Blog Title: SawxBlog

Wanted: One (or two) Heroes -- If Interested Please Contact Game 7 of the 2008 ALCS

Game Seven of the 2008 ALCS should be good. (SawxBlog Illustration) In the past decade the Boston Red Sox have not played in an ALCS where a Game 7 hasn't taken place. We all have been hearing and reading ad...

BIG LAME JAMES

27 outs left. For both of us now...

Will Josh Beckett grant us another Game 6 ALCS miracle?

Josh Beckett looks to reclaim his spot in October lore tonight. (SawxBlog Illustration)Although the Boston Red Sox play ball this October as the reigning World Series Champions, I often find my memory being flashed back with comparisons from 2004 instead...

Through this haze of despair and disbelief, I still have hope, I still have faith

I told you that Mark Kotsay was a Hero in the Making. (AP Photo) In the great words of the Immortal Kevin Garnett: “ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE!!!” Wow. As I rode the subway into work today there was an eerie calm...

Best...Comeback...Ever -- Papi Be Back - Come On Pap - J.D. Has Our Back

J.D. Drew Has A Posse. (SawxBlog Illustration)Wow. That is the BEST baseball game I've seen since Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS. I'm still gasping...truly epic, and amazing. I'll collect my thoughts in some time, it's all too there now,...

Tell Me When I Can Look - Chronicles of a Scared Red Sox Fan

Jason Bay looks like a lot of Sox fans last night. (AP Photo)The word painful often comes to mind. Numb could be close behind too I guess. Déjà Vu's also right there come to think of it. What...

Some Sort of Homecoming - Rays Run Over Sox, 9-1

V-Tek tags out Carl Crawford at home in a rare Game 3 highlight. (AP Photo) So hopefully last night was the part of the movie where Clubber Lang really lets Rocky have it, only to find that Rocky still has...

The 2008 Red Sox Postseason Run = Rocky III

The Rays once again outlasted the Red Sox. (AP Photo) No one said the ALCS was going to be easy for the Red Sox, because, well...it never has been easy for the Red Sox. This was the second time of...

Dice-K Pitches A Game 1 Gem - Red Sox Steal Home Field Again - Beat Rays 2-0

Dice-K delivers to home plate during Game 1 of ALCS. (AP Photo)The greatest trick Dice-K ever pulled was convincing the baseball world he couldn't pitch. Dice-K's magical season rose to a crescendo last night in the Trop as he composed...

Red Sox vs. Devil Rays 2008 ALCS Preview

It's time for the Red Sox to take off the gloves and end the Rays run. (Samara Pearlstein Photo)So here we are, mere hours away from yet another ALCS for the Boston Red Sox, and from a fans vantage point...