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- Feed has moved 9:57pm Jun 11
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- Fashion Police: All-Star BP Jerseys 2:21pm Jun 11
It’s time once again for that annual ritual: the parade of the sometimes weird, sometimes fugly, always slightly crazy All-Star Game batting practice jerseys! Except this time, there’s a twist: the BP unis are actually… nice-looking. No, seriously. The typography...
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So I had this fabulous idea to treat everyone to a handful of posts throughout the off-day yesterday in which I’d post random funny/interesting videos from the last few weeks of games. And then work tidal waved over my day, and all my carefully crafted plans fell by the wayside. FAILHAT...
A dude from Connecticut who thinks that throwing some Kentucky blue grass seeds on the dirt at Fenway will somehow magically lead to Yankee grass sprouting there. Hey, genius: seeds need to be sown before they can grow– and we already use Kentucky blue grass anyway. NESN vs. Comcast cat fight...
It’s Friday. A full weekend of baseball here at home at Fenway Park stretches ahead of us, a fantastic (but thoroughly exhausting) series sweep just finished behind us...
The Bill Simmons Fanatic: if you’re in New England, everyone knows at least one...
It was not a good day for Detroit. The city board voted today to tear down old Tiger Stadium. The Red Wings lost to the Penguins in the Stanley Cup Finals...
In a season that’s seen the young studs in the Sox rotation look shaky while the old workhorse Tim Wakefield has stepped up to fill the ace role more often than not, spotting uber-veteran hurler John Smoltz riding in on the Sox horizon is cause for some major celebration...
Random bits of Sox-related news and tidbits, all jumbled together. The Lee County, Florida Commissioners will take a vote today to approve the purchase of the 106 acre plot of land to be used to build the new Red Sox spring training facility. Price tag? $20 million...
The rumors of Jon Lester’s demise are greatly exaggerated. Stepping up once again to play the role of stopper, a very 2008-style Lester delivered in a big way against the Blue Jays in Toronto- striking out a career-high 12 batters in six innings...
After sitting through 9 innings of fairly depressing Red Sox baseball on Saturday afternoon, I tuned into what became a 25 inning game of college baseball between my alma mater, the University of Texas Longhorns, and Boston College — the longest baseball game in NCAA history...
Random bits of Sox-related news and tidbits, all jumbled together. Yesterday’s flurry of ejections apparently had ramifications off the field as well: Tito Francona’s blood pressure spiked, and he had to be examined by EMTs. Finally- something that can’t be blamed on Julio Lugo...
As I’ve mentioned before, I make it a rule not to blog about guys on other teams- this being a Red Sox blog and all. But I must make an exception in this case, because today is surely the greatest day in the history of mankind: IT IS MATT WIETERS DAY...
Do rookie umpires get extra points based on the number of guys they can toss in a game? Because if so, Todd Tichenor (just up from Triple-A Pacific Coast League) hit the jackpot with four - count ‘em - FOUR ejections in one single inning of today’s Sox-Twins matchup in Minnesota...
If the word “pentaphobia” doesn’t yet exist in the Oxford English Dictionary, it might need to be added very soon — along with a little tiny picture beside it of Jon Lester watching Justin Morneau’s moonshot sail over the fence...
Random bits of Sox-related news and tidbits, all jumbled together. There are many things the Red Sox need right now: a long-term catching solution, a SS who is not a black hole of suck, a reliable power hitter. Jeff Francoeur is none of those things...
Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins 8:10 pm Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Kevin Slowey
It’s official: David Ortiz will be hitting out of the #6 slot tonight against the Twins in Minnesota. And all across New England, Sox fans are both deliriously happy not to have dead weight hitting in the power hitter #3 position, and kind of sad at the possible end of an era...
In which I highlight noteworthy blogs for you to gather reconnaissance on the Red Sox upcoming opponent. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...
Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins 8:10 pm Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN SP: Jon Lester vs. Nick Blackburn
As a fan, you hope that each time your starting pitcher takes the mound, he goes all out– that he doesn’t hold anything back and lays it all on the line...
Red Sox vs. Minnesota Twins 2:10 pm Metrodome - Minneapolis, MN SP: Brad Penny v. Francisco Liriano
Red Sox vs. New York Mets 1:35 pm Fenway Park - Boston, MA SP: Tim Wakefield vs. Tim Redding
Red Sox vs. New York Mets 7:10 pm Fenway Park - Boston, MA SP: Josh Beckett vs. Mike Pelfrey
Red Sox vs. New York Mets 7:10 pm Fenway Park - Boston, MA SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Johan Santana
Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays 7:10 pm Fenway Park - Boston, MA SP: Jon Lester vs. Robert Ray
Congratulations go out to John Smoltz, who got married this past weekend to Kathryn Darden. Per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the wedding took place at Smoltz’s house in Alpharetta, GA (outside Atlanta) in front of about 70 friends and family...
Every time Papi came up to bat last night, every person in the ballpark cheered their ever lovin’ brains out. As though we could will his bat to swing faster, his aim to be truer, if we just yelled loud enough. And his final at-bat...
Hey, old dude douchebag in the suit: QUIT FUCKING INTERFERING WITH A GUY ON YOUR HOME TEAM TRYING TO CATCH A BALL. Jesus Christ, did Steve Bartman mean nothing to you? © Center Field © Center Field
It’s not too often you get an opportunity to tag out a baserunner who doesn’t even bother to tag up… but Nick Green saw that opportunity against the Mariners and took it...
In which I highlight noteworthy blogs for you to gather reconnaissance on the Red Sox upcoming opponent. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer...
It’s no secret that there are a metric truckload of fantastic Blue Jays bloggers on these here interwebz. (Metric, because they’re Canadian...
Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners 4:10 pm Safeco Field - Seattle, WA SP: Justin Masterson vs. Jason Vargas
It’s Monday morning. The Red Sox just farked up yet another west coast swing, failed to take a west coast series yet again...
Random bits of Sox-related news and tidbits, all jumbled together. Brace yourselves: the Red Sox might be exploring the possibility of a trade for catcher Victor Martinez. As usual, the names mentioned in connection with that trade are Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard and Lars Anderson...
Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners 10:10 pm Safeco Field - Seattle, WA SP: Josh Beckett vs. Garrett Olson
Random bits of Sox-related news and tidbits, all jumbled together. David Ortiz set a record yesterday. Unfortunately, it’s not the kind of record you want to break: he went 0 for 7 and stranded 12 baserunners, tying a Sox record set by Trot Nixon in 2003. Oof...
Happy 29th to Josh Beckett, and happy 42nd to John Smoltz. I wish they’d throw a joint-birthday party every year - they could even make it into some sort of charitable function. “Josh-n-John’s Birthday Bonanza”… with pony rides, bouncy moonwalks and clowns. Lots of clowns...
Red Sox vs. Seattle Mariners 10:10 pm Safeco Field - Seattle, WA SP: Jon Lester vs. Chris Jakubauskas
Random bits of Sox-related news and tidbits, all jumbled together. Surprising just about no one, Kevin Youkilis is headed to the 15-day DL — courtesy of a strained oblique. I know certain Youk fans (not naming any names) dreaded hearing the o-word… and we can all thank A.J...
Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels 10:05 pm Angel Stadium - Anaheim, CA SP: Tim Wakefield vs. Matt Palmer
Random bits of Sox-related news and tidbits, all jumbled together. Phenom pitcher, and Gammons stalkee, Daniel Bard made his debut last night in fantastic fashion- with a strikeout...
Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angels 10:05 pm Angel Stadium - Anaheim, CA SP: Justin Masterson vs. Jered Weaver
Michael Caldwell, an employee at the Red Sox Team Store on Yawkey Way, discovered this little gem hidden away in the back room: Oh, if only. (via UniWatch). © Center Field
On the heels of the Ramirez bombshell hoopla — including the masses of Yankees yahoos that attempted to take the high road on roids and sportswriters who went into hysterics and acted like they just saw the curtain yanked back on the great and powerful Oz — Lou Merloni apparently decided that...
JBay. Maple Leaf Crusher. O Canada. Sunflower of Perfection. BayBay. NARCISSISTIC MANCHILD. Whatever name you want to call him, Boston is officially Bay-crazy. Guest poster MHCranberry takes a look at the reason why we adore him– hint: we can all blame Canada...
Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays 8:05 pm Fenway Park - Boston, MA SP: Josh Beckett vs. Matt Garza
What better way to celebrate Mother’s Day than with some baseball...
After a bad year last year, and an even more brutal time this year (to the tune of 20 hits and 10 walks in 11 2/3 inning of work - with a 9.26 ERA), Javier Lopez’s time in Boston has come to an end: Lopez was DFA’ed this afternoon...
Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays 3:40 pm Fenway Park - Boston, MA SP: Jon Lester vs. Scott Kazmir
If there was ever a night to be at the ballpark, last night’s record-breaking affair at Fenway was the night. Even the occasional light rainfall couldn’t dampen the crowd when this happened: That’s a whole heckuva lot of baseball goodness packed together in the short space of one half-inning...
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Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays 7:10 pm Fenway Park - Boston, MA SP: Brad Penny vs. James Shields
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