Buenos Noches Amigo: RIP, Rem Dawg
Sean MurphyOh man, what a loss for Red Sox Nation. Even though I've heard him call too many games to count, I can only imagine what my fellow fans in Boston…
Nat Hentoff: Great American Hero (Revisited)
Spiderman, I suppose, came first. Six or seven, comic book in hand, convinced there was no one cooler, no one more righteous, no one else I’d rather be. After a…
Nat Hentoff: Great American Hero
Spiderman, I suppose, came first. Six or seven, comic book in hand, convinced there was no one cooler, no one more righteous, no one else I’d rather be. After a…
Dave Henderson: RIP
This hurts. Saw the immortal ALCS game in real time. Pops, a long-suffering Boston-born Sox fan, had seen this movie before (and would see it again in a fashion even…
DUMB Dynasty
First off, the only dynasty involving ducks that I'm interested in discussing is the Duck BOAT Dynasty, also known as the 2013 RED SOX. Regarding the other item, shouldn't the…
The Greek God of Walks Gets An Appropriate Walk-Off
Sometimes the gods smile. (Speaking of gods and the whole "Greek God of Walks" thing, that of course was a mistake made in the seminal Moneyball, when Youk, because of…
Tim Wakefield: Happy Trails to the Ultimate Class Act
We are in an extended post-millennial moment, as so many memorable figures from the 20th Century get older and start to pass away, where it's both fitting and inevitable to…
We’ll Always Have Pedro…
Yes, that hurt. I mean, I shelled out the necessary cabbage to get the MLB ticket so I could catch as many Red Sox games as I desired. How could I…
Thanksgiving 2010: Some Things I’m Grateful For
Give it up for old school (and the Oskar Blues brew pub's vintage arcade room): John Davis for helping make people aware of obscure American treasure, Blind Tom Wiggins…
Daniel Bard: Sports Porn
Describing what music sounds like is difficult enough. Trying to articulate what Daniel Bard is capable of doing with a baseball is pretty much impossible. Fortunately, a picture is worth…