Posts tagged red sox
“Red Sox Nation is a savvy marketing operation, not a functional civic enterprise. Josh Beckett signed a professional contract with the Red Sox, not a social one. And he is not a member of our families. Or if he is, it’s the old kind of Red Sox family, the one with cold and distant patriarchs, like Ted Williams or Roger Clemens. The kind of family that’s inescapable, and that you dread a little, even if you love it. The kind with dads that go play golf when they damn well please and you can just deal with it.”
Source newyorker.com
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After watching NYRB pick up where they left off in 2011, I’m ready for some baseball.
Boston Red Sox.
Source nonintendoforaweek
Thanks for the memories, old man.
Beer & Fried Chicken Don’t Seem So Bad, After All.
“I wasn’t doing anything that hundreds of ballplayers weren’t doing at the time; because that’s how I learned it.” — Oil Can, who says he tooted up before “a majority” of his starts.
Brilliant choice in shirtwear by Tito.
“Seven and 20 in September. If we go 9-18, we were where we want to go. That’s a third of our games. The worst teams in baseball win a third of their games. There are no excuses.”
Theo Epstein
