by shawn medeiros | Apr 14, 2008 | Cleveland Indians, Joe Borowski, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Timlin
With some help of course. Down 4-2, Kevin Youkilis homered to deep left field to bring it closer at 4-3 in the eighth inning and then Dustin Pedroia followed in the ninth inning with a sacrifice fly to score Julio Lugo to tie the game at 4-4. That is where Ramirez...
by evan brunell | Feb 15, 2008 | Al Reyes, Alan Embree, B.J. Ryan, Billy Wagner, Bob Wickman, Bobby Jenks, Brad Hennessey, Brett Myers, Brian Fuentes, Chad Cordero, Chris Ray, David Weathers, Eric Gagne, Francisco Cordero, Francisco Rodriguez, J.J. Putz, Jason Isringhausen, Jeremy Accardo, Joakim Soria, Joe Borowski, Joe Nathan, Jonathan Papelbon, Jose Valverde, Kevin Gregg, Mariano Rivera, Matt Capps, Ryan Dempster, Takashi Saito, Todd Jones, Trevor Hoffman, Troy Percival
Every year, I run a feature here at Fire Brand called Saves per Inning Pitched (SIP). It’s a little statistic I made up that in the general scheme of things, probably means nothing. But I like doing it because it tells me what teams utilize their closer as a...
by shawn medeiros | Oct 16, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Grady Sizemore, Jake Westbrook, Jason Varitek, Joe Borowski, Kenny Lofton, Travis Hafner
Kenny Lofton may be 40 years old but he is playing like a 25 year old superstar in the playoffs spark plugging the Cleveland Indians lineup. Lofton hit his first ALCS homerun, a two run shot, off of Daisuke Matsuzaka in the second inning and Cleveland never let the...
by zach hayes | Oct 10, 2007 | 2007 ALCS, Aaron Fultz, C.C. Sabathia, Cleveland Indians, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Eric Gagne, Fausto Carmona, Hideki Okajima, Jake Westbrook, Joe Borowski, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Know Thy Enemy, Manny Delcarmen, Paul Byrd, Tim Wakefield
Some quick Red Sox/Indians notes before we finish the ALCS Know Thy Enemy
by shawn medeiros | Jul 26, 2007 | Alex Cora, Cleveland Indians, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Fausto Carmona, Franklin Gutierrez, Jason Varitek, Joe Borowski, Josh Beckett
One mistake by Josh Beckett, a few chances missed, and a out right dominant Fausto Carmona spelled a 1-0 defeat for the Boston Red Sox (61-40). That one mistake by Beckett (13-4) was a homerun ball given up to Franklin Gutierrez in the third inning, other than...
by evan brunell | Dec 6, 2006 | Adam Jones, Adrian Beltre, Amborix Burgos, Brian Bannister, David Dellucci, Derrick Turnbow, Doug Mirabelli, Freddy Garcia, Gavin Floyd, J.D. Drew, J.J. Putz, Jason Schmidt, Joe Borowski, Jon Lieber, Jonathan Broxton, Kansas City Royals, Kevin Mench, Ted Lilly, Terry Francona, Trading Manny Saga
We’re going to keep an updated Winter Meetings column going today because there’s way too many news going on. 8:22 PM: The Yankees lost out on Ted Lilly, who is heading to the Chicago Cubs for four years and $40 million, but still have a one year pact out...
by evan brunell | Dec 2, 2006 | Aaron Fultz, Baltimore Orioles, Chan Ho Park, David Riske, Doug Mirabelli, Gabe Kapler, Joe Borowski, Keith Foulke, Pedro Feliz, Ronnie Belliard, Shea Hillenbrand, Trot Nixon
So, who got offered arbitration by the Red Sox? Trot Nixon did not get offered arbitration. Mark Loretta, Gabe Kapler and Doug Mirabelli were also not offered arbitration. The lone offer was to Keith Foulke, a near certainty not to return, giving the Red Sox a...
by zach hayes | Nov 6, 2006 | Adam Kennedy, Adam Wainwright, Akinori Iwamura, Andy Pettitte, Brandon Inge, Dave Roberts, David Dellucci, Eric Gagne, Gil Meche, Joe Borowski, Juan Pierre, Kei Igawa, Luis Gonzalez, Mark DeRosa, Mark Mulder, Rich Aurilia, Ted Lilly, Trot Nixon, Woody Williams
With a wicked Adam Wainwright curveball thrown past a swinging Brandon Inge for the last out of the World Series, the off season is upon us. Sox fans have endured an interminable postseason, a boring October compared to the last three years, and now some of the fun...
