Hello out there in UniversalHub land. I have determined that what the internet lacks most of all is a personal blog about some schlub's experiences in and around [insert major city here]. I have decided to rectify that problem my moving my ramblings over here.

I will be blogging about Boston politics, the T, local music, dining, bars, sports, and life from the perspective of a 21-year-old Revere native now living in an apartment in Chestnut Hill, where I will be a senior this fall at Boston College.

Bruce Allen has the details.

Randy Booth looks on the bright side of life:

... I will point out first that the Red Sox have a 62-48 record. That's tied for third best in the American League with the Texas Rangers. While the winning percentage has certainly dropped since the All-Star break, the record is nothing to sneeze at. We need to remember that as bad as this "slump" is, it's wedged within a season that has been pretty decent. ...

Shades of 2006.

Red hasn't quite given up hope yet:

... Maybe the inspiration comes in a moment in tonight's game, when the Sox realize they're done being the chew toy and want to do a little mauling of their own. But win or lose, the season isn't decided tonight. Unless the Sox want it to be.

David Ortiz at his press conference:

I definitely was a little bit careless back in those days when I was buying supplements and vitamins over the counter, legal supplements and vitamins over the counter, but I never [bought] steroids, I never used steroids.

Says union confirmed he was on the 2003 list but NOT that that meant he took steroids.

MLBPA statement.

It was on a Friday, so most of us could sleep in.

Teddy sums it up in one word.

Red wonders where the offense went:

That was the best game and the worst loss of the season. Crushing not just because it ate up over 5 and a half hours of valuable drinkin' time, but also because it was an epic squander of a positively super-human performance by Josh Beckett ...

The John Smoltz Experiment has officially fizzled. The future Hall-o'-Famer has been designated for assignment, meaning that in the next 10 days he'll be claimed on waivers, sent down or released. Says the Globe:

Soxaholix channels its inner Gordon Lightfoot:

The legend lives on from ol' Mattapan on down of the mistake Theo made with John Smoltzy.

One mistake it is said, isn't too much to dread, unless compounded by Lugo and Penny.

With thoughts of a ring more, this team we came to adore, but the tales of October were a bit early. ...