the joy of sox

The reaction from New York: Joel Sherman, Post : The Red Sox have become the George Steinbrenner Yankees, and now they have their Billy Ma...

ESPN's David Schoenfield : [T]he talk will mostly be about his personality. But what kind of manager was he? Let's look back at his...

Peter Abraham, Globe , 7:03 PM: Robert John Valentine will be the 45th manager of the Boston Red Sox, the team selecting him within the las...

Juliana Press, Pete Shea, and Jared Circosta, working with Tank Design, have launched a website offering Red Sox fans the chance to thank T...

About one month ago, Amy alerted me to an essay by Adam Sternbergh in the New York Times (" The Thrill of Defeat "), in which Ster...

If blogger Murray Chass thinks it's a bad idea , then sign me up! The Boston Red Sox, trying to replace the Chicago Cubs as modern-day ...

The good ball clubs like the Yankees, Red Sox ... win three or four games in a row and then they take it easy. "Oh well," they thi...

Either Bobby Valentine or Gene Lamont will be named Red Sox manager next week, as the team wants the position filled before the winter me...

The Red Sox offered arbitration to David Ortiz and Dan Wheeler. The team did not offer arbitration to Jason Varitek, Tim Wakefield, J.D. Dre...

After 2,077 days, I have resurrected my other blog. It is titled rivers of suggestion . It will house the stuff I write that is not dire...

This is post #5,401. A bunch of posts that I thought stood out from among the previous 5,400 are listed at the " best of " tab, ...

The next Red Sox manager will be Bobby Valentine, Torey Lovullo, or Gene Lamont - an odd trio, for sure. Sox GM Ben Cherington conducted an...

Truck Day! 82 days away! Sunday, February 19 - Pitchers and Catchers Saturday, February 25 - First full-squad workout Saturday, March 3...

Justin Verlander of the Tigers has been named the American League Most Valuable Player . Verlander was also the unanimous choice for the AL...

At least five teams have made changes to their logos and uniforms this off-season. The Miami Marlins have a more alliterative name and a n...

Update : Valentine will meet with reporters at Fenway at 5:30 PM. Bobby Valentine met with Ben Cherington "weeks ago". Valentine...

In London, Ontario, an new independent baseball team has named itself after a serial killer. The London Rippers of the Frontier League unve...

I have dreamt about it, but I never thought it would happen. The Rolling Stones have opened their vaults and begun issuing bootleg concert r...

Will Middlebrooks (3B), Drake Britton (LHP), and Che-Hsuan Lin (OF) have been added to the Red Sox's 40-man roster, protecting them fro...