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No Homers In Red Sox Broadcast Booth
Yesterday the Wall Street Journal, doing what it does best, published The Announcer-Bias Index, described as the “[n]umber of comments perceived as bias that were made by each club’s TV broadcast team over the course of one game – including … Continue reading
The New Yorker: Red Sox Bums Russian
As if Boston weren’t in enough baseball turmoil, now it turns out that the Red Sox are the Evil Empire. Or so says the New Yorker: THE RED SOX ARE THE U.S.S.R. One of the greatest rivalries in professional sports … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Gonzalez, Bobby Valentine, Boston Red Sox, Brian Cashman, Carl Crawford, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, New Yorker, U.S.S.R.
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WSJ’s Jason Gay Darns Those Sox
Dead-on (arrival) column by Jason Gay in Monday’s Wall Street Journal about the star-cross Boston Red Sox. The Zombie Red Sox Trudge On At this point, there is little use discussing the 2012 Boston Red Sox. There are better stories … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Red Sox, Jason Gay, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Wall Street Journal
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Double Life Of Pedro Martinez?
On Wednesday Pedro Martinez will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sports Museum of New England. Today Boston Globe sportswriter Julian Benbow provided a warmup: ACE AND KING Martinez dominated hitters and enraptured Fenway fans Part of the dominating part: … Continue reading
WSJ’s Jason Gay Joshes Beckett
Boston Red Sox pitcher non grata Josh Beckett landed on the Wall Street Journal’s radar screen in Jason Gay’s latest column: What Pro Athletes Should Never Say Boston is turning on another star athlete, this time Red Sox pitcher Josh … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Red Sox, Jason Gay, Josh Beckett, Wall Street Journal
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WSJ: The Fine Art Of The Choke
This Wall Street Journal piece on Wednesday morning very artistically anticipated the Boston Red Sox implosion Wednesday night. The Fine Art of the Choke The Boston Red Sox have had a grisly September. They’ve blown a nine-game lead in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art of the Choke, Boston Red Sox, Caravaggio, Francisco Goya, Jacques-Louis David, Papi, Paul Cezanne, Wall Street Journal
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WSJ’s Jason Gay To Littlest Red Sox Fans: Welcome To Boston
The Wall Street Journal has been on the Red Sox like David Ortiz on a low fastball. Today’s installment comes from columnist Jason Gay: Boston Kids Finally Feel Heartbreak This letter is for everyone in Boston who’s 10 years old … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal
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First The NYT Co. Sells The Red Sox, Then The Declaration Of Independence
A Fourth of July Twofer: As the hardworking staff noted last week, the cash-strapped New York Times Co. unloaded half its interest in the Boston Red Sox for a sizable profit. Now this, from The New York Times Store: OWN THIS NATIONAL … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Red Sox, CNN, Declaration of Independence, Jim Mones, New York Times Co, New York Times Store
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New York (Times Co.) Dumps Boston (Red Sox)
From our Every Penny Counts desk: New York Times Co. Sells Part of Its Stake in the Boston Red Sox That’s the headline in the Times. Kissin’ cousin Boston Globe headline: New York Times Co. sells part of Red Sox … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Red Sox, Fenway Sports Group, New York Times, Times Co.
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Manny Being Money
Boston expatriate Frank McCourt – long derided as Parking Lot Owner ever since he failed to buy the Red Sox and got the Los Angeles Dodgers as a consolation prize – is now fighting not only his ex-wife Jamie in … Continue reading
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