by evan brunell | Mar 30, 2009 | Adam Eaton, Adam Jones, Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Cesar Izturis, Chris Ray, Danys Baez, Dennis Sarfate, Felix Pie, George Sherrill, Gregg Zaun, Hayden Penn, Jamie Walker, Jeremy Guthrie, Jim Johnson, Koji Uehara, Luke Scott, Mark Hendrickson, Matt Albers, Matt Wieters, Melvin Mora, Nick Markakis, Rich Hill, Ryan Freel, Ty Wigginton
It’s time for Fire Brand’s annual Know Thy Enemy series, one where we reveal our division standing predictions over the course of the week by taking you into each division rival and examining what we will have to deal with. In most seasons, the predictions...
by evan brunell | Mar 18, 2008 | Adam Jones, Adam Loewen, Andy McPhail, Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Burres, Brian Roberts, Chad Bradford, Daniel Cabrera, Dave Trembley, Dennis Sarfate, Freddy Bynum, George Sherrill, Greg Aquino, Guillermo Quiroz, James Hoey, Jamie Walker, Jay Gibbons, Jay Payton, Jeremy Guthrie, Kevin Millar, Lance Cormier, Luis Hernandez, Luke Scott, Matt Albers, Melvin Mora, Mike Flanagan, Nick Markakis, Ramon Hernandez, Steve Trachsel
Welcome to the 2008 Know Thy Enemy series. A staple of Fire Brand that covers all AL East foes plus itself, it starts early this year because the Red Sox are headed to Japan to open the 2008 season against the Oakland Athletics. What follows is Fire Brand’s...
by shawn medeiros | Sep 10, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Chad Bradford, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hideki Okajima, J.D. Drew, Jeremy Guthrie, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Manny Ramirez, Melvin Mora, Mike Lowell, Nick Markakis
Josh Beckett won his 18th game pitching for 7 innings, on seven hits, two runs, no walks, and eight strikeouts and Hideki Okajima and Jonathan Papelbon finished the rest of the game off in the 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles. Okajima pitched a perfect eighth inning...
by shawn medeiros | Sep 7, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Coco Crisp, Daniel Cabrera, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Melvin Mora
Coco Crisp caused Daniel Cabrera to balk and had a sacrifice RBI and Jon Lester only allowed four hits over 7 innings pitched earning his fourth win of the season while surviving a near brawl after Crisp irritated Cabrera with his bat and his speed on the base paths....
by shawn medeiros | Sep 2, 2007 | Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Daniel Cabrera, Hideki Okajima, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Kevin Millar, Melvin Mora, Miguel Tejada, Mike Lowell, Nick Markakis, Ramon Hernandez
Jacoby Ellsbury hit his first Major League homerun for the Boston Red Sox and Jon Lester earned his third victory of the season beating the Baltimore Orioles 3-2. Hideki Okajima earned his 25th hold of the season and Jonathan Papelbon closed the door in the ninth for...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 31, 2007 | Alex Cora, Baltimore Orioles, Chad Bradford, Danys Baez, David Ortiz, Eric Hinske, J.D. Drew, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Julian Tavarez, Kevin Youkilis, Kurt Birkins, Melvin Mora, Miguel Tejada, Mike Lowell, Mike Timlin, Nick Markakis, Ramon Hernandez, Tim Wakefield
Down 9-6 to start off the bottom of the ninth the Boston Red Sox scored two runs on an Eric Hinske RBI single and an error by Melvin Mora that scored Alex Cora, but Jason Varitek grounded into a 4-6-3 double play to kill the rally losing to the Baltimore Orioles 9-8....
by shawn medeiros | Aug 12, 2007 | Baltimore Orioles, Corey Patterson, Curt Schilling, Eric Gagne, Hideki Okajima, Julio Lugo, Kevin Millar, Manny Ramirez, Melvin Mora, Mike Flanagan, Nick Markakis, Terry Francona
Same situation for Eric Gagne: a lead in the eighth inning. The same result: a blown lead for the Red Sox (70-47). Gagne coughed up a 3-1 lead in the bottom of the eighth as Miguel Tejada whacked a two run homerun to tie it at 3-3. Kevin Millar added insult to injury...
by shawn medeiros | Aug 11, 2007 | Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Roberts, Corey Patterson, David Ortiz, Eric Gagne, Erik Bedard, Hideki Okajima, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Ramirez, Melvin Mora, Nick Markakis
The formula is simple: Eric Gagne and/or Hideki Okajima in the eighth to set up Jonathan Papelbon to slam the door shut in the ninth. Gagne gave up four runs in the eighth making this “chemistry” experiment go awry losing the ball game 6-5 to the Baltimore...
