by Nathan Graziano | Mar 24, 2020 | Bruins, Celtics, Dirty Water Sports, Patriots, Red Sox
In the midst of the known world slipping into a dystopia, it might seem imprudent to muse on the words of an Irish poet—although without a proper St. Patrick’s Day celebration, maybe not. (Besides, what kind of sports column—in a place precipitously ripped raw of all...
by Nathan Graziano | Mar 6, 2020 | Dirty Water Sports, Red Sox
While the game of baseball is currently suffering through a nearly-untreatable case of acne—the games are too long, too slow, too tedious—a new zit sits on the tip of the MLB’s ever-elongating nose. The last I checked the prop bets, the over/under on the number of...
by Nathan Graziano | Feb 6, 2020 | Dirty Water Sports, Red Sox
Monday was Truck Day, a Red Sox fan pseudo-holiday celebrating the transportation of equipment from New England to Florida. A few years back, people packed into Yawkey Way to catch the first sniff of baseball season. Yet on Monday, the tumbleweed tumbled down...
by Nathan Graziano | Jan 14, 2020 | Dirty Water Sports, Red Sox
There it is, folks. The cat is out of the bag, the truth stands in all its stark nakedness. Manager Alex Cora is a serial cheater, and the historic 2018 World Series season has been stamped with an indelible asterisk. In hindsight, it’s remarkable we didn’t know they...
by Nathan Graziano | Dec 18, 2019 | Dirty Water Sports, Red Sox
There are some things that, once learned, become involuntary, like riding a bike or hating the Yankees. I’ll admit that these past few seasons I didn’t despise the Bombers with the same type of bile-spitting enmity I’ve possessed in the past. In fact, the Red Sox...
