Over the Monster Mar 7, 2023
An Apology To Our Listeners Regarding Dan’s Lies About The 1998 Movie Croupier, Starring Clive Owen
Clive Owen is: Croupier. You deserve better from the Monsters of Sox, and I am sorry. The first episode of the new Monsters of Sox podcast covered topics ranging from Matt Barnes complaining about Chaim Bloom to the descriptive flaws of the Gregorian Calendar to, nearly 90 minutes in, the relative artistic merits of the 1998 Clive Owen movie Croupier, which is on Netflix through March 26. In the movie, Owen plays a struggling writer turned casino worker. Dan does not like Croupier, prompting this exchange (spoilers to follow). DAN: Oh that movie sucks! Are you...
Over the Monster Mar 3, 2023
The Pitch Clock, Matt Barnes, and Uncle O’Grimacey
Photo by Christian Petersen/ The Pod On Lansdowne boys have some thoughts on these new baseball rules. Pod On Lansdowne, the Red Sox show from out of left field, is back for yet another installment this week! Hope ya didn’t miss us too much, friends. The pitch clock has officially been enacted during Spring Training, and people are all up in arms about it. Let’s talk about its implementation and what it means for this fantastic sport of baseball going forward. Do you like the pitch clock? Do you loathe it with every fiber of your being? Are you indifferent? Eh, who...
Over the Monster Mar 1, 2023
Matt Barnes Has A Right To Be Mad
Looks like Messi here, no? | Photo by Rob Carr/ He earned it. Matt Barnes took a swipe at Chaim Bloom yesterday when talking to Pete Abraham, which has led reputable websites like this one to take shots at him: New Marlins reliever Matt Barnes: “I’m not mad and I don’t have any animosity toward the Red Sox organization because that organization represents so much more than who’s currently running it. The people at the top were so great to me.”— Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) February 28, 2023 My unpopular yet correct opinion is that Barnes has every right...
Over the Monster Mar 1, 2023
Red Sox Links: Matt Barnes Is Mad!
Photo by Greg Fiume/ Plus, updates on James Paxton and Ceddanne Rafaela Matt Barnes seems really mad about the Red Sox having given up on him, which is, frankly, a little rich. Look, Matt Barnes had some fine moments for the Red Sox, but he he’s a career middle reliever with an ERA above 4. This isn’t exactly the Dodgers trading away a young Pedro Martinez. (Peter Abraham, Boston Globe) Is Adalberto Mondesi going to be healthy on Opening Day after all? We’ve all been assuming he wouldn’t be, but he was on the field yesterday and hasn’t given up hope. (Chad...
NESN.com Feb 28, 2023
Why Matt Barnes Left Before Red Sox-Marlins Spring Training Game
Former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Matt Barnes has no intention of being present against his former club during Tuesday night’s spring training game with the Miami Marlins. The 32-year-old, who spent the entirety of his nine-year big league career with the Red Sox, was designated for assignment back in January, shortly before Boston swapped […] The post Why Matt Barnes Left Before Red Sox-Marlins Spring Training Game appeared first on NESN.com.
