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So far, so good

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

A while back I suggested that the fate of the Boston Red Sox and the Democratic Party might be mysteriously linked this year, victims or beneficiaries of some cosmic force that survives on a diet of irony. I observed that the Democrats were the Red Sox of baseball, always capable of blowing it in the end. […]

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Is nothing sacred?

Wednesday, April 18, 2018

What’s going on with the Red Sox? They keep winning. I know they let us down and won a few pennants a few years back, but they’ve returned to form in the past few years. Maybe they’re just setting us up for the most spectacular late season collapse in history.

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He’s got my vote

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

Well, not really. I have fond memories of the Spaceman, Bill Lee, former Red Sox pitcher. It is my firm belief that when the Red Sox went into their 1978 tailspin, which ended in the infamous Bucky Dent homer (may his name forever live in infamy), Bill Lee could have stopped the slide had the […]

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An Unsung Hero

Monday, May 27, 2013

If you’re a Red Sox fan you may still be coming down from their dramatic, ninth inning, come from behind victory yesterday. You may be singing the praises of Iglesias and Ellsbury. Yes, they contributed their mite, but the real hero’s name shall never be celebrated, even here, though I can at least document the […]

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