by guest | Jan 9, 2012 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
This guest post was written by David Schubert of Sabeanmetrics and Curse of Benitez, blogs about the San Francisco Giants. This is his first guest post for Fire Brand of the American League. One of my favorite things about humans is the innate, relentless drive to...
by Troy Patterson | Jan 5, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
So much of the offseason has been spent awaiting the Red Sox moves to sure up the back of the rotation with so far only Daniel Bard and Alfredo Aceves being options to move out of the pen. It’s been assumed that Jon Lester, Josh Beckett and Clay Buchholz will be...
by charliesap | Nov 8, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz
I just got back from a weekend in Arizona, watching some Arizona Fall League games and attending First Pitch Arizona, a fantasy baseball seminar. Unfortunately, the Sox’ best prospect in the AFL, Will Middlebrooks, had been taken out of action due to an injury....
by chipbuck | Nov 4, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Albert Pujols, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag, Tim Wakefield
And we’re back! Nick Cafardo returns with his amazingly amusing mail bag! This week’s questions are just as eye-roll inducing as the ones we’ve seen over the last two weeks. Rather than keep you waiting, I’m going to jump right in to answer...
by chipbuck | Oct 26, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, C.C. Sabathia, C.J. Wilson, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Erik Bedard, Hiroki Kuroda, Jeff Francis, Joel Pineiro, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Mark Buehrle, Paul Maholm, Roy Oswalt, Tim Wakefield
Last week, I was channeling my inner Mark McGwire when I triumphantly declared that I was not going to talk about the past, but instead focus on the future. While I don’t plan on taking it quite to the extent Darryl alluded to on Sunday, I’m hoping to...
by Troy Patterson | Oct 17, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Mark Buehrle, Tim Wakefield
There has been a lot of talk about how bad the September pitching was and a lot of blame has been placed on the “fried chicken and beer” theory, but 2011 came down to a lack of pitchers making healthy starts. In September the Red Sox staff had 14.2...
by chipbuck | Sep 28, 2011 | Alfredo Aceves, Clay Buchholz, Quick Post
According to Joe McDonald of ESPN Boston via Twitter, Clay Buchholz will active for tonight’s game. I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty psyched about the possibility he makes an appearance (hopefully late) in tonight’s game. This pretty...
by charliesap | Sep 27, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
<img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 3px; margin-right: 3px;" src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/sp/getty/9f/fullj.051baf7386aea1d6bc6fe5c05336414d/051baf7386aea1d6bc6fe5c05336414d-getty-127233542.jpg" alt=" Centerfielder Jacoby...
by Troy Patterson | Sep 26, 2011 | Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kyle Weiland
While I have tried to maintain my positivity it has become increasingly hard. There have been injuries and poor outings that surely no one could have predicted or dealt with, but the injuries to the staff and poor performance that can find blame. The Red Sox entered...
by chipbuck | Sep 21, 2011 | Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kyle Weiland, Tim Wakefield
As the Red Sox have fallen into a deeper slump than most of us ever imagined possible, the “Chicken Little” mentality that was once prevalent throughout Red Sox Nation has slowly transformed into the “Mob” mentality. Yes, that’s right folks. People throughout New...
