If you are looking for something to commemorate Davis Ortiz’s win of this years Home Run Derby, what would be better that Big Papi’s ACTUAL stuff? And what if the opportunity to acquire Big Papi’s Homer Run Derby Memorabilia came with the added bonus of helping kids? Where do I sign up? Until midnight EST, [...]

I go on vacation, and come back to this….Ugh… 4 games into the 2nd 1/2 of the 2010 campaign, the Sox have lost the last 75% of their games, and the only reason they are not more games behind is that the Skanks and the Rays beat up on each other over the weekend… Jon [...]

Never getting higher than 4th place during the 3 years (2006-2009) he participated in the HR Derby, David Ortiz blew everyone’s doors off, and won! The 1st member of the Boston Red Sox to ever win the Derby, Big Papi Racked up 8 runs in the 1st round, 13 runs in the 2nd round–Tying him [...]

While a sweep is always the preferred choice, 2 out of 3 is certainly on the right track–and the Sox head into the All-Star Break with a 51-37 (.580) record, and in 3rd place, 5 games behind the Skanks, and 2 games behind Tampa Bay in the AL (and 3 GB the Rays in the [...]

While we wait to begin the last weekend of baseball before the All-Star Break, we’ll look at 9 things, in and around Red Sox Nation… 1. As I mentioned before, when I started Boston Red Thoughts back in Macy 2006, I never thought I would get to 900 posts–heck, I’m surprised this is my 5th [...]

Holy Buckets! Can I just tell you that my heart was in my throat when I saw Kevin Youkilis writhing on the ground with pain in his ankle? Fortunately, it appears to have passed, and it appears he just jammed it on the Astroturf, causing it to lock up. So, provided his ankle doesn’t fall [...]