I’m sat listening to the Sox take yet another beating at the hands of the Reds, and what’s more at the hands of none other than Bronson Arroyo who is pitching one hell of game. The Sox are down 4 to zip and haven’t had a hit since the second (we’re now in the ninth).
Pitching […]

As you may have noticed posts have been a little thin on the ground of late. I’m starting to realise that I have probably bitten off a little more than I can chew and that while I’ve been focussing on the weblog I have let the website fall behind, so… I’m shifting focus for a […]

The countdown to opening day has reached the stage where you can count the days on one hand and where the hell are the Red Sox?
By way of illustration just take a look at the month of March in Spring Training…
vs Twins - lost
vs Pirates - lost
vs Twins - lost
back to back wins came next […]

That should read Baltimore rolls us over as the Sox sink to another loss. Anybody sweating yet?
Lefty DiNardo tossed four shutout innings but was of little use as the Sox only managed 2 hits through 9. At some point you figure the pitching and the offence have got to get in sync. Then again maybe […]

The lost highway has been found!! That is, the information superhighway. After years and years of circling the world wide web on a series of unkept B-roads, I am now hitting the M1 with some force.
Prices having dropped to the level that they have, we have finally taken the plunge and upgraded to broadband and […]

In a break from considering the fortunes and misfortunes of the Red Sox I failed to report a loss to the Yankees. I managed to catch a bit of the game on WEEI and was delighted (if not tinged with disappointment) to hear JD get a bit of a rough ride. It was hilarious, however, […]

I think what is slowly dawning on me, is that weblogs really should be the preserve of people who have lives. My intention (foolhardy as it may prove to be) was to have some form of entry everyday of the week but I sit here this morning and can’t think of anything I have done […]

It never ceases to amaze me the speed at which things change in the world of major league baseball. Being a couple thousand miles away from the hub of the action I rely on a daily dose of the written word from the website so most of the time I miss the growing rumour mill […]

Woo Hoo!
As of today I am an official member of the Red Sox Nation. I know that at the end of the day it means nothing and is little more than a marketing ploy by MLB Inc to extort more money from fans but I don’t care. I want the card.
Plus, I got reduced subscription […]

They say that you get nothing for nothing in this life, but as far as the internet went I wasn’t sure this was always true. If you use a bit of common and investigate around things, by and large you can generally find a freebie answer to whatever it is you’re trying to do.
That was […]

Last night Channel Four aired a disturbing, yet utterly compelling documentary about the falling man and other World Trade Center jumpers. Their point very much being that after the initial publication of this photo (amongst others) the critical public response led to an almost self imposed censorship and any such images were not shown again, […]

Well, actually, not that evil at all. I had the title worked out yesterday when fully expected the Sox to lose but they have confounded my expectations yet again and taken a narrow victory. We’ll ignore the same day loss to the Devil Rays and focus entirely on the fact that when the extended team […]

As the Sox slide to a 3-10 record with a loss to the Orioles we can at least smile that both Schilling and Wakefield had decent enough starts in an inter squad matchup. Next up the Twins and a game of particular interest to me.
I’ve been a Red Sox fan for nearly ten years now […]

Woke up feeling like shit today. Still not recovered from pulling the late night the other night to get this thing up and running. Ah well.
Todays topic for consideration is gun laws, for no other reason than I spotted a news report yesterday. It’s been ten years since the masacre at Dunblane and apparently reported […]

Another morning and… yes… another defeat. Arroyo’s turn to get smacked around today. 3 hits and 5 runs in 3 innings, pretty poor stats made worse when you realise he knocked them down in order in the 2nd and 3rd innings. But hey, at least the bullpen joined in the fun and gave away another […]

I was sat here staring at this bloody computer screen until 5am (it being a litle after 11am now) so I’m bloody shattered. After much fannying, soul searching and hair tearing this weblog appears to be up and running, the domain appears to be functioning perfectly, although it only has the weblog link at the […]

Well the excitement didn’t last long, no not too long before the dreadful realisation that it is going to be another one of ‘those years’!
Spring training barely started and already the Sox seem incapable of pulling together a win. After the disappointments of last year we had all been led to believe that the focus […]

After the boredom and chills of a baseballess winter, Spring Training arrived with much excitement and a new look Red Sox lineup.
Nows as unlikely as it will no doubt turn out to be, lets try and put the trials and tribulations of the last few weeks behind us. Let’s forget that Theo buggered off (for […]

Having failed spectacularly over the years to stick with any journal / diary for any length of time, I figured it was time to try again in a 21st Century frame of mind.
But as the man once said, if something’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right. Hence the little subtitle above and this cautionary warning… […]