L'Chaim!

 Trash C-Money all you like, but this small-market GM seems to be on a much hotter seat right now.

Better but not BETTER

Looks like Rickie Ricardo will continue to do the play-by-play through the weekend (with Suzyn, of course) for the redsock series.

We wish the Master a speedy recovery and in his absence, here are a few vintage images of our hero.

Double Your Pleasure?

The Posts' Ken Davidoff, obviously fighting off the doldrums of winter, posits that the Houston Astrogliders are becoming clones of the small-market redsocks. And to make his case, Ken mentions the guys our fearless GM Cashman is pursuing.

Weak tea, Kenny; mysterious are the ways of C-Money. And clearly unfathomable to a mere Post baseball bloviator.

Consider the sources

Small-market would-be evil empirettes the redsocks have begun their 2018 disinformation campaign. 

Sad! Bigly!

From arch-enemy Fox-News-of Baseball NESN 

And Pravda on the River Charles: 

1. You hear a lot of stuff at the Winter Meetings. Here’s one rumor told to me by a longtime, major force in the baseball world. It involves the Yankees and Giancarlo Stanton. The story goes that after 2018, the Yankees deal Stanton to the Dodgers and sign Bryce Harper. Your first reaction is, “Wow! Never happen.” Then you start to think about it. Stanton is an LA kid. The Dodgers didn’t have great interest in Stanton this offseason, but perhaps by the end of next year? The Yankees have always coveted Harper and his lefthanded stroke at Yankee Stadium. It starts to make more sense, doesn’t it?

Uh, sure it does. (is that our old pal Pete Abe on the right?)

Newsflash: ESPN stops pretending it's impartial, openly roots for the Red Sox

Note the headline. To ESPN writers, the redsocks are "our" team.

It's official. The ESPN folks can openly declare their love for the redsocks, and admit to the world that they are part of redsocks (abomi)Nation.

I know, I know, the fact that ESPN stands for the "Everything Sox Programming Network" is something that most Yankees fans have long known. Still, it was refreshing to see that the guys at ESPN.com have decided to lift the cloak, end the charade and stop the silly pretending that they are impartial.

Any day now, expect the Baseball Tonight folks to start wearing their redsocks lapel pins ... because being a sports journalist doesn't mean they can't declare their patriotism to redsocks Nation.

On Patriot's Day, Redsocks Go For The Thumb

Fifth win could come on the anniversary of Lexington and Concord and stuff? Off the hook!

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Our third donation to the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution: Big Papi, David Ortiz

If Peter Gammons can donate portraits than so can we!

Our first donation: Pedro Martinez

Our second donation: Our esteemed commissioner, Bud Selig

Peter Gammons donates portrait of Pedro Martinez to the Smithsonian ... can we donate one, too?

Yes, the completely unbiased ESPN reporter donated the Pedro portrait to the Smithsonian.

So, can we donate one too? How about this one?

I mean, it's more of a pop-art style, but I think it sums things up pretty well.

Onward to Liverpool!

Having completed his rebuilding of the vaunted redsocks, master sports architect John Henry is setting his sights on working the same magic on English "football."

Go get 'em!

Boston season over; NESN commentators now analyze fashion.

You can't make this stuff up!

The Drama Queen has left the building

It's been real, pal. Seriously.

Redsocks to county: "Drop dead but give us your money!"

Poised to receive an unbelievable $75 million for a new spring training facility from impoverished, real-estate-disaster ground-zero Lee County, the redsock brain trust refused to share vital information with their benefactors.

Typical douchebaggery from John Henry's gang.

Redsocks: So Much Better Than Us

Let's go... Mets?

It's like the Iran-Iraq War. The best outcome would have been if they BOTH lost.

But in this case, there's a clear benefit to us in having the Flushing Citifieldians defeat the redsocks.

Let the carnage commence!

Why We Fight

Red Sox complicity in U.S. torture flights

They feed their own fans prison food

They're bigger racists than Joe Torre

Their groundskeepers are thugs


Varitek clawed A-Rod's face, kept his own mask on

Schilling poured ketchup on his sock, called it blood

They decapitate their players when they're done with them

Big Papi has it in for Joba for no reason

Beckett suspended

The redsocks ace, pictured here with his domestic partner, "Lil' Youkie," threw high heat right at Bobby Abreu's head. He'll be sitting it out for a little while. Keepin' it classy, Josh.

Judge tells redsocks rowdies:"OK To Attack Yanks Fans With Bats"

No jail time for drunken punk.

Recruitment, redsocks style

Crib-snatching; a new low, even for Boston.



Easy to break a longstanding gentleman's agreement when you're not a gentleman, apparently.

Bye, Manny!

Love ya, babe. Let's do lunch.

Today's quiz: Recapping the Redsock series

1. The overriding impression left with Yankees fans after the series was:
A. We took 2 of 3 in their park; we're officially back in the race;
B. Thanks to ManRam, the Redsocks are ready to implode;
C. Joba Chamberlain could be the ace of the staff down the stretch;
D. Have a nice flight back to Aruba, Sidney.

2. There are runners in scoring position. The MVP, Alex Rodriguez, strides to the plate. The Redsocks:
A. Have the infielders guard the line to prevent an extra-base hit;
B. Bring in a fresh right-handed reliever to get the best matchup;
C. Walk him if first base is open;
D. Breathe a sigh of relief.

3. Manny Ramirez is:
A. A cancer in Redsock locker room;
B. Afraid to face Joba;
C. A whining, spoiled brat;
D. The Yankees' 2009 DH.

4. The Yankees added Xavier Nady and Damaso Marte via trade. But Brian Cashman is trying to bring in one more new player to round out the roster for the stretch run. That player is:
A. Jarrod Washburn;
B. A.J. Burnett;
C. Barry Bonds;
D. Brett Favre.