by evan brunell | May 20, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Herald today offered the warning that Kevin Millar was about to trigger his 2005 option. This option is mutual, for $3.5 million. This means that if Millar’s option was not automatically triggered (more on that later), Millar and the team would have to agree...
by evan brunell | May 18, 2004 | Uncategorized
Randy Johnson has just pitched the 17th perfect game. Of course, this number does not include such close perfect games such as Pedro Martinez’s bid in 1995, his bid ruined by a hit – in the tenth inning. I caught the tail end of the ninth to at least...
by evan brunell | May 16, 2004 | Uncategorized
Let me first go on record saying that I enjoy Kevin Youkilis, and loved the fact that his first major league hit was a home run. I also loved the silent treatment the Red Sox gave him, and Youk high-fiving imaginary people. I love the fact that Pedro Martinez signed...
by evan brunell | May 12, 2004 | Uncategorized
In this earlier post, I stumbled across a new statistic, SIP. I have decided to write an article on this. Who knows, I may decide to submit it to Baseball Primer! Before I even consider such a thing, I would like you, my loyal readers (:wink:) to critique the article...
by guest | May 10, 2004 | Uncategorized
Dave Isaacs over at Athletics Supporters has done a guest post for Fire Brand. This guest post is especially interesting, for it is from the perspective of an A’s fan on Keith Foulke. Fascinating read. You know, as much as it pains me to say, for I like Foulke a...
by evan brunell | May 8, 2004 | Uncategorized
The fearsome bullpen has logged a 2.09 ERA this season, over two runs lower than 2003’s final total of 4.48, 2002’s 4.25, and 2001’s 4.10. This means the bullpen has been better than since before 2001, and better than the starters, for 2004’s...
by evan brunell | May 6, 2004 | Uncategorized
Well, the Red Sox finally got done with their little five game losing streak that coincidentally concided with Pedro’s mouth opening. But we won’t get into that, we want good vibes, don’t we? And good vibes entail a look at promising futures, so we...
by evan brunell | May 3, 2004 | Uncategorized
Pedro Martinez. So much can be said in those five syllables. On Saturday, articles ran across New England that Pedro stated he was going to become a free agent, which he had talked about on Friday night. I can’t say it wasn’t a surprise. The timing was not...
by evan brunell | May 1, 2004 | Uncategorized
There is a thread going on at Wicked East Coast (link to the right) right now that is very interesting. What follows are snippets of the thread. I started off with the following post: Top Free Agents in ’05 and Who Will Replace Them [ESPN article] Player: Nomar...
by evan brunell | Apr 30, 2004 | Uncategorized
You might remember when I complained about people getting up constantly during the middle of the inning and getting in the way of the game? No longer. There is a new protocol at Fenway – that of that after the third inning, if you get up in the middle of an...
