by bcowett | Aug 13, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Trivia
Fire Brand Trivia! Just a couple more left! Question: Since 2003, which Red Sox third baseman with over 200 PA holds the highest ISO? HONOR CODE: No search engines or keyword searches. Previous Question Answer: I made a mistake in the wording, it was supposed to say...
by bcowett | Aug 13, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Adam Lind, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Snyder, Brett Lawrie, Colby Rasmus, Edwin Encarnacion, J.A. Happ, J.P. Arencibia, Jose Bautista, Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson, Maicer Izturis, Mark Buehrle, Melky Cabrera, Rajai Davis, Steve Delabar, Toronto Blue Jays
That Royals series was very frustrating. But for every sequence of games like that, there’s three others against teams like Toronto. Teams with no pitching that if you don’t tee off against, you should feel pretty distraught. And back to the Great White...
by tbrooks | Aug 13, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Manny Machado, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
Have you noticed how terrible Disney Princess stories are? Take The Little Mermaid, for example. Bratty, entitled girl has everything under the sea, literally, yet sings about how she “wants more!” Guess what? She gets more – and it leads to happily...
by bcarsley | Aug 12, 2013 | Alex Wilson, Allen Webster, Andrew Miller, Anthony Ranaudo, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Snyder, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Bryce Brentz, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, David Ortiz, Drake Britton, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Franklin Morales, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jose Dariel Abreu, Junichi Tazawa, Matt Thorton, Rubby de la Rosa, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Jacoby Ellsbury, Koji Uehara, Stephen Drew, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Mike Napoli and Joel Hanrahan. You have just read an exhaustive list of Red Sox players who will become free agents after the 2013 season. Two additional players – Jon Lester and Matt Thornton – have...
by bcowett | Aug 12, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Drake Britton, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Jose Dariel Abreu, Kansas City Royals
Not the greatest of trips to Kansas City in recent memory. The giving-up-leads thing…can we not, Red Sox pitching staff? Is there some run prevention there anywhere? John Lackey wasn’t at his best, but the normally strong Red Sox offense couldn’t...
by jcookson | Aug 9, 2013 | Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox were in Houston this past week for a three game series, and I attended two of the games. I enjoy seeing games at Minute Maid Park in Houston, but it can’t compare to Fenway Park, one of my favorite places on earth. My baseball memories start at an...
by bcowett | Aug 9, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, 2013 Pawtucket Red Sox, Alex Hassan, Boston Red Sox, Bruce Chen, Daniel Bard, David Ross, Garin Cecchini, Jake Peavy, Jon Lester, Jonny Gomes, Mike Napoli
Bruce Chen, guys. Bruce effing Chen. I mean, being inept against that rookie lefty in Houston was somewhat understandable, but Chen? Really? That first inning…could’ve gone a lot better. Jon Lester didn’t have his best stuff, but Jonny Gomes...
by chipbuck | Aug 8, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Clay Buchholz, Devin Marrero, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Garin Cecchini, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jose Iglesias, Mookie Betts, Stephen Drew, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about ' Welcome to this week’s incarnation of the Cafardo mailbag. No, I’m not back to doing this regularly. That’s still Tim’s...
by huntergolden | Aug 8, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Felix Doubront, Jake Peavy, Jon Lester
Fire Brand’s Editor and Lord Protector Hunter Golden was invited to be on the Toucher & Rich Show this morning on 98.5 the Sports Hub in Boston to talk a little Red Sox. During his segment he talked Felix Doubront, Jon Lester, playoff rotations and Jake...
by bcowett | Aug 7, 2013 | 2013 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jon Lester, Steven Wright, Xander Bogaerts
Well, that was a nice little bounce-back win there for the Red Sox after and immensely frustrating Monday. On to the rubber match! There have been better first innings, that’s for sure. But when Jacoby Ellsbury rediscovers his 2011 self, that first inning...
