by darryl johnston | Nov 21, 2010 | Poll, Quick Post
Bud Selig is serious about adding another Wild Card team to each league and he expects it to occur in 2012. The general managers are behind this idea, as well as the owners. How about you though? In FireBrand of the American League’s newest poll, we ask:...
by darryl johnston | Nov 17, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
Want to get something for nothing? Then just ask the Florida Marlins. If they knew it was going to be so easy, the Red Sox could have traded for Dan Uggla themselves. And just like that – the offseason has arrived — and the Red Sox may have missed out on an...
by darryl johnston | Nov 10, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
Carl Everett doesn’t believe in dinosaurs. We all know that by now, but it’s still funny to think at one point, this guy was the future of the organization. We can thank Dan Duquette for a lot of things. He was instrumental in laying the player foundation that helped...
by darryl johnston | Nov 3, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
How would you feel if Billy Beane was your Red Sox general manager? I would imagine not all that great considering he was your GM for twenty minutes or so in November 2002 when THE Billy Beane agreed to a four-year deal with Boston to GM the Red Sox. He even...
by darryl johnston | Oct 27, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox are undoubtedly ranked #1 in ‘worst trades of all time’ with the sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. It was the beginning of the most storied ‘curse’ in sports history, although at the time, the deal was not viewed as a bad...
