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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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So the gloss is gone. It’s been over a week now and it’s no longer at the fore front of everyone’s mind. The Red Sox are World Champs, woo hoo. As none of you may know, I’m not from around here. I grew up in the Mid-West, and the closest baseball team to me was [...]

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Someone’s gotta give Denver a little love. But it’s not coming from this corner of Boston. I justd saw Brett Favre looking like Tom Brady in MNF. Or is it Tom looking like Brett? Not sure, but after losing (swept) the World Series in Denver and having to watch the Sox [...]

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Folks, here we go. This is an unprecedented event as the entire cast of debaucherous characters from TellHimFred are together to liveblog the game in anticipation of a Red Sox sweep. The vido camera is rolling now, and we’ll be updating this post throughout the evening.
8:26 pm- Fred Willard reading the lineups? Holy dog shit. 
8:31 [...]

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