When September Ends…

September is officially upon us, queue Green Day in the background… Summer has come and passed The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends Ring out the bells again Like we did when spring began Wake me up when September ends – Green Day,...

POLL: Waiver Wire Impact

In the latest edition of the Firebrand poll, we asked: If the Red Sox are to make the playoffs and succeed in October, which one of the following struggling players absolutely must right his ship?: Josh Beckett 74% of all votes Jacoby Ellsbury 12% of all votes Jason...

$100,000,000 doesn’t buy what it used to

Here’s a table that represents the salary difference between the Yankees and Red Sox starting lineups for game one of this week’s series that I mentioned on this weeks podcast (listen here). Pretty astounding. Six Red Sox under $500,000 in 2008 salary;...