by chipbuck | Jan 4, 2012 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox
The criteria for the Fire Brand of the American League Award is as follows: “The Fire Brand of the American League is a Red Sox player who exhibits character under pressure, an unassuming man who leaves the spotlight for other people but makes his indelible mark...
by aconvery | Jan 3, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
The fact that two of the most important players for the Boston Red Sox over the past fifteen years have been a pitcher and a catcher would lead one to believe that they have worked together often. With Jason Varitek and Tim Wakefield, that is not the case. In fact,...
by chipbuck | Dec 28, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
On December 3rd, the day after I posted my last Cafardo mailbag, I entered into rehab with the intent of never stealing Nick’s mail ever again. I don’t want to go into the gory details of going through withdrawal, but let’s just say cold sweats,...
by aconvery | Dec 27, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
“I’m a firm believer that God has a plan and it wasn’t in his plan for us to move forward. God didn’t have it in the cards for us.” ~Adrian Gonzalez on not making the playoffs in 2011 It seems funny now that it all started with Mike Cameron. When Boston traded for...
by charliesap | Dec 27, 2011 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Poll
Daniel Bard and Alfredo Aceves have been told to prepare for spring training as if they were going to be a part of the 2012 starting rotation. A few such transformations from bullpen to rotation have been successful lately (see: Wilson, C.J. and his shinny new deal),...
by Troy Patterson | Dec 26, 2011 | Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Jose Iglesias, Matt Barnes, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
This years rankings for the Red Sox 2012 top prospects are rolling in. There has been some discrepancies among the top 5 and I was curious to look over them and how they can help the team. I am looking at minorleagueball.com, baseballamerica.com (care of Peter...
by aconvery | Dec 24, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
“The Human Condition being, basically, that we’re alive and have access to beauty, can sometimes even erratically create it, but will someday be dead and will not.” ~Chad Harbach, The Art Of Fielding Every week in this column we highlight and profile a prospect in the...
by charliesap | Dec 23, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Several name brand starting pitchers have been traded already this offseason and the players involved in the trades tells you everything you need to know about this winter’s starting pitcher trade market. It sucks. The Red Sox had been included in the Gio...
by chipbuck | Dec 21, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Hall of Fame Ballot
With the flurry of the Winter Meetings feeling like a distant memory, many baseball writers have shifted their attention away from the hot stove league (albeit temporarily) to writing articles about the upcoming Hall of Fame vote. As with nearly every election, there...
by aconvery | Dec 20, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
On October 6th, 2008, Jed Lowrie slipped the game winning hit through the right side of the infield, propelling the Red Sox past the Angels, and sending them to the American League Championship for a second straight year (two weeks later he would make the last out of...
