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I caught my first few innings of MetSox Baseball last night after getting out of work early enough to catch the end of the Sox-Tigers game at PT's (the Mets had already prevailed over the Phillies by the time I got there). Of course, those last couple innings at Fenway were filled with suckitude, but at least I got my first couple of free beers of ( Read more... ) -
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Since this season is unfolding slowly and gingerly, like the flower of a century plant [Hey look, it's the weekend already and the Mets are 2-1! Two and one!!], I'll take some time to address my hastily-made predictions from a few days ago. A tacit policy of FenSheaParkway is never to issue retractions to a post, (second-guess, mock or slander ( Read more... ) -
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The season is only three days... no, four... Wait, what was the first day of the season again? Does this even count as the first WEEK of the season, with those Sox-A's games in Japan? Or is Tokyo far enough in the future that those games actually DID happen this week ( Read more... ) -
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The day after Opening Day (starring Jake Gyllenhaal!) is always the most frustrating day on the Baseball calendar before the All-Star hiatus. Opening Day always gets a ton of matinee Baseball; it's traditional. In other words, there was a time when playing Baseball in the daytime was mandatory. But the day afterwards? Zilch. What was the point ( Read more... ) -
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(After a protracted hiatus enforced by real life, FenSheaParkway is back - sort of - to provide HIS OWN overly-enthusiastic preview of the MetSox 2008 season ( Read more... ) -
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An overly-enthusiastic Roman dictator previews spring training and the beginning of the Baseball season - March 3, 44 BCWhat a fine month March is! The migratory birds begin to arrive from Cyrenaica and points australe. The fields along the Appian Way burst with blossoming croci. The crowds are returning to the fora without their extra-long ( Read more... ) -
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Backstory: Red Sox sign Bartolo Colon to a minor-league deal, a move universally described as being made for "insurance" purposes.
An overly-enthusiastic insurance salesman previews your loss of pet, home and spouse.Hi! My name is Lyle Lanley, and I've come to you today to discuss how protect your future and the things you love against the ( Read more... ) -
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Some number of overly-enthusiastic Red Sox fans preview the 2008 season... will not be seen here at FenSheaParkway. Anyone can already see that at any time over at The Soxaholix (okay, maybe not on a national holiday), and this is really the preferred method because they are excellent. And they get all the "-AHs" right too. I can't do that shit ( Read more... ) -
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One overly-enthusiastic Cubs player previews the 2008 season:
"I think we are going to win the World Series. I really do."
More from Ryan Dempster:
"Funny when people make predictions or they say things and people are like, 'How could you say that?'"This reaction is usually reserved for predictions (or 'things') that bear a great deal of ( Read more... ) -
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Two overly-enthusiastic Mets fans preview the 2008 season ( Read more... )