Author: evan brunell

9/5: Down in Texas

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (82-57) @ Texas Rangers (69-72) Josh Beckett (11-9, 4.34) @ Kevin Millwood (9-7, 4.84) 8:05…

Farewell to Zach Hayes

On September 19th, 2005, a new voice entered Fire Brand, and promptly mentioned to us that “I love this time…

ROUNDTABLE: Mark Kotsay

We’re starting a new series here at Fire Brand. Once a week, you’ll hear from numerous Red Sox bloggers on…

TRIVIA: Scoring runs

Sorry for the dearth of trivia questions lately. Please accept my humble apologies. I try to get at least two…

Josh Reddick chats with Fire Brand

Josh Reddick, 21, was named a California League Post-Season All Star after hitting .343/.375/.593 in 312 at-bats, 17 home runs…

YOU BE GM: What to do in offseason

The recent discussion on A.J. Burnett got me thinking, so I’d like to open up a bit of a fun…

Red Sox to target A.J. Burnett

Per Ken Rosenthal: The Red Sox are planning a major push for Blue Jays right-hander A.J. Burnett, according to a…

9/3: Sweep the Birds outta here

Prev. Gm: Baltimore Orioles (63-75) @ Boston Red Sox (81-57) Lance Cormier (2-3, 4.61) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (16-2, 2.82) 1:35…

Interviews

Fire Brand of the American League has been fortunate to interview several people involved in baseball. Here is the list,…

9/2: Win the series

Prev. Gm: Baltimore Orioles (63-74) @ Boston Red Sox (80-57) Radhames Liz (5-3, 6.95) @ Jon Lester (12-5, 3.41) 7:05…