Out in Center Field
10-27-04… NEVER FORGET!
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ALCS Non-Preview: Los Angeles Angels
Even though I swore to myself in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s trainwreck that I “didn’t care about the rest of the playoffs” and I “sure as hell wasn’t going to watch the games”… I was totally lyi...
ALCS Non-Preview: New York Yankees
Even though I swore to myself in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s trainwreck that I “didn’t care about the rest of the playoffs” and I “sure as hell wasn’t going to watch the games”… I was totally lyi...
NLCS Non-Preview: Los Angeles Dodgers
Even though I swore to myself in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s trainwreck that I “didn’t care about the rest of the playoffs” and I “sure as hell wasn’t going to watch the games”… I was totally lyi...
NLCS Non-Preview: Philadelphia Phillies
Even though I swore to myself in the immediate aftermath of Sunday’s trainwreck that I “didn’t care about the rest of the playoffs” and I “sure as hell wasn’t going to watch the games”… I was totally lyi...
The Green Fields of the Mind
A. Bartlett Giamatti’s fabulous “The Green Fields of the Mind” piece from From A Great and Glorious Game is never more poignant, never more perfect, than a day like today. The poetry of his prose still resonates now, all these years lat...
Gameday Open Thread: ALDS Game 3
Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angeles
12:07 pm
Fenway Park – Boston, MA
SP: Clay Buchholz vs. Scott Kazmir
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Gameday Open Thread: ALDS Game 2
Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angeles
9:37 pm
Angel Stadium – Anaheim, CA
SP: Josh Beckett vs. Jered Weaver
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Gameday Open Thread: ALDS Game 1
Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angeles
9:37 pm
Angel Stadium – Anaheim, CA
SP: Jon Lester vs. John Lackey
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Good Things Come In Threes
I’m shaking off the post-clinch stupor I’ve been walking around in for the last week or so with a trio of lovely Red Sox awesomeness.
First up: Dusty Brown gets his first major league hit… which also turns out to be his first major leagu...
Gameday Open Thread: Indians 10/4
Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians
1:35 pm
Fenway Park – Boston, MA
SP: Clay Buchholz vs. Tomo Ohka
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Gameday Open Thread: Indians 10/3
Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians
7:10 pm
Fenway Park – Boston, MA
SP: Josh Beckett vs. Aaron Laffey
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Gameday Open Thread: Indians 10/2
Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians
7:10 pm
Fenway Park – Boston, MA
SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Jeremy Sowers
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Cleveland!
My affection for the city and people of Cleveland is well-documented, so it gives me great pleasure to present to you two wonderful tourism videos for that great city. I have been waiting MONTHS for this series against the Indians, just so I’d have...
Gameday Open Thread: Indians 10/1
Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians
7:10 pm
Fenway Park – Boston, MA
SP: Jon Lester vs. Carlos Carrasco
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Gameday Open Thread: Blue Jays 9/30
Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays
7:10 pm
Fenway Park – Boston, MA
SP: Tim Wakefield vs. Roy Halladay
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WILD CARD
The Red Sox are headed back to the playoffs in 2009, thanks to a little help from the Halos.
Knowing how much their fans hate the Red Sox, I have to admit it makes it a tad sweeter that the Angels had a hand in helping the Sox clinch their playoff spot t...
Gameday Open Thread: Blue Jays 9/29
Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays
7:10 pm
Fenway Park – Boston, MA
SP: Clay Buchholz vs. Ricky Romero
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Clay, the Pied-Guitarer
It appears Clay Buchholz is leading some sort of music-fueled revolution in the Red Sox clubhouse – and is indoctrinating various players in the ways of the guitar… starting with Jon Lester and Josh Beckett.
After rooming with a guitar player...
Rainout Roundup
Sure, Josh Beckett was scratched from his start and Michael “Cannon Fodder” Bowden was offered up as a sacrificial lamb to the Blue Jays’ bats. Sure, the umps called the game for rain (even though there was no rain at the time) just as ...

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