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Red Sox Officially Unstoppable, Jackie Bradley Jr. Knocks in 2,000 Runs
Alright, that headline is utter nonsense. Jackie didn’t knock in 2,000 runs over this three-game set with the A’s. He knocked in 13. But, man, it felt like 2,000, especially when you add in the two...
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Remembering Dad, and His Love of the Red Sox, on Father’s Day
I wrote this back in 2011, five years after my dad passed. And I’ve re-posted it pretty much every year since then. I used to make updates to the Red Sox players I referenced, year over year, but I...
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Xander Bogaerts Learns It’s Tough Out There for a Winner
Photo: Charles Krupa, AP Poor Xander Bogaerts. The X Man was about the only living highlight from this shit-flat 4-6 homestand, and his tenth-inning single in today’s win helped the Sox retain a bit of...
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David Ortiz Still a Beast, but Fan Wins Game
I’ll cut right to the chase: After a lackluster June, and taking on the lowly Angels, the Red Sox absolutely needed a win last night. To be honest, they need to sweep the entire series, but we’ll take...
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The David Ortiz Farewell Celebration at Fenway May Have Been the Greatest...
We knew the Red Sox had something up their sleeves for Big Papi’s final regular season game at Fenway Park. You don’t let a player like David Ortiz go gentle into that good night without some fanfare...
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Another Yankees Closer Meltdown at Fenway
There was a time when the Yankees bringing in their closer to secure a win over the Red Sox was a done deal. Like, we almost didn’t even need to trot out there for those last three at bats. Just let...
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Christian Vazquez Goes Beast Mode, Red Sox Win Wildest Game of the Season
I could sit here and check off all the baseball cliches about teams picking up their superhuman starters when they’re down and what that says about those teams, but this game blows everything out of...
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My Favorite Fenway Opening Days, Starring Manny Ramirez, Mo Vaughn and...
Today is the first game of the 2018 season to be played at Fenway Park. It’s Fenway Opening Day, if you will, a day much, much more important than your birthday or your anniversary or maybe even any...
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Red Sox Win Ninth Straight, Eliminate Yankees
Alright, the Red Sox didn’t really eliminate the Yankees. Or… did they? No, technically there’s still a lot of baseball left to play. But after tonight’s game, the AL East looks like it’s ours for the...
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Time to Declare Mookie Betts the Greatest Red Sox Player Ever
Alright you know that this headline’s misleading because any discussion of the greatest Red Sox player ever starts with Ted Williams, David Ortiz or Eric Hinske. But Mookie Betts is damn near close....
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Enjoying Fenway Park When You’re Over Six Feet Tall
Look, I’ve been away for a while on my winter sabbatical and there’s a lot of things to talk about. But rather than rattle on about the Red Sox bullpen or Craig Kimbrel or locking up Mookie long-term...
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Field of Dreams on Lansdowne: My Favorite Fenway Opening Day
I first wrote this blog post in 2011, roughly five years after my dad passed. Right up until the day he died, Opening Day was our jam. When it happened at Fenway, we were there. When it happened on...
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Xander Bogaerts Learns It’s Tough Out There for a Winner
Photo: Charles Krupa, AP Poor Xander Bogaerts. The X Man was about the only living highlight from this shit-flat 4-6 homestand, and his tenth-inning single in today’s win helped the Sox retain a bit of...
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David Ortiz Still a Beast, but Fan Wins Game
I’ll cut right to the chase: After a lackluster June, and taking on the lowly Angels, the Red Sox absolutely needed a win last night. To be honest, they need to sweep the entire series, but we’ll take...
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The David Ortiz Farewell Celebration at Fenway May Have Been the Greatest...
We knew the Red Sox had something up their sleeves for Big Papi’s final regular season game at Fenway Park. You don’t let a player like David Ortiz go gentle into that good night without some fanfare...
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Another Yankees Closer Meltdown at Fenway
There was a time when the Yankees bringing in their closer to secure a win over the Red Sox was a done deal. Like, we almost didn’t even need to trot out there for those last three at bats. Just let...
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Christian Vazquez Goes Beast Mode, Red Sox Win Wildest Game of the Season
I could sit here and check off all the baseball cliches about teams picking up their superhuman starters when they’re down and what that says about those teams, but this game blows everything out of...
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Red Sox Win Ninth Straight, Eliminate Yankees
Alright, the Red Sox didn’t really eliminate the Yankees. Or… did they? No, technically there’s still a lot of baseball left to play. But after tonight’s game, the AL East looks like it’s ours for the...
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Time to Declare Mookie Betts the Greatest Red Sox Player Ever
Alright you know that this headline’s misleading because any discussion of the greatest Red Sox player ever starts with Ted Williams, David Ortiz or Eric Hinske. But Mookie Betts is damn near close....
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Enjoying Fenway Park When You’re Over Six Feet Tall
Look, I’ve been away for a while on my winter sabbatical and there’s a lot of things to talk about. But rather than rattle on about the Red Sox bullpen or Craig Kimbrel or locking up Mookie long-term...
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