No, not New York. Seattle. Maura McGurk plumbs the depths of Marinerville's hatred for the Sox and, sometimes, all of New England:
One of Matt’s friends didn’t wish to be identified but said that the “transitive properties” of all of New England were to blame for the way Seattle feels about the Sox and their fans. Matt explained that “snotty” New England things like Harvard and the Hamptons were problematic for him.
Boston Flyovers alerts us that four fighter jets will fly low and loud over Fenway Park - which means they'll also fly over other parts of the area - during Thursday's Red Sox opening-day ceremonies. The ceremonies start at 1:30 p.m. and run through just before first pitch, scheduled for 2:10 p.m.
ESPN reports. Or as Over the Monster puts it: Darkness. There is only darkness.
The Joy of Sox says farewell to Dennis Eckersley, retiring after today's final game of the Sox season.
Robert Orthman captured the security guy tackling a streaker on the infield at Fenway tonight: Read more.
Bob Osgood says farewell to Dennis Eckersley, retiring this fall as a Red Sox commentator.
It's not just that the Blue Jays scored 28 runs at Fenway tonight (fans started chanting "Let's go Blue Jays!"), but the T reports an inbound Green Line trolley mistook itself for a Sox player and died at Fenway.
Seems the Sox and NESN asked Orsillo to video a remembrance for the Remy memorial, then uninvited him for some reason. Here is what he would have said about his longtime broadcast partner and friend.
Dan Kennedy notes the dueling Boston Magazine and Globe stories over the weekend over why David Ortiz got shot in 2019. The Globe does have former BPD Commissioner Ed Davis recounting a disrespected-gangster theory, while BoMag does not; Kennedy notes that Davis, hired by Ortiz, is a security consultant to the Globe, whose owner, of course, is a major shareholder in the Red Sox.
WBZ reports the Red Sox have dumped a minor-league player after he let his inner hatred for pretty much everybody fly on Twitter - including some anti-Semitic and homophobic crap aimed at Sox GM Chaim Bloom.
The Red Sox traded Hunter Renfroe to Milwaukee to get JBJ back. The Sox also got a pair of minor leaguers. The news comes just as Major League Baseball announced it was locking out players.
Héctor Gómez reports that Julio Lugo, who played shortstop for the world-champion 2007 Sox team, has died of a heart attack. His 46th birthday was tomorrow.
Onto the ALCS, with another walk-off win. "Can you believe it?" is getting routine for Joe Castiglione.
On WEEI, Joe Castiglione uttered his catch phrase at the end of the top of the 13th inning after the Sox caught a break with a ground-rule-double call, and then just a few minutes later after Vazquez hit a walk-off homer to win it in the bottom of the 13th.
Boston Police alert us:
Fenway Park/ Kenmore Sq. Community Advisory: ESPN will be utilizing a drone this afternoon, in the area of 500 Commonwealth Avenue, through the end of tonight’s Red Sox and Yankee game.
They're toast. NESN reports Xander Bogaerts is the tenth player to either test positive for Covid-19 or be forced into isolation because of his contact with somebody who tested positive. Bogaerts was pulled in the second inning of today's game, which, of course, they lost.
Here comes the pizza! Revealed: Why that guy tossed that slice of pizza that day at Fenway.
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