Know Thy Enemy: 2008 Tampa Bay Rays
When you’ve finished nine of the ten seasons in your franchise’s history in last place of your division and you’ve…
Category: Al Reyes
2007 Saves per Inning Pitched
Every year, I run a feature here at Fire Brand called Saves per Inning Pitched (SIP). It’s a little statistic…
Unlikely loss for Wakefield at the Trop
Tim Wakefield lost his first game at Tropicana Field 5-4 to the Devil Rays and the Boston Red Sox lead…
Sigh of relief: Varitek and Lugo punch playoff ticket for Red Sox
Down by a run in the ninth inning Jason Varitek tied the game with his 15th homerun of the season…
Mr. Clutch is back and just in time for the Yankees series
With no walk-off homers all season long David Ortiz hit a two-run walk-off homerun off of Tampa Bay Devil Rays’…
Upton ruins Dice-K’s night
One pitch was the difference as Daisuke Matsuzaka gave up a two-run homerun to B.J. Upton eventually losing the game…
No ninth inning rally this time
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. Al Reyes did not allow this quote to…
Red Sox winners in ninth
Jon Lester returned home to Fenway Park for the first time after battling cancer, but that was not the only…
Six runs in the 12th inning push Boston to the 12-6 win in extras
Jonathan Papelbon blew his second save of the season in 25 chances, but Boston bailed out their closer scoring six…
Know Thy Enemy 2007: Tampa Bay Devil Rays
This is the first installment of our annual Know Thy Enemy series, where Firebrand goes in-depth and analyzes the key…