18-1, 10 Days
Well, it’s a good thing I’m not emotionally invested in football. On a more relevant note (to me), pitchers and catchers report to spring training in 10 days…
Mitchell Report: A Red Sox Conspiracy
Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force, an unapologetic Yankee fan, thinks the Mitchell Report is just a Red Sox conspiracy…
Weekend Wedding & Opening Day
This weekend my cousin Shane got married and it was probably the best time we’ve had at a wedding that wasn’t ours. It was great weather for an outdoor ceremony, the reception was a lot of fun, and everything was nicely done. One thing I hadn’t seen before was their table assignment method: rather than …
Submariner of the Future?
You might already know that I’m a fan of sidearm & submarine pitchers. Yesterday Jill & I took Amelia to Fenway Park (for her first time) to see “Futures at Fenway”: a doubleheader of Sox minor league teams Lowell Spinners and Pawtucket Red Sox. We only stayed for the Spinners game (who won 3-1), but …
Le Monde du Papi
Great Sox game last night! When the 9th inning came around with the Sox down by 2, I told Jill “If Ortiz gets a chance to bat, he’ll either tie it or win it.” Of course, I’m not the only one who thought that: But when Ortiz stepped to the plate last night, everyone in …
A year without a curse
I gotta tell ya, I really enjoyed this past year of watching the Red Sox and not hearing anything about Babe Ruth, 1918, Bucky Dent, Bill Buckner, or “86 years.” Very nice…
Sweet Caroline
After witnessing Boston’s four-game sweep, Tampa Bay manager Lou Piniella said, “Thank God we don’t come in here anymore. I’ve heard enough ‘Sweet Caroline.’” Gotta agree with Lou on that one: I don’t know how “Sweet Caroline” became a Fenway staple, but I could really do without it…
World Series Winter NESN
Happy new year! You Sox fans out there can relive World Series games from ’75, ’86 and ’04 (see? it eventually has a happy ending…) as NESN is replaying the games this and next month — here’s the schedule. Especially worth noting is last year’s (and I mean 2004) ALCS series against the Yankees. Fire …
Michael Corleone on the Red Sox
“Just when I thought that I was out, they pull me back in.” I’m trying not to get my hopes up too high. In June and July I had pretty much written off any playoff hopes for the Sox, but — and I hate to say it — I’m feeling it now. Feeling it like …
Goodbye to Nomah
I’m sad to see the Sox trade Nomar (and not just because I own a #5 jersey), but at the same time I think it’s for the best he move on…and it seems fitting he ended up with the Cubs. There’s a good article on ESPN — The (cow)bell tolls for Nomar — about the …