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First off, RIP Ricardo Montalban. I hope you are high in the sky, sitting in a plush easy chair made of rich Corinthian Leather.  You were my first movie villain (Star Trek II) and starred in the first TV show my dad let me sneakily stay up late to watch (Fantasy Island). I met William [...]

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Goodbye liver. Goodbye 6-8 hours of sleep a night. Goodbye productivity. Goodbye not smelling like a goat because I managed to take a shower in the morning.
Hello 125-cc IV of Dunkin’s. Hello visine. Hello three bags of empty beer bottles in the kitchen. Hello shaving with my eyes closed in the morning.
Hello Red Sox. It’s [...]

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How can you not admire the way Franconer and the Sox have shifted their weight, tightened here, snipped here, let a hem out there, and all of a sudden they seem like a lighter, yet more forceful team than before. Granted, you’ve still got Shrek trying to figure out how to hit right again, but [...]

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“Fans entering the playing field will be arrested and prosecuted under the full extent of the law. Enjoy your afternoon / evening at Fenway Park.”
That’s the announcement that roughly 40,000 people hear 81 times per year, not counting the playoffs. Yet there’s always one asshole (yeah I know, Boston is full of ‘em, [...]

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Remember Gino Castignoli? He’s the construction worker who buried the Ortiz jersey in the new Yank-mee Stadium. Well, guess he didn’t stop there. Apparently while working at the stadium for one day, he just went around burying shit in the wet cement! Awesome. Suck it, Yanks. Keith Olberman reports [...]

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A lot of people shit on Boston’s beloved Manny for not hustling, goofing off, and being an elusive douchebag to the media. Well, what do you have to say about this play? Of course, this is a contract year for Manny, so he’s got a little more spring in his step out in [...]

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Well, last night at 11:23 was the last time legendary Boston sportscaster, Bob Lobel, signed off the air. He once said, “thousands of sportscasts, and none of them went the way they were supposed to.” I guess last night began about the same. A little after I got home last night, Bob [...]

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1. The temperature is 76 degrees, with low relative humidity. Basically, this is perfect weather for humans. I don’t care who you are, 76 and not muggy is bliss.
2. Currently, 3 players on the Boston Red Sox are hitting above .400. Those three guys lead the AL in hitting. The Sox lead the league in [...]

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Welcome to the first Tell Him Fred poll! Where we’ll be periodically coming up with all sorts of random bullshit for you to vote on! Who has longer nose hair? Opposite or Cutty? Which is better? Mortadella or bologna? How many food items does Barry regularly cover with ketchup?
These are the burning questions that [...]

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So the Sox will be starting their season over in Tokyo tomorrow. I believe they play at 7 or 8pm Tokyo time, but here in Boston it’ll be 6:05am. My original plan was to take the day off work and start pounding Krin Ichiban 22 ouncers at the first pitch, but I’ll have to [...]

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