http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/ en-us Copyright 2008 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:41:27 -0500 Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:42:35 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=1.53 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss The Globe's Bob Ryan recaps Game 1 of the ALCS and talks about the fine outing turned in by Daisuke Matsuzaka. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/video_ryan_reca_1.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/video_ryan_reca_1.html Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:41:27 -0500 ST. PETERSBURG,Fla. --- Here's what I worry about: AB H 2B 3B HR RBI Youkilis 30 4 2 0 1 5 Drew 21 5 0 1 1 1 Varitek 20 1 0 0 0 0 Lowrie 18 3 0 0... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/yawn_another_al.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/yawn_another_al.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:55:11 -0500 The Globe's Bob Ryan recaps Game 4 of the ALDS between the Red Sox and Angels, calling it a "wonderful" game to watch.... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/video_ryan_reca.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/video_ryan_reca.html Tue, 07 Oct 2008 02:53:00 -0500 Game 3 of the ALDS lasted over five hours, and you know what? It felt longer. http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/zzzzzzzz.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/zzzzzzzz.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:28:52 -0500 The Globe's Bob Ryan recaps Game 3 of the ALDS following a very long night at Fenway Park.... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/ryan_recaps_gam_1.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/ryan_recaps_gam_1.html Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:48:13 -0500 ANAHEIM -- There was a exodus of several thousand people at the end of the eighth inning, the score just having been tied at 5-5 in the Angel half. Supply your own California fraud punch line.... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/nothing_changes.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/10/nothing_changes.html Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:06:21 -0500 One of my favorite annual exercises is to examine major-league baseball game times on the last day of the season, especially when Team X is playing Team Y and they are a combined 179 games out of first. I find... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/its_about_time_1.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/its_about_time_1.html Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:02:35 -0500 For those of us who like to fancy ourselves as amateur baseball historians, Sept. 23 is an annual Holy Day. But this year it has an extra special meaning, because Sept. 23, 2008 is the 100th anniversary of the... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/poor_mr_merkle.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/poor_mr_merkle.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:44:10 -0500 Did you watch the ninth and final inning of the celebrated Yankee Stadium farewell on ESPN? If so, did you notice anything unusual? Jon Miller was at the mike, except that he wasn't. I don't know whose idea it was... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/a_fitting_broad.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/a_fitting_broad.html Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0500 Some years the MVP thing in baseball is more trouble than it's worth. This is one of those years. Prepare yourself for howling in both leagues. Somebody has to win. But there may be no true MVP in either league,... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/the_dreaded_mvp.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/the_dreaded_mvp.html Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:10:10 -0500 This is why people who fixate on one sport to the exclusion of all others confound me. Tom Brady is down. It is very bad for him, and it is basically disastrous for the Patriots, who clearly aren't going... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/sports_town.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/09/sports_town.html Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:11:34 -0500 BEIJING -- As defending men's basketball champions, the Argentines had hoped to repeat. That's only natural. But they seemed very happy to be leaving here with the bronze, which they earned via an 87-75 conquest of Lithuania. "The bronze is... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/08/theyve_had_a_go.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/08/theyve_had_a_go.html Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:39:14 -0500 BEIJING -- People are going to think what they're going to think, and Becky Hammon isn't going to worry about it. She long ago gave up on the idea that the average American would understand. Hammon is the star player... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/08/a_positive_expe.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/08/a_positive_expe.html Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:43:36 -0500 BEIJING --- Good thing we brought the ladies here. American women are doing some very big things for the US of A as the Beijing Olympics wind down. As I write, five American women's sports teams will either be playing... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/08/ladies_night.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/08/ladies_night.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:09:26 -0500 BEIJING -- I'm covered now. I mean, in case I'm walking down the street and someone says, "Have you ever been to a high-level badminton match?" I can look 'em right smack in the eyeballs and say, "You kidding me?... http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/08/now_ive_seen_ev.html http://www.boston.com/sports/columnists/bob_ryan_blog/2008/08/now_ive_seen_ev.html Sat, 16 Aug 2008 10:58:39 -0500