Category Archives: Red Sox

Hat Trick (or, How I Ruined The Postseason For Three Major League Baseball Teams)

By Daddy Scratches | Published: October 13, 2011
Hat Trick (or, How I Ruined The Postseason For Three Major League Baseball Teams)
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Dear Boston, Philadelphia and Phoenix:

I’m sorry. I was only trying to help. I had no idea that… [read the rest]

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Plan B

By Daddy Scratches | Published: September 30, 2011
Plan B
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When Zan went reluctantly to bed Wednesday night, the Red Sox were winning and the Rays were down 6-0. I reassured him that … [read the rest]

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game Insane Asylum

By Daddy Scratches | Published: September 28, 2011
Take Me Out to the Ballgame Insane Asylum
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There are many things I must do in order to influence the outcome of the game. Things like … [read the rest]

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Daddy Coaches

By Daddy Scratches | Published: April 29, 2009

Hey, everybody! So, yesterday was the first tee-ball game of the season, and I gotta tell ya— [Ring-ring ... ring-ring ... ring-ring] Oh, excuse me for a moment; I have to take this call. Hello? This is him. Who? Theo? Seriously? You what? Really? Well, um, yes, I’d love to! Thanks so much! OK, great! See you at Fenway next week! Wow! That was Theo Epstein, General Manager of the Boston Red Sox. He wants me in the dugout for the team’s next home series. Seems the word is out about what a stellar coaching job I did with Game… [read the rest]

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Play ball (maybe)!

By Daddy Scratches | Published: April 6, 2009

And now the baseball talk shall commence … and because I have a gazillion female readers and, like, two male readers, I am hopeful that there are lots and lots of ladies out there who enjoy the game, for, if not, I fear that, in the weeks and months ahead, the traffic to this here blog is going to dry up and blow away like a tumbleweed. Big day over here at Casa de Scratches. BIG. MUY GRANDE (possibly). It’s opening day for the Red Sox (perhaps) … which is a big deal to us ’round these parts. We loves… [read the rest]

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Alternate ending

By Daddy Scratches | Published: October 20, 2008

CUT! CUT CUT CUUUUUT! OK, c’mere. Do you see this script? Do you? Look right here, genius: “The Boston Red Sox, who were down three games to one and came within seven outs of being eliminated, complete yet another stunning and historic comeback to claim the 2008 American League pennant; World Series starts at Fenway Wednesday night. ROLL CREDITS.” Now, listen, jackass—who are you again? Tampa who? Tampa Bay? And you think you can just waltz in here and start ad-libbing? I don’t think so! Why not? Well, not that I owe you an explanation, Mr. Johnny Come Lately Tampa… [read the rest]

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The Tenth Man

By Daddy Scratches | Published: October 18, 2008

Second greatest comeback in postseason history … and you all have me to thank for it. It was the fifth inning and the Sox were getting blanked, 5-0. It was a funeral. Sox hitters looked like zombies, and Sox pitchers were helping the Rays hold an impromptu home-run derby. The TBS announcers had shovels in hand and were tossing dirt on top of the almost-closed coffin. Wonder Woman had seen enough. “I’m going to bed,” she said. “I’m sorry honey,” she added, trying to comfort me as my team rolled over and played dead. And then I had an epiphany:… [read the rest]

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A funny thing happened on the way to my blog …

By Daddy Scratches | Published: November 22, 2007

So, as I was mentioning a while back, I was hoping to start posting here with a little more frequency … but, as I also was mentioning a while back, I had been busy getting my Red Sox website off the ground, and it was eating up a significant amount of my time. Well, it turns out that the site actually was only nibbling at my time back then—a comparison I am now able to make because, shortly after I wrote that post, the site began devouring my time in massive, sloppy, impolite, noisy, Cookie Monster-like chomps and gulps. Here’s… [read the rest]

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World Series on ice

By Daddy Scratches | Published: February 26, 2006

Prior to this weekend, only twice in my life had I been truly euphoric about the outcome of a sporting event. The first time was when the Red Sox came back from an 0-3 deficit to beat the New York Yankees in the 2004 ALCS—also known as, literally, “The Greatest Comeback in Baseball History.” The second was the team’s World Series victory just days later. A large part of what made those victories mean so much to me was living through the team’s crushing Game 7 defeat in the 2003 ALCS. As you may recall, the Sox were five outs… [read the rest]

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Definition of the word “fanatic”

By Daddy Scratches | Published: February 13, 2006

fa·nat·ic / fəˈnatik/ • n. a person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, esp. for an extreme cause. ∎ inf. a person with an obsessive interest in and enthusiasm for something, esp. an activity: a fitness fanatic. 2.) a person (usually a New Englander) for whom the phrase Truck Day actually a.) has specific meaning, and b.) is cause for genuine excitement.… [read the rest]

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