Over the Monster

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Pitchers and catchers report! Happy Wednesday! Pitchers and catchers (and managers) have reported to the Red Sox Spring Training home in Fort Myers, Florida. From here on out the offseason is ending at breakneck pace. Throwing programs. Fielding drills. Hitters. The Sox have started posting on their Bluesky account … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 2/12: Baseball activities resume

Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images Baseball...is...so...close... I had been thinking of trying a cold plunge even before Maura made it cool. Modern life can feel so damn crushingly monotonous sometimes, prompting us to seek out all kinds of ways to shake things up. And cold plunges, at least, don’t have the negative externalities that many of the other … [Read more...] about Red Sox pitchers and catchers report to spring training

Photo by Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images All kinds of presents to remind them of all their favorite Fenway personalities! Having trouble finding the perfect Valentine’s gift for that special someone? Do they have too much Sox memorabilia in their living space, but still want something Sox-related? Look no further than this Valentine’s day gift guide! … [Read more...] about The Red Sox Valentine’s Day Gift Guide

Photo by Paul Rutherford/Getty Images ...But why? Happy Tuesday. Cold weather has returned in Boston after the Rodent of Pennsylvania predicted more winter. But it’s going to heat up soon as players arrive in Fort Myers. Yes, there is a dude online saying there is some kind of Alex Bregman-Nolan Arenado Cardinals-Red Sox nexus of chaos. So far Hector Gomez and Marino … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 2/11: Rumors Abound

Go Sox! The best burger you’ll ever make that isn’t dumb luck. Nostalgia isn’t always bad. One of my good friends in college, less so now, visited me on Martha’s Vineyard one summer shortly after our third year (that’s how our college framed it, we were not “juniors”) — free lodging on a resort island being a huge draw for him, but free beer for me, so score. Anyhow I … [Read more...] about Red Sox Recipes A-Z: Nomar’s Double Cheeseburger (from The Menu)

Photo by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images Super Bowl over, baseball warming up Happy Monday. As the city of Philadelphia deals with a celebration living up to the expectations Philly fans have established the next unofficial marker in the baseball season has begun. Last week the equipment truck departed. This week pitchers and catchers will report. Pete … [Read more...] about OTM Open Thread 2/10: Kiké Hernandez is Back (in LA)

Photo by Billie Weiss/Getty Images So then let’s go ahead and do it... Spring Training officially begins this week. Back in the era when ballplayers spent the offseason drinking hooch and did nothing to keep in shape outside of throwing pianos into suburban Massachusetts ponds, that really meant something. But things are different today, when players workout and hone … [Read more...] about Red Sox News & Links: Craig Breslow is — still — engaged in bringing in a “difference maker”

Photo by Matthew West/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images My year at Cask. When I graduated from college with my creative writing bachelor’s degree, I was unable to find an available job in my field, so about four months after I graduated, I started working at [REDACTED™] in Harvard Square as a host and then later as a food runner. I had a lot of issues with … [Read more...] about What it’s like working at a Fenway sports bar