I was at tonight’s win; truly fantastic game, with a pitcher’s duel through the first 5 and then a gutty last 4 that included three bombs (Loretta and Papi solo shots for us, a Beltran 2-run dinger for them), an excellent manufactured run starring Coco Crisp, Alex Gonzalez, and Jason Varitek (who looked awful on […]

Tonight, we come to bury Caesar. Today, though, we come to praise him.

Some time not long after 7:05 pm tonight, Pedro Martinez will do something he’s never done before: stride to the mound at Fenway Park in the bottom half of the inning. For 7 years, we watched him open ballgames, baffling hitters with a […]

It’s a scary night for all of us who care about baseball and those who have made an impact on it over the years. Peter Gammons, Hall of Fame baseball writer and former Globe journalist who spent the formative years of his career following this team and this town, is undergoing surgery for a […]

I’m going to have a lot more to say about Pedro’s return to Fenway later tonight, both at Fire Brand and here, but:

In a stunning development, my friend Jeremy just happened to have an extra standing room ticket to tomorrow night’s game, which I’ve now procured. So I’ll be there, screaming my head off […]

Another exceptional walk-off win for the Sox today, with the winning run delivered by - who else? - David Ortiz. But Ortiz wasn’t the only late-game hero, as Coco Crisp and Kevin Youkilis both provided key hits (Youk’s single tied the game after the Phillies took a 7-6 lead in the top of the […]

This is getting to be habit forming.

This picture didn’t come out as well as the last one, but that is in fact the mob scene at home plate as Papi crossed it, from my seats, as the rain started to fall.

A day after the Red Sox acquired SP Jason Johnson from the Cleveland Indians, it appears the team’s pitching problems may be shrinking drastically - but Johnson isn’t the savior. Instead, that title might belong to rookie Jon Lester, who made his third MLB start to date his best with an astounding 10 strikeouts […]

Yes, I know it sort of rhymes, no I didn’t mean it to, and no, I don’t care.

The Sox have, according now to multiple media outlets including FOX sports, acquired Jason Johnson - a right-handed SP - from the Cleveland Indians for cash considerations (which will likely involve the Sox picking up all or most […]

Tonight marks the beginning of the short-season class-A Lowell Spinners regular schedule. This will be a very interesting club, a nice mix of international players and recent draftees. I’ll be especially interested to follow the progress of guys like Aaron Bates, Kris Johnson, Willy Mota, Jon Still, and 2005 draft-and-follow signee Luis Exposito. […]

Name the 7 players who have appeared in 1,000 or more games while wearing a Washington Nationals or Montreal Expos uniform.