**UPDATE***
Manny clears waivers. Neat beginning, though. From Sox owner John W. Henry posted over at Sons of Sam Horn:
We know sometimes it’s very difficult having faith in management, especially when information is limited, so we take no offense….Hang in there, the offseason has barely begun.
Can you imagine another baseball owner posting in, let […]

From the member known as dannycater:
Who Cares Who Manages, Just Make Sure They Are Fresh
In the history of Sox Baseball going back to 1912, managers of Boston teams are known for quick turn-arounds, or success in a relative hurry.
The Red Sox have made it to the postseason 13 times in the years from 1912-2003. In […]

Sox close the season October 1,2, and 3 in Baltimore. For those that may be interested in doing a group outing, I’d suggest booking your room now. You can always cancel if you don’t go…but when I booked a month before I went in August, I found a crummy hotel a mile away […]

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Headlines over the past couple of days:
ESPN.com: Red Sox Fire Little
MSNBC: Skipper fired in wake of decision-making in ALCS loss to Yanks
CBSSPORTSLINE: Little scapegoat
The majority of headlines I’ve perused are less inflammatory. But ESPN.com goes so far as to have a chart with managers let go in similar situation with asterisks next to […]

BREAKING SPORTS NEWS: The Red Sox have decided not to renew Grady Little’s contract, according to the Globe’s Gordon Edes. Little was informed of the decision within the past hour. The team will hold an afternoon news conference to announce their decision. — Developing
From Boston.com

Is the witch dead?
Maybe, maybe not.
I finally watched some of the World Series. We went to a movie Saturday night (go see Mystic River…excellent), and I watched from the 5th inning on after we got home. I’m happy that the Yankees didn’t win (kind of), but I’m not overjoyed as I’m sure some […]

I honestly have yet to watch an entire at bat. Part of me doesn’t care, and part of me can’t stomach to watch.
Sure, the first thing I do in the morning is get the paper off the porch and look at the Sports section to see what happened, but as for the live broadcast…I’ve […]

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So here I sit, almost 24 hours after the ignominious end to what was a great, great season.
Does it still hurt? Sure it does. I’m sure that at least once a day for the next 4 and a half months, many of us will shake are heads and muttter out loud “Why, Grady?” […]