by shawn medeiros | Jul 10, 2009 | Brad Penny, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia
Boston’s bullpen could use a break. Justin Masterson and the rest of the bullpen brass gave up five runs after Brad Penny went five innings allowing six hits, three runs, one walk and one strikeout. Kansas City answered with four runs in the sixth inning after...
by josh lacey | Jul 9, 2009 | Brad Penny, Game Threads, Kansas City Royals, Luke Hochevar
What is a MUP? Most Under-appreciated Player. I think the first half award for 2009 Red Sox MUP belongs to Brad Penny. Considering what we expected from him (who thought he’d still be on the team in July?), Penny’s ability to go deep in games consistently...
by evan brunell | Jul 9, 2009 | Quick Post
Fire Brand is being killed by spam these days. I’ve enabled CAPCHA for comments. CAPCHA will show up for anyone who is not registered. If you want to avoid having to type in these random letters and numbers for Fire Brand, sign up here for an account. Sorry for...
by evan brunell | Jul 9, 2009 | Quick Post, Trivia
Who is the only other Red Sox infielder aside from Nomar Garciaparra and Dustin Pedroia to win the Rookie of the Year award?HONOR CODE: No search engines, keyword searches.Check out the trivia leaderboard here. Previous trivia question: The Red Sox have never made the...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 9, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Tim Wakefield
During the game yesterday, Oakland Athletics shortstop Orlanda Cabrera was shown on camera asking a teammate “how can you hit that.” Carbera was referencing Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball that was dancing all around the plate last night. Wakefield...
