http://www.dirtywatah.com The daily Red Sox rants of Matt Levine...as read by Jon Miller Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:22:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Woohoo! This morning at 9am EST, Wally the Green Monster exited from Fenway Park, saw his truck, and greeted fans. So I think that means that there's going to be an early spring this year. Or six more weeks of winter, nobody has ever clarified what seeing the truck means. ... http://www.dirtywatah.com/2010/02/truck-day-2/ I had been looking forward to last night for about a week. When I was watching the Caribbean World Series (it's live baseball in February, you bet I watched it!) and I saw a commercial for the "2004 MLB Season in Review" I was stoked. What Sox fan wouldn't be? ... http://www.dirtywatah.com/2010/02/2004-season-in-review-review/ Well, I guess I was wrong about Theo. Less than 24 hours after I put up my last post John Lackey is parading around Newbury street for a physical. And considering his new deal, he may actually be able to afford to buy a t-shirt there. Lackey's deal is being ... http://www.dirtywatah.com/2010/01/an-ace-up-his-sleeve/ Well it's been over two months since my last post, and I'm still trying to block out the fact that the MFY finally succeeded in buying another World Series. But it's December, and as the NFL commercial from a couple of years pointed out, "the sun will come out tomorrow" ... http://www.dirtywatah.com/2009/12/unhappy-holidays/ I was hoping this was all a nightmare. Damn. Anyways, the 2009 playoff umpires would like to wish everyone a belated happy Halloween. http://www.dirtywatah.com/2009/11/happy-belated-halloween/ I guess a half-billion dollars can buy happiness. When does Spring Training start? Update: Not long after I posted I found this article from Joe Posnanski about the MFY payroll. Here's a quick blurb: The Yankees are not a big market team. They DWARF big market teams. They are quantitatively different from ... http://www.dirtywatah.com/2009/11/shit/ With Pedro pitching for the Phillies today, and Manny obviously on the Dodgers, there are quite a few connections to the 2004 Sox in the NLCS. Doug Mientkiewicz is on the Dodgers' 40-man, but not active for the NLCS. Billy Mueller is currently an assistant to the GM for the ... http://www.dirtywatah.com/2009/10/2009-nlcs-2004-sox-connections/ Well, so far I'm 2-2 in predicting series, and sadly the wrong 1-1 in the AL series. So, here are my very scientific predicitons for the pennants: MFY over Angles in six Phillies over Dodgers in six Now for those of you who have properly grieved over the Sox season and are able ... http://www.dirtywatah.com/2009/10/pennant-predictions-and-more/ First off, congratulations to the The Angels Angels of Anaheim. They were clearly the better team in this series. They pitched better, they hit better, they ran the bases better and their bullpen was better. You won't hear anything like "We are way better than they are. We lost to ... http://www.dirtywatah.com/2009/10/why-paps-why/ 1999. 2003. 1999. 2003. That's what I have to keep repeating to myself, hoping that I'll actually believe it. Sadly for us D-Lowe won't be starting game three. But if the Red Sox continue this lovely offensive trend of scoring an average of a half a run per game, not ... http://www.dirtywatah.com/2009/10/you-cant-win-if-you-dont-score/