3 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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 h #
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5 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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" [via] #
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6 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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? #
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6 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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. #
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8 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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.) [via] #
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8 month ago
Rod Begbie : The Best of "Manny Being Manny" - ESPN's Baseball Tonight runs down some of the best WTF?! Manny moments. [via] #
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8 month ago
Rod Begbie : YouTube - batting stances: red sox - Accurate and entertaining impressions of Red Sox players' batting stances. His "Youk getting a third strike" is uncanny. [via] #
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9 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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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Rod Begbie : 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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16 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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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16 month ago
Rod Begbie : Red Sox Magic Number - With accompanying RSS feed. [via] #
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17 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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." "D [via] #
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18 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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." [via] #
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18 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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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20 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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." [via] #
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21 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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! #
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Rod Begbie : 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. [via] #
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22 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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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23 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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!" [via] #
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23 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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! [via] #
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24 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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. [via] #
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24 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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. [via] #
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25 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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 #
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26 month ago
Rod Begbie : 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. #
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