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Guide to ‘09 Sox facial hair
It’s getting close to the end of the season and each game seems to mean more and more. I could give you some in-depth analysis on the recent struggles of our bullpen (and our offense) but it’s more fun to present Rob from The Bottom Line...
Beckett Bowl 2009
Someday I’ll have enough money (or clout?) to attend the Beckett Bowl. Unfortunately, today is not that day. I may not be able to afford the $250 donation but if I could, I can’t think of anything I’d rather do with my money becaus...
Ellsbury sets Boston record for SB
Jacoby Ellsbury wrote his name in the record books tonight by swiping his 55th base this season. That’s a new club record, breaking the old mark of 54 bases by Ellsbury’s mentor, Tommy Harper. We knew it would happen sooner or later, bu...
Kevin Youkilis: Narrow World of Sports
I definitely failed by not posting this video a few weeks ago when it was released. Hilarity (by Kevin Youkilis.. not that other boring Seinfeld guy.)...
Clay Buchholz makes an old man happy
My grandmother was recently moved into a hospice and despite what everyone says, they are a very depressing place. If you don’t know what a hospice is, well.. it’s generally where you go to die. They have given up on treating your disea...
Report: Ortiz/Manny tested positive in ‘03
It’s being reported by the New York Times that lawyers familiar with baseball’s 2003 drug testing have said that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez BOTH failed the test that year. Most Sox fans were hoping that Manny had started juicing when h...
Record Breaking Red Sox
It seems like at least one record has been broken per season for the past decade. There was Pedro’s career winning percentage, Youkilis’ consecutive errorless games streak, and Big Papi’s 54 homeruns in a season. This year looks to...
How far has Matt Clement fallen?
2005 was Matt Clement’s year. He had a 10-2 record by the break and got elected to his first All-Star appearance. It didn’t take very long for everything to fall apart. His next 4 starts were disastrous (22 ER in 23 IP.) The bad pitchi...
Sox players trash talk each other in WBC
David Ortiz (Dominican Republic) on potentially facing Daisuke Matsuzaka (Japan) in the WBC: “I’m going to take Dice-K deep for sure.” Jason Bay (Canada) being warned by Dustin Pedroia (USA) that his team won’t be around for t...
Manny Ramirez’s Boston penthouse goes on sale
Manny signed a new deal with the LA Dodgers (2yrs/45m, poor bastards) on Wednesday. That same day he decided it was finally time to cut his ties with Boston so he put his 37th-floor condo at the Ritz Carlton on the market. Manny bought the condo in...
Pedroia can’t hit a high fastball?
We mentioned a little while ago that Dustin Pedroia would be the coverboy for this year’s video game version of MLB ‘09: The Show. Rather than the usual boring commercials that show game footage, they took a different (and funnier) appro...
Dustin Pedroia’s brother accused of child molestation
I guess every member of the Pedroia family can’t be the MVP of the American League. Dustin Pedroia’s brother, Brett Pedroia, was arrested on January 9th and accused of ‘oral copulation and lewd acts with a child under 14.’ H...
Jim Rice elected to the Hall of Fame
It’s been fifteen incredibly long years of waiting for Jim Rice but the day has finally arrived. The announcement has been made and Jim Rice, one of the most feared hitters in baseball from ‘75-’86, has been elected into the baseba...
Pedroia to be coverboy for MLB 09 The Show
Dustin Pedroia has been listed as the cover-boy for Sony’s videogame ‘MLB 09: The Show’. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go back to my obviously superior XBox 360 now and wish that I wasn’t stuck with the obv...
A handful of baseball quotes
Nothing makes a luke-warm hot stove season (or a boring day at the office) pass a little quicker than reading a few baseball quotes so I’ve compiled a list of my favorites to share. Sorry Yankee fans, no Yogi Berra quotes nothing, these are no...
Happy Holidays from the Sox
The Red Sox sent out a cute little Christmas card, complete with socks over the fireplace and a tv playing season highlights. Ho Ho Ho!...
Rumor: Red Sox to unveil new logo on Nov. 11th
I hope to god that this rumor is false BUT the entire Internetz is buzzing over the idea of Boston changing their logo and unveiling a new third jersey on Thursday, November the 11th. The rumor came from the Boston Herald (and we all know how much c...
My thoughts on Interleague play
My good buddy Peter at Baseball Reflections put together a roundtable of bloggers with one main subject of commentary: how do you feel about interleague play? I happen to be very lazy and don’t check my e-mail nearly enough so I missed out on ...
I’m FINALLY ready to die
When the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004, I proclaimed to all my friends and family that I’m ready to die. I’ve since taken that statement back, but after seeing the officially licensed Red Sox coffin by a company called Eternal Ima...
Japanese schoolgirl drafted by pro team?
This sounds like a Disney movie waiting to be made. A 16 yr-old Japanese girl has been drafted by a professional indie baseball team in Japan. Eri Yoshida, standing 5′5″ tall and weighing a minuscule 114 lbs., aced a try-out for the Kobe...
Another kind Red Sox story
I love reading happy Red Sox stories. The Herald has posted another one that makes me smile and be proud to be a Sox fan. Check it out: She called from her home in Arizona because, a month after experiencing a moment “that happens only in the mov...
Red Sox Nation vs. Yankee Country
Someone pointed me towards this map a few weeks ago and I meant to post it but never got around to it. It seems pretty accurate to me ;X...
Theo Epstein has a new deal
Theo Epstein has given the Boston Red Sox two World Series championships and will be rewarded for doing so. John Henry has announced today that the club and Theo have agreed on a contract extension. The extension hasn’t been made official yet...
The Taylor family
I’ve been kind of busy lately but I’ve been meaning to post this article. It’s about the Taylor family and their first trip to Fenway Park, without their dad. The trip was made possible by our friend Cyn and a few other Red Sox fa...
Mike Timlin needs to retire
Yes, I absolutely appreciate everything that Mike Timlin has done for the Boston Red Sox. He has been an anchor in the bullpen for years, helping the team win two World Series in addition to making the playoffs two other times. The young guys in th...
Youkilis nominated for Roberto Clemente Award
Every year Major League Baseball nominates a player from each team that they think “best exemplifies the game of baseball, sportsmanship, community involvement and the individual’s contribution to his team.” This year’s nomin...
Man gets ejected from the Sox/Yanks game last night
Ejections are usually expected during a Red Sox/Yankees game. Tempers get a bit flared, things happen, and nobody is shocked. Last night was kind of an exception to the rule as I was caught by surprise when a fan was ejected during the 7th inning s...
Last Red Sox trip to Yankee Stadium
Tonight is the start of the last trip the Boston Red Sox will ever make to Yankee Stadium (assuming that both teams don’t play each other in the playoffs.) Most of the major sports outlets are making a huge deal about the occasion but I could ...
Carl Yastrzemski hospitalized
“I think about baseball when I wake up in the morning. I think about it all day, and I dream about it at night. The only time I don’t think about it is when I’m playing it.” - Carl Yastrzemski One of the greatest players in Re...
Top 20 Manny Moments
Manny may be gone but I’ll never forget him. He made some amazing plays while in Boston, but he also had more than a handful of absurd moments. 20. December 10, 2001 - He whines about being uncomfortable in Boston so management increases the s...
