by evan brunell | Oct 27, 2009 | Brad Mills, Houston Astros, Quick Post
Little late on this, but worthy of mention. The Sox bench coach, Brad Mills, has departed to Houston for two years plus a club option. All the platitudes out of Sox camp you expected to hear were said. Houston owner Drayton McLane said that — and Francona...
by tim daloisio | Oct 27, 2009 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #65 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: none [podcast]http://360thepitch.com/firebrand/65_10_27_09_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] This week is a podcast of never-ending possibility. There are no wrong ideas, only bad ones, as Paul and I work through Evan,...
by mike silver | Oct 27, 2009 | Aroldis Chapman, Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jose Contreras
When any new phenomenon arrives, it takes a while for people to adjust their lifestyle and accommodate these changes. Cell phones are the most recent example. The Internet was another. In the baseball world, free agent-prospects are the newest slang, which,...
by evan brunell | Oct 26, 2009 | Trivia
Welcome to the newest edition of Fire Brand’s trivia. Let’s see what you’re doing battle with now… What Red Sox pitcher took a no-hitter into the ninth inning of a game in Yankee Stadium before it was broken up? (Bonus half point for the year.)...
by tim daloisio | Oct 26, 2009 | Carlos Beltran
Sometimes the best trades are the one’s that weren’t the most apparent to the public prior to them going down. Like the deals that brought Josh Beckett and Curt Schilling to Boston previously or the deadline deals that sent Nomar Garciaparra and Manny...
