by evan brunell | Aug 17, 2007 | Bobby Kielty, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell, Wily Mo Pena
These have been hard times for Sox fans lately. Even though the Sox still maintain the best record in baseball at 72-48 and hold a five game lead over the New York Yankees (of which they fell to the Orioles twice, a merciful reprieve from the Gods), you wouldn’t...
by evan brunell | Aug 14, 2007 | Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, David Wells, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
Jon Lester is making his Fenway debut tonight, and should get a very loud standing ovation for his triumphant return from cancer. Lester spent the majority of the year in Triple-A, then came up to the majors and stuck after the trade of Kason Gabbard and other pieces...
by evan brunell | Aug 13, 2007 | Uncategorized
A bit of non-Red Sox news here… as you may or may not know, in addition to running this Red Sox blog, Fire Brand of the American League, I also run the company off of which Fire Brand is based on – MVN.com. As I say on MVN’s About Us page: MVN is an...
by evan brunell | Aug 13, 2007 | Game Threads, James Shields, Tampa Bay Rays, Tim Wakefield
You don’t get that fancy game thread today, Sox! If you want the game thread back, it’s simple. WIN. Oh, for the record, it’s James Shields against Tim Wakefield.
by evan brunell | Aug 12, 2007 | Clay Buchholz
The Boston Globe’s Amalie Benjamin is reporting that Josh Beckett and Curt Schilling will not be making the August 17th doubleheader starts as planned. Apparently, the Sox are viewing this as an opportunity to get Curt Schilling an extra day of rest. This means...
