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Surviving Belichick?
6 days ago by
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Yes, Patriots haters, soak it in. That game last night was every bit as painful as it looked. There almost seem to be two games now, looking back on it. The first three quarters, and then the fourth. Throughout the...
Squish the Fish
13 days ago by
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Dad hates the Dolphins. He remembers the Don Shula days and the original Squish the Fish. For me the Dolphins have more frequently been on the receiving end of some of the Patriots' more magical moments -- Tedy Bruschi sliding...
Untitled
16 days ago by
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It was during the series that a Yankees fan I know emailed me to complain about how some Red Sox fans were making noises at him -- again -- about that old, tired payroll thing. Old and tired as it...
Return of the King
22 days ago by
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Pedro Martinez, originally uploaded by Michael G. Baron. Pedro is the same. He is still equal parts strange, silly, audacious, angry and wickedly intelligent. Yes, all of them, if not at the same moment, at least in the same press...
Around here we root for two teams...
24 days ago by
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Cliff Lee, originally uploaded by mrtickles. All of a sudden, it was like I'd woken up from a dream. For a few days I couldn't quite pinpoint what was different, except that suddenly I was realizing how long it'd been...
Meriweather & Co. Stomp London Buccaneers
27 days ago by
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Brandon Meriweather collected two interceptions this week, one of them run back for a touchdown...but Tom Brady put up two INTs of his own. "Here’s the strange land of uncertainty in which Patriots fans find themselves, heading into the bye...
What is this "baseball" you speak of?
October 18, 2009 by
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Today, the Patriots brought back 1982's uniforms and 2007's hegemony over the National Football League with a 59-0 all day long country-ass-whupping of a warm weather team in the snow. Good times.And vastly preferable to watching Joba thumping his chest...
No Joy in Mudville
October 11, 2009 by
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Following the Red Sox loss, the Patriots didn't give New England sports fans much to drown their sorrows with...
A Taste of Our Own Medicine
October 11, 2009 by
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The law of averages finally caught up to the Red Sox and Angels today, as the Halos celebrated in front of the Fenway Faithful after completing the sweep. It's hard for me to be too angry about this, it really...
I am saddened to bring you a Josh Beckett Face
October 09, 2009 by
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...but, alas, it must be done. Do you recall ever seeing him with such an expression? Me, either. Pissed off, yes. Looking that...defeated? No. Hilg. About midway through the bottom of the second, as Beckett shook off V-Mart and fussed...
Top 5 Revisions to CB Bucknor's Wikipedia page last night
October 09, 2009 by
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Adam at Universal Hub pointed to the revision history on CB Bucknor's Wikipedia page last night -- some of the gems collected for your amusement... 5. "see also failblog.org" *** 4. "(pronounced suck-nor)" *** 3. Original Wikipedia post: "During cold...
Of Angels and Umpires
October 08, 2009 by
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By the time Jon Lester was facing Torii Hunter for the second time, in the bottom of the fifth, he'd already thrown more than 70 pitches. This was, in part, the result of a third inning in which Lester had...
A Whirlwind Weekend of Sports
October 04, 2009 by
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After those unforgettable trips to Fenway Park came a rousing rout of the Ravens at Gillette to make the week complete. Watch this space as I begin my slog through approximately 2.5 million more photos of the Sox and Pats.
A Dream Come True
October 03, 2009 by
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Iain and I were tipping a few at the Baseball Tavern (above) when my Dad called. He'd been talking with the Herald's Sean McAdam (an alumnus of the high school my dad and I both went to - my dad...
We're Back
September 30, 2009 by
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Back in the playoffs, and Iain of Baseball Desert fame flies in tonight for another pilgrimage to Fenway. I'm taking time off to show him more sights around the Boston area, which meant last night I had to work so...
Red Sox game? What Red Sox game?
September 27, 2009 by
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Gillette in the Rain, originally uploaded by ConfessionalPoet. Today while the Red Sox were being swept in the Bronx -- AGAIN -- I was doing something much more fun than watching them lose: sitting outside in the rain.
Not what we had in mind
September 26, 2009 by
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(Photo by Sam) It really doesn't matter who the player is -- seeing someone struck on a baseball field by the ball, another person, or a piece of broken bat and go down like a ton of bricks is always...
Fast Forward to October
September 25, 2009 by
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Dudes. Is it just me, or has this Kansas City series been virtually unwatchable? Playing out the string against an AL basement team -- most of it in the rain -- and SPLITTING THE SERIES -- I mean, what's the...
Why are these Jets fans smiling?
September 20, 2009 by
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God, I hate it when these people are happy. Post on an EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING Patriots game at MVN.
Tek Message
September 17, 2009 by
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Tek Message, originally uploaded by ConfessionalPoet.
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