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June 24, 2012

I Don't Know Why Youk Says Goodbye, I Say Hello

Tribute to Kevin Youkilis from Red at Surviving Grady. Youk was my favourite Red Sox player, his promotion from the Paw Sox coming at roughly the same time I started really following baseball.

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June 26, 2010

“11 BUCHHOLZ P 1.000”

“11 BUCHHOLZ P 1.000”

Clay Buchholz batting 1,000 on the season. Sadly, while running the bases he strained his knee and had to sit out the rest of the game.

“Sox Addict”

“Sox Addict”

April 7, 2010

My window to Fenway Park

My window to Fenway Park

Thank you Apple, NESN and MLB.TV.

August 22, 2009

Me & Joy

Me & Joy

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Joy

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Casey Kotchman’s RBI Double

Casey Kotchman’s RBI Double

I didn't bring a telephoto lens on this trip, so this is about the best photo I have of the game!

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What makes Fenway, Fenway.

What makes Fenway, Fenway.

A silly little detail, but one I loved. They've installed these lovely high-resolution multi-colour animation-capable LCD displays, but show the scores, stats and messages in a dot-matrix font that resembles the screens they replaced.

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Fenway Park

Fenway Park

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Christine & Tim

Christine & Tim

Tim works for ticketsforcharity.com, and was able to get us in today. Christine is an improviser who Joy worked with. They are both ace!

They said “No Touching.” They didn’t say “No Licking.”

They said “No Touching.”  They didn’t say “No Licking.”

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Me, Joy and 2 World Series trophies

Me, Joy and 2 World Series trophies

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Me, Joy and 2 World Series trophies

Me, Joy and 2 World Series trophies

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Kobe Beef Hotdog

Kobe Beef Hotdog

Todd English and chefs from his restaurants in Boston and New York were cooking atop the Green Monster. Amazing!

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Atop the Green Monster

Atop the Green Monster

Watching the Yanks take batting practice.

July 30, 2009

Report: Manny Ramirez, David Ortiz tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 - ESPN

*le sigh*. The inevitability of this news doesn’t really take the edge off the sadness. The Red Sox had been lucky with the steroid testing leaks and reports so far. Now, the 2004 & 2007 World Series wins are _officially_ tarnished.

July 12, 2009

The Evolution of Tim Wakefield, Knuckleball Pitcher

NYTimes profile of the mighty Wake.

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June 23, 2009

The advantages of working from home #2: live Red Sox games

The advantages of working from home #2: live Red Sox games

(This is taken at the same time as my previous shot, just with the iPhone 3GS's press-to-focus set to the TV, so the lighting balance got changed. Nice!)

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The advantages of working from home #1: Quiet officemates

The advantages of working from home #1: Quiet officemates

The bassets are less likely to be having interesting conversations that I get drawn into, dragging me away from whatever I'm working on.

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June 4, 2009

Bill Simmons - It's hard to say goodbye to David Ortiz

Great piece by Bill Simmons on the decline of the Large Father. FWIW, I don’t think Papi’s current decline is a sign of stopping using a banned substance — Why would he stop now? Nothing has changed in MLB testing over the last couple of years.

May 7, 2009

Manny Ramirez's positive drug test makes the Sports Guy confront his worst nightmare

Great piece by Bill Simmons on the Manny-being-juiced revelations today, and what it means for the Sox 2004 curse-bearing World Series win.

April 15, 2009

Waiting for the BART home

Waiting for the BART home

My wife? She is a cutie.

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Complete Game

Complete Game

Wakefield pitched a complete game, which I'm sure was a relief to the bullpen who put in 11 innings of pitching last night!

The end of the no-hitter

The end of the no-hitter

Wakefield pitched 7 no-hit innings, but the second batter in the 8th broke the run.

Joy, behind the screen

Joy, behind the screen

She *might* like the Red Sox. Hard to tell.

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Bay hits a 3-run homer

Bay hits a 3-run homer

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Youk gets intentionally walked

Youk gets intentionally walked

Having a batting average over .500 will do that to a guy.

Tek!

Tek!

Walked *right* past us!

Jackie Robinson Day

Jackie Robinson Day

Every player wore number 42, which made it nearly impossible to work out who was warming up in the bullpen!

April 2, 2009

“…and Pawtucket Red Sox”

“…and Pawtucket Red Sox”

My wife is funny.

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April 1, 2009

Our friend Cheryl is awesome

Our friend Cheryl is awesome

A mystery UPS sticky on the door turned out to be for this fantastic Fenway Park print, a surprise gift from our friend Cheryl (shortly to be appearing in Boston in The Superheroine Monologues). This will be hung in our apartment with pride.

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March 6, 2009

A's agree to terms with Cabrera and Garciaparra on one-year contracts

Both of Boston’s 2004 world-champion-ring-owning shortstops will be playing in Oakland this year.

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November 18, 2008

Dustin Pedroia

Dustin Pedroia

Let's take a moment to celebrate Dustin "Petey" Pedroia, who won the 2008 AL MVP award today. For two years in the major leagues, this list of achievements from his Wikipedia page is damned impressive.

Shout out too to Youk, for coming in third in MVP voting.

October 2, 2008

Manny Being Manipulated

Outstanding (and lengthy) article by Bill Simmons about the end of the Manny era in Boston. Sums up everything I felt about the whole affair — that it stank to high heaven, and I miss Manny as a player. I wish him all the best this postseason, and pray he doesn’t become a MFY next year.

August 15, 2008

Manny Ramirez Likes Red Sox's New Blue Uniforms | The Onion

“I’m also happy that they shortened the Green Monster, and painted it blue, because that wall was too tall before”

July 18, 2008

Lobel: Manny fined -- and wasn't happy about it

Conjecture and rumours about Manny Ramirez — Are we seeing the start of a “Nomar is not a team player”-style whispering campaign by the Sox front office to appease fans before they don’t re-sign Manny for next year?

July 4, 2008

Boston Red Sox - Balance ball

Bizarre event at today’s Sox/Yankees game. Johnny Damon caught a hit before colliding with the wall and losing the ball… which balanced atop the wall for a good second or two. The photos are worth it for the gobsmacked Sox fan in the background.

Rain Delay

Rain Delay

The game gets halted for 90 minutes. Thankfully, the tarp came off and the Sox won 6-4.

Full House that Ruth built

Full House that Ruth built

Sold-out Sox/Yankees match at Yankee Stadium. Joy & I wanted to visit here at least once before the Yanks move next door to... Yankee Stadium

May 26, 2008

YAZ

Suggested advertising slogan for Boston: Avoid “the impossible dream” with this contraceptive pill.

(Alternative slogan for lovers of mildy obscure late 80’s British pop: Avoid increasing “the plastic population” with this pill.)

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May 24, 2008

Manny, not getting HR 499

Manny, not getting HR 499

Yes yes, I realise I probably jinxed him by deciding to film this at-bat. Hoping he hits 499 and 500 at tomorrow's game.

I suppose my seat was *alright*

I suppose my seat was *alright*

I was five rows behind home plate at McAfee Coliseum last night for the Sox/A's game. Not a great game by any measure, but it was fun to be in a seat where it felt like the players could conceivably hear you when you shouted your support/abuse.

May 16, 2008

The Best of "Manny Being Manny"

ESPN’s Baseball Tonight runs down some of the best WTF?! Manny moments.

May 10, 2008

Steadfast and Strong

Steadfast and Strong

I love the free Red Sox "Sports Propaganda" posters that Dunkin Donuts is giving away. I'll have to buy a real screenprint once they're on sale again.

April 29, 2008

YouTube - batting stances: red sox

Accurate and entertaining impressions of Red Sox players’ batting stances. His “Youk getting a third strike” is uncanny.

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April 9, 2008

Red Sox World Series Ring Raffle

Your chance to win an ugly-ass bit of bling, and a $7000 tax bill. Um.. thanks?

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April 5, 2008

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March 18, 2008

6 days, 22 hours and 7 seconds to go!

6 days, 22 hours and 7 seconds to go!

My current favourite Chumby widget -- Counting down the seconds until the Red Sox season opener in Japan next week.

February 14, 2008

My upcoming trips on DOPPLR

My upcoming trips on DOPPLR

Can you spot the connection between all my upcoming trips? To Toronto, Baltimore, New York and St Petersburg (in the Tampa bay). (Clue)

S'gonna be a fun season!

January 25, 2008

Boston Sports Propaganda

Fantastic limited-edition screen prints celebrating the Sox and the Pats. I’m trying to convince Joy that some of these would be dashing on our living room walls.

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December 8, 2007

Cy Young’s Red Sox jersey

Cy Young’s Red Sox jersey

October 22, 2007

Game 7 — An IM conversation

Joy & I watched tonight’s Game 7 in different rooms (Joy upstairs in the bedroom, me downstairs in the living room), but we both had our laptops open, because we’re both massive geeks. Here’s some edited highlights from our IM conversations:

8:57:00 Joy Begbie: tell us, Dane Cook!
8:57:04 Joy Begbie: how many Octobers are there??
8:57:32 Rod Begbie: Frankly, I am So Fucking Excited about tonight’s game, even my distaste for Dane Cook can’t bring me down.

9:15:54 Joy Begbie: the commentator just said, “a base hit cuts the lead in half”
9:16:05 Joy Begbie: uh, no… a RUN does that.
9:16:08 Joy Begbie: fuckwad

(Mike Lowell catches the ball for a double-play, with runners on 1st and 3rd)

10:54:24 Joy Begbie: heart attack.
10:54:40 Rod Begbie: That was 99% luck, 1% awesomeness.
10:55:09 Joy Begbie: Mike Lowell was involved. There was easily 3% awesomeness.
10:56:02 Joy Begbie: but also a HELL of a lot of luck
10:56:10 Rod Begbie: Especially on Lofton’s base running.
10:56:16 Rod Begbie: That should have been a run-scored.
10:56:19 Joy Begbie: and many thanks to their third base coach for confusing Kenny Lofton

(Jacoby Ellsbury makes a great catch in left field)

10:59:51 Rod Begbie: Jacoby would be a good name for a basset hound.
10:59:53 Rod Begbie: I’m just saying.
11:00:01 Rod Begbie: “Jacoby Begbie”

11:02:47 Rod Begbie: Glimpses of Batshit in the dugout. I miss Batshit.
11:02:58 Joy Begbie: me too
11:22:39 Rod Begbie: Do you think Tito might include Batshit in the world series order, instead of Gagné?

(Jonathan Papelbon strikes out two to end the top of the 8th)

11:21:27 Rod Begbie: It was great, looking at the intensity on Papelbons’ face as he walked off the field…
11:21:39 Rod Begbie: Knowing that in about 45 minutes, he’s going to be letting it all out by dancing around like an idiot!

(A Fox announcer mentions the MVP award)

11:30:21 Rod Begbie: Who do you think should get MVP?
11:30:22 Joy Begbie: ooh, good question, who will be the MVP?
11:30:26 Joy Begbie: Josh Beckett
11:30:30 Rod Begbie: Almost definitely.
11:31:20 Joy Begbie: Grand slam notwithstanding, there’s nobody else I can think of that has put in such a phenomenal performance
11:31:12 Rod Begbie: No-one is as responsible for the comeback in game 5 as Beckett.
11:31:41 Rod Begbie: It was almost like “Hey! Beckett’s pitching! We’re bound to win this one, so let’s have some fun!”
11:31:52 Rod Begbie: Set the tone for the games back at Fenway.

(Dustin Pedroia hits a three-RBI shot off of the Green Monster)

11:43:44 Joy Begbie: I am GRINNING right now.
11:43:49 Rod Begbie: PETEY!
11:43:59 Rod Begbie: He may suck at cribbage….
11:44:04 Rod Begbie: but I’ll take that hit!
11:44:12 Joy Begbie: hot dog!

(Cameras show David Ortiz in the dugout, already wearing goggles in preperation for the champagne shower)

11:56:13 Rod Begbie: GET THOSE GOGGLES OFF, PAPI! DON‘T JINX IT!!!!!

(Coco Crisp smashes into the bullpen wall, making the catch that finishes the game)

11:57:59 Joy Begbie: SMART defensive move from Tito…
11:58:07 Joy Begbie: ouch
11:58:12 Rod Begbie: So glad that Coco got to make his mark on the game.
11:58:33 Joy Begbie: he is going to feel that later, i think
11:58:47 Rod Begbie: If only we had someone else who could take his place in the lineup…..

(The Sox win)

12:02:02 Joy Begbie: that was a DIRTY slo-mo of Tek and Pap
12:02:06 Rod Begbie: I want Papelbon’s crazed star jump as my wallpaper!

12:12:09 Rod Begbie: “Is that Papelbon? He’s a little whacko, isn’t he?”
12:12:23 Joy Begbie: ah, such insight
12:12:25 Rod Begbie: Why yes, Fox idiot, yes he is.

12:14:28 Rod Begbie: Losing manager doesn’t get a press conference? Looks like they’re interviewing him round the back of a concessions stand!
12:14:46 Joy Begbie: sad, really.
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October 6, 2007

Post-home-run Tweets

Post-home-run Tweets

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Manny Being Manny Being Interviewed

Manny Being Manny Being Interviewed

Jubilation

Jubilation

Seconds after Manny's decisive walk-off home-run.

(I like how arty this shot appears, when really it was just taken before my camera had completely woken up and adjusted to what was going on!)

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October 5, 2007

Helpful Reminder

Helpful Reminder

You have twenty minutes to run, if you want to catch the T home. Stupid 8:30pm starts!

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View from Grandstand 7 Row 12

View from Grandstand 7 Row 12

Not as good as our normal seats (pillars preventing us from seeing home plate or the Pesky Pole very well), but still a fun place to spend an evening.

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The Happy Couple

The Happy Couple

Celebrating 4 years of marriage. Linen and/or silk not pictured.

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September 18, 2007

papel-blog

My current-favourite Red Sox blog. “[world’s saddest little fist pump]” is now a running joke between Joy & myself.

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September 4, 2007

Red Sox Magic Number

With accompanying RSS feed.

August 22, 2007

Boston Red Sox - Sunshine state

The Globe’s Gordon Edes, painting pictures with words: “Ortiz was still light on his feet after the game, dancing in the buff back and forth in the shower room while singing over and over at the top of his lungs the theme from “Monday Night Football.” “Dah-dah-dah-DAH, dah-dah-dah-DAH,” sang Ortiz, apparently jacked up that the team’s fantasy football draft was about to commence as soon as he could find a towel.”

I’m not going to be able to shift that image from my brain for a while.

July 25, 2007

Boston Red Sox - Red Sox connecting with their cut-off man - The Boston Globe

“Each of these guys is like a character, and each one has their thing — Papi’s beard, [Dustin] Pedroia’s sideburns, [Mike] Lowell’s little mustache,” says LMontro, sipping lemonade before a recent game. “The Yankees are all shaved and boring.”

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July 3, 2007

Sox win - Extra Bases

“The Sox ended their first half at 50-31, which was also their record last year.” And we all remember how last year turned out. This is why Red Sox Nation is only cautiously optimistic about our 10.5-game lead on the AL East.

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June 7, 2007

Curt’s Post-Game Interview

Curt’s Post-Game Interview

One out shy of a no-hitter, Curt Schilling talks to Tina Cervasio of NESN.

Curt Pitches

Curt Pitches

This was out number 24 en route to what looked like a no-hitter.

The view from our seats

The view from our seats

Here's what it looked like from Row 35 in Section 110 of the McAfee Coliseum. The tickets were considerably cheaper (and easier to come-by) than their Fenway equivalents.

What passes for a bullpen in Oakland

What passes for a bullpen in Oakland

Schilling warming up.

May 8, 2007

SOX & Dawgs » Red Sox Love

Remy and Orsillo lose their shit in the announcers’ booth, as Manny pets Batshit Tavarez. “Sometimes, you just want to fix your friend’s hair.”

May 3, 2007

At last! The secret formula! It is mine!

At last!  The secret formula!  It is mine!

Spotted on a door at Fenway: The secret instructions for making a footlong hotdog. WIth this recipe, I shall RULE THE WORLD!

Spot the life-long Sox fan

Spot the life-long Sox fan

Joy and my parents at Fenway Park.

You'll note that my dad (who's never been to a baseball game before) and my mum (who's been once) are both wearing Red Sox jackets. I'd mentioned to them the night before that it can get kind of chilly in the evening, so they should maybe bring a jacket. So when they happened upon Red Sox jackets at Marshall's earlier in the day, they snapped them up.

Classy!

April 21, 2007

April 11, 2007

Mr Dice, Meet Mr K. (again)

Mr Dice, Meet Mr K. (again)

ZoneTag Photo Wednesday 8:05 pm 4/11/07 Boston, Massachusetts

ZoneTag Photo Wednesday 8:05 pm 4/11/07 Boston, Massachusetts

Yet more Japanese

Yet more Japanese

WEEI and ESPN Radio were both handing out Japanese signs for the crowd to hold up. No idea what they say, though. (Outside the park after the game, the Sully's Tees folks were selling shirts that said "YANKEES SUCK" in Japanese. Some things are universal)

Mr Dice, Meet Mr K.

Mr Dice, Meet Mr K.

These guys were a couple of rows back from us. Joy & I are totally going to rip off their idea this Hallowe'en.

ZoneTag Photo Wednesday 6:44 pm 4/11/07 Boston, Massachusetts

ZoneTag Photo Wednesday 6:44 pm 4/11/07 Boston, Massachusetts

ZoneTag: Photosphere / About. Owner only: Fix Location / Add Tags / Settings

Japanese Baseball Cheers

Japanese Baseball Cheers

Handed out outside the park.

Matsuzaka 18

Matsuzaka 18

First person I saw with a MATSUZAKA 18 shirt on. Saw a fair few people who'd recycled their "DAMON 18" shirts from before he went evil.

Popeye’s Chicken Welcomes Japanese-Speaking Red Sox Fans

Popeye’s Chicken Welcomes Japanese-Speaking Red Sox Fans

First piece of Japanese writing I saw near Fenway, outside the Popeye's Chicken.

“Official Sponsor of The Gyroball”

“Official Sponsor of The Gyroball”

I love this billboard on the Mass Pike. It's for Bank of America who are the "official" bank of the Red Sox.

It's designed to resemble the manual scoreboard on the Green Monster, and says "Official Sponsor of" before being completed by topical slogans, which change about once a week.

Today, it reads "Official Sponsor of The Gyroball". Prior to Opening Day, it was "Official Sponsor of Best Day of the Year", and before yesterday's Home Opener it read "Tuesday Homecomings".

Makes me smile every time I see it, even if Bank of America are evil incompetent buffoons who I wouldn't bank with if you paid me.

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April 6, 2007

Japan Runs on Dunkin' on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

This cracked me up when I saw it at Fenway last night. The Dunkin Donuts billboard above the bleachers is in Japanese (reportedly, it says “Welcome to Fenway Park”). Dice-K mania hits Dunks!

April 5, 2007

nike :: JUST DO IT.

As we await Daisuke Matsuzaka’s first start as a Red Sox pitcher, here’s his new Nike advert playing in Japan. The shot of Wally the Green Monster in the middle is kind of disconcerting.

April 4, 2007

Hairy Chest in the Sox Crowd

Hairy Chest in the Sox Crowd

This is why watching the Sox in HD is so important. Sure, the game's a bit clearer, but really, it's all about those moments when Orsillo & Remy lose their everloving minds and amuse themselves.

Here, they take a fan to task who had removed his shirt (along with his friends) to spell "BOSTON" across their chests. They spent a good two minutes discussing how he should trim his chest hair, pondering whether it joined around the back, doodling with the telestrator, and commenting how he reminded them of Austin Powers. The cameras even cut away from Youk's home run to show this guy putting his shirt back on.

Hooray for Don and the Remdawg.

March 9, 2007

Bostonist: It's not TomTom, it's CurtCurt

Curt Schilling voice for TomTom SatNav systems. The samples given are splendidly awful. “Errors lose ball games. Wrong turns make you late. Turn around when possible.”

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March 7, 2007

38 Pitches

Curt Schilling’s blog.

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March 2, 2007

Excited Red Sox Fans Eagerly Await Debut Of Matsuzaka's 'Ultimate Galactic Dragon Gyroball Pitch Power Explosion' | The Onion

“His Ultimate Galactic Dragon Gyroball Pitch Power Explosion breaks three feet inside before cutting sharply toward the dugout, where falsehood and cowardice are forced to shrink before it!”

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February 14, 2007

YouTube - AsahiSUPERDRY CM "Change! Daisuke Matsuzaka"

First sighting of Dice-K in a Red Sox uniform? Pounding back a beer n a Japanese commercial. Reading about the start of spring training is getting me excited for the upcoming season. Let’s Go Red Sox!

January 27, 2007

Capitol idea: Senator Schilling? Curt's not so sure, but fans think he's just the ticket - Local Politics - BostonHerald.com

Heh. He’s probably the only person who’d have a chance at being a Republican senator for Massachusetts.

January 23, 2007

NESN, Scout create reality dating show with Sox appeal

The only dating show to feature the phrase “Shut the hell up — Papi’s batting” on every episode, I imagine.

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December 14, 2006

Boston Red Sox : News : Sox unveil Matsuzaka

The negotiations are finally over: Dice-K will be wearing Number 18 on the mound at Fenway come April. A snip at $102m

November 14, 2006

Red Sox win Matsuzaka bid

The Sox today paid $51.1m for the rights to negotiate exclusively with a (reportedly outstanding) Japanese pitcher. $51.1m to *negotiate*. It will cost them many millions more to actually sign him. Wow. Just… wow.

September 14, 2006

Remy & Orsillo bobbleheads

Remy & Orsillo bobbleheads

Bobbleheads of the Red Sox commentators.

September 12, 2006

HeyLetsGo Fenway Fest

HeyLetsGo is holding a free event at Fenway Park this Friday evening, watching the Yankees/Sox game in NY on the Jumbotron.

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August 3, 2006

The Red Seat | The Threads | Sweet Caroline

T-shirt celebrating one of my favourite things about baseball at Fenway: The sing-a-long-a-Sweet-Caroline during the middle of the 8th.

June 24, 2006

View from the State Street Pavillion

View from the State Street Pavillion

Managed to get a pair of "Standing Room" tickets in the "State Street Pavillion" at Fenway. Since it was a pretty grey day, not everyone had shown up, so we had seats for the whole game. Result!

April 19, 2006

A Six-Foot Latte

A Six-Foot Latte

You know, I often dream about getting this much caffeine.

View from the Monster

View from the Monster

We had Green Monster tickets for tonight's Sox game. Since our normal seats are way back in right field, this was quite a different view!

April 10, 2006

1986 World Series Game 6 Re-Enacted in RBI Baseball

“It gets through Buckner” in an 8-bit NES stylee.

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April 7, 2006

ESPN Baseball Gamecast

ESPN Baseball Gamecast

This flash app on ESPN's MLB site is simply lovely. Just enough information to follow the game, with handy infographics showing the pitches and plays.

I'm currently watching stuff recorded on my TiVo with my laptop next to me, displaying the gamecast. When I see something exciting's happening, I can drop to live TV and watch the game. Hooray for technology.

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January 19, 2006

NPR : The Mystery of 'Sweet Caroline' and the Sox

Why do Sox fans sing “Sweet Caroline” during the middle of the 8th? Apparently, just because it’s a fun song.

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January 7, 2006

Bacon’s a huge Ted Williams fan

Bacon’s a huge Ted Williams fan

December 21, 2005

ESPN.com - MLB - Yankees snatch Damon away from rival Red Sox

Everyone’s been expecting this for months, but it looks like it’s official: Johnny Damon will be in pinstripes come April.

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September 26, 2005

Patience

Patience

Seven games left in the season, the Sox and Yankees tied for first, and we're stuck in a rain-delay.

Update: Arse. Game got postponed to lunchtime tomorrow.

September 12, 2005

My new plates

My new plates

Come the end of the month, these will be attached to my car. It just takes a $40 donation to the Jimmy Fund, every two years, to get Sox plates.

August 10, 2005

David Ortiz is a pussy

David Ortiz is a pussy

His salsa only comes in Medium? Wimp!

April 19, 2005

MLB on XM

MLB on XM

Rather nattily, the display on my XM radio shows the Sox score, so I can keep track of the game while driving, whilst listening to music on my iPod.

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April 14, 2005

That banner is new

That banner is new

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April 6, 2005

MLB.com Game Day Mini

MLB.com Game Day Mini

New miniaturised version of the excellent flashapp from mlb.com that sits on your desktop and keeps you filled-in on the game.

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March 17, 2005

SoxTix

SoxTix

Hurrah hurrah! Our Red Sox tickets for this season arrived today. Roll on April 14th!

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December 10, 2004

Wheaties Box

Wheaties Box

Breakfast of (World Series) Champions

December 5, 2004

Christmas Sox

Christmas Sox

Our one external piece of Christmas decoration -- A Red Sox stocking

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October 28, 2004

Stop & Shop gets Sox fever

Stop & Shop gets Sox fever

These signs were dotted around the new Somerville Stop & Shop, along with "Mrs Schillng Shops Here" ones.

Prudential Flag

Prudential Flag

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Sox Moon

Sox Moon

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October 26, 2004

Ugly shirt

Ugly shirt

A gloriously tacky shirt, given to me by my good lady wife to honour my birthday. Game 3 tonight -- GO SOX!

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October 20, 2004

Leonard “The Beat” Hippopotamus is rooting for the Sox

Leonard “The Beat” Hippopotamus is rooting for the Sox

And so is Bagpuss

And so is Bagpuss

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October 19, 2004

Ortiz has a Posse

Ortiz has a Posse

Created by the good folks at www.sullystees.com/

October 18, 2004

Go Sox

Go Sox

Spelled out in fairy lights on a balcony on Comm Ave. OK, it's not as impressive as The Pru, but I have a shitty cameraphone.

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Still Alive

Still Alive

Ortiz scores a homer

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it’s a mite cold at Fenway tonight

it’s a mite cold at Fenway tonight

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Millar scores

Millar scores

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They’ve called in the army

They’ve called in the army

Apparently, the security team, Boston Police, and State Police weren't enough

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October 17, 2004

Joy and Wally

Joy and Wally

The missus and the Green Monster

September 25, 2004

22-0

22-0

My t-shirt for tonight's Red Sox/Yankees game.


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This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.

I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.