Ellsbury sets Boston record for SB

Jacoby Ellsbury wrote his name in the record books tonight by swiping his 55th base this season. That’s a new club record, breaking the old mark of 54 bases by Ellsbury’s mentor, Tommy Harper. We knew it would happen sooner or later, but doing it with 5 weeks left in the season is pretty impressive. [...]

Kevin Youkilis: Narrow World of Sports

I definitely failed by not posting this video a few weeks ago when it was released. Hilarity (by Kevin Youkilis.. not that other boring Seinfeld guy.)

Clay Buchholz makes an old man happy

My grandmother was recently moved into a hospice and despite what everyone says, they are a very depressing place. If you don’t know what a hospice is, well.. it’s generally where you go to die. They have given up on treating your disease/ailment and they just want to make your final days comfortable. It’s the [...]

Report: Ortiz/Manny tested positive in ’03

It’s being reported by the New York Times that lawyers familiar with baseball’s 2003 drug testing have said that David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez BOTH failed the test that year. Most Sox fans were hoping that Manny had started juicing when he went to the Dodgers. Everyone had this idea that he started cheating because [...]

Record Breaking Red Sox

It seems like at least one record has been broken per season for the past decade. There was Pedro’s career winning percentage, Youkilis’ consecutive errorless games streak, and Big Papi’s 54 homeruns in a season. This year looks to be another one for the ages as a handful of records are in jeopardy of being [...]

How far has Matt Clement fallen?

2005 was Matt Clement’s year. He had a 10-2 record by the break and got elected to his first All-Star appearance. It didn’t take very long for everything to fall apart. His next 4 starts were disastrous (22 ER in 23 IP.) The bad pitching stretch culminated with a game versus the Tampa Bay Devil [...]

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