Category Archives: Opinion

Jake Peavy and the New Admission of Failure

Eight and a half games back! Team of Destiny, assemble!

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So This Is The Way The Rotation Ends

Jose Contreras. Anybody remember that guy? He used to work here. Model employee, some might say. [Mouthpiece Sports]

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The Big Chief Returneth

To those who dare question the man on the mound, I have but three words: fre-DEE! fre-DEE! fre-DEE!

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Gene Woj in Shank City

The Sox are going to lose this weekend. Even if they win, they lose. Unless they win. Which they will. Team of Destiny! [Mouthpiece Sports] Then again, no one loses until Derek Jeter loses. Because he’s so AWESOME!!! Almost as awesome as Gordon Beckham. No, actually, WAY AWESOMER , says the #1 fan of the [...]

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The One Where Woj Gives Us All A Good Laugh

Not Jeter. NOT JETER! An investigation into modern standards and what it all means. And JETER!

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Away With You, Superfluous Outfielder!

Everybody, say hello to Alex Rios. He will be your teammate, he wants to win just as much as you do, and he’s here to help everyone along with this big, shared, adventurous goal. Except for you. You’re fired. [Mouthpiece Sports]

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The Most Hilarious Things Ever

Bartolo Colon is my new favorite pitcher and other notes from around the league.

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Joe Cowley: Wingman Supreme

Dude, oh man, DUDE, my buddy Gordon is like, AWESOME with the chicks. AWESOME! GORDON!

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The Last Thing That Ever Needs To Be Said About The Deal For Jake Peavy, Ever

Okay, last time. Seriously. We will never, ever, rail on about what Jake Peavy does and does not mean for the Sox. Ever.

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Big-Name Pitching Trade VII: The New Blood

All’s well that landed Wells OR hey, let’s talk about Jake Peavy some more and figure out why this has no choice but to work out splendidly, even if Josh Fogg had the greatest nickname of all time and technically smoked Jake Peavy in that one-game playoff. Whatever. Team of Destiny! [Mouthpiece Sports]

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Jose Canseco Just Ruined My Life

Say it ain’t so, Rickey and/or Nolan.

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I Would Fight Me Too If I Were Them

Sometimes it’s not about sports. Sometimes, you just have to concede the game to good old-fashioned cultural anthropology. [Mouthpiece Sports]

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At Worst, 2009 Won’t Be That Bad Anymore

But it could still turn out to be pretty bad all the same. [The Beachwood Reporter]

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‘Perfect’ Is Indescribable, Apparently

You see that perfect game? That’s my perfect game, or so everyone says.

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Mark Buehrle, Jim Parque, Brian Anderson and What a Strange, Awesome Day To Be a Sox Fan

The day began like any other and ended like something spectacular. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s good to like sports sometimes.

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Number Five: Alive?

Remember those eight consecutive starts where Clayton Richard was not very good? That’s all over now, right? Right? Maybe, but let’s consider the context of last night’s gem: Richard threw a great game, no question about it. Prior to that, Richard’s last quality start came May 29th. Not in June. Not in July. May. Even [...]

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    - Harry Caray after Sox owner Allyn fired him in 1975