by josh lacey | Jul 31, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Jason Varitek
“Baseball is a marathon, not a sprint.” How often have you been told that, with respect to the baseball season, no single day nor no single event matters more than the collective performance over a 162 game season? When looking at individual performance, I...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 2, 2009 | Daniel Bard, Game Recap, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Rocco Baldelli
Boston’s bullpen had something to prove. Down 5-3 headed into the top of the ninth, Kevin Youkilis hit a two-run homer and Rocco Baldelli notched a pinch hit game-tying two-run single. Julio Lugo drove in the go-ahead run in the 11th inning on an RBI single and...
by shawn medeiros | May 14, 2009 | Brad Penny, Daniel Bard, Ervin Santana, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Tim Wakefield
Tim Wakefield had lost 5 straight road games to the Los Angeles Angels. He looked well on his way to breaking that streak with a four run lead heading into the bottom of the third. Mike Napoli made sure Wakefield’s streak extended to six games with one swing of...
by evan brunell | May 10, 2009 | Daniel Bard, Quick Post
UPDATE: Javier Lopez is the one that gets the boot. I’m surprised; he was decent for us the last three years and they could have optioned Hunter Jones. What about Jones did they prefer to Lopez and what he’s done the last three years? Not sure. True, Lopez...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 22, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Game Recap, Jon Van Every, Julio Lugo, Sean Danielson
Julio Lugo began a rehab assignment Wednesday for the Pawtucket Red Sox and came away feeling better, physically, than his performance would indicate. Lugo, who batted leadoff and played shortstop, was 0-for-3 in three official at-bats and drew a walk in an...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 20, 2009 | Daniel Bard, Game Recap, Jeff Bailey, Michael Bowden
Boston’s pitching future was on display Monday afternoon at McCoy Stadium — the future in the person of starter Michael Bowden and reliever Daniel Bard. Bowden recorded his first Triple-A victory (which is interesting in the sense he won his first major...
by evan brunell | Apr 16, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, Hunter Jones, Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Takashi Saito
All indications point to Justin Masterson taking Dice-K’s place in the rotation after Dice was placed on the 15-day DL with arm fatigue. Masterson threw 60 pitches in relief of Dice-K in the midst of a taxing bullpen effort in a 12-inning game. The bullpen...
by evan brunell | Mar 12, 2009 | Bill James, Brad Wilkerson, Brayan Pena, Casey Kelly, Che-Hsuan Lin, Chris Iannetta, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Hanley Ramirez, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Jeff Bailey, Joe Mauer, John Buck, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Bard, Julio Lugo, Junichi Tazawa, Justin Masterson, Lars Anderson, Luis Exposito, Miguel Olivo, Mike Lowell, New York Yankees, Nick Hagadone, Ryan Kalish, Terry Francona, Tim Wakefield
David Ortiz – Samara Pearlstein Sit down with a big cup of coffee, because have I a treat for you. I participated in a chat on Tuesday night and they have made the transcript available for Fire Brand to peruse. Enjoy… Do you think that the Red Sox will be...
by brandwon stewart | Jan 1, 2009 | Andrew Miller, Daniel Bard
The Daniel Bard story begins in 2003, as the New York Yankees drafted the 6’4″ power arm out of high school in the 20th round (604th overall). Bard declined the Yankee offer and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Thankfully). At UNC...
by evan brunell | Nov 14, 2008 | Casey Kelly, Daniel Bard, Josh Reddick, Lars Anderson, Michael Almanzar, Michael Bowden, Nick Hagadone, Ryan Westmoreland, Stolmy Pimentel, Yamaico Navarro
Been a busy couple days, I apologize for the lack of content. We’ll get going again. Tomorrow Ryne’s supposed to post the first part of the Top 50 free agents and later today we’ll have a Red Sox blog roundtable for you all. First things first:...
