by shawn medeiros | Aug 11, 2007 | Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Corey Patterson, David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, Erik Bedard, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Ramirez, Melvin Mora, Nick Markakis
The formula is simple: Eric Gagne and/or Hideki Okajima in the eighth to set up Jonathan Papelbon to slam the door shut in the ninth. Gagne gave up four runs in the eighth making this “chemistry” experiment go awry losing the ball game 6-5 to the Baltimore...
by guest | Aug 10, 2007 | Uncategorized
Hello, Fire Brand readers. I’m Andrew Lipsett – you may remember me from such Fire Brand articles as ‘The One Where I Defend Manny’ and ‘The One Where I Got Every Stathead In The Country Mad At Me For Saying Damon Wasn’t Going To Be...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 10, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Erik Bedard, Game Threads
August 10th, 2007 GAME THREAD Boston Red Sox (69-45) @ Baltimore Orioles (52-61) Daisuke Matsuzaka, RHP (13-8, 3.70) @ Erik Bedard, LHP (12-4, 3.09) 7:05 PM EDT at Camden Yards (Baltimore. MD) TV: NESN | RADIO: WRKO 680, WROL (Sp.) AL EAST GAMES: NYY @ CLE | TB @ TEX...
by zach hayes | Aug 9, 2007 | Barry Bonds, Bonds/Steroids, San Francisco Giants
With one swing of the bat, the sanctity and cleanliness of sports’ most cherished record vanished. Like a cannonball, Barry Bonds 756th home run rocketed off his bat and fell into the sixth row of the right-center field bleachers at SBC Park in San Francisco. A...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 9, 2007 | Brandon Moss, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Gagne, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Los Angeles Angels, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell
Dustin Pedroia had the go-ahead homerun in the seventh and Mike Lowell was 4-4 with two RBI’s to help Boston (69-45) avoid the sweep against the Los Angeles Angels (66-74) winning 9-6. In a back and forth game Hideki Okajima earned his third win of the season...
