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Sox Pride or Sucker Punch?
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sportsgal wrote this 2 days ago on |
| This isn't my usual, Sawxheads, but it's something I wanted to get your opinions on. As many of you know I'm currently taking up space in the Boston area, five miles from Fenway to be exact. Many of you also know that being a Red Sox fan this close to the heart of Boston baseball can practically be assumed because residents either
A. are born and raised here --> have it in their blood
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You can't gamble with a Penny
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sportsgal wrote this 3 days ago on |
Welcome to the work-week, all. I’m way too cheerful for the start of the working grind. Why? I won half a grand this weekend after too many hours of Black Jack at Mohegan Sun. Credit is due to me playing in perfect harmony with three wise virtues I call Sound Judgment, Gutsy Risk Taking, and Patience. It was that or beginners luck combined with three wise asses named Sean, Greg, and Anthony...
Tags: Brad Penny Josh Beckett Bud Selig Jon Lester John Smoltz
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Getting to Know Nick Green
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sportsgal wrote this 10 days ago on |
Today's Boston baseball stories--"Green Party", "Green Day for Red Sox", etc.--had a common denominator: Bad puns. With a verb/adjective name combination poor Nick Green never stood a chance No doubt, the media has been drooling over the...
Tags: Nick Green
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A Little Letter to Beckett
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sportsgal wrote this 17 days ago on |
Dear Josh:
The fact that you've opened this letter is a good sign. After Sunday's game versus the Phillies I expected you to do one of a few things with these pages; tear them into confetti with your teeth, find Pedro Feliz and shove them up his nose, or maybe fold them into one of those origami fortune tellers to ask it why the Phils were hitting your stuff more than Brad...
Tags: Josh Beckett Philadelphia Phillies
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Belated Bronx-Bashing
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sportsgal wrote this 20 days ago on |
| Last night concluded New York’s three-game stint in Boston and even after being lucky enough to attend two of those games, as my mother keeps reminding me, I haven't written a word. The thing about moms is that they don't accept the "I've been busy" line. And in all honesty none of you should let me get away with that either. So here goes.
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DK: Dice-K or "Don't Care"?
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sportsgal wrote this 24 days ago on |
Anybody read Bob Ryan's Red Sox column in the Globe today? Probably. Anybody other than me laugh and roll his eyes after the first sentence? Probably not. Quoth Ryan: "On the subject of the 2009 Daisuke Matsuzaka, no one accurately can say, "It is what it is.""
The thing is, I do know someone who could say "It is what it is" to the matter...
Tags: Daisuke Matsuzaka
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Some Miserable Company for David Ortiz
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sportsgal wrote this 27 days ago on |
Poor Papi. With a third of the season officially in the books one would think that by June there would be nothing left about the slugger's slump that hasn't already been theorized, speculated and expounded upon (mauled and manhandled, more likely) by the media. Today Ron Borges and the Boston Herald informed me that "David Ortiz plans to see eye doctor for help." My reaction to this headline was...
Tags: David Ortiz Tom Glavine Khalil Greene Conor Jackson
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Red Sox and Slow-Pitch
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sportsgal wrote this 29 days ago on |
| Tuesday I had the night off. Surprise, surprise, I was planted in front of the TV to watch the Red Sox take on the Tigers. I like when the Beantown boys visit Comerica Park because the tightly packed path from the rubber to home plate always looks ripe for a baseball brawl (I'm clearly having a hard time leaving Bruins hockey behind me). The odds of Daisuke going kung-fu on a charging Miguel Cabrera weren’t looking good as the...
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Don Zimmer's All-Star Modeling Debut
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sportsgal wrote this 1 month ago on |
Get excited, baseball fans: Only six more weeks until the MLB All-Star game!
In case the sarcasm failed to come through in print, allow me to lay out my honest opinion--I’m not a fan of MLB All-Star activities and never have been. In fact, this season I’m about as excited to watch the ASG as I would be to see a Don Zimmer/Lou Pinella...
Tags: 2009 MLB All-Star Game
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Twins Terrors? Sportsgal's Got Three...
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sportsgal wrote this 1 month ago on |
| The Twins may have broken their six-game skid over the back of the Red Sox last night, but I promise; Boston fans have cause to cheer up. Let me tell you why.
David Ortiz got his uniform dirty: It seems that playing musical chairs with the starting lineup is not only fun and suspenseful but is sometimes an efficient bit of managing. Tito has a reputation for sticking with his guys...
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Two Days at Fenway, Two Very...
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sportsgal wrote this 1 month ago on |
| This weekend I went to two Red Sox games. I know how lucky I am so let's skip the counting of blessings and get straight to the contrasts. Comparing Saturday's Sox to Sunday's isn't like talking apples and oranges, it's more like comparing apples to 24 oz. porterhouse steaks. Let’s chew on this for a bit:
Saturday Night with the Boys--Pregame: Beer. Three Sox-loving...
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"Inreliable and Unprone"? Wakefield...
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sportsgal wrote this 1 month ago on |
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In my apartment there’s a room that's devoted to my love for the Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics, and Bruins. Game photos, rally towels, bumper stickers, banners, tickets, and newspapers litter the walls. This room is my writing refuge; it's my sports sanctuary. It's also where I've tried to keep stats, names, dates, and times organized amid a hectic spring in Boston. After every game I take a black...
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Sox Back in the Bronx: Who's Hungry?
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sportsgal wrote this 1 month ago on |
| Spring 2009 has been a Boston sports banquet.
The Bruins have made it to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. It’s a Hub hockey feat unaccomplished since 1999--the year that Wayne Gretzsky and Michael Jordan hung up their skates and sneakers, respectively (Gretzsky was going for the classy, one-and-done while Jordan was starring in "Retirement: The Sequel".)...
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More on Mr. Masterson
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sportsgal wrote this 2 months ago on |
Surprise, surprise! I actually heard something interesting from the Fox announcers last night. “…and Justin Masterson--born in Jamaica…” Who else did a...
Tags: Justin Masterson
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Patriots' Day Hit Parade
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sportsgal wrote this 2 months ago on |
Monday was my first Patriots’ Day at Fenway Park.
As far as my 2009 live Red Sox record goes, I’d say I’m off to a freaking great start. For those of you who’ve been kind enough to read my yammerings since last season, you might remember that my good luck at Fenway didn’t really kick in until the Sox clinched their playoff spot in a...
Tags: Justin Masterson David Ortiz
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A Beautiful Day (Game)
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sportsgal wrote this 2 months ago on |
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This morning I woke up, pulled the sleeping 7-month old cat off of my head, and smiled.
Sox have a day game, I thought.
A lot of Sox fans enjoy day games, if only for the simple fact that they don’t require a nap and a Red Bull to make it through 9 or more innings. For me and many others though, seeing a 1:35 PM...
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J.D. Drew and Rudolph, Too
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sportsgal wrote this 2 months ago on |
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Seven games into the 2009 MLB season and I’ve only now been moved to write about the Red Sox. Even Jed Lowrie has better stats on the year than I do, connecting for a hit at least once in 18 at-bats whereas I’ve apparently been unable to connect on forming a sentence.
Why so uninspired? Frankly, the Beantown bats are have me at a loss....
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Does a "Win," by any Other Name,...
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sportsgal wrote this 3 months ago on |
The St. Patrick’s Day haze had hardly cleared over Boston before The Globe reported that Jed Lowrie officially won the starting spot at short over Julio Lugo. I have to wonder if the victory feels at all bittersweet for Lowrie as the newspaper has tagged it as a “win by default.”
“Sure, kid; the job’s yours. We’ll never know...
Tags: Julio Lugo Jed Lowrie
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Star-Struck on Tobacco Road
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sportsgal wrote this 4 months ago on |
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Show of hands: Who’s irritated and bored with the offseason? Everyone? Perfect. It’s good to know that I’m not the only one sitting on by a window, watching ice melt, and trying to convert the Countdown to Spring Training from days into seconds (non-math majors, do not try this at home. I popped an Excedrin Migraine afterward but it will be a slow recovery). A more constructive and...
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Timing is Everything
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sportsgal wrote this 5 months ago on |
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The Boston Herald just informed me that there are only 73 days, 03 hours, 55 minutes, 40...39...38...seconds until Opening Day. It’s a countdown that many Sox fans have been aware of, or taken active part in, since October; but one I’ve let simmer on the back burner until recently. Between the Patriots, the Celtics, the Bruins, and my UConn Huskies (Go Blue!), I could allow myself only so much time to grieve and gripe about the fate of 2008’s...
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Offseason Woes? Adopt a Team Today
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sportsgal wrote this 7 months ago on |
| Hi there Sawxheads: SportsGal here, checking in to see how everyone’s holding up since baseball season ended. People have asked me if I’m experiencing Red Sox withdrawal and I hesitate to tell you that my answer is no. My pen...
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Walkoff Wake Up Call
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sportsgal wrote this 8 months ago on |
| It’s 5:30 Am and I just woke up out of a dead sleep.
Is it because I’ve got multiple victory beers and shots churning around in my stomach that, in the last four hours, have evolved into a killer combo that just sent me stumbling to the bathroom for the Pepto Bismol? Nah....
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Monday Morning Musings
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sportsgal wrote this 8 months ago on |
| I had planned to write something last night. What really happened was a scenario I was all too familiar with in college: Get to work at 1 Am and you end up spooning your laptop in bed by 2:30. Talk about an awkward wake-up moment. The Playoffs have turned my schedule into one that’s inside out and backwards, so...
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Red Sox Inferno
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sportsgal wrote this 8 months ago on |
| Sweet Mother of Massachusetts; let’s play some baseball already!
The more level headed fans I know have been reminding me that our boys need their rest. They’re reminded me of the long flights and short visits with family. Sensible...
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Lester and a Lemming of a Suicide...
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sportsgal wrote this 8 months ago on |
| Last night was the second time that I’ve gotten choked up at Fenway Park this season. I guess it was the third if you count the time that I actually choked on a Super Pretzel, but I was more referring to being at the Park when the Red Sox first clinched their Playoffs spot, and second; won the American League Division...
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Red Sox/Yankees: A "Matter" of...
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sportsgal wrote this 8 months ago on |
| Tonight is my second game of this Yankees series at the Park—the last series of the regular season for the Sox, and the last for the Yanks before they start scheduling tee times, tummy tucks, and Dancing with the Stars appearances. The first draft of this blog is...
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One Streak Mercifully ends...
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| while another hopefully begins. This past Sunday, my Boston bad luck climaxed as I watched the New England Patriots get pummeled, whipped, battered, and mixed rapidly to a frothy consistency by Chad-sissy-arm-Pennington and the Miami Dolphins. My friends were calling me, begging that I move to St. Pete to bring my lack of luck to the...
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Caption Contest: The Sequel
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| Alright Sawxheads, I’ve got to make this one quick because I’m out the door in an hour. Yes, I’m aware that it’s Sunday—so please, nobody remind me that it’s 7 AM or I might use my cereal spoon to scoop my aching, cherry-red eyeballs out of...
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Getting Caught Up
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| I’m going to blog my best with arms made of Jell-O. Lucky Me got to go to a driving range yesterday, and since I have no delusions about being skilled at driving a golf ball, I don’t mind telling you that my arms can barely support their own weight...
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Picking Ourselves Up
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| Game over and I’ve just picked my head up from off of the floor, which is where I’ll be writing this blog, by the way. Tonight I’ve found that following a Red Sox-Tampa Bay game on MLB.com Gameday will drive you down on the hardwood and into the fetal position.
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Best Caption Contest
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| I was perusing Red Sox headlines when I came upon today's Boston Globe Sox Notebook offering, entitled "Rivals have No. 1 priority." It's a great piece as always and worth the read, but I don't even think that I got to the actual writing until five minutes after clicking the link because I was laughing so hard at the photo. My immediate reaction was of course, to share the fun with the rest of you...
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An Ode to October
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| I’ve noticed a trend among many of the people I know. When asked what their favorite season is, there’s usually a resounding answer of FALL. While I’m not surprised that many New Englander’s aren’t answering “Winter! Yes,...
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Don't Walk Away, Fenway
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| It's been well established: Another heartbreak for Red Sox fans last night. The “I-just-watched-my-dog-get-hit-by-a-car” look that was plastered on my face as I dumbly stumbled away from Fenway wasn’t entirely a credit to our team, however.
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Come Hell or Flash Flooding
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| Hurricane season be damned. The shades in all my windows are banging around in their frames, but I’m not shutting things up. I’ve got my eye on the sky to...
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Fresh Thoughts on Old News
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| Who says that sports news gets stale? Cheerios get stale, relationships get stale, and even the “mate” in “stalemate” somehow linguistically gets a raw deal; but I believe that certain pieces of journalism can be timeless. I’ll prove it to you. While wandering around the internet tonight, I stumbled upon an interesting article about Playoff Baseball that was published by
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Enough of Disabled List Downers
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| My blogs have lately been scarcer than El Guapo’s lifetime efforts at dieting. Hear me out though, Sawxheads—I’m currently in housing limbo. I’m officially out of the old apartment and searching for a new one:...
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On Nine-Year-Old-Novas and Other News
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sportsgal wrote this 9 months ago on |
| I have to say; watching A-Rod get booed AND strike out to end the first game of our series in the Bronx put me in a fantastic mood, which means that A) I want to write and B) I want to be in company of Sawxheads. Lately I’ve been scouring Boston headlines to post updates in the news section of this site (as well as for the Pats, C’s, and B’s) and so I’ve been neglecting my blog. What I’ve found though, is that this week in sports...
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A Bit of Business
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sportsgal wrote this 10 months ago on |
| As a featured writer, I was pleased to see that the SawxHead’s Admin recently created a public forum called Sawxheads Town Hall to discuss the site. If you have questions, concerns, comments or compliments regarding the site I would suggest that you join the group. There are already some great discussion topics up for you to think about and add to--check it out! Tell them what...
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Bizarro Baseball
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sportsgal wrote this 10 months ago on |
| I want to talk about how upside down and backwards I think professional sports are getting. We can focus on MLB alone, and better yet, let’s imagine how crazy things could get in the near future if certain trends continue. Let me welcome you to what I’m calling:
Bizarro-Baseball World.
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Bad Luck Boston Fan?
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sportsgal wrote this 10 months ago on |
| Last night I finally got back to Fenway. As I’d previously posted, my friend Amanda was due to visit me from Baltimore and I felt it my die-hard duty to take her to my favorite place in Boston. The plan was to see Beckett on the rubber, but unfortunately, Friday’s rain-out pushed the pitching rotation back a day. My displeasure at this news had nothing to do with a lack of faith in Paul Byrd and everything to do with a lack of desire to see Roy...
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Catch a Ball, Get the Boot
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sportsgal wrote this 10 months ago on |
| Tonight I was perusing Boston sports headlines, looking for a reason to rip on Dan Shaughnessy, when I found something even more stomach-turning than the negative ranting of a red-headed sportswriter who apparently sat on a Louisville Slugger some years ago and has yet to remove it from his--anyway.
Remember when Ortiz’s third dinger was ruled a double because of fan interference on Tuesday? Two out of three...
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Spotlight on Our Second Baseman
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sportsgal wrote this 10 months ago on |
Dustin Pedroia is the middle child of the Boston Red Sox. He's not the mature first-born (say, Varitek) who composedly keeps the rest of the knuckleheads in line, and he’s certainly not the attention-seeking baby of the bunch (I’m thinking Papelbon). Pedroia is the quiet, dependable kid who sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. Well there’s been plenty of shuffling going on in the Red Sox clubhouse lately and as I’m a big time fan of our boy...
Tags: Boston Red Sox Dustin Pedroia
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