The First Anniversary/The 2005 Fire Brand

Today is the first anniversary of Fire Brand of the American League. This page has come a long way, from a thrown-together Geocities page to what you see today. My very first post was titled, “There is No Such Thing as the ‘Curse of the Babe’”...

2004 Player Reviews: 2B

Ricky Gutierrez Gutierrez joined the Red Sox in mid-season in a trade with Iowa, the Chicago Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate. We acquired him for a player to be named later, which turned out to be Jimmy Anderson. We sent that ineffective, soft-tossing, wannabe-Jamie...

Two Months Ago

1903 World Series. Boston Americans (Red Sox) over Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 games to 3 (8 game series). 1912 World Series. Boston Red Sox over New York Giants, 4 games to 3. 1915 World Series. Boston Red Sox over Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1. 1916 World Series....

Wade Miller from an Astro Fan’s perspective

Michael Hurta of Home Plate In Space offers some quick opinions on the signing of Wade Miller. Due to a frayed rotator cuff, Wade Miller was basically forced to move from the city that drafted him past the 20th round, but gave him a good chance. He was forced to don...

Goodbye, Dave Roberts

Dave Roberts will go down in history as the person that had the signifying move in the Red Sox’s 2004 Possible Dream Team. I was lucky enough to be at that game, the only 2004 Red Sox postseason game that I attended. I remember being excited that Dave Roberts...