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The Curse of Nomar Garciaparra
2009-04-15 11:26:00 The Curse of Nomar looms large over Boston Red Sox shortstops. (SawxBlog Illustration - D.Hixon) There's a very close correlation between the Red Sox fan who stays up for an entire West Coast game, and that of a chain smoker... More About: Nomar Garciaparra
Why Are the Red Sox Cellar Dwellers After Week One?
2009-04-14 11:25:00 After placing Week One of the season in the books it?s fairly safe to say that it wasn?t an ideal start for either the Red Sox or their fans. As Monday morning the Red Sox are all by their lonesome...
AL East Standings Upside Down
2009-04-10 23:22:00 It's only three games into the season, but you have to admit, looking to the left is a little weird. No matter what way you slice it, the opening series against the Rays has to be viewed as a failure.... More About: East , Upside
Fear of Jets and Thoughts of Thin Lizzy Surround Opening Day 2009
2009-04-09 23:21:00 The Boston Red Sox kicked off their 2009 season on the good foot with a promising 5-3 victory over defending American League Champs, The Tampa Bay Rays. The most promising sign coming out of this game was the utter dominance... More About: Thoughts , Opening , Jets , Fear , Surround
Tales and Stories from Baseball Land, USA
2009-04-09 23:21:00 Despite the Red Sox lackluster performance and loss yesterday evening, the night still was a beautiful one in my eyes. For it was the night that the 2009 baseball season stopped being a ghost, and became real to me. Listening... More About: Stories , Baseball , Tales , Land
Opening Day 2009 - A Year of Redemption for Red Sox
2009-04-06 23:20:00 Josh Beckett looks to get 2009 started off right. Weather permitting, the Boston Red Sox 2009 season should kick-off today at 2:05pm. Josh Beckett is slated to pitch against Big Lame James in what will be a rematch of last... More About: Redemption , Opening , Year
Muddo Sick... March is Over!
2009-04-04 23:19:00 Ladies and Gentlegerms, Welcome to BK's World. (SawxBlog Illustration - D.Hixon) It is my distinct pleasure to introduce to you my good friend and now SawxBlog corespondent, Mr. Brian Kilrain. This is the first of what I hope to be... More About: March , Sick
Thank You USMC Lcpl. Trevor Grant
2009-03-14 22:10:00 Somewhere in the Al Anbar province, Sox fan, Lcpl. Trevor Grant pays tribute. (T.Grant Photo) The friends and family of USMC Lcpl. Trevor Grant are very excited for their hero to return home from Iraq. Trevor's brother Glenn, along with...
A Cult of Personality: Who have the Red Sox become?
2009-03-14 22:10:00 The grave on the Manny Ramirez era is set. (Zac Trainor illustration) cul?ture [kuhl-cher] -- noun a particular form or stage of civilization, as that of a certain nation or period: Greek culture, Red Sox Nation. As ownership and management... More About: Cult , Personality
Download the Manny Ramirez Music Mix -- Mo Manny Money Mix
2009-03-08 22:08:00 MoMannyMoney Mix by AlienAtari - (Zac Trainor Illustration)With Manny Ramirez being back in the forefront of baseball news, it seems more then appropriate to re-post the "Mo Manny Money Mix" by the multi-talented Zac Trainor. The song is pretty damn hilarious,... More About: Music , Download
Join Red Sox Pitcher Jon Lester and the Jimmy Fund in the Rally Against Can
2009-03-08 22:08:00 *SawxBlog Note: Having lost my Mother to cancer, the below is very relevant to me, and as we all know, the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a great cause, and something we can all rally behind. *When the... More About: Rally , Join , Pitcher
Manny Ramirez is what he is...
2009-03-08 22:08:00 In the end, Manny always was a snake... (SawxBlog Illustration)This post is too obvious, but I?m doing it anyway. It seems as if all of Red Sox Nation have already posted, tweeted, spoke, spat, ranted, updated, and written all they... More About: Manny Ramirez , Ramirez
Sixth Senses Point to Youk Winning 2009 MVP
2009-03-02 22:06:00 Youk strolled into Spring Training rocking the gnarliest Fu-Man Chu. (Zac Trainor Illustration)Sitting in my Beacon Street apartment, just down the street from 4 Yawkey Way, the air outside bites like a dog - informing me a snowstorm?s on its... More About: Point , Winning
SawxBlog Gets Social - Now on Twitter & Facebook
2009-03-02 22:06:00 SawxBlog is now on Twitter & Facebook . (SawxBlog Illustration) Now you can follow SawxBlog on both Twitter and Facebook, because as we learned in Fear and Loathing in Red Sox Nation, more is most certainly better.Becoming a fan of SawxBlog... More About: Social
Ray Allen?s Jumper Concludes A Nation Is Dead
2009-03-02 22:06:00 Knowing the sound of a marksman?s jump shot is similar to knowing other beautifully dangerous noises (SawxBlog Illustration) There are times when you can completely understand what?s happening without ever having seen a thing. This can occur with eyes that... More About: Nation , Dead , Jumper , Ray Allen , Allen
Fear and Loathing in Red Sox Nation
2009-02-24 22:04:00 Scott Boras and his tentacles are a large part of the greater bad. (Zac Trainor Illustration / ZacTrainor.com)It was shortly after the 2008 ALCS ended that I fell into my Salinger seclusion. The disappointment and shock of losing Game 7... More About: Nation , Fear , Fear and Loathing
Wanted: One (or two) Heroes -- If Interested Please Contact Game 7 of the 2
2008-10-20 04:03:00 Game Seven of the 2008 ALCS should be good. (SawxBlog Illustration) In the past decade the Boston Red Sox have not played in an ALCS where a Game 7 hasn't taken place. We all have been hearing and reading ad... More About: Heroes , Contact , Game , Wanted
Will Josh Beckett grant us another Game 6 ALCS miracle?
2008-10-19 16:02:00 Josh Beckett looks to reclaim his spot in October lore tonight. (SawxBlog Illustration)Although the Boston Red Sox play ball this October as the reigning World Series Champions, I often find my memory being flashed back with comparisons from 2004 instead... More About: Miracle , Game , Josh Beckett , Grant , Josh
Best...Comeback...Ever -- Papi Be Back - Come On Pap - J.D. Has Our Back
2008-10-18 04:00:00 J.D. Drew Has A Posse. (SawxBlog Illustration)Wow. That is the BEST baseball game I've seen since Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS. I'm still gasping...truly epic, and amazing. I'll collect my thoughts in some time, it's all too there now,... More About: Back , Comeback
Through this haze of despair and disbelief, I still have hope, I still have
2008-10-18 04:00:00 I told you that Mark Kotsay was a Hero in the Making. (AP Photo) In the great words of the Immortal Kevin Garnett: ?ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!? Wow. As I rode the subway into work today there was an eerie calm... More About: Hope , Despair , Haze
Tell Me When I Can Look - Chronicles of a Scared Red Sox Fan
2008-10-16 15:58:00 Jason Bay looks like a lot of Sox fans last night. (AP Photo)The word painful often comes to mind. Numb could be close behind too I guess. Déjà Vu's also right there come to think of it. What... More About: Chronicles , Scared
The 2008 Red Sox Postseason Run = Rocky III
2008-10-15 15:57:00 The Rays once again outlasted the Red Sox. (AP Photo) No one said the ALCS was going to be easy for the Red Sox, because, well...it never has been easy for the Red Sox. This was the second time of... More About: Rocky , Postseason , 2008
Some Sort of Homecoming - Rays Run Over Sox, 9-1
2008-10-15 15:57:00 V-Tek tags out Carl Crawford at home in a rare Game 3 highlight. (AP Photo) So hopefully last night was the part of the movie where Clubber Lang really lets Rocky have it, only to find that Rocky still has... More About: Sort , Rays
Red Sox vs. Devil Rays 2008 ALCS Preview
2008-10-12 15:55:00 It's time for the Red Sox to take off the gloves and end the Rays run. (Samara Pearlstein Photo)So here we are, mere hours away from yet another ALCS for the Boston Red Sox, and from a fans vantage point... More About: Devil Rays , Preview , Devil , 2008
Dice-K Pitches A Game 1 Gem - Red Sox Steal Home Field Again - Beat Rays 2-
2008-10-12 15:55:00 Dice-K delivers to home plate during Game 1 of ALCS. (AP Photo)The greatest trick Dice-K ever pulled was convincing the baseball world he couldn't pitch. Dice-K's magical season rose to a crescendo last night in the Trop as he composed... More About: Home , Steal , Beat , Dice-K
Mark Kotsay, Unsung Hero in the Making
2008-10-08 21:52:00 Mark Kotasy scores during game 4 of the ALDS. (AP Photo)Call it a hunch, but I still think the best is yet to come out of Mark Kotsay in these 2008 playoffs. Maybe I'm biased due to the fact that... More About: Hero , Mark
Shake Your Jon Jon - Red Sox Win, Advance to ALCS - Suicide Scioscia Kills
2008-10-08 09:51:00 Jon Lester enjoys some bubbly after dominating the Angels again. (AP Photo) And there you have it. For the fourth time in six years your Boston Red Sox are heading to the American League Championship Series with yet another riveting... More About: Suicide
Angels Stay Alive with 5-4 Win Over Red Sox in 12
2008-10-07 09:50:00 A dejected Mike Lowell looks back towards the dugout. (AP Photo)Sweep dreams were dashed last night for the Red Sox and their fans alike as the Angels came back to win in yet another epic October game. No matter the... More About: Stay , Alive
Jon Lester is Always More especially in October
More articles from this author:2008-10-04 09:48:00 The scary thing about Jon Lester is this, he's only 24. (AP Photo)As I sit on the T typing on my way to work I have one question for you, the reader. Do you have any question now about Jon... More About: October 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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