Posts tagged Red Sox

Last night, as the Sox/Yanks game hit the halfway mark, I looked at my watch and realized we’d only been playing for little more than …

Let it be known that my first heart attack of this young Red Sox season came at 9:33pm on April 8, 2015. That’s when Hanley …

Moments after the Red Sox stomped the Phillies to kick off the 2015 campaign, the team announced they’d signed Rick Porcello — the same Rick …

  We may look back on Red Sox Opening Day 2015 as the day Clay Buchholz became an ace. I know, I know, we’ve seen …

You can blame all of this on a train ride. Over a decade ago, in October of 2003 to be precise, I was on a …

First things first, my track record for Red Sox pre-season prognostication is dismal. For every one time I’m spot on (I once got taken to …

The World Champion 2013 Red Sox had the celebratory beard tug. In 2015, they’ve got… whatever the hell this is: Honestly, it doesn’t look like …

So far, spring training’s been bringing us a lot of downers. Vazquez is lost, Kelly’s arm is buggy, Koji’s starting the season on the DL …

  Denton here. One week away from Opening Day and I’ve decided to come out of my cave. My decision to embrace the whole hibernation …

When we signed Justin Masterson in the offseason, we knew we’d be getting a reliable number three or four starter who’s good for about 200 …

The story on Christian Vazquez got a little bit bleaker today, with the Red Sox putting their strapping young catcher on the 60-day DL. To …

The news that Clay Buchholz has been officially named the Opening Day starter for the Red Sox was hardly a surprise? Who else was gonna …

…when it comes to tackling Ultron, the New York Yankees, and other threats to humanity.

Much of my winter was spent shoveling snow, drinking myself comatose and waiting for the seemingly inevitable news that the Red Sox were trading Mookie …

We’re less than one week into the grapefruit games and I know the importance of keeping things in perspective. Shit, last year around this time …

It’s tough to accurately assess a baseball team after the first month of the regular season let alone one measly spring training game. I think …

Because we are romantics at heart. And cheap shits, too.

It’s his birthday. How do YOU think the former AL Rookie of the Year is gonna spend it?

Dear Red Sox Ownership: It’s me again. The guy with the puppet and the blog. You may have stopped reading my mail after my petition …

Meanwhile I’m sitting here with ten boxes of “Ring Dings” and a Netflix subscription.

This is the time of year when some sites post their wish lists for next year’s Red Sox team or their expert analysis of what …

If history — or, I should say, recent Red Sox history — has taught us anything, it is that a shit year is normally followed …

A couple days ago, Kevin Youkilis, AKA Yooooooooouuuk, AKA The Greek God of Walks, AKA Shemp McManus, announced he was retiring from baseball. As someone …

The night David Ortiz saved us. Again.

Folks, it has been ten years to the month since the Red Sox drop kicked us all into the promised land, winning the World Series …

That John Henry is building him some kid of funky but well-appointed, state-of-the-art family pad underneath Fenway Park. With secret Batcave-like entry and exit points, …

The Derek Jeter Farewell Tour is almost over. Not everyone thinks he’s the greatest human ever. Listen, my opinion wavers on the guy. He’s way …

We all know this season was lost months ago. I guess all the talk about being mathematically eliminated and the sudden chill in the air …

  Yeah, that’s probably the worst title for any post I’ve written, but since we’re talking about the worst Red Sox team I’ve ever seen, …

Two days in a row without a loss! Okay, it’s not exactly a winning streak, but it’s all we have to cling to right now. …

  Back in April, when the defense of the 2013 World Series began, we were hopeful. Sure, Ellsbury was gone, but the rest of the …

  It’s fair to say that the 2014 Red Sox have been consistently inconsistent. A ten game losing streak followed by a seven game winning streak, …

First things first, I’d like to thank the Red Sox for depriving me of precious sleep last night. I stayed up until the bitter end …

If the 2014 Red Sox were looking for something to rally around to drive this season’s campaign, last night they found it: a desire to …

Last Friday, I was pretty much writing the 2014 Red Sox off, quietly packing away my foam finger and seeking refuge in my 2013 World …