Tag Archives: Boston Red Sox

A Jason Gay Ol’ Time (Red Sox/Yankees Rivalry Edition)

Posted on April 14, 2018 by Campaign Outsider

From our blessedly endless series Leave it to the redoubtable Wall Street Journal columnist (and Massachusetts native) Jason Gay to nail the New! Improved! Boston Red Sox/New York Yankees basebrawl rivalry. Gay’s latest piece begins in his usual leisurely style. … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged basebrawl rivalry, Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Don Zimmer, Houston Astros, Jason Gay, Joe Kelly, Los Angeles Angels, New York Yankees, Pedro Martinez, Shohei Ohtani, Tyler Austin, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments

Ted Williams’ Former Florida Home Gone Fishin’ for a Buyer

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

The Splendid Splinter’s old fishing shack is back on the market. Well, maybe not shack. From Friday’s Wall Street Journal Mansion section: Ted Williams’s Florida Fishing Spot Goes on the Market In the Florida Keys, the onetime home of baseball … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Red Sox, Florida home, Florida Keys, Islamorada, John Henry, Leigh Montville, Mansion, Mark Richens, Splendid Splinter, Ted Williams, Ted Williams Way, Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero, Upper Matecumbe Key, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Benjamin Moore Paints the Olde Towne Boston Red

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

. . . and Green Monster, Boston Blue, Baseline White and Foul Pole Yellow. From MediaPost’s Out to Launch: NEW! Red Sox Fans, Rejoice. Benjamin Moore Launches Fenway Collection With Colors Like Boston Red Benjamin Moore is the official paint of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Baseline White, Benjamin Moore, Boston Red, Boston Red Sox, Fenway Collection, Foul Pole Yellow, Green Monster, MonsterEverywhere.com, West Roxbury | 1 Comment

Red Sox Slowly Studying Slow Baseball Games

Posted on May 4, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The Boston Red Sox, a.k.a The Slowskys of Major League Baseball, are examining, well, themselves in a new MLB effort to speed up the national vastime. From the Weekend Wall Street Journal. Does Baseball Have to Be So Slow? As … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Red Sox, Bud Selig, MLB, national vastime, Sam Kennedy, The Slowskys, Weekend Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Stop the Presses! Two People Actually Object to Stealth Marketing!

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

Two people other than the hardtracking staff, that is. As our kissin’ cousins at Two-Daily Town noted last week, Boston Red Sox huckster – sorry, slugger – David Ortiz used the President of the United States as a prop for … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Boston Globe, Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Jay Carney, Letters to the Editor, Linda Given, Roger Chappius, Samsung, selfie, selfuffle, Sneak ADtack, SouthShoreRick, Two-Daily Town | 1 Comment

Baseball Players Are Not Heroes

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Campaign Outsider

The hardlywatching staff had the TV on in the background last night when we heard a local newscast refer to the Red Sox Home Opener “honoring the heroes on and off the field” – that is, commemorating 1) the 2013 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Afghanistan, baseball players, Boston firefighters, Boston Marathon bombings, Boston Red Sox, Iraq, Red Sox Home Opener | 2 Comments

Globe Has Staggering Ad-vantage Over Herald

Posted on November 3, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Once the Boston Red Sox – sorry, World Series Champion Red Sox – took Game 6, flooded the clubhouse with bubbly, painted the town Red for the rest of Wednesday night, and rode the duck boats into MLB history, it was all … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Boston Red Sox, Bradford Exchange, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Special Commemorative Section, Sullivan Tire, World Series Champions, Xfinity | Leave a comment

WSJ’s Jason Gay Totally Gets Boston

Posted on October 26, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Among the many joys of reading the Wall Street Journal (A-hed, Arena, Weekend Edition) is columnist Jason Gay. And among his many talents is an uncanny knack for capturing the Boston state of mind. Two recent exhibits. October 21 piece on … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1946, A-Hed, Arena, Boston Red Sox, Eddie Dyer, Fenway Park, Jason Gay, Jason Terry, Joe Cronin, Kevin Garnett, New York Nets, Paul Pierce, St. Louis Cardinals, Wall Street Journal, Weekend Edition, World's Serious, WSJ. | 4 Comments

Herald’s Koji-tations Are Krazy

Posted on October 19, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

The hardreading staff gets it that Pennant Fever Grips Hub Tabloid (just check out pages 1 through 5, along with the actual Sports section). But then the feisty local fanzoid goes overboard. From today’s Back Page: Uehara among greats? Really? The guy has 24 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ALCS, Boston Herald, Boston Red Sox, David Ross, Detroit Tigers, Eric Gagne, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Koji Uehara, Mariano Rivera, Pennant Fever grips Hub Tabloid, Trevor Hoffman, World Series | Leave a comment

Did Dan Shaughnessy Jinx The Sox? (II)

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

As the hardreading staff has noted, Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy may have given a kayn aynhoreh (evil eye) to the Red Sox with his Sunday victory dance (headline: “Is it really necessary to go to Tampa?”). Because it wasn’t just that the Sox lost last … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aaron Boone, ALDS, Big Gulp, Boston Globe, Boston Red Sox, Dan Shaughnessy, Dustin Pedroia, Grady Little, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, John Farrell, Jose Lobaton, kayn aynhoreh, Koji Uehara, Stephen Drew, Tampa Bay Rays, Total Amnesia column, Tropicana Field, USA Today Sports, Yunel Escobar | 2 Comments