by evan brunell | Mar 30, 2007 | Alex Cora, Brendan Donnelly, Coco Crisp, Curt Schilling, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Doug Mirabelli, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Julian Tavarez, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Know Thy Enemy, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Tim Wakefield, Wily Mo Pena
Ah, our favorite team ’round these parts … what’s the team looking like this year? It’s strong. It’s not without its questions, but boy, this looks like a team to be reckoned with… Statistics code: AVG/OBP/SLG for hitters. W-L, ERA,...
by mike edelman | Mar 14, 2007 | Curt Schilling, Jonathan Papelbon, Julian Tavarez, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez
The Red Sox have sure had their share of them. Those blood red socks seem to breed eccentricity, from Ted Williams going pigeon shooting in the Fenway outfield to the 2004 team taking shots of whiskey prior to every game of the World Series. Even the spelling of the...
by zach hayes | Mar 9, 2007 | Curt Schilling, Kevin Youkilis, Kyle Snyder, Manny Ramirez, Mike Timlin, Spring Training
Hot news and thoughts out of the split-squad games today vs. Minnesota and Toronto
by evan brunell | Jan 31, 2007 | Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Former Red Sox, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Johnny Damon, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, Todd Helton
Fellow Fire Brand writer Mike Edelman penned an article on his personal Red Sox website about the Red Sox changing the way they play baseball a bit. As Edelman says: “Last year, Red Sox stolen base attempts went up from 57 in 2005 to 74 in 2006. Red Sox...
by evan brunell | Jan 24, 2007 | Alex Cora, Coco Crisp, David Murphy, David Ortiz, Doug Mirabelli, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Hinske, George Kottaras, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Mike Lowell, Wily Mo Pena
Greetings, everyone! With the loss to the Colts that I can handle but haven’t quite gotten over yet in the rearview mirror, I now am at a loss for the next 24 days. Sure, the Celtics are playing, but wake me up when its time for the NBA Lottery. The Bruins?...
by mike edelman | Jan 10, 2007 | Craig Hansen, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Delcarmen, Manny Ramirez
The disappointing collapse of such a promising Red Sox team last year hardly seems like a bright spot. Jon Lester, David Ortiz and even Peter Gammons had health scares that put them in the hospital. In fact, the entire team became so ravaged with injury that Julian...
by mike edelman | Jan 9, 2007 | Kevin Youkilis
You can tell a lot about a person by who their favorite player is. So what better way to introduce myself than to make the case for mine? I was recently invited to be the most recent member of the Fire Brand staff. I’m excited about the opportunity and am...
