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    Shatner's Short-Term Red Sox Memory, Sabathia And Manny Head Arbitration List, And Everyone Wants To Buy The Cubs

    • He's Also Not Very Good At Fractions. Come with us now as William Shatner is tested for Alzheimer's on an episode of Boston Legal. He does great when asked about the 1967 Red Sox, but he's a little confused at the question "Who is the best Red Sox pitcher this season?" To which he answers, "Josh Pecker." Or maybe it was intentional. He does know how to hold a grudge. With video goodness. [Surviving Grady] More »

    10:30 AM on Tue Dec 2 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    4,267 views, 34 comments

    Most discussed Hit Bull Win Steak: Josh Pecker > Daisuke Matzucocka more »

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    It'll Only Seem Like An Eternity

    I know that you'll probably lose the deposit, but some of you Red Sox fans may want to ditch your previous choice for your eternal resting place and go with this, the Red Sox Casket offered at Rockland Funeral Home. Spend eternity in the loving embrace of the Sox, which is more than Manny ever did. Video below (Caution: Includes funeral director using death puns). More »

    4:30 PM on Mon Dec 1 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    2,107 views, 48 comments

    Most discussed Doyle McPoyle: Question: do you become a creepy bastard when you start working at a funeral home, or is it a prerequisite? more »

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    Ted Williams' Daughter Likes To Paint, Has Issues

    According to Leigh Montville’s book “Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero,” Williams was a distant father, who missed the births of son John Henry and daughter Claudia, the former for a fishing trip. His non-parenting of course caused no repercussions, as is seen in adult Claudia's happy, whimsical painting to the left. Yeesh. More »

    10:30 AM on Tue Nov 25 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    4,712 views, 71 comments

    Most discussed MattinglysSideburns: No wonder nobody bought any. If that picture's any indication, they'd be a total waste of Monet. more »

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    Meet The Only Professional Pitcher Who Has Seen 'High School Musical' Eight Times

    I don't know; the whole thing sounds a little sketchy to me. But let's take it from the top: Eri Yoshida, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, has been drafted by the Kobe 9 Cruise, a new independent Japanese professional league based in Tokyo. It will be the first time that a chick of the female persuasion will play professional ball with the men in Japan. Also, the unfortunate arrangement of nouns and verbs on this site also makes it sound like the Red Sox, Yankees and Tigers (!) are interested in her. Not likely. Now if you would have said Giants or Padres ... More »

    1:00 PM on Mon Nov 17 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    3,274 views, 44 comments

    Most discussed ClueHeywood: Finally, the Ninja BlackSox have an answer to the Lovely Ladies. more »

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    Youky Lands A Hot One, But There's A Hitch

    Where women are concerned, I've always lived my life by a simple rule: Lips which have touched Ben Affleck shall never touch mine. Kevin Youkilis has no such qualms, apparently. The Red Sock got hitched on Tuesday to the lovely Enza Sambataro — Affleck's ex-girlfriend — in front of 120 friends and family members in Cabo, San Lucas. Hmm, how do you say Mazel tov in Spanish? More »

    11:15 AM on Thu Nov 13 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    10,833 views, 58 comments

    Most discussed UkraineNotWeak aka Praying for a Bullpen: Boy, that Johnny Whitaker never ages. more »

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    Bill "Spaceman" Lee Defends Manny, Canadians and Irish Assassins

    Bill Lee isn't famous because he was a good pitcher for a few years in the 1970s. He's famous (and beloved) because he has absolutely no filtering mechanism between his brain and his mouth. The man is a quote machine and so when Boston recently honored him, Mo Vaughn and Mike Greenwell by inducting them all into the Red Sox Hall of Fame, who do you think the reporters went to first to get some good sound bites. And boy, oh boy, did he deliver. More »

    4:30 PM on Mon Nov 10 2008
    By Dashiell Bennett
    11,001 views, 33 comments

    Most discussed Rob Iracane: Mo Vaughn and Mike Greenwell? That's some heady company. What, was Glenn Hoffman busy? more »

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    Your Final 2008 Serving Of Red Sox Fail

    And so with the World Series about to begin, we say our final goodbyes to Red Sox Nation, and I can think of no clearer metaphor for their season than this. A Red Sox fan giddily announces that she's going to run onto the field at Fenway, but she only makes it halfway down the steps before taking a header. But the hilarity doesn't end there. Video following the jump. More »

    2:30 PM on Wed Oct 22 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    12,042 views, 57 comments

    Most discussed sassydeerrun: No pink hat? Shocked, I tell you. more »

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    Joba Chamberlain Will Not Tolerate Any Strip Club Heckling

    I have no idea how Alex Rodriguez is not involved in this story, but here goes. Remember how Joba Chamberlain was nailed for DUI at 1 a.m. on Sunday in his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska? Here are the inspiring details of that evening, which ended with our portly hero being pulled over for speeding in a 2006 BMW 750i and clocking a .134 blood alcohol level, which I believe is higher than Morgan Ensberg's batting average. It turns out that Joba was at a strip club for a good portion of the night, and stormed out drunk after an altercation with a Red Sox fan. Man, can't a Yankee enjoy an evening at his favorite nudie joint without a Sox fan heckling him? I mean, come on. More »

    1:00 PM on Tue Oct 21 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    9,907 views, 40 comments

    Most discussed Civil Negligence: Chamberlain paid the $145 tab and left a $100 tip That's how you can tell for sure that A-Rod wasn't more »

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    Dickie V: Impartial To The Very End

    I have absolutely no doubt that, had he been on hand at the Little Big Horn in 1876, Dick Vitale would have been jumping wildly and screaming superlatives in support of Crazy Horse. "Custer has to pick up the defense, baby!" Not shown: The Red Sox jersey stashed under his seat, just in case. Video following the jump. More »

    11:00 AM on Mon Oct 20 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    7,187 views, 46 comments

    Most discussed Rob Iracane: I can't imagine anything 'shameless' about being a Rays season ticket holder for ten years and then celebrating when they more »

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    The Times, They Are A-Changin'

    What they're saying, blogwise, about Tampa Bay's 3-1 win over Boston in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series ...

    • More Cowbell (UGH!). Boy oh boy is it going to be a long winter for yours truly. As if watching your team lose in Game 7 of the ALCS isn’t bad enough, how about living in the area of the team that knocked off your club? If you think that kinda sucks, you’d be dead on. And if that isn’t bad enough, what about having to shave an idiotic landing strip into your skull because of a bet you lost to a fellow writer/fan of the other team? [Bugs And Cranks] More »

    9:30 AM on Mon Oct 20 2008
    By Rick Chandler
    5,044 views, 52 comments