“Cesar Crapso” I’m sure he’s a nice guy, but Cesar Crespo is a terrible ball player. That’s why he had only 79 at-bats with the Red Sox in 2004 (.165/.165/.215) and why he’s played in Triple-A ever since. (He’s currently with the Richmond Braves.) But he still might make it to the bigs . . . someday. Show him your support!
“Mo Berg Decoder Ring” The Sox’ catcher from 1935 to 1939 was also a CIA spook and fluent in many languages. Casey Stengel even called him “the strangest man ever to play baseball.” After retiring from the Sox, the CIA hired him to look into Soviet atomic projects.
“Manny or Monster?” Why not both? After all, the guy needs a place to pee.
“GradyIronMaiden” That’s the medieval torture device I would use.
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Dodgers win the Series! Bird plays H.O.R.S.E.! Congressman Canseco! We have seen the future of sports (and its name is Tony Graffanino).
- Ticket shock
When NESN periodically broadcasts a historic Red Sox game during the off-season, the vast swaths of empty seats are enough to cause a sharp sense of wistfulness for many fans.
- Haru
Now that we Bostonians have O Ya and the South End’s Oishii, Haru is not a New York–upscale sushi place to us.
- Not-so-instant karma
No matter what happens over their next two games, the Patriots will not have gone undefeated in 2007.
- Swept off our feet
A sonnet for Pat D., the Phoenix cleaning guy, upon the winning of the 2007 World Series by his beloved Boston Red Sox
- For Boston City Council
Boston’s 13 city councilors — especially the four members elected at-large — hold high-profile jobs.
- Les bons mots pour Gagné
Red Sox reliever Eric Gagné is not popular in Boston these days.
- Sweet harmony, sweet irony
The Red Sox’ victory song, the Standells’ “Dirty Water,” is “a song about a guy who got mugged.”
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