Dan Shaughnessy

That must be some woodshed Shaughnessy has

adamg — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 14:55:04 +0000

Our resident ubercrank declares he won't be happy until he can personally apply a paddle to the behinds of every single returning Red Sox player, and so buries the news about the return of Charles Steinberg.

Think Shaughnessy has come down from his high yet?

adamg — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:48:00 +0000

Bruce Allen examines the delight the Globe - not just Shank - took in the collapse of the Red Sox.

In his house at F'enway, dead Shaughnessy waits dreaming

adamg — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:45:40 +0000

Dan Shaughnessy Watch reads today's gleeful, error-riddled column so you don't have to.

A cackling Shaughnessy annoints new Sox player with his rheumy kiss of death

adamg — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 11:13:17 +0000

Remember the last pitcher Shank called the big lug?

Shank slimes Belichick with weasel words

adamg — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 15:27:36 +0000

Dan Shaughnessy Watch dissects the effort by the "fifth-degree black belt in the dark arts of character assassination and innuendo" to tie Belichick to the Broncos videogate thing without offering up a lick of evidence.

When Dan Shaughnessy sees little kittens, he kicks them

adamg — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:53:13 +0000

Today's column reminds Cyn why she can't stand the CHB, starting with him insulting, again, Ortiz and building up to blasting the Sox for the "hyporcrisy" of honoring Mike Lowell:

CHB, finding ways to insult absolutely everyone he writes about for centuries.

Contrast to this New York Times piece from a couple days ago: Gazing Up at First, Francona Can Hold His Head High.

Is anybody really disgusted with Jacoby Ellsbury besides one grumpy old coot of a columnist?

adamg — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 13:40:56 +0000

Shank writes:

Many fans and folks in the Sox organization are disgusted by how this has unfolded.

OK, who slipped and talked to him while under the influence?

Morrissey Boulevard's prince of darkness types a funny

adamg — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:46:43 +0000

Shank writes:

I hate to be negative (really)...

The Debbie Downer of Boston sports media

adamg — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:00 +0000

Who knew there was somebody the CHB hates more than Curt Schilling? Or that Shankapotamus had a medical degree?

Dan Shaughnessy down in his cups

adamg — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:19:55 +0000

And those of the players. Aw, nuts, how can you criticize somebody with the testicular fortitude to ask players about ball-smashing balls?

We don't have a chalkboard on which to scratch our fingernails, but fortunately, the Globe gave us Dan Shaughnessy today

adamg — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:55:23 +0000

I know the coin of the Web realm is the hyperlink, but no, I refuse to link to Dan Shaughnessy's slap upside the head of Patriots fans today. It's just too annoying. For some reason, Globe editors felt it important to use valuable space on the front page to let Shanko tell us to stop acting like spoiled brats and get over our hope the Patriots win today. Bonus points for a stupid Woodstock reference (yes, Dan, we get it, you're old enough to remember Woodstock, even if you were too busy at clown school to go). If you really want to replicate the sound of a mosquito endlessly buzzing around your head at night, you can figure out how to get to his column. But don't say you weren't warned.

Where can we get incisive commentary on this Sunday's Patriots/Ravens playoff game?

adamg — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:11:26 +0000

Dan Shaughnessy writes about the matchup, but Dan Shaughnessy Watch concludes:

If you were expecting Shank's standard half-hearted mail-in column, you won't be disappointed. ...

Does Shank finally have a replacement for Curt Schilling?

adamg — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:59:43 +0000

Shank shanks Randy Moss.

Globe really gets its money's worth from Shankapotamus today

adamg — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 15:30:44 +0000

Did anybody manage to finish today's Shaughnessy column, in which Danny Boy just can't keep from marveling that few people in London have ever heard of Tom Brady?

Dan Shaughnessy Watch valiantly tries, also noting Shank's continuing disdain for Stateside Patriots fans.

Ed. note: Yes, I admit it: I've been waiting for the right moment to use that line from that eTrade baby commercial.

Dan Shaughnessy: The Tim McCarver of Boston sports columnists

adamg — Sun, 10 May 2009 21:46:28 +0000

During yesterday's painful Sox loss, Tim McCarver, when he wasn't busy mispronouncing Massachusetts place names and just being Tim McCarver, kept blathering on and on about how Sox fans felt about stuff, as if he actually talks to Sox fans.

Today, Dan Shaughnessy does the same shtick, writing that:

Red Sox Nation is beaming over the news of Manny getting slapped for 50 games for using a banned substance.

Really, Dan? Yes, many people are relieved Manny's no longer on the Sox, but beaming? Is there anybody out there actually happy that Ramirez is now an all-but-convicted steroid user?

Aside from Shank, that is, who once again has somebody to heap hate on now that Curt Schilling is retired?