by evan brunell | Jan 18, 2005 | Uncategorized
What I hate about the game today is probably not what Curt Flood invisioned happening. He just wanted a way for players to get more money, and was the player that got the ball rolling on the way to securing free agency in baseball. But what’s happened now is...
by evan brunell | Jan 16, 2005 | Uncategorized
Pedro Martinez Pedro had the most innings pitched since 2000, but alas did not go 18-6 with a 1.74 ERA. He went 16-9 with a 3.90 ERA, highest professionally. We all know what happened with Pedro this offseason. Truly a shame, but honestly, I think that money then went...
by evan brunell | Jan 14, 2005 | Uncategorized
It’s time for the Pitching Organizational Depth Chart Review! Here is last year’s catching installment, and relief pitching installment. Apparently I never did starting pitching. How do I choose who to profile? The criteria are thus: Must have had the...
by evan brunell | Jan 12, 2005 | Uncategorized
On May 8th, 2004, I created a new statistic – Saves per Inning Pitched, or SIP. I go much more in depth on what SIP is on May 12th, 2004. SIP measures the true worth of a closer. Is he someone who gets cheap saves? Is he someone only used for closing situations?...
by guest | Jan 10, 2005 | Uncategorized
Sam Killay of Raystalk can hardly contain his exuberance as the Yankees make a fatal blunder. Leave it to King George to miss the point. I’m not going to talk about the embarrassing (but appropriate) temper tantrum that newest Yankee Randy Johnson threw in the...
by evan brunell | Jan 7, 2005 | Uncategorized
Doug Mientkiewicz (to the left, his very first game as a Red Sox), proud owner of the World Series-clinching baseball, has every right to think he’s being vilified in Boston today. Fortunately, he went onto a radio show to clear it all up and now, for the most...
by evan brunell | Jan 6, 2005 | Uncategorized
Server problems the last couple of days, sorry about that. I lost one article, the Player Review of the outfield. Quite frankly, I’m not going to write it again because I just am not motivated to rewrite something when it’s already been written and when I...
by evan brunell | Dec 31, 2004 | Uncategorized
Today is the first anniversary of Fire Brand of the American League. This page has come a long way, from a thrown-together Geocities page to what you see today. My very first post was titled, “There is No Such Thing as the ‘Curse of the Babe’”...
by evan brunell | Dec 29, 2004 | Uncategorized
Ricky Gutierrez Gutierrez joined the Red Sox in mid-season in a trade with Iowa, the Chicago Cubs’ Triple-A affiliate. We acquired him for a player to be named later, which turned out to be Jimmy Anderson. We sent that ineffective, soft-tossing, wannabe-Jamie...
by evan brunell | Dec 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
1903 World Series. Boston Americans (Red Sox) over Pittsburgh Pirates, 5 games to 3 (8 game series). 1912 World Series. Boston Red Sox over New York Giants, 4 games to 3. 1915 World Series. Boston Red Sox over Philadelphia Phillies, 4 games to 1. 1916 World Series....
