Up On The Monster

OBSTRUCTED VIEW 8/2/08

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Dear LA Dodgers

Congratulations on your recent purchase of the pre-owned 2008 Manny Ramirez. We at Red Sox Nation hope that you get many happy years of trouble-free service from your Manny, and wish you all the best, unless of course we meet in the World Series this year, in which case you can just shove off. Read More

UOTM BLOG 7/29/08

HOW WILL HE BE REMEMBERED

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The whole "Manny Being Manny" universe came crashing down this past weekend. Manny Ramirez and his yearly antics, all of which are viewed at various times as cute, annoying, funny and infuriating have finally gotten the best of Red Sox management. Now, barring an unlikely trade by Thursday afternoon we are looking at the final few months of Ramirez in a Red Sox uniform. And what happens in that short span of time will play a major role in how Ramirez is remembered in Red Sox Nation. Read More

PROSPECTS HARVEST 1/2/08

THE NEW CROP TO WATCH

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And so the year winds down at last. As the seemingly unending snow piles up and at least two other Boston sports teams remind us that the Red Sox aren’t the area’s only success story, we nevertheless resolutely turn our faces backward (painful, if not done properly) to the year that was, and how things fell into place for the Boston Red Sox. Read More

UOTM Sports OverReaction Desk 12/4/07

HOTTEST STOVE SORAD

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We see our suit-jacketed sports anchors, Lance Boyle and Buster Gutt, sitting at the Sports OverReaction Desk. Behind them is the usual bank of video screens, showing numerous scenes from baseball. We see A-Rod walking away from the Yankees, Curt Schilling buying a new bathroom scale, Hank Steinbrenner frothing at the mouth, a sea of fans holding up “Sign Mike Lowell!” signs, A-Rod returning to the Yankees, footage of Johan Santana, shots of Timlin and Timmy giving the Sox a thumbs-up, Hank Steinbrenner frothing at the mouth, Roger Clemens cashing a Social Security retirement benefits check. Read More