Praise & Press for The Soxaholix
"Blogdom's Best Red Sox blog … The history of the Red Sox, one panel at a time." .
Will Leitch, Deadspin
Noteworthy
- In the Novemember 30, 2008 issue, The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine includes The Soxaholix in a list of "Sixty-four websites on Boston life that you should know."
- Featured in The Wall Street Journal Oct 11, 2005 in a Stefan Fatsis article entitled "'The Soxaholix': It's Not Ovah, Though, It's Ovah " (Link to the PDF version)
- Quoted on NPR's "All Things Considered" radio program (March 02, 2007).
- Boston Sports Review quotes Hart Brachen in the feature story "Blogging Rights" and identifies The Soxaholix as part of the "Boston Sports Bloggerati." (Link to a PDF of the story.)
- Mentioned in the Sports Illustrated "Baseball Preview" issue (March 26, 2007) as one of "the best Boston Red Sox blogs."
Awards
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Winner
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Deadspin's
"Blogdom's Best" Award in the category of Red Sox blogs.
"We loved these guys before The Wall Street Journal found out about them, and we always will." — Will Leitch -
Webby Worthy
selection in the
2005
Webby Awards
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Finalist
2005
South by Southwest
Web Awards
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Finalist
2005
Bloggies, "Best Non-Weblog Content of a Weblog Site"
Quotable
- "…if you love the Sox, don't miss the quirky, wry cartoon panels," — The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine
- "Beautiful … roasting at its finest." – Steve Silva, Boston Dirt Dogs
- "Blogdom's Best Red Sox blog … The history of the Red Sox, one panel at a time." – Will Leitch Deadspin
- "Incisive blog … a savvy understanding of media … " – Ian Donnis, The Boston Phoenix
- "Your site absolutely rocks. I immediately bookmarked it. Keep up the tremendous work." – Gary Baseball Prospectus
- "All the cool Red Sox fans are addicted to The Soxaholix." – Allan Wood, Author Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox
- "That's a great idea. Love the concept." – Dave Pinto, Baseball Musings
- "Were as shocked as you are, but there is apparently at least one member of Red Sox Nation with a sense of humor and perspective." – Maxim Online
- "… this site makes me laugh even in the depths of my sorrow …" – Meg Hourihan, Co-Founder Blogger.com, Megnut
- "… really wish your strips weren't so funny. I just can't muster up the full hatred for you that I want to when you make me laugh." – Michele, Yankees fan and blogger of A Small Victory
- "creepy but sort of cute" – The Wonkette
- "… the ever-genius Soxaholix." – Lockhart Steele LockhartSteele.com, Managing Editor Gawker Media
- "… surely one of the Reasons Blogging Was Invented." – Curbed
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