Youk Plus Four
Prepare yourselves for another four years of The Mother of all Beards. Tony Massarotti is reporting the Red Sox have agreed to a four-year contract …
Kevin Youkilis Loves A Good Old Fashioned Boston vs. New York Burger Eating Contest
In the latest episode of Man Vs. Food, host Adam Richman hit Eagle’s Deli in Brighton to settle this whole Boston-New York rivalry the way …
Off-Topic: Bang and Blame, and Goodbye Armando
I remember my dad telling me how during the Blizzard of ’78, a convenience store down the corner upped the price of milk, knowing demand …
Slow News Day
I think these girls might be talking about the Yankees or Red Sox or something.
Into The Stands, Part 2
We’ve gotta continue the Jim Rice love today. Oddly, another one of Rice’s well-known “accomplishments” – aside from his sheer dominance in baseball for 12 …
Into The Stands, Part 1
We’ve all waited too long for Jim Ed to be given his well-deserved spot in The Hall to just mention it once and move on. …
Finally!
This was my post from January of 2005… Cooperstown. The Baseball Hall of Fame. The final jewel in the crown for so many. The elusive …
You Can’t Stop Dustin Pedroia. You Can Only Hope to Contain Him.
Everything you need to know about Dustin Pedroia comes through in this quote from yesterday’s Hot Stove Cool Music baseball roundtable: After [Rays outfielder Fernando]Perez …
First The Gyroball, Now The Shuuto
The “Shuuto” or Shootball is another mythical Japanese pitch, like Dice-K’s Gyroball. Look it up on ten websites and you’ll get ten explanations – from …
Red Asks, Red Sox Answer
The Power of Red is unmatched. Just a few days ago, he makes a plea to bring back Mark Kotsay, and Shazam! the Red Sox …
Breaking News: Dustin Pedroia Still Not Tall
Pedroia was in town last night to receive the hardware that goes along with being named MVP. Why Red and I didn’t get picked up …
Rocco Number Five
The new fourth outfielder for the Red Sox will wear number five, the first to don that number since Nomar. The Rhode Island native said …
Windsurfing on Mount Baldelli
The much-needed big bat continues to elude them, but the Sox are close to plugging a few more spare parts into the 2009 machine, including …
The Gospel According To Gammons
The Gammons was interviewed yesterday on WEEI to pimp Saturday’s “Hot Stove, Cool Music” extravaganza. He took the opportunity to touch on plenty of other …
Who Says You Can’t Go Home?
The Man With The Golden Thong is returning to the birthplace of steroids in Major League baseball, where he began his sleazy career 14 years …
When I Say "Kotsay!" You Say "F@#k Yeah!"
If there’s one guy I’d like to see come back in 2009 as a bencher, it’s Mark Kotsay. Sure, it seemed that everything he hit …
Brian Cashman Knows What Time It Is
I found Cashman’s comments after yesterday’s press conference for He Whose Name I’m Just Too Damn Tired of Writing to be wildly appropriate–and somewhat headwarmer-esque: …
The Rays Have Signed Pat Burrell, and I Feel Fine
So one of my co-workers comes by my office the other day and, with a sly grin, says, “So… the Sox are looking at third …
Because Gammons + Guitar = Awesome
Good music. Ample booze on tap. The chance to see Peter Gammons and Theo Epstein sling an axe and local music gods like Kay Hanley, …
Time Out for Nerditude
In just under an hour, the BBC will be announcing the actor who will be playing the next incarnation of Doctor Who, succeeding the great …
Because Every Year Should Start This Good
So far, 2009 has been a blur of Excedrin, Red Bull, bagels and a few glimmering bits of awesome as my memory slowly returns. But …
Happy New Year!
I hope everyone had a happy and safe New Year’s Eve. As Red mentioned, we’ve got some pretty cool plans for 2009. Stick around for …
End-of-the-Year Ramblings
One of the coolest Christmas gifts I received this year–besides the Wii, Guitar Hero World Tour and pair of Heidi Watney’s pants filched borrowed through …
Big Daddy
Congratulations to Jon and Ashley Papelbon on the birth of their daughter. Parker Alice Papelbon entered Red Sox Nation yesterday at 8 pounds, 4 ounces. …
SI: Sox Tried to Re-Sign Ramirez
…Hanley Ramirez, that is. The Red Sox made a play to re-acquire Marlins superstar Hanley Ramirez after losing out to the rival Yankees for star …
Belichick Students Not Making The Grade
As you know, we usually spend our time around here talking about the Red Sox, bashing the Yankees, or just shooting the baseball shit in …
Welcome Brad Penny and, Hopefully, Stalker-ish Ex-Girlfriends
While I was expecting D-Lowe to come walking through that door, the Sox up and signed Brad Penny as a back-of-the-rotation fortifier. Yes, the same …
Expanding The Market
Rookie of the Year, MVP…and salsa connoisseur? I thought Big Papi was the salsa spokesman for the team? I guess if Manny and Wake can …
The Christmas Harbinger (or "Red, Looped on Red Bull and 48 Hours of Guitar Hero World Tour, Predicts The Yankees’ Demise")
From the rubble of game seven of the 2003 ALCS, there rose a phoenix. And that phoenix was… the potential signing of A-Rod. It was …
Christmas Hangover
I love Christmas, but when it’s over, it’s over. There are a couple of radio stations in Boston that have been playing Christmas music since …
All I Want for Christmas Is…
The usual stuff: World peace. Health and happiness for my loved ones. For C.C. Sabathia and Mark Teixeira to be kidnapped by robot Nazis. And …
The Boras Factor
If you were one of the ones that wanted to crack open the piggy bank and empty it into Mark Teixeira’s lap, you probably didn’t …
Teixeirasshat
The happiest guy in the world right now has gotta be A-Rod. Finally, there’s someone who’ll be booed more mercilessly than him at Fenway Park.