by chipbuck | Feb 21, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox
In case anybody missed this earlier today. Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal reports that Adrian Gonzalez has been cleared to start swinging the bat. According to the report, Gonzalez was examined by team medical director, Dr. Tom Ginn on Friday, and was...
by chipbuck | Feb 21, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees
Andrew Marchand of ESPN New York had a chance to sit down with Yankee first baseman Mark Teixeira the other day. Despite all of the naysayers, Teixeira tells Marchand not to count the Yankees out. “We’re the underdogs this year,” Teixeira said....
by evan brunell | Feb 21, 2011 | Misc.
Fire Brand recently agreed to promote TiqIQ as its ticket broker of note. This is the first time we are actively promoting a ticket company to buy tickets through us. Why are we doing this? The reason is because TiqIQ is providing a service we feel is in demand out...
by mike silver | Feb 21, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Boston Red Sox
In case you’ve been hiding under a rock — or enjoying the winter’s break from hardball — you’re aware of the contract standoff between Albert Pujols and St. Louis Cardinals. If you aren’t, here’s the skinny: Pujols wanted to be locked up long-term in...
by chipbuck | Feb 20, 2011 | Weekend Round-Up
Hello everyone! Starting today, we’ll be doing a new feature here at Fire Brand. Every Sunday, I’ll share a series of baseball related links (and occasionally humorous non-baseball related links) from the previous week. Today’s links are brought to...
