List/Grid Tag Archives: Boston Red Sox
Last night’s loss at KC epitomized what’s wrong with Sox
I caught just a few innings of last night’s Sox-Royals game because “Idol” was on and my wife can’t miss it. (Okay, so I watch it too. Every year I…
Remembering Carl Beane
As you’re probably well aware of by now, the voice of Fenway Park for the last nine seasons and change, Carl Beane, was killed in a tragic car crash yesterday…
E:60 Special On Dennis “Oil Can” Boyd”
Wow. This blew my mind. Oil Can was a crazy bastard, and we really get a good look here at just how crazy he actually was. Apparently, this guy is…
Mariano Rivera Suffers ACL Tear Shagging Jason Nix’s Balls
Yankees closer Mariano Rivera was carted off the field today, after he injured his right knee chasing down fly balls during BP at Kansas City’s Kauffman Stadium. Apparently, Rivera does…
Buckner’s Blunder To Be Auctioned In Dallas
The ball that found it’s way off the bat of Mookie Wilson, through the legs of Bill Buckner and into shallow right field, effectively winning Game 6 and tying the…
Can The Red Sox Rise From The Ashes?
Just a week ago I was actually feeling pretty good about this thing. The Red Sox were starting to string together some wins. The bats were there, the pitching was…
Revisiting the Big Questions
It’s been two weeks since the Sox home opener, when I posed 10 questions about the team’s potential, its problems, and its psyche. Let’s see if any of those questions…
Counterpoint: Daniel Bard Will Be Back in the Pen Before Long
I agree with Mark that it would be both smart and fair to keep Daniel Bard in the starting rotation and give that well-intentioned conversion some more time before we…
Idle Thoughts the Morning After
Some thoughts as we mull over yesterday’s brutal performance by the Red Sox bullpen: 1. Nick Cafardo of the Globe thinks Daniel Bard should go back to the pen after…
Rock Bottom(?)
I stopped paying attention to the Sox-Yankees game today when they were up 9-1. My 2.5-year-old son and I went outside to enjoy a beautiful afternoon while my wife left…
Liveblogging Fenway’s 100th Birthday Ceremony
2:15—The camera is on Johnny Pesky (92) and Bobby Doer (94), who are being carted around the field with Mayor Menino. I wonder how that conversation is going. Even if…
Carl Crawford, here’s a new narrative
Before today’s impressive spanking of the Tampa Bay Rays, Rob Bradford tweeted that Jacoby Ellsbury’s shoulder injury (out 6-8 weeks with subluxation) ” ‘intensifies’ Carl Crawford’s desire to come back.”…
Questions Before the Sox Home Opener
Let’s start with the bad news. As I wrote the other day, the Sox are 1-5 on the season, and given last year’s start and last year’s conclusion, 1-5 feels…
Pining for Iglesias
Today Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe reminds us that he really really wants Jose Iglesias to be the Red Sox shortstop. Now. The headline “Approach here isn’t very defensible”—by…
Top five moments in Boston sports for 2011
As 2011 draws to a close, and we prepare ourselves for yet another year, I would like to take the time to reflect on an amazing calendar year in Boston…
