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So to Conclude: The Red Sox Were Not the Team o’ Destiny

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

But the Atlanta Braves still might be. First, the sad demise of the Crimson Hose, as narrated by the Boston Globe’s resident darn-those-Sox scribe Dan Shaughnessy. Red Sox ran out of karma, and it all started after the wristwatch taunt … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2020 NLCS, Allman Brothers, Atlanta Braves, Boston Globe, Boston Red Sox, Dan Shaughnessy, darn-those-Sox, Hot 'Lantanas, Los Angeles Dodgers, Swat Caroline, Team o' Destiny, World's Serious | 1 Comment

The Wynton Marsalis Ad Jazz at Lincoln Center Should’ve Run

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardgrading staff noted yesterday, Jazz at Lincoln Center ran this totally unreadable full-page ad in the New York Times on Monday to celebrate Wynton Marsalis’s 60th birthday. (The Missus rightly noted that Wynton Marsalis deserved far better than … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged d 60th birthday, David Ogilvy, Jazz At Lincoln Center, New York Times, Ogilvy on Advertising, The Castle Press, Wynton Marsalis | Leave a comment

Hey, Jazz at Lincoln Center: Just Set Your Money on Fire

Posted on October 19, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday was Wynton Marsalis’s 60th birthday, so the fine folks from Jazz At Lincoln Center took out this full-page ad in the New York Times to celebrate it. Yeah, that’s what we thought. Here’s a blown up section to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 60th birthday, David Ogilvy, Jazz At Lincoln Center, New York Times, Ogilvy on Advertising, The Castle Press, Wynton Marsalis | 1 Comment

Hold On: Maybe the Atlanta Braves Are the Team o’ Destiny

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday the hardlyrooting staff (which has been a Made Yankee Fan in Boston for 45 years, so draw your own conclusions) presented the case for the Boston Red Sox as this postseason’s Team o’ Destiny. But now that the Atlanta … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Atlanta Braves, Garry Brown, hardlyrooting staff, Los Angeles Dodgers, Made Yankee Fan in Boston, MassLive, NLCS, Team o' Destiny, World's Serious | 1 Comment

Beacon Hill Inactivity Turns the Bay State Into Laxachusetts

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Wiser heads than the hardworking staff undoubtedly already knew this, but it turns out the Massachusetts legislature has a batting average well south of Jackie Bradley Jr.’s. Axios Sneak Peek crunched some numbers published in a new analysis from Quorum and came up … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Axios Sneak Peek, Jackie Bradley Jr., Laxachusetts, Minnesota, Quorum | Leave a comment

Let the Wild ‘Team o’ Destiny’ Rumpus Begin!

Posted on October 17, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Jonathan V. Last, the in-house hardball geek at The Bukwark, totally nailed it last week in his daily newsletter, The Triad. When it comes to the World Series, there is nothing I love more than a Team of Destiny. You … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2004 Boston Red Sox, ALCS, Alex Cora, Boston Red Sox, Dan Shaughnessy, Jonathan V. Last, Rafael Devers, stately local broadsheet, Tampa Bay Rays, Team of Destiny, The Bulwark, The Triad | 5 Comments

Why the NYT Is a Great News Organization (Exhibit Umpteen)

Posted on October 14, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

Say what you will about the Grey Lady’s shortcomings (looking at you, Caliphate), but when she’s good, she’s very very good. Case in point: Yesterday’s edition of The Daily, the wildly popular New York Times podcast. When the Taliban took … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Caliphate, Lynsea Garrison, N, New York Times, Stella Tan, Taliban, The Daily, The Grey Lady. | Leave a comment

Remembering Tommy Ashton, Murdered 20 Years Ago on 9/11

Posted on September 10, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

My cousin Tommy Ashton was 21 years old on September 11, 2001, working his second day as an apprentice electrician at the World Trade Center. Tommy was on the 95th floor of the north tower when American Airlines Flight 11 … Continue reading →

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In Its Current Form, NBA = Not Basketball Actually

Posted on July 9, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

So last night I’m watching Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the Phoenix Suns (rising) and the Milwaukee Bucks (buckling) and thinking, what the hell has happened to professional basketball because it sure doesn’t look like the game I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1984 NBA Finals, Boston Celtics, Boston Garden, Gerald Henderson, Larry Bird, Los Angeles Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, NBA, NBA Finals, Phoenix Suns, three point mania | 2 Comments

Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Conclude! (Pigs Crash Edition)

Posted on July 5, 2021 by Campaign Outsider

As you splendid readers might recall, about a week ago I hitched my hockey wagon to the Montreal Canadiens after decades of despising Le Bleu-Blanc-Rouge (you can review the sad surrender here). Since then, the Canadiens have been thoroughly outplayed, … Continue reading →

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