Tag Archives: Red Sox Nation

Wall Street Journal: Fenway Park Lefties Are Not All Right

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Campaign Outsider

While Red Sox Nation might be sold on newly acquired pitching ace Chris Sale, the Wall Street Journal’s Michael Salfino is decidedly not. Fenway: A Monster for Lefties The Boston Red Sox were desperate to add an ace this offseason … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Sale, David Price, Fenway Park, Jon Lester, Lefty Gomez, Michael Kopech, Michael Salfino, New York Yankees, Red Sox, Red Sox Nation, Spotrac, Wall Street Journal, Whitey Ford, Yankee Stadium, Yoan Moncada | 2 Comments

Hot Stove, Tepid Team

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Campaign Outsider

Today’s Boston Herald puts on the Page One pom-poms for the Olde Towne Team and its prospects for the upcoming season. Via the Newseum’s Today’s Front Pages: The piece in the Sports section has a level of optimism that’s exclusive to pre-spring-training days … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ben Cherington, Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Fort Myers, It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town, Red Sox Nation, Red Soz, spring training, The Newseum, Today's Front Pages | 1 Comment

Let Timmy Smoke (In Boston?)

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

A mere one day after the hardrooting staff sang the praises of Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum, the San Francisco trick-or-treat, the hometown Boston Herald offered this: Tim Lincecum could be worth gamble for Sox Ellsbury for Lincecum good deal The Red … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1986 World Serious, Boston Herald, Game 7, Jacoby Ellsbury, Let Timmy Smoke, Oil Can Boyd, Red Sox Nation, San Francisco trick-or-treat, Tim Lincecum | Leave a comment

WSJ Tracks The Blues Of The Red Sox

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Every weekend the Wall Street Journal publishes Sentiment Tracker: A Computational Analysis of the Conversation on Social Networks. And every weekend the Journal fails to post the acccompanying nifty pie charts (check the dead-tree edition) on its website. So the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Red Sox Nation, Sentiment Tracker, The Blues of the Red Sox, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments

Eddie On The Tobin, Jack On The Zakim: You Can Come Down Now

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

That 14-inning Red Sox-Yankee war of attrition might prove to be a Pyrrhic victory: How much the Sox burned their bullpen could come back to, well, burn them against the pesky Orioles the next few days. But it sure made … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Orioles, Pyrrhic victory, Red Sox, Red Sox Nation, war of attrition, Yankees | Leave a comment

A New Yorker (Editor) In Red Sox Nation

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

This email poured into the Global Worldwide Headquarters of Campaign Outsider today: Dear Laughter Lovers, Well, as promised, I’m up in Boston at the International Society for Humor Studies Conference. The conference proper hasn’t started yet, so I don’t have anything specific … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bob Mankoff, Boston University, International Society for Humor Studies Conference, New Yorker, Red Sox Nation | 7 Comments

Yankee Nation? Not Really.

Posted on August 15, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Last week the hardworking staff posted All Facebook’s 10 Little Known Facts About Boston Facebook Users – and was mildly surprised that only 10% of the 2.56 million Facebook users in Boston identify themselves as Red Sox fans. (All Facebook, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All Facebook, Boston, Facebookers, New York City, Red Sox Nation, Yankee Nation | Leave a comment

Red Sox Nation? Really?

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

All Facebook just published 10 Little Known Facts About Boston Facebook Users (tip o’ the pixel to mediabistro). Among the fun facts to know and tell: In contrast to the more than 31 percent of Boston University [Facebook] users that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged All Facebook, Boston Facebook users, Boston University, Harvard University, New York Facebook users, Red Sox Nation, terriers | 6 Comments

Red Sox Pitcher A Wall Street Journal Lackey

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Headline in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal: Be Happy Your Team Didn’t Buy Any Pitching Lede: While baseball teams have significantly cut back on their spending over the last two winters, general managers are still often seduced by the lure of … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Free Agnt Duds, John Lackey, Red Sox Nation, Wall Street Journal | 2 Comments

Red $ox Nation (Adjusted For Inflation)

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Campaign Outsider

Is it just me, or was anyone else surprised to learn that the Olde Towne Team’s value appreciated less than 10% over the past eight years? Lede from Friday’s dead-tree edition of the Boston Herald: A regulatory filing yesterday by the New York … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Boston Herald, dead-pixel edition, Henry McCance, New England Sports Ventures, Red Sox Nation, revisionist cyber-history | Leave a comment