We all hate the White Sox, but one man at least has a good reason. Guest writer Red reports from Boston.
In which your editor pontificates on why not to get upset over the endless, cold assault happening to our favorite team during their big trip to Boston. Hint: It rhymes with “always been fliserable.” Bonus Hint: It also rhymes with “not that schmood.” [Mouthpiece Sports]
True death at the hands of a superior team. What is everyone so worked up about?
David Ortiz’ failed steroid test ought to bring the Red Sox’ World Series titles down a peg, except they’d already been cheapened long ago. Then again, so had everyone else’s.
Rickey and Roger & me.
How one sports team carried out what the two mightiest media companies in the nation could not.
Cover your eyes, fans: the Boston Red Sox may be on the verge of murdering baseball itself.
So the Sox are out. Now what? Now we rebound.
National League Championship Series, Dodgers vs. Phillies: Phillies fans, as we all know, are insane. And hateful. And spiteful. And mean. And their players carp a lot to the press. Also, Joe Torre and Manny Ramirez don’t need any more glorification in the sports press. Sox/35th [...]
What we talk about when we talk about Non-Sox playoff series:
Cubs/Dodgers: If the Sox win (more on that tomorrow), may the Cubs win as well; if not, well, it will at least be kind of fun to watch Carlos Zambrano murder one (or many!) of his teammates on national television. Whatever. Prediction: Cubs in 4 OR Dodgers [...]
The myth of “Perfect attendance” infiltrates the American League East.
Things to watch for as the Sox go to Fenway:
Hawkeroo rejoicing the departure of Jay Mariotti, but in a sad kind of way. Every man is defined as much by his enemies as he is by his friends, and to say the ever-jubilant Hawk is an exception would be a lie. Every man needs people [...]
Look no further than Boston: absolute victory corrupts absolutely.
Three things that will determine which is the one true Sock:
I’ll Tell You What You Can Do With Your Career Totals: At the trade deadline, The White Sox added a sure-fire Hall of Famer while the Red Sox sent one away. The Carmines have since gone 5-1 while the Medias Blancas are 3-4.
Four Score and Seven Games [...]
Please, please, please let the winner be anyone but the Red Sox.
Four game sweep by Boston, outscored 46-7 by the time it was over. What else can you say? If you’re the White Sox marketing team, apparently not very much:
Before kicking off a four-game weekend set in Boston — where Paul Konerko launched home run No. 26 on Saturday — the White Sox got the week [...]
