BOSTON GLOBE SPORTS COLUMNISTS
How can it be as easy as 1-2-3?
I'm stupefied. Not only that, but I'm mystified.
Time was, Red Sox fans knew the feeling
OK, Sox devotees, does 19-8 ring a bell? Remember the feelings of frustration, anger, and disgust? Remember wallowing in what you'd undoubtedly now admit was an embarrassing amount of self-pity?
A disappointment on every level
ANAHEIM, Calif. - I'm stupefied. Not only that, but I'm mystified.
With Matsuzaka, it's survival mode
Why was this night different from all the other nights? Oh, that's right. It wasn't.
Short stop? Lowrie in it for long haul
AIt was a medium-speed ground ball to the left of shortstop. As Jed Lowrie glided toward it, everyone interested in the fortunes of the Boston Red Sox was thinking the same thing: "Whew! We're out of the inning."
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12-inning loss spoils the party
A shocker. The Red Sox did not uncork more bubbly last night. They did not smoke cigars and spray suds over one another. Jonathan Papelbon did not dance on the Fenway lawn for the 11 o'clock news.
Francona's credit good here
He's never going to get his props in this town, and that's OK. Terry Francona is pretty secure in his own skin. His players, bosses, and his family really like him.
By now, it's a given
Long ball, small ball, hard ball, soft ball, Wiffle ball, monster ball, disco ball, cotillion ball. If it's the Red Sox and Angels in October, the Red Sox will win.
Talk about a dream matchup
Give me a Dodgers-Red Sox World Series. Before the latest collapse of the Cubs, folks in Chicago were dreaming about a Windy City Subway Series . . . Out here in SoCal, the few people who actually care about baseball have touted a Freeway Series . . . There's always been a fascination with Red Sox-Cubs - ...
Ramírez's replacement turns tide
Manny is here even when he's not here. His image was here on the giant videoboard, showing him hitting a homer in Chicago.
For Sox owner Henry, the joy comes daily
He gets a lot of work done during the post-midnight hours when phones don't ring and he can be alone at his computer. Billionaire Red Sox owner John Henry never goes to bed before 2 a.m. and most mornings he sleeps in . . . because he can. He'll get moving at 9:30, maybe meet with an architect who is ...
Ramírez's remarks are sad
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Those air sickness bags come in handy sometimes. Flying coast to coast, you cram into your coach seat (like John Glenn in Mercury 1), open the paper to read Manny Ramírez's latest remarks, and you need the barf bag before you're over Kansas.
Angels in playoff haunt again
Nine in a row. This series is about mind games as much as it is about baseball games.
No party hats, but a worthy celebration
Five playoffs in six years. Not bad. Not bad at all. The Red Sox made it official last night, clinching a spot in the playoffs for the fifth time since 2003.
This alternative universe is a world of trouble for Patriots
FOXBOROUGH - Pigs can fly. Massachusetts might vote Republican. A sportswriter will turn down a free meal.
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