The Advanced Scout: ALCS – Detroit Tigers

I guess it was inevitable that the teams with the two best offenses in the major leagues would meet in the ALCS. Strangely enough, the Tigers and the Red Sox have never faced each other in the playoffs before in the history of baseball. Someone’s going to make a...

Ghosts Of Red Sox Past: The 2013 Playoffs

Not sure if you’ve noticed, but the Red Sox have undergone a tremendous amount of change over the past few years. Sure, some mainstays like David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz and Jacoby Ellsbury have defined the core of this team. Yet by my count,...

The Advanced Scout – Detroit Tigers

In a sense, this homestand is a worst-to-first when you consider the American League Central standings. The last-place White Sox come to town first, then the Detroit Tigers saunter on in to Boston. It’s a steep increase in difficulty, but in the end, we’ll...

The Advanced Scout – Detroit Tigers

Having surprisingly taken two of three from the division-leading New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox (51-51, 9.5 games back in the AL East) come back home to host the Detroit Tigers (54-48, 1.5 games back in the AL Central). The Red Sox are 4-6 in their last 10...

Theo Epstein: Feeding the Monster

Red Sox Nation can’t resist the boy wonder, Theo Epstein.  He is our Bill Clinton…our Elizabeth Taylor…our Michael Jackson.  Regardless of his relevance in Major League Baseball, we will follow his every move until the day he dies.  Really though,...

The Advanced Scout – Detroit Tigers

Welcome to Opening Day! The Advanced Scout will be a regular feature on Fire Brand of the American League that will present a preview of the upcoming series for the Red Sox. It will focus on the upcoming opponent. We’ll tell you who is expected to be on the...

9/13: Where did I put my panic button?

Toronto Blue Jays (74-73) @ Boston Red Sox (85-61) Brandon Morrow (9-10, 5.12) @ Tim Wakefield (6-6, 5.03) 7:10 PM EDT | Fenway Park (Boston, MA) TV: NESN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES Having lost nine of their last eleven games, the Red Sox return home to...