by shawn medeiros | Apr 13, 2009 | Bobby Abreu, Brian Fuentes, Dallas Braden, David Ortiz, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Vladimir Guerrero
Bobby Abreu got all the revenge he needed. After Josh Beckett threw at his head in the first inning for calling time late in the at-bat, Abreu hit a go-ahead two-run single in the third inning giving the Angels a 3-2 advantage. Vladimir Guerrero padded the lead in the...
by josh lacey | Apr 3, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, George Kottaras, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, John Smoltz, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Know Thy Enemy, Manny Delcarmen, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lowell
The 2009 Boston Red Sox are in the final stages of preparing for what is certain to be an entertaining and exciting season. The spring is finally behind us, the roster is set and the team is moving northward to christen Citi Field with some Major League talent. Now...
by tito crafts | Apr 1, 2009 | A.J. Burnett, Alex Rodriguez, Alfredo Aceves, Andy Pettitte, Brett Gardner, Brian Bruney, Brian Cashman, C.C. Sabathia, Chien-Ming Wang, Damaso Marte, David Ortiz, Derek Jeter, Dustin Pedroia, Edwar Ramirez, Hideki Matsui, Ian Kennedy, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Joba Chamberlain, Johnny Damon, Jose Molina, Jose Veras, Kevin Youkilis, Mark Teixeira, Melky Cabrera, Mike Lowell, New York Yankees, Nick Swisher, Phil Hughes, Robinson Cano, Xavier Nady
The other half of the best rivalry in sports, The New York Yankees. The Bronx Bombers “only” ended up with 89 victories last season. And the key players they inked this past off-season, have them looking incredibly strong on paper for this upcoming 2009...
by sean o | Mar 18, 2009 | David Ortiz
How long will it take fans to panic if David Ortiz struggles early on in the season? Watching Ortiz fail in the playoffs was something new in the eyes of Bostonians–or fans of the team that resides in Boston anyway, wherever they may live. A pop in the wrist...
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 evan brunell | Feb 19, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Bard, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Rocco Baldelli
Apologies to those that don’t follow the shows I do, but I was thinking about the multitude of TV shows that I watch and I thought it would be pretty funny and cool to pair up who I think represents a certain character best on the Red Sox. I’m not limiting...
by evan brunell | Feb 16, 2009 | Bill Mueller, Bret Saberhagen, Brian Daubach, Curtis Pride, Dante Bichette, David Ortiz, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jeff Frye, John Burkett, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Lou Merloni, Mike Stanley, Nomar Garciaparra, Pedro Martinez, Rich Garces, Rod Beck, Tim Wakefield, Troy O'Leary
On Friday, the Boston Globe ran down the worst breakups in Red Sox history going around the diamond by position. It’s a nice (and sobering) read. It made me ask myself “who would be on my personal ‘favorite Red Sox’ team?” My list is...
by sean o | Feb 11, 2009 | Adam Dunn, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jim Rice, Pat Burrell
JD Drew. The greatest example of Sabermetrics vs. The Human Eye. For two years now, I have defended JD Drew as a player. For two years now, I have–at the same time–agreed with the detractors of the contract that he initially signed during the 2007...
by josh lacey | Jan 12, 2009 | Brad Penny, Community post, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jed Lowrie, John Smoltz, Josh Bard, Josh Beckett, Julio Lugo, Mark Kotsay, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Tim Wakefield
17 of the starting 25 Red Sox for 2009 have much to prove this season. Of this number, 15 are rebounding from injuries which plagued 2008. This is not a bad thing, as the entire team will be extraordinarily motivated to do well, to win, to pull together and help each...
by evan brunell | Jan 7, 2009 | David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell
A month ago, Chris Dutton and Peter Bendix collaborated together to come up with a new statistic — xBABIP. BABIP, or Batting Average on Balls In Play, is generally used to identify whether a pitcher was lucky or unlucky. With .300 as the baseline, if a...
