September of 2011 will be one to remember for Red Sox fans. And after a gag-filled 5-16 month to date, that bad taste in your mouth won't make for a good memory. We've had errors, bad pitching and non-existent offense, at times, from a highly regarded and well paid team that should be better than they are. They might not be as good as the 20-6 July team, but, 5-16? Really? That brings us to today and the first of three games in New York against the Yankees, who just clinched the A.L. East. If these Red Sox can't find their best with three almost must-win games against those guys then they don't deserve a playoff spot. They're going to have to earn it this year as the Tampa Bay Rays are now two games back in the Wild Card. And the Angels are looming, too. Leave it all on the field, guys. Theo Epstein is doing that in the front office by almost trading for Mets pitcher and Springfield's Chris Capuano, apparently for one start.
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We saw the video evidence of David Ortiz trying to get hugs from New Yorkers. We could think of one word to describe it: Purel. Papi, it's New York. Do you really know where they've been? It made us think, though. Would Bostonians hug Alex Rodriguez under any circumstances? Aside from some charitable scenario.
Ashkenazy Acquisition Corp. of Manhattan is expected to purchase the lease to Faneuil Hall Marketplace for a $130 million. According to Zillow.com, almost 17% of Greater Boston homeowners owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. That's an 11.7% increase from 2010. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
According to the Boston Globe, MLB.com's Jonathan Mayo is reporting the Red Sox traded Justin Masterson and minor-league pitchers Nick Hagadone, a 2007 first-round pick, and Bryan Price for Cleveland's Victor Martinez. NESN says the Sox are "close to acquiring" Martinez.
When Red Sox Nation isn't busy obsessing over actual games, our fanatical allegiance leads us to consider potential trades that quite often are similar to Julio Lugo and Jeff Bailey for Albert Pujols. Hey, it does happen. With the MLB trade deadline looming at the end of July, those troublemakers reporters at the Globe are speculating about potential acquisitions that can help the Sox achieve world domination.
Dustin Pedroia and Jason Bay were the top vote-getters at their positions and will start for the American League in the MLB All-Star Game on July 14 in St. Louis. Tim Wakefield (10-3) was also named to the squad, becoming the second oldest All-Star ever according to TBS. Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis and Jonathan Paplebon were also picked by Tampa Bay's Joe Maddon, A.L. Manager. The complete All-Star rosters are now available at MLB.com.
There's a new reason for us to hate Roger Clemens. Indirectly. Baseball legends Clemens, Reggie Jackson, Joe Morgan and Pete Rose were treated to plane rides, strippers and hookers, among other things, from a "friend" named Kenneth Jowdy. Unfortunately, Jowdy paid for the plane rides, strippers and hookers using money 19 current or former NHLers invested with him in a golf resort that was never built. Oops! Five of the NHL veterans, who are now suing Jowdy, played for the Bruins. Sergei Gonchar, Glen Murray, Bryan Berard, Dmitri Khristich and Jozef Stumpel all spent time in Boston and lost between $250,000 and $500,000. Morgan, already not popular with the Nation, denies involvement.
More reason for cash-starved college students, especially those in the UMass system, to cultivate the taste for ramen. WBZ reports, "The university's trustees finance panel approved a 3.1 percent increase in fees Wednesday."
Several Red Sox Nation cards are in danger of being revoked this week. First were the alleged lugnuts who beat up a guy unfortunate enough to be wearing a Yankees cap near the Cantab. Now there's the Red Sox scout who was arrested after allegedly "masturbating in front of a window that overlooked a Florida hotel pool where two young girls were swimming."
You've got to be kidding us. We can't get anywhere near the rest of the media during Red Sox spring training (MLB doesn't believe in the journalistic credibility of blogs, can you believe it?), and the big press conference of the pre-season takes place in the Red Sox spring training complex PARKING LOT? We totally should have gone to Florida to try to jump in on the conversation that took place on Monday between Curt Schilling and a small group of hand-picked media.
All right, we get it. Now we know that even if we check the Celtics score and see that they're up 14 on the Wizards with six minutes to go, we can't just take that for granted, switch back to the Lost Season 3 DVD and go to bed untroubled. We have to check again and make sure they sealed the deal.
Roger Clemens is an unhappy man today. At least, his lawyer is. Attorney Rusty Hardin responded to Roger's prominence in the Mitchell Report by saying, "He is left with no meaningful way to combat what he strongly contends are false allegations." We remember something in the report about Mitchell requesting an interview with Clemens and being turned down. Perhaps that was a mistake.
Unofficial leaked lists started hitting the Internet late this morning. Fearful and optimistic at the same time, we started scanning them to see who was allegedly going to be on the MLB Steroid Commission's "Naughty" list.
Red Sox fans have it good when it comes to the hometown team, but it's not always easy. On one hand, the team has delivered two World Series titles in four seasons, and we're looking awfully good as we prepare for the 2008 season. But on the other, tickets to see the Sox play at Fenway Park are the hardest in MLB to acquire and they come with the biggest price tags. And while...
Major League Baseball has decreed that managers will be fined if they wear pullovers over their uniform tops. The rule seems to be pointed squarely at Terry Francona, who loves his pullover. Deadspin beat us to it when they joked, "You're next, Belichick!" Like hell. The NFL will have to pry that hoodie out of Belichick's cold, dead hands before he'll let it go. What's the big deal? Baseball players are not exactly beauties....
We're the most starry-eyed, green-Kool-Aid-guzzling optimists anywhere, but even we never thought it would be this good, this fast. Even on a night when two-thirds of Ghidorah wasn't quite up to snuff (Ray Allen 4-for-14, Kevin Garnett missing his usual double-double), the Celtics still had enough to put the clamps on Jersey and win their seventh straight. Any time you defensively hold a team to 69 points and 33% shooting, you're doing something right. And...
Dear Dane: We know that you have a lot on your plate, what with wrapping up "Bachelor No. 2," recording all these MLB commercials and keeping college kids in a frenzy. So we here at Bostonist wanted to help out. You see, the commercials you've been offering us between innings are driving us mad - as is your hair. We thought that, given the busy day you must have today, we'd help out out a...
We can second-guess or backseat coach all we want. Should Beckett have started Tuesday night's game instead of Tim Wakefield? Should Jacoby Ellsbury have started in the outfield for J.D. Drew or Coco Crisp? Should Doug Mirabelli have been replaced by Jason Varitek the moment Wakefield left the game? Should Julian Tavarez be on the pitching roster in these ALCS games? But that will only madden Red Sox fans and distract them from the reality...
As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts -- okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles -- now that's a happy thought. Other happy Los Angeles thoughts include an interview with Jack Kehler of The Big Lebowski (he was the Dude's landlord), a beautiful and magical photographic moment in Venice...
First, the really great news: Josh Beckett managed to make C.C. Sabathia look like a Little League pitcher (no offense to some of those who are the future of America's pastime) on Friday night at Fenway Park, ably leading the Red Sox defense in what turned into a 10-3 routing in Game 1 of the ALCS. Seriously, we were a little worried about what hinted at a pitching fan's dream matchup - two great aces...
The MLB is no fun! A kind tipster just gave Bostonist the heads-up that the Chris Dodd Red Sox Raffle is now OFF and that anyone who donated will get a refund. The e-mail from Dodd HQ states,
It looks like just might be a higher power looking down on the MLB postseason. He/She/It is a Red Sox fan and, judging from the sight of Derek Jeter slapping like mad at the bugs descending upon him at the Jake on Friday night, any higher powers out there have a wicked sense of humor.
The Red Sox were at home, facing down the Oakland A's on Tuesday night, but everyone had one eye on events unfolding in Florida. And wouldn't you know? Things worked out perfectly. The drama-filled Oakland game (only in September would one be able to string those words together) was decisively won by Boston and featured numerous reasons for the Fenway crowd to stand up and cheer. Tampa Bay managed to scratch together a 10-inning, 7-6,...
Ladies and gentlemen, may we present to you this week's nominee for Douchebag on the Diamond: Daniel Cabrera.
We were appropriately nervous when Manny Ramirez sustained the left oblique strain. Our concern came partly due to the fact that we wanted one of the Red Sox big bats to deliver during the home stretch. But it was mostly because we worried that Manny would once again have us where it feels like he always wants us: freaking out over a gap in both offense and outfield defense, hoping and pleading with him to come back and wondering whether he is going to phone in the rest of the season or not. He's done it before, the little cynic in the back of our minds heckled, why wouldn't he do it again?
We don't need to tell you what happened. The Red Sox blew the White Sox off the face of the earth, then arrived in New York and started playing like a bunch of corpses. At least yesterday was an afternoon game, so we could do other things with our evening. Amid the carnage, we have to salute Curt Schilling, who pitched pretty well, considering he really looks like he's going on fumes these days. He...
Oh no, there's another Red Sox pitcher song - and it's only a matter of time before we see Jerry Remy rocking the air guitar to the new tune. Fresh on the heels of Daisuke Matsuzaka's "Gyroball," the Boston Red Sox pitching staff brings you "Okajima, Oki-Doki."Okajima translator Jeff Yamaguchi admitted recently that the song, well, kind of sucks when you first listen to it, but it will needle its place into your heart if...
It was a busy Friday in Boston sports - two Red Sox games, one Patriots exhibition game, baby news from someone other than Tom Brady...whew! We're just going to dive right in and give you the quick and dirty version of the Redux. Ready? Here goes: -- We've heard that Sox fans who attended the first game of the Friday Fenway doubleheader made sure to carefully tuck their ticket stubs away. We imagine that the...