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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angeles 12:07 pm Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: Clay Buchholz vs. Scott Kazmir © Center FieldGameday Open Thread: ALDS Game 3...

Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angeles 9:37 pm Angel Stadium – Anaheim, CA SP: Josh Beckett vs. Jered Weaver © Center FieldGameday Open Thread: ALDS Game 2...

Red Sox vs. Los Angeles Angeles 9:37 pm Angel Stadium – Anaheim, CA SP: Jon Lester vs. John Lackey © Center FieldGameday Open Thread: ALDS Game 1...

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...

Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians 1:35 pm Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: Clay Buchholz vs. Tomo Ohka © Center FieldGameday Open Thread: Indians 10/4...

Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians 7:10 pm Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: Josh Beckett vs. Aaron Laffey © Center FieldGameday Open Thread: Indians 10/3...

Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians 7:10 pm Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: Daisuke Matsuzaka vs. Jeremy Sowers © Center FieldGameday Open Thread: Indians 10/2...

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...

Red Sox vs. Cleveland Indians 7:10 pm Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: Jon Lester vs. Carlos Carrasco © Center FieldGameday Open Thread: Indians 10/1...

Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays 7:10 pm Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: Tim Wakefield vs. Roy Halladay © Center FieldGameday Open Thread: Blue Jays 9/30...

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...

Red Sox vs. Toronto Blue Jays 7:10 pm Fenway Park – Boston, MA SP: Clay Buchholz vs. Ricky Romero © Center FieldGameday Open Thread: Blue Jays 9/29...

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...

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 ...