a dog-eared town

It’s so hard to believe, especially with the snow from last nights storm, that the Red Sox have already started the season. Of course they’re doing it in Tokyo, but they’re official games. They played yesterday and won 6 to 5. They had their second game today and unfortunately lost 5 to 1.
There are two […]

in New England and that means spring must be just around the corner.
It’s not exactly Groundhog Day, but it’s as much a sign that spring is around the corner in New England as any shadow-seeking critter. That’s right, Sox fans, Truck Day is here!
The 18-wheeler that carries the Red Sox’ spring training equipment from Boston […]

Well that was a sucky game. And to think they lost to a NY team too.
Ah well, at least pitchers and catchers report in less than two weeks.

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It wasn’t pretty. Heck at times it was downright ugly, but the Pats knew what to do to get it done
For now, after keeping San Diego out of the end zone and before preparing to do the same to the New York Giants in the title game, the Patriots are allowing themselves a breather, three […]

It was nothing if not methodical and the Pats won yet again.
By the time it was over, they had advanced to the AFC championship game for the second straight year and remained perfect at 17-0, matching the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only team to go unbeaten from the first game of the season through the […]

While I haven’t been following hockey very much since the Bruins have sucked for the past decade, there was a really interesting game on the tv on New Year’s Day.
More people tuned in on New Year’s Day to see the NHL play outdoors than any other regular-season game in more than a decade.
The Penguins-Sabres game […]

So there’s a story over on Boston.com about the Red Sox and them trying to figure out whether or not they should have traded to get Eric Gagne. Personally, I think the Sox put way too much effort to find players that are recently hurt, ie Gagne and JD Drew, but I’m not in charge.
I […]