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The Highlight of Last Night’s Red Sox Game Wasn’t Even Part of the Game
Photo by Greg Cooper, USA Today Sports I’ve done my best to erase every trace of last night’s shitshow of a game from my head, with the help of a few whiskey-fueled “mind erasers.” But there was...
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So, Mike Napoli, Who’s Gonna be the Hero of Today’s Red Sox Game?
Okay, it’s never good to make such assumptions. But after last night, I really do feel like the Red Sox have turned a corner. Was it worth taking up an entire post to let you know? I thought so. As...
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Best Walk-off Against the Reds Since 1975
Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images With the Reds in town and the constant reminders of Carlton Fisk’s famous home run in game six of the ’75 World Series, I kinda had the feeling that last night’s...
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Trending Upward, Red Sox Sweep Braves
Last Friday, I was pretty much writing the 2014 Red Sox off, quietly packing away my foam finger and seeking refuge in my 2013 World Series DVDs. One week later, everything’s changed. The Red Sox have...
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Enjoying Fenway Park When You’re Over Six Feet Tall
AP Photo I took in yesterday’s game at Fenway, and my visit re-confirmed two things: This team cannot hit in the clutch to save their lives, and if you are over six feet tall, as I am, the grandstands...
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And Starring Brock Holt as An Army of One
Just a couple weeks ago, this season seemed lost. The Red Sox’ seven game win streak was a distant memory, and a season of mediocrity — or worse — seemed laid out before us. Tonight? Well, we’re still...
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Mike Napoli and Shades of 2013
It took until the fifth inning for the Red Sox to get their first hit, a Daniel Nava ground-rule double. And that was their only hit during regular frames. When Koji gave up the homer in the tenth,...
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One Nation, Under Mookie
Rick Schultz/Getty Images Just when the 2014 Red Sox season seems to be spiraling down the crapper, they throw us a curve. A life preserver. Something to keep us from tearing off our NESN Clubhouse...
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Et Tu, Mookie? Talking Shakespeare at Fenway with Kerry O’Malley
The Red Sox have always been this city’s personal embodiment of a Shakespeare play. For six months each year they bring us comedy, tragedy, farce and guys with unsightly beards. So it makes sense that...
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Aretha Impersonator Serenades Jeter; Jim Rice is Not Impressed
Say what you will about the Jeets send-off today at Fenway, it was an effectively emotional affair, pulled together nicely by the Red Sox brass. And props for getting Xander Bogaerts, who makes no...
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My Five Favorite Opening Days, Starring Manny Ramirez, Dwight Evans and Dave...
Technically, today is not Opening Day. But in my mind — a sick and twisted place you don’t want to visit without hand sanitizer — the season doesn’t truly begin until we’ve played our first game on...
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Mookie Betts and Pedro Martinez Win Fenway Opening Day
At this point, there’s nothing about Mookie Betts that surprises us. So when the guy robbed Bryce Harper of a home run with a Dewey-esque snag over the bullpen gate, then cranked his own line drive...
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Mike Napoli Really, Really Loves Beating Up On His Former Teams
Let’s face it: most of the first two months of this season have been largely forgettable for Mike Napoli and at least forty percent of his facial hair. He spent most of that time looking up at the...
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“Are the Red Sox Finally Turning It Around?” he Asked for the One Millionth Time
In my lifetime, I can’t even recall how many times I’ve asked that question. All I know is that two Sundays ago, the Red Sox treated us to one of the single worst losses I can recall digesting in over...
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Mookie Betts and Rich Hill Save the Day, September, and Possibly the Season
Okay, that may be a bit of an exaggeration. This season was pretty much a lost cause way back in June. But last night, the Red Sox gave us another magic moment in a year of meager returns. First off,...
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Curious Items for Sale at the Red Sox Team Store
One of the advantages of living within a 15 minute drive (or one-hour drunken stumble) of Fenway Park is the ability to bask in its life-affirming glow whenever the mood sways me. Or whenever I’m...
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My Five Favorite Red Sox Opening Days, Starring Dwight Evans, Mo Vaughn and...
Today is Opening Day for the 2016 Boston Red Sox. And in my mind — a sick and twisted place you don’t want to visit without hand sanitizer — it’s the greatest single day of the year. So to recognize...
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It’s Not Opening Day Until It’s Fenway Opening Day, Take 2016
On my way in to the game today, so I will shamelessly re-post this entry from a couple years back. Because it all still matters. My Dad’s been gone for almost seven years now. And Christ knows that in...
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The Best Thing About Christian Vazquez Returning to the Red Sox
Christian Vazquez made his much-reheralded return to the bigs last night, and wasted no time reminding opposing players that there’s a new sheriff in town. Who is basically the old sheriff who got...
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Xander Bogaerts Looms Large in Fenway Park… and Over It
One of the coolest new visuals to spring up on the Fenway skyline is a billboard of Xander Bogaerts which portrays X firin’ off a throw while shilling for Majestic Apparel. Perhaps the best thing...
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