by chipbuck | Apr 10, 2011 | Weekend Round-Up
The Weekend Round-Up returns after being off for the past couple of Sundays! There are a ton of really great links from the past week, so let’s dive right in. Around the Red Sox blogosphere: In case you missed it…here at Fire Brand, Troy discussed lineup...
by chipbuck | Apr 6, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Every so often, I come across an article that’s so appropriate for the current environment that I feel compelled to provide my take on the matter. On Tuesday, Paul Jannace of the Wellsville Daily Reporter in Wellsville, NY (about two hours away from where I grew up)...
by chipbuck | Apr 3, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
As Darryl mentioned a couple of weeks back, Fire Brand will be starting a monthly mail bag! Rather than Fire Brand’s staff of writers dictating the topics of conversation; with this new feature, you will have a chance to influence what we’re discussing....
by chipbuck | Apr 1, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew
While Justine DeCotis will be providing more detail on the Opening Day lineup in today’s Game Thread, I’d be remiss if I didn’t comment the lineup’s interesting omission. As reported by Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe, here is the batting order Terry Francona will...
by chipbuck | Mar 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
After a disappointing season in which the Old Towne Team won “only” 89 games and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2006, the Red Sox front office set out to make major changes to their aging, flawed roster. In a near (but not quite) Yankee-like fashion,...