by shawn medeiros | May 3, 2009 | Brad Penny, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, James Shields, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell, Nick Green, Terry Francona, Tim Wakefield
Nick Green isn’t making Terry Francona’s decision to play Julio Lugo over him easy while teammate Kevin Youkilis isn’t making opposing pitchers’ jobs on the mound any easier. Green and Youkilis both drove in three RBI’s apiece and Tim...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 23, 2009 | Brad Penny, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jeff Bailey, Jonathan Papelbon, Mike Lowell, Terry Francona, Tim Wakefield
What else could Terry Francona possibly want on his 50th birthday? The Red Sox completed a day-night doubleheader sweep of the Minnesota Twins slugging out 17 runs, 19 hits and 4 homers. Boston also improved their winning streak to seven games. Tim Wakefield earned...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 19, 2009 | David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jon Lester, Justin Masterson, Mark Hendrickson, Takashi Saito, Terry Francona
As Jon Lester’s frustrations lifted,striking out nine Orioles over seven innings pitched to earn his first victory of the season, Dustin Pedroia and David Ortiz’ frustrations continue to mount. Despite knocking in the second run of the ball game on an RBI...
by shawn medeiros | Apr 14, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Dana Eveland, David Ortiz, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis, Rocco Baldelli, Terry Francona
Jon Lester would certainly trade his start to the 2009 season with Kevin Youkilis. Reason being, they have been polar opposites of what was expected of them coming into this season. Youkilis hit his second home run of the season in as many days in the second inning...
by evan brunell | Mar 12, 2009 | Jason Varitek, Jonathan Papelbon, Manny Ramirez, Terry Francona, Trading Manny Saga
Papelbon/Ramirez – guano The popular Red Sox (and sports?) story today is going to be Jonathan Papelbon coming out with both barrels aflame at one Manuel Aristides Ramirez in the April Esquire issue. Thanks to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald, these quotes...
by evan brunell | Mar 12, 2009 | Bill James, Brad Wilkerson, Brayan Pena, Casey Kelly, Che-Hsuan Lin, Chris Iannetta, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, David Ortiz, Hanley Ramirez, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Jed Lowrie, Jeff Bailey, Joe Mauer, John Buck, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Bard, Julio Lugo, Junichi Tazawa, Justin Masterson, Lars Anderson, Luis Exposito, Miguel Olivo, Mike Lowell, New York Yankees, Nick Hagadone, Ryan Kalish, Terry Francona, Tim Wakefield
David Ortiz – Samara Pearlstein Sit down with a big cup of coffee, because have I a treat for you. I participated in a chat on Tuesday night and they have made the transcript available for Fire Brand to peruse. Enjoy… Do you think that the Red Sox will be...
by shawn medeiros | Oct 19, 2008 | David Ortiz, Jason Varitek, Jon Lester, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Beckett, Terry Francona
Now, the Boston Red Sox are playing like the defending champions they are. And Jason Varitek got a hit – a crucial one – in Boston’s 4-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays in game 6 of the ALCS. Tied 2-2 in the sixth, Varitek launched a homer to right field...
by evan brunell | Oct 19, 2008 | Quick Post, Terry Francona
Look, I understand that the sexy stat is 9-0 … that’s nine straight elimination games the Red Sox have won in the ALCS while facing elimination, but let’s not delude ourselves. It’s 9-1 in the playoffs. I’m not trying to intimate we have...
by shawn medeiros | Jun 6, 2008 | Brandon Moss, Chris Carter, Coco Crisp, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Van Every, Kevin Youkilis, Manny Ramirez, Tampa Bay Rays, Terry Francona
Earlier this week I made the argument that it was in fact time for the Red Sox to make a statement and put a stamp on this early season by taking it to the American League leading Tampa Bay Rays. Well, I think after the events of last night, culminating in a series...
by shawn medeiros | May 28, 2008 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Ichiro Suzuki, Jose Lopez, Jose Vidro, Manny Ramirez, Miguel Batista, Mike Timlin, Seattle Mariners, Terry Francona
Bad enough for the Boston Red Sox that Daisuke Matsuzaka was taken out of the game in the fifth inning with a lower back injury, but even worse is that Manny Ramirez’ 499th home run, a three-run shot, to tie the game at 3-3 was all for naught as the Seattle...
