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Archive for July 25th, 2009:

Guess The Player

Written on July 25th, 2009 by Mike Scandura47276 Commentshttp://firebrandal.com/2009/07/25/guess-the-player.htmlGuess+The+Player2009-07-25+22%3A10%3A05Mike+Scandura

Player A: First 110.1 innings; 6.17 ERA and 5.83 K/9
Player B: First 108.1 innings; 5.40 ERA and 8.31 K/9
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7/24: Welcome LaRoche!

Written on July 25th, 2009 by Josh Lacey47262 Commentshttp://firebrandal.com/2009/07/25/724-welcome-laroche.html7%2F24%3A+Welcome+LaRoche%212009-07-25+21%3A05%3A24Josh+Lacey

Let’s see if the Red Sox can put a win on the board for Jon Lester in Adam LaRoche’s debut with the club.

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BOS 3, BAL 1: Skid stopped

Written on July 25th, 2009 by Shawn Medeiros47251 Commenthttp://firebrandal.com/2009/07/25/bos-3-bal-1-skid-stopped.htmlBOS+3%2C+BAL+1%3A+Skid+stopped2009-07-25+15%3A15%3A44Shawn+Medeiros

Brad Penny pitched six plus innings allowing just five hits and one unearned run to stop Boston’s five game losing streak.

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Talking Baseball on “The Baseball Show”

Written on July 25th, 2009 by Josh Lacey47240 Commentshttp://firebrandal.com/2009/07/25/talking-baseball-on-the-baseball-show.htmlTalking+Baseball+on+%22The+Baseball+Show%222009-07-25+14%3A57%3A25Josh+Lacey

Here’s a clip of my appearance on Comcast Sports Net New England and WEEI’s “The Baseball Show” this morning highlighting some of the Jacoby Ellsbury talk going on on Fire Brand of late.

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Are we comfortable with Ellsbury leading off?

Written on July 25th, 2009 by Ryne Crabb47233 Commentshttp://firebrandal.com/2009/07/25/are-we-comfortable-with-ellsbury-leading-off.htmlAre+we+comfortable+with+Ellsbury+leading+off%3F2009-07-25+11%3A00%3A00Ryne+Crabb

Ops+ 83.

That is Ellsbury’s Adjusted OPS. Far from a perfect metric, but serves the purpose.

But even with that, I know that the most at bats on the team should probably not go to to an OPS+ of 83. However, I also know that there are not too many other solutions to this.

Drew was a good option, but struggled mightily. He took his pitches, worked the count, and of course Drew reaches base often. But he struggled. And it doesn’t hurt to have him bat a little lower in the order, with the power that he does possess when he gets on a hot streak.

Pedroia is the best option, but doesn’t feel comfortable doing so. If he did, then he would easily be the best available. His ability to hit for average, work counts, and get on base would be more than worthy to give the most at bats too.

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