by chipbuck | Mar 18, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
In case you missed it (and you probably didn’t), there was some pretty big news coming out of Fort Myers on Thursday. According to Terry Francona via Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston, the Red Sox have determined the order of their rotation to start the season. ...
by charliesap | Mar 8, 2011 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Josh Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis
When I started writing about baseball, it was through fantasy baseball. My site is indeed aptly named Fantasy Baseball 365. So, I would be remiss not to write something related to fantasy baseball and the Red Sox. Lucky for the Sox, there are plenty of players to...
by charliesap | Mar 3, 2011 | Adrian Gonzalez, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dustin Pedroia, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
Will Carroll is known far and wide as the “injury expert” — as his Twitter name suggests — and having read a lot of his work over the last few years, I’d have to say the name fits him rather well. Carroll has been spot on with his sports...
by darryl johnston | Feb 27, 2011 | Adrian Beltre, Carl Crawford, Jon Lester, Poll, Quick Post
photo © 2010 Graham Nadig | more info (via: Wylio) Least season the Red Sox were hit with a set of unexpected injuries. Strangely enough, they were also hit with a 7.0 WAR player seemingly out of nowhere. Adrian Beltre carried the Red Sox on his back for the summer...
by darryl johnston | Feb 5, 2011 | 2004 World Series, 2007 ALCS, 2007 ALDS, 2007 World Series, Boston Red Sox, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett
Before you start, READ THIS: On December 31st, 2003, Evan Brunell penned the article There is No Such Thing as ‘The Curse of the Babe’. On that day Fire Brand of the American League was born. Today we would like want to thank all of the great readers of...
by mike silver | Jan 31, 2011 | Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Brad Bergesen, C.C. Sabathia, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Price, Jeremy Guthrie, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Ricky Romero, Tampa Bay Rays
In preparation of pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Traning, we thought we’d rank the AL East’s starting rotations. To no one’s surprise, the division has a great cache of starting pitchers, as most hurlers rate average or better when...
by evan brunell | Jan 9, 2011 | Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox, Fire Brand Awards, Jon Lester, Quick Post
The Fire Brand of the American League is a Red Sox player who exhibits character under pressure, an unassuming man who leaves the spotlight for other people but makes his indelible mark on the past season’s Boston Red Sox. A piece most people take for granted, but...
by charliesap | Dec 14, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester
Late last night, it was reported that Cliff Lee had decided to accept an offer from one of his former teams, the Philadelphia Phillies. Lee, though he took a little less money to return to Philly, will be paid like a king and be locked up until 2015 (option for 2016)....
by jake digregorio | Sep 30, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Game Threads, John Danks, Jon Lester
Boston Red Sox (87-71) @ Chicago White Sox (85-73) Jon Lester (19-8, 2.96) @ John Danks (14-11, 3.74) 8:10 PM EDT | U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, Ill.) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, SBN 1150 GAME NOTES: The Boston Red Sox seem determined to let the Chicago White Sox match...
by charliesap | Sep 30, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Jon Lester
On Tuesday, I posted a comparison between Clay Buchholz and the other AL Cy Young front-runners. I then added in the numbers of my personal pick for the award, Francisco Liriano. The first and then most frequent response to the piece was, “Where’s Jon...
