http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/ en Copyright 2009 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:27:51 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Here's the link to this week's media column, which focuses on The Sports Hub's significant gains in the ratings in October, as well as WEEI holding steady as usual near the top. Pretty compelling rivalry developing here, and much sooner... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/11/radio_days.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/11/radio_days.html Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:27:51 -0500 During our strangely meta noon chat, we discussed the beginning of the Jeremy Hermida era, whether Mariano Rivera ever plans on aging, and how bizarre it is to be answering questions about "The Office" while John Krasinski is chatting 20... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/11/chat_at_noon_16.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/11/chat_at_noon_16.html Live chats Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:08:00 -0500 The scene felt almost surreal in its familiarity. It was just fun to hang on every pitch of a Pedro start again. http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/_for_a_time_in.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/_for_a_time_in.html Red Sox/MLB Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:34:04 -0500 This week's media column, in which we catch up with Martha's Vineyard native and ESPN rising star Ryen Russillo, can be found right here. One thing I wished I'd emphasized more on in the piece -- he'd have been an... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/media_link_and_bonus_bake.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/media_link_and_bonus_bake.html Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:27:12 -0500 During our chat at noon, the conversation began and ended with our old friend Pedro's return to the Bronx. Check it out. http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/chat_at_noon_friday_3.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/chat_at_noon_friday_3.html Live chats Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:46:49 -0500 Well, Sox fans, you knew that enjoyable October schadenfreude of the past few seasons couldn't last forever. The Yankees' run of five years without reaching a World Series officially ends tonight when former Indians ace CC Sabathia takes the mound... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/six_years_think_yanks_will.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/six_years_think_yanks_will.html Red Sox/MLB Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:46:31 -0500 If you missed it or couldn't find it, this week's media column can be found right here. As you might have suspected had you read the piece in the paper or know me at all, I had intended to write... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/deleted_scenes_with_tommy_and.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/deleted_scenes_with_tommy_and.html Celtics/NBA Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:15:09 -0500 During our always fun and sporadically informative weekly chat today, we discussed last night's Angels-Yankees epic, who might be playing left field for the Red Sox next season, and what it would be like to have Michael Scott as a... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/chat_at_noon_15.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/chat_at_noon_15.html Live chats Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:23:59 -0500 What, you thought we'd let the five-year anniversary of the most liberating, cherished, downright meaningful Boston Red Sox game in modern franchise history pass without raising the proverbial shot glass of Jack Daniel's in celebration? C'mon now. Like anyone who... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/happy_anniversary.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/happy_anniversary.html Red Sox/MLB Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:04:28 -0500 It's 'bout time we caught up on some baseball stuff around here, so let's skip the usual greetings and empty out the notebook already with a Vollmer-sized post . . . * * * The buzzword -- or buzzphrase, I... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/looking_back_while_the_memorie.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/looking_back_while_the_memorie.html Red Sox/MLB Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:35:34 -0500 I swear on a holy stack of Pat Dodson rookie cards to to have a super-sized Sox/baseball column posted no later than Sunday night. In the meantime, as promised, here's the link to today's media column, featuring Phil Simms talking... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/media_linkage.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/media_linkage.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:28:00 -0500 During our usual Friday afternoon chat, the emphasis was on the Red Sox -- especially potential future Red Sox. Yes, the Hot Stove season has started even before the playoffs are over. Gotta love it. To read the transcript, click... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/chat_at_noon_friday_2.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/chat_at_noon_friday_2.html Live chats Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:00:56 -0500 It's not about the manager. Maybe Terry Francona did leave Josh Beckett in a batter or two too long Friday night, when the Red Sox let Game 2 of the American League Division Series get away, thus leaving them requiring... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/its_not_because_of_an.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/its_not_because_of_an.html Red Sox/MLB Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:00:48 -0500 During our weekly chat -- bumped to 2 p.m. by leadoff hitter/opening act/fellow Mainah Adam Kilgore -- we discussed exactly what you'd expect: The state of the Sox after last night's loss, and the chances of Josh Beckett coming up... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/chat_friday_at_2_pm.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/chat_friday_at_2_pm.html Live chats Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:56:39 -0500 Usually get a couple of comments each week in the chat from readers saying they can't find my media column, which runs in the newspaper each Friday, on our sports page here at Boston.com. Now, I've got no beef whatsoever... http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/media_matters.html http://www.boston.com/sports/touching_all_the_bases/2009/10/media_matters.html Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:24:29 -0500