Theo Epstein lookalike presents the Celtics trophy in Vermont over the weekend. No word yet on whether Paul Pierce has returned from Vegas. Photo courtesy Zach / For the Culture.
All-American baseball, All-American tunes and All-American booze. Sounds like a sweet combo for a All-American Idol winner, doesn’t it?
Thanks to the in-depth research/stalking ability of our boy Dan at Red Sox Monster, we now know that this crazy chick is the one and only Kelly Clarkson — who proclaims “We’re at a Red Sox game!!! Omg!!! — with a couple of her backup singers (singing more like Sanjaya.)
Bust open the tissue box, here are some of my favorite Manny moments:
*que that sad Titanic-esque music*
It’s been a yearly ritual in Boston since 2003 to devote a day’s worth of ink to Anti-Manny propaganda. Unlike Patriots Day in Massachusetts — an annual holiday held each April — nobody can quite precisely pinpoint this recent phase.
The Red Sox first put Manny on waivers in 2003, sparking an outrageously opinionated war between Manny Fans and not-Manny Fans.
That whole 2004 World Series championship thing took some attention away from the saga, but ever since, Manny has demanded, then undemanded, then redemanded, the reundemanded a trade each off-season.
Over the course of such time period, talk radio devoted months of airtime, newspapers invested mini MannyGate printing presses, and NESN came thisclose to launching NESN2: The Manny Channel.
Now, it’s on, once again: Today was “Fuck Manny Day” in Boston.
Dan Shaughnessy called him out like never before. Steve Buckley did, too.
A quick roundup before the weekend. Coverage from Fenway resumes on Saturday.
The Boston Red Cups released their first Townie Talk episode this week, which includes their interviews with Yankees fans about thongs and A-Rod’s rumored affair with Madonna, among other stuff.
Don’t ask us why we think these dudes are so funny, but these moronic geniuses have a special spot in our hearts.
Remember, From Stadiums to Hotel Rooms with Athletes and Red Cups.