Someone Finally Made the Home Plate Slide of Our Dreams
If you’re like me, you’ve spent countless years watching players round third toward a catcher blocking home plate wondering, “why doesn’t he just try to …
Posts tagged Blue Jays
The Only Bright Spot from Yesterday’s Red Sox Game
I don’t wanna talk about Craig Kimbrel or any of our relievers. The only takeaways I have interest in are as follows: 1. David Ortiz …
Brock Holt Gets on Joe Kelly’s Christmas Card List for Life
Apparently determined to keep our “after Price, we’re rolling dice” mantra alive, Joe Kelly turned in a performance last night against the Jays that was …
Painless MLB Playoffs: The Joys of Having No Horse in the Race
Last week, as the NLCS and ALCS kicked off, I made a mental list of the teams participating and my thoughts on them. It looked …
Red Sox Giving Us Playoff Baseball in a Year Without Playoffs
I don’t ask much from my last place baseball team. Give me a couple of heart attack moments where I’m reduced to pacing, cursing, throwing …
Red Sox Declare Independence from Sucking; Trounce Blue Jays
Now THIS is why our forefathers fought for our freedom. So that David Ortiz and Hanley Ramirez could go back-to-back, launching certified US-grade missles into …
Red Sox Determined to Prove they Can Lose Any Game, Any Time
We’ve seen the 2015 Red Sox lose plenty of one-run games. We’ve seen them endure at least one nut-crunchingly bad walk-off loss. And we’ve seen …
Red Sox Fall to Jays, and Momentum is Overrated
I think I may have reached the point where I just gotta close my eyes and make the leap of faith that John Farrell — …
Sox Beat Jays as Laugher Becomes Cliffhanger
I want to thank the Red Sox and the good folks at NESN for giving me my money’s worth yesterday afternoon, as I experienced the …
Peavy Deals, Red Sox Hit and Everybody Wins
A night after getting pasted by the Yankees, it was good to finally see the Red Sox do some pasting of their own against the …
Red Sox Win AL East, Go Champagne (and Bud Light) Supernova
Last night, the Red Sox put an exclamation point on their unthinkable comeback, winning the AL East just one year after schlepping through the shittiest …
It’s a Fine, Fine Day… for the Red Sox to Clinch the AL East
The last time the Red Sox won the AL East was 2007. Back when Tina Cervasio was rocking the post-game interviews. And Eric Hinske was …
Are the Red Sox Ready for a Cutthroat September?
Today, on the first day of September, the Red Sox are in a good place. Four and a half games up in the East. Best …
And the Red Sox’ Long, Strange Road Trip Continues…
On paper, it looked like the Red Sox might be able to complete this road trip blindfolded and with a perpetual vodka IV drip. The …
Together, We Can Help Webster Win!
Man, it’s tough watching Allen Webster pitch. Not because he gives out runs like Oprah gives out free cars. But because I feel so bad …
Six Ways to Tuesday
Nothing worse than an off-day just when your team is tearing things up. So I’m glad to see the Sox back in action tonight, looking …
Viewing It All Through Beer-Colored Glasses
I originally wanted to title this post “Today Mike Napoli will get his groove back and hit three home runs” but then I thought about …