Since it so close to the big game,

GO PATS!

I know that I'm supposed to be writing about the Sox in this space, but it's the SUPER BOWL dude, so I will digress for a moment to give my (basically pointless) opinions about the Pats …

The Red Sox Luxury Tax: Much Ado About Nothing

The Shriekers of the Shortwave have been pounding out about how "disappointing" the Sox off season has been.  Many have just been raving that there is no difference between the Sox and the Yankees fortunes, and we should just start acting …

Valentine Named new Skipper of the Boston Red Sox

Well, that was interesting.

There's been lots of info published about what we can expect from Valentine. Here's my take on this very surprising managerial hire.

Maybe Anyone Can Manage

Ok, maybe …

The departure of Francona and now Epstein has been discussed, talked about, and dissected ad nausem at this point, by lots of others but me, so I'll try to use my space here to point out some things which have been, ahem, under emphasized by the local media.

Were …

OK! I tried to make a lot of predictions on this blog this year about the Sox. The whole point, to me anyway, of putting it on paper is to avoid any "rear-view" window type of stuff.   Each one of the predictions below was referenced in an earlier post …

There will be many who say it wasn't supposed to end this way.  There will be many who look at the season numbers for the hitters years from now and say "How did it happen?".  Many who will talk about Jacoby's MVP season whether or not he gets …

It's been a fun game tonight. Probably because they are winning, which is basically something we haven't seen for the entire month of September.

1+ game to go, and the outcome still in doubt for the Sox.

Slump Stretches to Horrific Proportions

As noted in the last …

Red Sox Hit Rock Bottom, Playoff Prospects Dim

In sports, not much gets worse than rooting for your team during a slump. Slumps just aren't losing stretches in baseball. They are periods of time where you can't get the big hit. Errors come at the worst time …

Burnett Keeps it Together - For one Night

Before I forget, the Alec Baldwin and John Krasinski Ads are really well done.  My favorite is here, the one where Baldwin runs all the way up the LIE.  Too angry to drive.

Injuries Begin to Matter for the Sox

Most of the season, this blog has been a pretty much a love fest between me and the Sox. I felt, (rightly so, in hindsight) that on paper at the beginning of the season, the Sox were the team to beat. Phillies & …