Gray skies are gonna to clear up!

What a difference a day makes! The Sox finally remembered how to play baseball and you were there.

Thanks to everyone who came in for the Yankee series. Every night was a success. Unfortunately, the trivia contest scheduled for Wednesday had to be postponed indefinitely. The Red Sox' own trivia master Rod Oreste and former Yankee Bucky Dent supplied us with some of the questions, so we'll get this done in the near future. Stay tuned for more details. And let me know if you want to take part.

Jason Grimsley, I am disappointed. Drugs in baseball? Who knew? But, Peter Gammons said this is the "clean era". What's a boy to think now? I saw a documentary on Tuesday that implicated the Red Sox as being involved in this problem from the outset. In 1974, Pawtucket, Rhode Island (home of the Sox Triple -A affiliate) was a hotbed for illegal activity. The documentary implicated one Stephen "Drugs" Delaney as a known supplier of any and all illegal substances. Delaney met an untimely death later that year in a car accident. But, his legacy lived on. (Alright, I'm obsessed with that movie.)

Two more people walked away with 12-packs of Harpoon IPA last night. There were T-shirts, pitchers, and cases given away all week and it won't stop there. More raffles and beer and food specials to come.

This weekend we're debuting Harpoon Saison. It's a light, high alcohol, summer beer, and there's only one keg. So get it while you can.

It's World Cup time and Thom's will be showing the games. (Download a full program here.) That means for a month or so we're going to have to tolerate people calling soccer "football". So, you might as well drink to justify your confusion. Also, WelshSoxFan is trying to set up a little game of football, ah, soccer, ah the thing where you kick the ball, a lot. If you're interested let him or me know.

Don't forget to vote for your favorite Red Sox in this year's All-Star game.

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head

What an horrible week this has been. I mean this turn of events has been disturbing to say the least. I'm not sure this news will ever sit well. Outside Providence has been discontinued on DVD! Stock up now, because soon Tommy the Wire, Dunph, Bunny Cote, and Cavwich will go away.

What won't go away, though, is this indelible image: (indelible image). Sorry, wrong one. this is what I meant (Warning: The following clip contains adult content. This is not for the faint of heart.): Horror. I don't want to hear one more Yankee whiner complain about all of their injuries. There's no way Matsui makes that catch.

But, all is not lost, there are clear skies ahead. There is Curt Schilling, but with the rain out yesterday, we won't be back in first place no matter what happens tonight. There's always Ka(y)reoke (pictured above: Ken and Steve doing play-by-play). Yes, another chance to shut Michael Kay up and take the mike. It was such a hit on Tuesday that it's going to be a regular thing. We don't have to listen to this man. Say "no" to YES. Have no mercy on Murcer. Single out Singleton. Rise to O'Neil. Extinguish Leiter. Take the game back!

Please post your comments on this blog about the Ka(y)reoke.

'Cause I'm never gonna stop the rain by complainin'
Because I'm free
Nothin's worryin' me
-Hal David

Mea Culpa

That was awful, horrendous, embarassing! We're sorry you had to sit through that: Michael Leggett singing "Massachusetts" by the Bee Gees in an Ethel Merman wig. WOW!

Well, the world didn't come to an end, but it felt like it last night. The Sox stunk it up bad, and Beckett is giving up more home runs than Jenny Piccolo on "Happy Days".

Another huge apology for the technical difficulties of the play-by-play booth (I wish YES would say that once in a while). Hopefully we'll have it worked out for tonight. And, if it doesn't work, we'll just raffle off more pitchers of beer. The sign-up sheet is on the table in the back in front of the World Series Bunting.

Now the good news. The Village Voice loves our burgers! "[M]ay have been the best we'd ever had."
But, they hate our Amaretto Sours: "sweet as a ninth-inning rally"

This is our fourth mention in a New York periodical already. AM New York mentioned us, as did Crains and the New York Post. That's enough print to papier-mache the banana seat on my bike.

Don't forget, tomorrow is the baseball trivia challenge. And stick around after the game for Bingo night and maybe even a visit from our friends at YES network.

We're also going to be introducing a new Harpoon seasonal beer: Saison.

Come on in Sunday to try your luck at Poker.

Three more Yankee games, three more hangovers.

Feel I'm goin' back to Massachusetts
Something's telling me I must go home
And the lights all went down in Massachusetts
The day I left her standing on her own.
-Bee Gees

www.ProfessorThoms.com

666

It's the eve of the end of the world, 06/06/06, so come out and root for the Sox. Ths one is for all of the marbels! If the Sox win and the world ends tomorrow, then we'll be champions for all eternity. If the Sox lose then bring on damnation! And, in light of this recent prophecy, I've decided to move the Sox/Yankees baseball trivia match to Wednesday. If you have tons of useless baseball knowledge, let me know.
For example: What former Red Sox shortstop's name rhymes with Tomar?

Also, we still have room to sign up to do play-by-play.

Thanks to Buddy for this weeks correction. The proper spelling of "Canobie Lake" is such. Yo can take the boy out of New Hampshire, but...

Look for next week's erroneous mistake and win an half of beer at Thom's.
Go Sox.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Listen up everybody if you wanna take a chance.
(rap:) just get on the floor and do the new kids' dance.
Don't worry 'bout nothing 'cause it won't take long.
(rap:) we're gonna put you in a trance with a funky song, 'cause you gotta be
Hangin' tough, hangin' tough, hangin' tough.
(rap:) we're rough.
-Jim McGuire

Yankees vs. Sox (again)

Here we go again! Good Guys vs. Bad Guys and this time it’s four games in the Bronx. One word: Whoooooooooohooooooooyaaaahaaaaaaahaaa!

Will the series lose its fervor due to a rash of recent injuries? Sheffield and Matsui are on the DL with hurt wrists. And, Rivera hurt himself bending over. Michael Kay has got to be next. But, the Yanks are on a tear. The big Unit looks strong and their outfield replacements are Melky and Long. Let’s hope they all take a beating!

We’re missing Willy Mo, again with an hurt wrist. Timlin tore a muscle smiling. As usual Wells put in his contract that he would be paid per appearance (on the DL). And, Clement is pitching. (That’s an injury the whole team must bear.) It tells you something about the state of our staff when every Sox fan can name three or four pitchers we have in the minors.

Regardless, there will be a carnival atmosphere at Thom’s next week. It’ll be a real howl. It’s going to be a regular Canobee Lake Park:

You asked for it and you got it. No more Kay. Next week we’re going to pick three innings during the game and let you broadcast them. Do play-by-play or color commentary. Just yell "chowder" the whole time. But, come in and exercise your first amendment right to shut Kay up! Sign-ups are online first. So e-mail me if you want to take part.

When you arrive don’t forget to touch (wash your grimy hands first) the "World Series Bunting". Direct from Busch Stadium comes a piece of history. The place was St. Louis. The time was Game 4 of the 2004 World Series. A ground ball was "stabbed by Foulke" and soon thereafter mayhem broke loose. A new era began. In the middle of it all were two itinerant New Yorkers on hand for history (No, not Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon). They weren’t Sox fans, so they didn’t rush the field. What they did was think of little old me. They ripped the official nine-foot long red, white, and blue bunting off of the wall and shoved it in their shirt. When a park official asked them what they were doing. They answered "That guy said we could have it", and ran as his head turned. Genius! Daring! The bunting made it all the way to New York City and into my hands. Come see for yourself this piece of history. It will be hanging on the wall by the bar for the whole series.

Monday Night we’ll be having a rivalry of our own. Some of the brightest Yankee fans in the city are coming in (be polite) to match wits with our most knowledgeable Sox fans in a baseball trivia battle. It’s not to late to take part. If you think you know the Red Sox or know someone who knows the Yankees inside and out, let me know. By the way, our "game show host" is one of the guys that ripped-off the bunting. Give him a pat on the back.

As always, Jim will be giving away anything he can get his hands on with game-long raffles. When you get there ask what the specials are so you can get your tickets.

If that’s not enough, we’ll be making up more as we go along. We have four games to get this right so send me your suggestions. Rhonda got the mojo working two weeks ago by tearing up her pin-striped shirt while the Sox were losing. It worked, for a little while. But, she lacked help. What are you willing to do to help your team?

Nelly Kelly loved baseball games,
Knew the players, knew all their names,
You could see her there ev'ry day,
Shout "Hurray" when they'd play.
-Jack Norworth

Little Wily Mo

Little Wily Mo, Wily won't go home
But you can't push Wily 'round Wily won't go
Try tellin' everybody but, oh no
Little Wily Mo, Wily won't go home . . .
-Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman


I thought the tide was going to turn when Rhonda took off her pin-striped shirt and cut it into shreds. (If you weren't there, you'll have to ask someone that was. WOW!) Manny instantly hit a home run, but Wily was stopped in his tracks and we were subjected to 10 minutes of Michael Kay gloating. There have been several requests to press the SAP button when the YES broadcasts are on. Let me know what you think.

The MFY took 2 out of 3 but the rivalry doesn't end there. Next Wednesday 4 Yankee fans are coming in to take on 4 Red Sox fans in a baseball trivia challenge. The teams aren't set yet, so if you think you know your Red Sox let me know and you could be on the team.

Thanks to all of you that stuck around for the screening of "Red Sox Stories". If you were in it and want a copy let me know.


I asked for your blogs and here they are:

He may be an East Village Idiot but he loves the Sox.

If you hate the Riv you're in good company with Michael Legett. Read his romantic ramblings on Random Fandom. And, find out what "F*** Kaczmarczyk" means.

If you care at all about sheep do not open WelshSoxFan's website. He probably has the best reason to root for the Red Sox: they were the closest team to his home in WALES!

The omnipresent Q hits us every day with The Mighty Quinn Media Machine. The most prolific blogger on the planet, yesterday Quinn cheered me up with his recounting of the best game I ever attended: September 10, 1999 at the Toilet. It was the first time I ever got thrown out of Yankee Stadium.

He's not Sully, he's the Suldog and here's his blog.

And lastly is this idiot that seems to be copying almost everthing that I write.

You love her
But she loves him
And he loves somebody else
Ya just can't win
And so it goes
Till the day you die
This thing they call love
It's gonna make you cry
I've had the blues
The reds and the pinks
One thing's for sure...
-P. Wolf/S. Justman

E-Rod

Do you ever get the feeling that A-Rod owns himself in fantasy basbeball?

His homerun last night in the ninth reminded me of a Saturday in early February 1978. Sammy White's Bowling Lanes was closed due to the fact that their roof caved in from too much snow, but somehow, "Candlepins for Cash" was still on the air. (I guess the Wal-Lex had better builders.) Anyway, some shlub named Dave DiStefano was down 32 pins to Dennis McHugh going into the last frame. He was sure to lose when the RED PIN showed up! If DiStefano got a strike on the "Red Pin Frame" he would win a shit load of money. (A couple of sawbucks, I think. I was 5 years old, $20 was a lot of money!) The show's host Bob Gamere did his best Michael Kay impression trying to rev up the crowd as DiStefano tossed his meaningless blue-swirl ball for a money making strike. In the end DiStefano lost the game, though. I think he's at Walpole now for pulling a guy out of his car on the Mass. Ave. Bridge. I miss those tonic machines that spit out a cup, then syrup, then soda water. What the hell was I talking about? Oh yeah, Bob Gamere was pretty cool.

The End.

(Bob Gamere, now)


Anyway the Sox won last night and many of you (3) won prizes. They'll be more fun tonight.

Thanks to Stephanie for our mention in her great NY Post article and her adeptness at pulling a raffle ticket.
Just when I thought I had the scoop on the Post piece one of our resident bloggers, John Q. Redsocksphan, sent me his take on Jim's omnipresence. Check it out.

Which reminds me: Got a blog? Send it in and I'll send them out in an all blog e-mail.

NEWS FLASH! Gary Sheffield was stopped at the tolls in Weston for running the Fast Lane. He's on his way to Walpole (Sorry, MCI Cedar Junction for you Walpole residents) to share a cell with DiStefano.

Come on and zoom, zoom, zoom-a zoom!
We're gonna zoom-a, zoom-a, zoom-a, zoom-a zoom!
Everybody's movin' it, everybody's doin' it,
Everybody's havin' a ball, yeah!
So would you zoom, zoom, zoom-a zoom?
Come on and zoom-a zoom-a zoom-a zoom!
I'm Chris! --

Yankees at Red Sox

Two words should be enough for this massive missive: RedSox, Yankees.
(They should be, but they're not, because I'm a verbose bastard.)

It's time again to take on the MFY. It's in Boston, so you should be at Thom's.

This time around the Socks find themselves up a game and an half looking to leave the MASH Unit Formerly Known As The Yankees in the dust. Chacon went on the DL today and Giambi is due to hurt himself with that grotesque smile of his any day now. As always there will be give-aways and raffles and booze. Yes booze. So come on down.

In The News
Big thanks to Tessie who sent us a DVD of the footage the Red Sox took at Thom's a couple of weeks ago. The interviews with Jim McGuire, the regulars, and me appeared on "Red Sox Stories" last Sunday on TV38. Just to think that I was on a show that in someway supplanted "The Movie Loft" is enough to make this boy from Brighton cry. Look for a screening of the show at Thom's in the near future ( i.e. everyday).

Pick up a copy of today's post to read what your bartender, Jim McGuire, has to say about accepting contracts to build the new Toilet. Oh hell, I'll just tell you: 'Red Sox fans said they're happy to leave the job to a New York company. "They'll overpay and be disappointed - just like having A-Rod on their team," said Jim McGuire, co-owner of Professor Thom's, a Bosox-friendly bar in Manhattan.' Like Savoir Faire, Jim's everywhere.


"Did he ever return,
No he never returned
And his fate is still unlearn'd He may ride forever 'neath the streets of Boston He's the man who never returned."
-Jacqueline Steiner and Bess Lomax Hawes

14-3 Good Guys

"Red Sox Punish the Sloppy Yankees " -NY TIMES

The only thing that would have made that headline better is if they said "Slappy" instead. E-Rod crushed the Yankees chances with a couple of bad errors. But, unfortunately, he wasn't alone. The Big Unit was a bit flaccid. Past balls, walks, and meat balls made for an entertaining evening.

Thanks to all of you that came out and a special thanks to Sarah Logan and Colleen "Tessie" Reilly from the Red Sox for conducting on-camera interviews all night. They promised that they'd be back for more.

Don't forget that there are two more games and more give-aways. We'll have cases of Harpoon, and gift certificates, and gear.
(Photo from Boston.com)

Rain Out

So you think you got it bad getting $3 Harpoons during Sox games? You could be a Chinese man in Rome paying $1200 for a crappy beer. (Why didn't he just order wine?)

Rome tourist parched after $1,200 beer.


The beat goes on and the $3 Harpoon continues to pour (for now). We'll be introducing new specials soon. Come on in for the rest of the Toronto series and the Orioles series this weekend.

The bad news is the second Yankee game got rained out, the great news is that means we swept the series! Hazar!

That was by far the best so game this year. With all of the T-shirt, hat, and beer give-aways I hope you left with more than you came with. If not, than it all starts over next week.
The Sox come to town Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. But, first we're trying to bring the cast of "YES Network's Ultimate Roadtrip" to Thom's on Monday night for our weekly trivia challenge. It will be Sox fans versus Yankees fans in their town, but on our turf. Come cheer on some of the leading Sox experts this side of the East River and stay for Trivia night where you could win gift certificates to use during the Yankee series.
Also, we need your help. What would be the appropriate punishment for the ultimate Yankee fans that lose to our boys?

"Hands, touching hands, reaching outTouching me, touching you"
-Neil Leslie Diamond

Patriots Day

Are you a Patriot? Are you really? Because Monday, April 17 is Patriots Day and the Red Sox are playing their arch nemesis: the Mariners. (Da Da Dum!)Professor Thom's will be open at 11 am to make sure that you see the game. We couldn't live with ourselves if you missed it.And, don't forget that Monday is also Marathon Day. Come on by to see for yourself just which Kenyan will win this year. You never know, you might see history in action. An Ethiopian might win. (Is John Kelley still running? If so I want him to win.)

So come join the family at Professor Thom's for Patriots Day.Remember, you can't go wromg with Professor Thom.You are on this list because you're special.

"You know, ladies and gentlemen,
I've already been to Paris,
I already beento Rome
And what did I do but miss my home?"
-Jonathan Richman