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Born December 31, 2003, Fire Brand of the American League (Twitter) is your home for analytical and opinionated takes on all things Boston Red Sox. Started in response to Aaron Boone’s home run, Evan Brunell flew solo until September 2005. Since then, years later, additional, passionate authors also call Fire Brand home, dedicated to bringing the world musings from Red Sox Nation (whether you’re a card-carrying member or not).

The name origination is from a newspaper article published in March of 1919 in “Baseball Magazine,” the subject being new owner Harry Frazee. Evan stumbled across this article in Glenn Stout’s compilation of Red Sox articles throughout the ages in Impossible Dreams. You can view the article through Google’s Book Search here.

Frazee, one of the most reviled owners in the history of the game for his appalling sale of Babe Ruth, was actually viewed as a positive owner in the days woebegone (read the article). As as every true Red Sox fan knows, the sale of Babe Ruth had nothing to do with No, No, Nanette and everything to do with a star with a bad attitude and lust for money (hmm, shades of Gary Sheffield) being sold to the friendly (at that time, that is) New York Yankees to gather the cash to save beloved Fenway Park.

The Red Sox are the Fire Brand of the American League — the “Live Wire of Major League Baseball” — and this blog is no different.

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MAJOR LEAGUE COLUMNISTS

Evan Brunell evan.brunell_AT_gmail.com	Bats: Switch Throws: Right Resides: Sturbridge, MA Date Acquired: December 31, 2003	Born on the 37th anniversary of the the day Babe Ruth died (1985) which later became the day Jimy Williams was fired in 2001, I was too young to experience the pain 1986 brought, but a deep wound was sowed in 2003. 2004 covered that wound up, and more. I am a guardedly optimistic Red Sox fan. Red Sox fans are by nature, quite pessimistic, so I do my best to stay positive but there are times where I fall into the deep, black hole of being a Red Sox fan. (Twitter)
Troy Patterson troypatterson_AT_rotosavants.com	Bats: Right Throws: Right Resides: Lynn, MA Date Acquired: December 14, 2009	A Philadelphia transplant to Boston, who saw his first game in 1998 on Opening Day with standing room only tickets.  After watching Mo Vaughn win the game with a walkoff grand slam he has never looked back.  Since then his baseball interests have grown into the statistical realm and understanding the percentages in baseball.
Mike Silver mjasilver_AT_gmail.com	Bats: Right Throws: Right Resides: Worcester, MA Date Acquired: August 10, 2009	Hailing from the baseball factory that is THE UMass-Amherst, this fireballing right hander is a graduate of the university’s Sport Management Department. Specializing in statistical analysis, this New-York born, lifelong Sox fan fondly recalls his favorite Fenway memories, including D-Lowe’s no-hitter and Game 5 of the 2007 ALCS, the greatest almost-meaningful game in Red Sox history. His hobbies include watching baseball, crunching numbers, and reading fan mail, so if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to send him an email.
Lee Perrault lee.perrault_AT_gmail.com	Bats: ? Throws: ? Resides: ? Date Acquired: December 20, 2009	Check back.

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MINOR LEAGUE COLUMNIST

Mike Scandura mscan79_AT_cox.net

Bats: Right Throws: Right Resides: Riverside, RI Date Acquired: May 24, 2008

Sports editor at The Warwick (RI) Beacon from 1973-78. Sports writer at The Times (Pawtucket, RI) from 1978-1999. At The Times, I was the beat writer for the Pawtucket Red Sox and Providence College basketball. Retired from The Times in the fall of 1999. Have covered the Pawtucket Red Sox in one capacity or another since 1976. One of only two sports writers who covered The Longest Game (the 33-inning game between the Rochester Red Wings and Pawtucket in 1981). Member of the Words Unlimited Hall of Fame (Words Unlimited is a Rhode Island organization of sports writers, sports casters and sports publicists). Blogs in-season with a first-hand look at the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox.

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Tim & Paul, Game 1 2004 World Series

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Tim Daloisio tdaloisio_AT_gmail.com	Bats: Right Throws: Right Resides: New Bedford, NH Date Acquired: February 1, 2008	Tim Daloisio has been blogging about the Red Sox since 5 minutes after he discovered what a blog was in 2003.  After managing the blogs Musings from RSN and The Red Sox Times, Tim decided to join the Fire Brand community at the beginning of the 2008 season as a writer and producer and host of the Fireside Chats weekly podcast. When not writing, talking, or thinking about the Red Sox, Tim spends his time in NH with his wife and two daughters. (Twitter)
Paul Testa ptesta9_AT_gmail.com	Bats: Right Throws: Right Resides: Orlando, FL Date Acquired: April 4, 2008	Born and raised in N. Providence, Rhode Island where you are either born a Red Sox or a Yankee fan. Luckily for me, my family has good genes. Before deciding to move to Orlando in 2003 I contemplated three things: Family, Friends and the Red Sox. For a good rant, be sure to follow Paul on Twitter after every Jason Varitek at bat.

Former Fire Brand writers: Tito Crafts, Ryne Crabb, Zach Hayes, Andrew Lipsett