BOS 6, NYY 4: Undefeated
New venue, same drama. The rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees will always be eventful.
Category: Jason Bay
Go Early, Go Often: Fire Brand’s Best of April
Tonight's game against the Tampa Bay Rays marks the final game of the first calendar month of the season; and what an April it was. From the panic that set in BWNNH (Before Wake's Near No Hitter) after a 2-6 start, to the exhilaration of winning 12 out of 13 including a le-gen *wait for it* DARY sweep of the New York Yankees AB (Anno Bay - In the Year of Our Bay), April has been all Red Sox fans could ask for.
Who would have thought after the first week of the season that April would end with the Red Sox atop the American League with the league's best winning percentage?
Today we look at the best performances of April, culminating in the Fire Brand Player of the Month award.
BOS 3, CLE 1: Streak on
Jason Bay maybe stealing the "clutch" title away from David Ortiz.
Bay or Holliday?; buy HEATER magazine!
Tyler Hissey breaks down the careers of Jason Bay and Matt Holiday and wonders who's the better value.
BOS 16, NYY 11: Lumber party
As if last night's game between Boston and New York didn't provide enough drama.
BOS 5, NYY 4: Make it 8
Jason Bay and Kevin Youkilis have got that BOOM BOOM POW.
It’s early, but the stats still exist.
Dustin Pedroia: OPS+ 86: Speaking of picking it up...I guess that is what the Orioles pitching staff allows a hitter to do. Although, I do not want to dismiss the offensive explosion of the last few days completely.
After all, they did "rock" Orioles "Ace" Jeremy Guthrie, and last time I checked, he is a pretty good pitcher. But anyway, Pedroia has reached base 10 times in the past four games. His OBP is now roughly league-average, and his slugging has broken the .400 mark. And both of those categories should only improve from here on out.
The Red Sox know how to manage “injuries.”
If Lowell goes down, Youk can shift to third and David Ortiz and Chris Carter can share the 1B/DH spots. Or even Rocco could DH at times.
If Daisuke suffers from "arm fatigue." Which could also be labeled as "we are being careful with him because of the the WBC." Then Justin Masterson can shift from the pen to the rotation.
But Theo has built a team that can handle suspensions, injuries, performance issues, more than just about any team in the game of baseball.
And the organization as a whole has built a farm system that has the players to either be quality Major Leaguers, fill temporary holes, or be traded to address any of these "holes."
BOS 10, BAL 8: Offensive slump broken
Down seven runs to begin the bottom of the second inning Boston never changed their approach at the plate. The Red Sox knew they were given too many innings to catch up. J.D. Drew lead off the inning with a walk and Jason Bay followed crushing his third home run of the season into Baltimore's bullpen cutting the lead to 7-2. Boston's comeback was just getting started.
BOS 5, LAA 4: Bombs away
That wasn't a playoff game was it? Yesterday's match-up between the Boston Red Sox and Los Angeles Angels had everything a fan could ask for in a regular season game.