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October 27, 2004
Jeff Suppan wasn't wearing a Red Sox uniform when he made a base running blunder for the ages. It wasn't vaunted Red Sox bats falling silent. It wasn't Red Sox pitchers giving up hits at critical moments. We weren't screwing up, they … [Read more...]
Oh, wow
All right, this isn't politics. But didn't you get tingles up your spine watching John Lester in the 9th? To think that less than two years ago, he was told that pain in his lower back was Something That Could Be Very, Very Bad and now... … [Read more...]
The Globe’s big ticket item
Oh, my: The 2007 Red Sox season was just underway when a group of professional ticket brokers held an unusual meeting in a private room at the Baseball Tavern, the storied bar in the shadows of Fenway Park. The main item on their agenda: … [Read more...]
Buchholz or Ellsbury for Santana?
Looks like the Johan Santana sweepstakes are coming to a head; ESPN reports that if the Sox offer either Clay Buchholz -- he of the no-hit stuff -- or Jacoby Ellsbury in their package, Santana is ours. I'm loathe to give up Ellsbury, … [Read more...]
Eighty-SEVEN Long Years?!?!?
Did Mitt Romney just say that the Sox waited eighty-seven long years to win a Series? Man, Mitt just lost the Massachusetts GOP primary AND dropped a few points in New Hampshire, to boot! … [Read more...]
Pats, Sox and Our Mentality
Cross-posted at Marry in Massachusetts. Cliché warning: I'll both belabor the obvious and torture sports analogies here. The game of if, if, if will surely play in Philly today, as it should here. In an era, sports and otherwise, that … [Read more...]
So who needs the awards?
A-Rod is the AL's MVP. Sabathia won the Cy Young. And Eric Wedge is the AL "Manager of the Year."I'll take what we got, thanks. And I'm guessing so would Terry Francona, Josh Beckett, David Ortiz, and Mike Lowell. … [Read more...]
‘Los Angeles is Burning’: Lives on the Murder Wind
Originally Posted on Citizen Orange"Los Angeles is Burning" - Bad ReligionWhen the hills of Los Angeles are burningPalm trees are candles in the murder windSo many lives are on the breezeEven the stars are ill at easeAnd Los Angeles is … [Read more...]
Red Sox Open Thread — CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
National Anthem: We have John Williams and the Boston Pops. (Game 1) We have James Taylor for Game 2. They have a some country-western singer. Let's put these Denver ball games and their faux-Cleveland towels out of their misery. … [Read more...]