by evan brunell | Oct 24, 2012 | Ben Cherington, Bobby Valentine, David Ortiz, Mike Aviles, Will Middlebrooks
Bobby Valentine may not be the Red Sox manager anymore, but he’s not done commenting on his time in Boston. And it won’t be the last time, either. Valentine went on “Costas Tonight” on the NBC Sports Network on Tuesday and stirred the pot,...
by evan brunell | Oct 22, 2012 | John Farrell, Poll
Well, that was fast. The Red Sox have tabbed John Farrell as the new skipper. It appears as many Sox fans would have preferred Brad Ausmus, as a poll to Fire Brand readers showed. This poll was only up Friday through the weekend, but Ausmus had a convincing lead and...
by evan brunell | Oct 19, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Poll
Well, it appears that the next Red Sox manager is going to come from a pool of five candidates. Those would be John Farrell, Tim Wallach, Brad Ausmus, Tony Pena and DeMarlo Hale. Last week, we asked who people felt should be the manager in general. Ausmus actually got...
by evan brunell | Oct 18, 2012 | Adam LaRoche, Carlos Pena, Darin Ruf, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jerry Sands, Kevin Youkilis, Lance Berkman, Mike Napoli, Nick Swisher, Ryan Lavarnway
When the Red Sox have selected their new manager, one of the biggest tasks in front of them will be to find a first baseman. That’s not easy, as the free-agent class is fairly weak in that category and the Sox have no obvious fits in the organization. But...
by evan brunell | Oct 11, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, John Farrell
As the Red Sox embark on yet another hunt for a new manager, the availability of John Farrell has come up yet again. After a second straight disappointing season north of the border, the Red Sox are hoping that Toronto will be more willing to move on from Farrell as...