by Troy Patterson | Apr 12, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Henry, Larry Lucchino
It’s always easy to throw stones when things are going bad, but perhaps this might be the best time to ask if ownership has reached a breaking point. The leadership group headed by John Henry has to be commended for bringing Boston two World Series wins, but...
by Troy Patterson | Jan 19, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
This offseason has seen the insults, comments, questions and general malaise come from all angles. The team hasn’t had much to be positive about after the worst regular season collapse of all time and the resulting flight of both the manager and GM. If that...
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 Troy Patterson | Dec 12, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, Jonathan Papelbon
This weekend Bobby Valentine spoke clearly about Daniel Bard entering 2012 spring training looking to be stretched out as a starter. While many had speculated about this possibility there was no clear final decision until now. This decision answers some questions...
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 charliesap | Oct 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, John Lackey, Kevin Youkilis, Poll, Terry Francona, Theo Epstein
A tornado ripped through the streets of Boston this past week and it wasn’t made by mother nature. Gone are the Red Sox manager and GM (supposedly). The dirty laundry is hanging from the rafters of Fenway Park and no one, it seems, is safe. The front office has...
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 | Oct 7, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka
Matthew Kory of Over the Monster posed a very interesting, albeit incredibly unpopular, question yesterday: Should the Red Sox extend Daisuke Matsuzaka? “Oh, yeah. The idea of extending that contract may seem like crazy talk, but as difficult as it can be to take in...
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...
