by evan brunell | Sep 6, 2004 | Uncategorized
FORTY Manny checks into the Oakland series at 37 HR, with Ortiz at 34. With 27 games to go, it’s a foregone conclusion that Manny will hit 40, and David Ortiz – barring a collapse, will see 40 HR also. So when’s the last time the Boston Red Sox had...
by evan brunell | Sep 4, 2004 | Uncategorized
I went to today’s game. Maybe I shouldn’t have, perhaps I brought negative mojo to the game, but alas. Not much you can do about it. We sat in the normal seats and was treated to an intriguing concept – being on a movie set. Jimmy Fallon and Drew...
by evan brunell | Sep 2, 2004 | Uncategorized
In Jerry Crasnick’s new article (Insider, pay to read), he talks about Fast Finishers and Slow Finishers. Who is consistently good in September? Who makes the highest jumps and the lowest falls? Orlando Cabrera was the only Red Sox (or Yankee) to hit the Top Ten...
by evan brunell | Aug 31, 2004 | Uncategorized
Ed. Note: Apparently back in January as we were on the verge of acquiring Alex Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez, a Red Sox beat writer wrote up an early version of the July 24th game – aka “The Fight”. Apparently this beat writer had a time machine....
by evan brunell | Aug 30, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Red Sox were built for the post-season in that they were built around their starting pitching, beginning with Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling, with Derek Lowe and Bronson Arroyo currently pitching the best they have all season. … Are there concerns?...
by evan brunell | Aug 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
Terry Francona, the Red Sox manager, has been through quite a bit this year. Before we get into what he’s done this year, I thought we should take a look at his history, so I went over to BaseballLibrary.com to look him up. The following is the little summary of...
by evan brunell | Aug 27, 2004 | Uncategorized
WEEI, a local Boston radio station, is running an all day 18-hour radiothon to collect money for the Jimmy Fund, a fund to help patients at Dana Farber Cancer Institute. For more information, please visit this...
by evan brunell | Aug 26, 2004 | Uncategorized
The Boston Red Sox have won eight of their last nine; 14 of the last 18. The losses include an 8-3 loss by Curt Schilling to the Devil Rays, a 8-7 squeaker to the White Sox (done in by leaving nine runners on base), a 3-2 loss to the White Sox again in which Youkilis...
by evan brunell | Aug 24, 2004 | Uncategorized
Over at the newly formed The Cardiac Kids message-board, there is a current interesting topic going on, about the immortal … Gump. In Gump Revisited, there was a question that sparked a debate, asked by ManilaSoxFAN; “Did they excel as bench coaches...
by evan brunell | Aug 21, 2004 | Uncategorized
Finally, Fire Brand is back! You may notice a dearth of recent entries. This is because Canaca, our old hosting company put us on a bad server, which is why we had downtime these past weeks. Dave Cohen, our webmaster, backed up our files and had Canaca switch us to a...
