Pawtucket’s successful season: Playoffs, promotions

Maybe the confines in which the Pawtucket Red Sox played this season weren’t baseball’s equivalent of a perfect world. But they were close.
For example:

The PawSox set a franchise record for [...]

A look ahead to Labor Day weekend

The Red Sox are embarking on a three-game series with the Chicago White Sox before hosting the Baltimore Orioles for the first series of September. Unfortunately, Fire Brand won’t be [...]

2008 June: Making do without Big Papi

A 16-11 swing has left the Sox in second place to start July, behind the surprising Tampa Bay Rays. Today comes the hated, the vaunted meek New York Yankees. Let’s [...]

The first two months show you what you have…

Billy Beane has been quoted saying that the first two months show you what you have, the next two are spent acquiring what you need and the final two is [...]

Igawa sharp in defeat of PawSox

This is not a typo.
Any resemblance between the Kei Igawa who shut down the Pawtucket Red Sox on Wednesday night and the Kei Igawa who got lit up last season [...]

“I’m glad I didn’t give up, but it did cross my mind.” Chris Smith’s Sox debut marks long road back

Hello, my name is Mike Scandura, and I’m the newest member of the Fire Brand circle. For more information on me, just click “Authors” and find out. I’ll primarily be [...]

Masterson, Colon to pitch this week

With Clay Buchholz on the DL and the short week from the doubleheader, the Red Sox have announced that both Justin Masterson and Bartolo Colon will start this week against [...]

Sox calling up Chris Smith

The Red Sox have called up former touted prospect Chris Smith to fill the pitching void, optioning Jonathan Van Every. Smith, 27, has come a long way since his 2002 [...]