OverTheMonster
@overthemonster
The only fun Red Sox website. Part of SB Nation's MLB network, home of @PodOnLansdowne, The Red Seat, and The Monsters Of Sox podcasts. Nomar's better.
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http://www.overthemonster.com 17-02-2009 19:17:06
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Yo. Sorry for long message but just wanted to provide a personal update and this may be the only one I ever do. I debated doing this, but I don’t really have much of a choice. I have kidney failure. We’ve determined it’s permanent and won’t get better. My GFR (kidney function)
"The Red Sox have played like toenail fungus since the All-Star break. Yet thanks to the tedious triple Wild Card format, their playoff odds remain roughly equal to the chances of rolling a nine with a standard pair of playing dice." -Matthew Gross overthemonster.com/2024/9/4/24234…
I was sucking wind in the Rockies last week, so I completely missed that Pod On Lansdowne did a 20 minute bit pretending that it was March 2025. I don't want anyone else to make the same mistake, so let me be clear: this is the best Red Sox pod out there, and there's no close 2nd.
.Dan Secatore nailed this. I'm much more interested in reading about everything that happened versus any throwaway quote Raffy would have given. Deadlines and algorithms be damned.