by shawn medeiros | May 20, 2008 | Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals
The M.O. around Fire Brand Land has been this: to be a solid major league pitcher Jon Lester must be consistent. Tonight, he was anything but inconsistent throwing his first no-hitter of his career against the Kansas City Royals. Lester had never even thrown a...
by evan brunell | May 19, 2008 | Blogpoll Awards, Carlos Quentin, Cliff Lee, David Murphy, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joe Saunders, Justin Morneau, Kevin Youkilis, Nick Blackburn
Each week, I will be participating in the 2008 MLB Blog Poll, put together by BaseballHappenings.com. Below are my current votes for the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards. These votes will be tabulated among other votes from other blogs to...
by shawn medeiros | May 18, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Milwaukee Brewers
Game 1: Rolling seven Daisuke Matsuzaka improved to 7-0 on the season as Boston took the first game of the doubleheader 5-3. David Ortiz hit his first homerun in eight days, a three-run shot, to help propel the Red Sox to the win. Jonathan Papelbon completed the ninth...
by evan brunell | May 13, 2008 | Jacoby Ellsbury
by evan brunell | May 12, 2008 | Coco Crisp, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Manny Ramirez
Could four outfielders work out for the Red Sox after all? With the Red Sox finding no trading partner to depose Coco Crisp to, the Sox opted to keep Crisp instead of trading him to Texas for Gerald Laird. The move, so far, has turned out to be a smart one as the...
by mike edelman | May 6, 2008 | Brandon Moss, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Manny Ramirez, Sean Casey
As some of you may have been able to tell by the proclivity of my posts to include tables of data from some new found online tool or database that I happened to stumble upon, I love finding new ways to analyze what we live and watch every day with our favorite...
by evan brunell | May 5, 2008 | Blogpoll Awards, Casey Kotchman, Cliff Lee, Greg Smith, Jacoby Ellsbury, Joe Saunders, Justin Morneau, Manny Ramirez, Nick Blackburn, Zach Grienke
Each week, I will be participating in the 2008 MLB Blog Poll, put together by BaseballHappenings.com. Below are my current votes for the Most Valuable Player, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year awards. These votes will be tabulated among other votes from other blogs to...
by evan brunell | May 5, 2008 | Alex Cora, Brandon Moss, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Craig Hansen, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Sean Casey, Tim Wakefield
Another season, another Month to Month! The Red Sox got off to a pretty good start. There’s been a ton of storylines so far this month, but for the most part, the team has come hot out of the gates, proving that perhaps they weren’t overrated after all....
by shawn medeiros | May 4, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Detroit Tigers, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jeremy Bonderman, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Tampa Bay Rays
Kevin Youkilis launched a solo-homerun to dead center field and finished the day with four RBI’s in the Red Sox 7-3 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Jon Lester (2-2) earned his second win of the year while keeping his undefeated streak going when starting day games...
by evan brunell | Apr 29, 2008 | Carl Crawford, Jacoby Ellsbury
Does Carl Crawford have Jacoby Ellsbury on his fantasy baseball team or something? “Let him go,” said Crawford to the Providence Journal. The Red Sox, historically never known for their speed (which makes it all the more weird that one of their nicknames...
