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2nd Story’s Take Me Out

Ironic, isn't it? To your ordinary man in the street or workplace, masculinity usually isn't an issue. Yet macho scale rankings readily come up in professional sports, where prowess should be enough evidence of testosterone levels.
A dramatic grand slam
By BILL RODRIGUEZ | January 27, 2012

The year ahead in sports

It seemed for every hail Mary, walk-off homer, and buzzer beater in 2011, the sports pages had a story on work stoppages, performance-enhancing drugs, or mind-boggling college-conference realignments.
Looking forward to more scoring and less scandal
By SEAN KERRIGAN | December 30, 2011

Money Talks and Fans Walk

This article was originally published in the September 29, 1995 issue of the Boston Phoenix.
Salaries, strikes, and TV have changed everything about baseball since 1975
By BILL SIMMONS | December 16, 2011

Ten Great Moments In Red Sox Playoffs

This story was originally published in the September 25, 1995, issue of the Boston Phoenix.
The good, the bad, the ugly — we've seen it all
By BILL SIMMONS | December 09, 2011

From the ''Sporting Eye'' Archives

"1973 World Series: You Gotta Believe," "Super Bowl VIII: Bud Grant as Capt. Queeg," and more
From the Phoenix's George Kimball archives
By GEORGE KIMBALL | November 18, 2011

Review: Moneyball

Adapting Michael Lewis's bestseller of the same title, director Bennett Miller and screenwriters Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian take up Beane's story in 2002, when the A's, fresh from the previous season's playoff loss to the Yankees, try to rebuild af
The game's plays are numbered
By PETER KEOUGH | September 23, 2011

Jonah Hill straightens up

The Superbad star has embraced his inner math geek for his role in Moneyball, the film adaptation of Michael Lewis's best-selling book on Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane, who turned the baseball world on its head in 2002 when he cast aside his sc
Money man
By SEAN KERRIGAN | September 23, 2011

Hell on Thayer Street

"Youth violence" has not exactly been a headline issue around here.
A sad story; fathers and sons; Theater of Bewilderment; the GOP gathers again
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 09, 2011

The heartbreak and hilarity of Rhode Island amateur baseball

By the eighth inning it's clear the Dodgers, a middling team in the 22-plus age division of Rhode Island's largest amateur baseball league, aren't going to win.
Endless summer
By DAVID SCHARFENBERG | September 02, 2011

An Umpire's Job is Never Retired

Enforcing the rules of the game -- on the field, and off.
Hoopleville
By DAVID KISH | September 02, 2011

In the Phoenix: Baseball!

I take a break from politics in this week's Phoenix to report on the state's largest amateur baseball league - the Rhode Island Men's Senior...
By David Scharfenberg | August 31, 2011

At the trough

In another example of the wonderful money management skills of government everywhere in Rhode Island, it appears that when it comes to getting rid of a budget deficit, you do it by throwing money at lawyers.
Good money after bad; letter from London; road woes
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | August 19, 2011

Don’t fear the sphere: The tao of wiffleball

If you're the type of person that spent your youth perfecting that Nomahh Garciaparra batting ritual, or you still find yourself bragging about the wicked riser you used to throw in your backyard, then head to Slater Park this weekend and show your stuf
The Sporting Life I
By DANIEL MCGOWAN | August 05, 2011

Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game

"I hope you're still with us," the broadcaster Bob Drew says to the night, a note of desperation in his voice.
EXCERPTED FROM THE BOOK BY DAN BARRY
By DAN BARRY | July 22, 2011

Five Reasons Why JD Drew Should Be Benched

JD Drew warms up before a game against the Baltimore Orioles.The 2011 season has not been the most remarkable for Red Sox outfielder JD Drew....
By Tyler Manoukian | July 20, 2011

Going gonzo: Why Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez is a different kind of slugger

Adrian Gonzalez stands on first base after singling in a game against the Balitimore Orioles in AprilWhen Adrian Gonzalez was traded to the Red Sox,...
By Tyler Manoukian | July 13, 2011

Slugfest of the all-stars: Home Run Derby 2011 tonight at Chase Field

With the State Farm Home Run Derby set for later tonight at Chase Field in Phoenix, American League captain David Ortiz looks to carry his...
By Tyler Manoukian | July 11, 2011

Four Sox players to make All-Star appearance in Arizona

With a payroll of more than $160 million and a lineup hailed last winter as one of the best ever, you'd think that the 2011...
By Tyler Manoukian | July 06, 2011

Yankees suck

Theirs is a star-crossed love.
Failure
By KARL STEVENS | July 01, 2011

Fryeburg's losing streak is done

Fryeburg's baseball team gets a new mascot.
Hoopleville
By DAVID KISH | June 17, 2011

State struggles, Gina good!

I don't know the solution to our state's fiscal and political problems. If I did, I'd probably run for public office.
The treasurer has integrity; resurrecting baseball; other musings
By RUDY CHEEKS | May 27, 2011

The cruelest month

When T.S. Eliot wrote "April is the cruelest month," was he talking about how the last few weeks unfolded for New England's major sports teams?
Balls, pucks and monster trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | April 22, 2011

Baseball non-stars

8 trading cards for unlikely baseball heroes.
Big Fat Whale
By BRIAN MCFADDEN | April 01, 2011

[updated] This is important: Joe Morgan, Jon Miller no longer the voices of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball

Two years after Ken Tremendous shut down the site dedicated to the cause, the Times reports that ESPN has fired Joe Morgan. Or "declined to...
By Ryan Stewart | November 08, 2010

Independence and assimilation at the 2010 Boston Jewish Film Festival

Independence and assimilation at the Boston Jewish Film Festival
Team efforts
By PETER KEOUGH | October 29, 2010

Red Sox Nation, meet your new existential dread

For my entire life, I have esteemed the Red Sox above all other teams.
Balls, pucks, and monster trucks
By RICK WORMWOOD | October 08, 2010

Golden memories of the diamond

We know the vast majority of Cool, Cool World readers do not have a personal memory of life on the planet earth, circa 1960, as they were not yet born.
Big baseball anniversaries; not-so-E-Z pass; remebering Jimbo
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | October 01, 2010

Providence Student Survival Guide: List of lists

It's back-to-campus time. You've got shopping lists, book lists, syllabi, class rosters, and Facebook. Who would possibly think you could handle more lists? We would, that's who.
New to Vo Dilun? Trust us, you need this
By PROVIDENCE PHOENIX STAFF | September 03, 2010

I hope they don't have to amputate

Maybe you should just leave it alone for a while.
Failure
By KARL STEVENS | September 03, 2010

Let go, Mets

As difficult as this summer has been for those of us counted among the Red Sox faithful, let's all agree: it would be a hell of a lot worse to be a New York Mets fan right now.
K-Rod mans up . . . and strikes out. Plus, if you're Josh Booty, it pays to get tasered.
By MATT TAIBBI | August 20, 2010

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