AGAINST ALL ODDS
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010
My friend Chris DeSessa likes to talk about ‘Angelo’s Fighter’, who has to struggle to come off the canvas after taking some shots to the head. So it is with the Red Sox who surely took some strong punches to many body parts with all the injuries suffered this [...]

THE LAST STRAW? AUGUST 10, 2010
When the news came that Kevin Youkilis needed surgery and was out for the season, it seemed like the last straw, the straw that broke the camel’s back. The noble beast of burden could only eventually succumb to the loss of Youk, its leader, its best clutch hitter not named [...]

PLAY TILL IT’S OVER AUGUST 3, 2010
Terry Francona was quoted as saying that the Red Sox just ‘play till it’s over’ (Pawtucket Times/AP – 8/2). That’s a good description of this year’s edition, a fun bunch that has been augmented by PawSox players.

If the Red Sox can make a run, Saturday’s game [...]

THE ELEMENT OF DOUBT JUNE 8, 2010
Sunday night the Celtics introduced the element of doubt in the minds of the LaLa Lakers. The doubt that the Lakers may not be better than the Celtics team. The doubt that they could lose the Championship to the Celtics. That doubt is now buried deep in those Laker [...]

LAZING ON A SUNNY AFTERNOON JUNE 1, 2010
To the sounds of the Kinks’ song, Monday was a beautiful day to take in the PawSox game. Michael Bowden pitched a gem striking out 7 and pitching no run ball for 6 innings. Bowden was matched by Charlotte’s (White Sox) Carlos Torres, whom the PawSox finally cracked [...]

SEND IN THE CLOWNS MAY 18, 2010
You win as a team and lose as a team. That said, everyone is accountable. Red Sox closer Jonathan Papelbon, after 9 straight saves to start the season, blew his first one, wrenching a hard fought win away from the Sox and giving it to the Yankees (well they [...]

DIAMONDS AND CARBON MAY 11, 2010
This weekend’s Yankees – BoSox series revealed the flaws in the diamond work of the all too hospitable hosts. Saturday afternoon Clay Buchholz struggled against the Bronx Bombers, who like to take walks. Buchholz gave up 9 hits and 5 bases on balls in his 5 innings (NY had [...]

GAME ONE APRIL 6, 2010
NO SPORTZINE FOR A COUPLE WEEKS
In the 5th inning of the first baseball game of the season, the Red Sox looked dead in the water versus their arch rivals the Yankees. Oh yeah, the World Series winning Yankees, who for some reason did not open at home and receive their rings [...]

NCAAs MARCH 30, 2010
The NCAAs in Providence were a lot of fun. It was a basketball bonanza with 2 games Thursday afternoon (Robert Morris vs. Villanova and Richmond vs. St. Mary’s) and two at night. One drawback was that you couldn’t leave the Dunk between games, only after the day session ended. The 12:30 start [...]

HEADING HOME                                                                                MARCH 16, 2010 HAPPY ST. PAT’S EVERYONE - NO ZINE NEXT WEEK
We’re in the final stretch of the season for the Celtics and Bruins. Can they come out of their respective slumbers? I give a slight edge to the Green, who just need to sort out who will provide the right energy lift [...]