by mike edelman | Apr 15, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, 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
A few weeks ago I asked “the crowd” here at MVN and specifically the Fire Brand community to participate in an social experiment of the highest order of importance to the future of mankind. The challenge at the time was to investigate the merits of group...
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 shawn medeiros | Apr 14, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, New York Yankees, Phil Hughes, Sean Casey
Jacoby Ellsbury and Kevin Youkilis both drove in two RBIs and Daisuke Matsuzaka struggled but earned his third victory of the season in only five innings of work. On 116 pitches, Matsuzaka gave up four runs, walked six and struck out two in the win which was aided by...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 11, 2008 | Coco Crisp, Detroit Tigers, J.D. Drew, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Nate Robertson, Sean Casey, Tim Wakefield, Zach Miner
Manny Ramirez, Kevin Youkilis, J.D. Drew, and Coco Crisp drove in two RBI’s a piece while Sean Casey drove in three to lead the offensive charge by the Red Sox (5-5) over the Detroit Tigers (1-8) for 12-6 win. Tim Wakefield picked up his first win of the season...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 8, 2008 | Bill Buckner, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Detroit Tigers, Jeremy Bonderman, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
Daisuke Matsuzaka shined again for the Boston Red Sox when they needed him the most on a day where players and coaches could only think about winning. And so could Bill Buckner. Matsuzaka went 6.2 innings only allowing four hits, four walks, and struck out seven....
by shawn medeiros | Apr 2, 2008 | David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Shaun Marcum, Tim Wakefield, Toronto Blue Jays
Jon Lester (1-1) out-pitched Rich Harden the second time around earning his first victory of the season. David Ortiz and Jason Varitek provided the offense both homering to propel the Red Sox to their second straight victory winning 5-0. Lester managed to turn over...
by mike edelman | Mar 25, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, 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
I usually write my posts the day before they publish here on Fire Brand of the American League and then press publish them when I get to my computer in the morning. In theory, today – as you read this – is no different. In reality however, as I publish...
by evan brunell | Mar 24, 2008 | Alex Cora, Bobby Kielty, Bryan Corey, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Aardsma, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kevin Cash, Kevin Youkilis, Know Thy Enemy, Kyle Snyder, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Sean Casey, Tim Wakefield
You guessed it — we’re picking the Red Sox to repeat as American League East Division Champions. Coming off a World Series, the Red Sox will look to repeat and make it three titles in five years (shades of the Patriots). The Red Sox have a strong team...
by evan brunell | Mar 10, 2008 | Bartolo Colon, Chih-Hsiang Huang, Clay Buchholz, Coco Crisp, Craig Hansen, Devern Hansack, Doug Mirabelli, Dusty Brown, George Kottaras, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jed Lowrie, Jonathan Papelbon, Justin Masterson, Kevin Youkilis, Lars Anderson, Manny Ramirez, Mark Teixeira, Michael Almanzar, Michael Bowden, Mike Lowell, Oscar Tejeda, Terry Francona
Last night, I participated in a chat over at New England Sports Country. Here are some questions I answered… “Why isn’t Devern Hansack in the equation for #5”? His #’s are worthy . . . in AA and Boston 2006, and AAA 2007 (his 3.61ERA....
by evan brunell | Feb 21, 2008 | Jason Place, Kevin Youkilis, Lars Anderson, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell
For the first time since 2001, the Red Sox may have developed their own franchise first-baseman. During yesterday’s ESPN/Baseball America chat with Jim Callis, Callis revealed that his No. 1 first-base prospect in the minor leagues is none other than...
