest regrets from our shifting this blog from Blogger to WordPress was that seven years worth of comments got lost in the …
I Was Living In Style When The Walls Fell In
Managing ain’t so easy when you actually have to manage, is it Joe? Most nights, all the Yankee skipper has to do is fill out …
A Quick One… for Mister C
A couple quick things as we mourn the passing of Tom Bosley and pray for AJ to come up lame against the Rangers. As Bill …
Cliff Lee is a Force of Nature
It’s tough to get all hot and bothered about the playoffs when I don’t have a horse in the race. But, man, do I love …
Game Three…
Get ready to hear a million times how Andy Pettitte is the winningest pitcher in post-season history, blah, blah, blah. Let’s see how he does …
Texas Holds ‘Em
Elvis Andrus stole home in the first, helping the Rangers on their way to a 7-2 win. Like Friday night, the Rangers jumped to a …
If We Only Knew…
Six years ago tonight — yes, it was Saturday, October 16, 2004 — the Sox dropped game three of the ALCS. And they didn’t just …
Anger With a Side of Indifference
This pretty much sums up my feelings on last night’s ALCS game. Another Yanks come-from-behind victory, blah blah blah. Pass the Tylenol. Honestly, my feeling …
“Now, Just Imagine You’re Weightless, in the Middle of the Ocean, Surrounded by Tiny Little Ellis Burks…”
Thanks to Lisa for pointing out, on the Surviving Grady Facebook page, the eerie similarity between the Ellis Burks Glamour Shot and Uncle Rico’s infamous …
A Case For Euthanizing
“Holla Tom Brady?” Wouldn’t the world be a better place without the Bieb?
Tek Is Not The Answer To Shaky Pitching
I can’t believe it. I have actually been hearing sports radio callers bringing up that tired old argument: the Red Sox pitching suffered because Jason …