by bcowett | Feb 4, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Chris Carpenter, J.D. Durbin, Mike Napoli, Peter Gammons, Spring Training, Terry Francona
So the Super Bowl’s over, you can’t stand hockey or basketball, and you hope summer’s here soon. What’s a guy to do? Prepare for baseball, of course! Wait, you’re telling me that Terry Francona‘s book has poor representations of the...
by tbrooks | Jan 29, 2013 | Boston Red Sox, Spring Training
I am thirty-one years old. Twenty-five of those years were spent north of the Mason-Dixon line. If there is anything that characterizes the north, it is the long, cold winter. Currently, as a resident of Florida, it is easy both miss and dread the thought of winter....
by bcowett | Dec 28, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Daniel Nava, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Joel Hanrahan, Mike Napoli, Spring Training, Stephen Fife, Texas Rangers
It’s the last Friday of 2012! Here’s some links to check out as you decide who you’re gonna get drunk with on New Year’s Eve. It’s a tough decision, but hey, no pressure. Your friends won’t judge you or anything. Shakira...
by mike edelman | Mar 14, 2008 | Spring Training
Baseball, and specifically the Red Sox, are an all out obsession of mine for two hundred and ten or so days of the year, starting with the first pitch around April 1st and ending, with any luck, as I carve pumpkins in October. Stepping out of my own skin for a second...
by guest | Mar 11, 2008 | Bryan Corey, Chris Carter, David Aardsma, Doug Mirabelli, George Kottaras, Joe Thurston, Jon Egan, Lucas May, Spring Training
Fire Brand reader Gerry checks in… SPRING TRAINING OBSERVATIONS. Tradition Field. Port St. Lucie, FL. Mets vs. Red Sox Dodgertowon. Vero Beach, Fl. Dodgers vs. Red Sox RED SOX NATION IN FLORIDA The roar of the crowd when Johan appeared today would have been...
by evan brunell | Feb 28, 2008 | Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, J.D. Drew, Mike Mussina, New York Yankees, Roger Clemens, Roger Clemens and the Mitchell Report, Sean Casey, Spring Training
Mike Mussina responded to comments Theo Epstein made about Mussina and his complains on going to Japan in 2004. Said Theo: “Kevin Brown and Mike Mussina spent the whole time b—tching about it … and by the time the Yankees team got back from the trip...
by evan brunell | Feb 16, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka Chase, Josh Beckett, Spring Training
NESN’s got live coverage of spring training and clips of players going through the exercises. I just wanted to make one point: Josh Beckett looks perfectly fine. He doesn’t look out of shape, he looks perfectly fit. (By the way, does Dice-K REALLY plan to...
by shawn medeiros | Feb 15, 2008 | Coco Crisp, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Pauley, Dusty Brown, Mark Wagner, Pedro Martinez, Spring Training
I took a day off today and thought I
by shawn medeiros | Feb 14, 2008 | Spring Training
I know that Evan is claiming that I didn’t write an article today; I have strong disagreements with what this man says about me. I’m not saying that MVN’s website is entirely wrong, I’m merely saying Evan Brunell’s statements about me are...
by mike edelman | Apr 4, 2007 | Josh Beckett, Kansas City Royals, Odalis Perez, Spring Training, Tony Pena Jr.
For most Red Sox fans, opening day has some kind of humor or irony to it. As Evan pointed out, the last three years we
