The Surviving Grady Guide to Getting Out of Work so as to Enjoy this Afternoon’s Red Sox Game
In these days of economic recession and surging unemployment, the average Joe or Belinda might say, “I’m just happy to have a job. Why do …
That All-Important First Loss of the Season Finally Behind Us
First things first, after the second game of the season, with nothing but baseball surging through our minds, I’m a little concerned that the best …
Is Red Moonlighting As The Marketing Guy For Orbitz?
Pretty suspicious. If their next ad has puppets, Kiss, or an Amalie Benjamin reference, the jig is up.
There’s a Reason We’ve Dubbed Him Commander Kick Ass of the F@#k Yeah Brigade
And it’s because of games like that. Opening Day at Fenway. Our hearts already pumping overtime and waves of Bud Light crashing through our veins. …
Opening Day, Take Two
Okay, we’ve got a rested and refreshed and no doubt alcohol-fueled Josh Beckett on the hill against a Tampa Bay team that’s earned the respect …
Bernie Williams and Ace Frehley: Together At Last!
The Yankees officially opened the Hard Rock Cafe at Yankee Stadium by rolling out all the big guns: Ace Frehley from KISS, the guys from …
Says The Rain’s Gonna Wash Away I Believe It
This is not how it’s supposed to go down. I play the “grandmother passed away suddenly” card for the fifth straight year to get the …
The Official Post of the Official Sponsors of the Boston Red Sox
So, having been kicked out of every other bar in town, I found myself strolling into a 99 Restaurant the other day, and saw a …
This Is My Angry Face
Seen that Sullivan’s Tire ad on boston.com that shows Our Man Pedroia signing a baseball glove? I have, too. And I can’t take my eyes …
Friday On My Mind
What a crapfest of a day. Dark, rainy, still no real baseball. Tonight’s spring training game features Dauber in place of Remdawg? Looks like I’ll …
Truck Day: The Return
It won’t get the same fanfare it did went it left Fenway but the Red Sox equipment truck will be saying goodbye to sunny Florida …
Bold And Beefy
I have questions about the guy called the “loader” featured towards the end of this masterpiece.
Return To Form
One of the things that really bothered me about the 2008 postseason – besides Craig Sager’s hideous outfits, Frank TV commercials, and of course losing …
The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Real life, AKA the job what pays my bills, has me tangled up in blue this week, so I’m leaving you in the capable hands …
The Longest Week of the Year
We usually wait until opening day to pull this clip out. But because we’re about to embark upon the longest week of the year–one torturous …
So Brad Penny, Takashi Saito and Josh Beckett Walk Into a Karaoke Bar…
Great piece in the ProJo about how Sox hurlers Brad Penny and Takashi Saito did a little male bonding back in their LA days over–what …
Another Day In F-L-A
Beckett’s work is complete against the Cards: four runs on six hits over six innings. He walked one, struck out fours, and dropped about 73 …
Will Kick Someone’s Ass For Food
Despite how much it pained me, toward the end of his tenure with the Sox, to watch him lumber to the plate with men in …
The Obligatory Alyssa Milano Post
You’ve probably figured out by now that every month or so I come up with a reason to post a picture of Alyssa Milano or …
Top Five Curt Schilling Moments from a Biased and Totally Irrational Observer
I remember the day I found out. I was moving. And you know how it is when you’re moving. Hauling boxes. Feeling every fiber of …
The Cashman-Headwarmer Dialogues: Special Spring Training 2009 Edition
Cashman: (Waking up) What.. what happened? Headwarmer: You fainted. Cashman: I did? Headwarmer: Also, you pissed yourself. See your trousers? They’re wet with your own …
Schilling Talks Retirement, Dragon Slaying
I love the fact that Schilling’s first post-retirement interview isn’t some sit-down in a bunker with Peter Gammons or the subject of a “very special …
Yankees Suck: An Astrophysicist Explains
Greetings. It is I, that albino astrophysicist dude whose commercials you thrilled to during the 2008 postseason telecasts. I am here to advise you of …
You’s Some Ugly Woman, But You’s Alright With Me
The A-Rod saga continues and I can’t get enough of it. Honestly, if Jorge Posada was caught having an affair with a three-legged goat I’d …
In Praise of Curt
Even though it’s about as anticlimactic as Nathan Lane coming out of the closet, Curt Schilling officially announced his retirement today–and on his blog, no …
I’ve Got a Submarine, You’ve Got Gasoline, I Don’t Want to Talk About Wars Between Nations
But what I do want to talk about is… the Red Sox “two timers.” The re-taking and subsequent dropping of Josh Bard got me thinking …
Rocco’s Getting the Band Back Together
The Sox’ offseason signing of Rocco Baldelli gives us more than another “good clubhouse chemistry guy” and local-boy-comes-home story. Rocco apparently brings some bass guitar …
Dustin Pedroia: The Human Soundbyte
We already know that Jonathan Papelbon + microphone = awesome. Lately, however, it seems that Pedroia’s getting all the good lines. Check this bit from …
Because I Am the Lowest Common Denominator…
…I found this simple sentence from the Globe’s Extra bases blog — “Papelbon Touched Again” — to be a thing of absolute beauty. The fact …
Tales From The Grassy Knoll
Full disclosure time: I’m a bit of a “conspiracy theory” guy. I believe Marilyn Monroe was murdered, JFK was shot by Richard Nixon, Jim Morrison …
Another One Bites the Dust
Reports indicate that Youk has left the WBC with a sprained ankle, and will undergo an MRI to assess the damage. According to a report …
The Road To April
The mercury should hit 60 in Boston today and that means one thing: baseball is coming. Well, it also means I’ll be getting some updates …
But I Was Mad For Jigs and Reels, Drinking Dirty Big Pints of Stout
Full disclaimer: I didn’t have time to conjure the annual St. Patty’s Day SG Music List, so I’m falling back on my favorite–the one I …
Surviving O’Grady Wishes You A Happy St. Patrick’s Day
Why aren’t there any Irish baseball players?