by evan brunell | Aug 26, 2012 | Poll
Well, brave new world in Boston, indeed. Now that the Red Sox have completely rebooted their franchise, how are you feeling moving forward? How do you feel about the Red Sox post-trade? Thrilled. This fell into our laps and I can’t wait to watch the Sox now....
by mike scandura | Aug 26, 2012 | Jose Iglesias
Perhaps the question now is when, and not if, Pawtucket Red Sox shortstop Jose Iglesias will get the call to Boston without a ticket for a return trip to McCoy Stadium. In 88 games played through August 24 (he was on the disabled list from May 25 through June 26 with...
by scandage | Aug 25, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Felix Doubront, Ivan De Jesus, James Loney, Jerry Sands, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Los Angeles Dodgers, Matt Barnes, New York Yankees, Nick Punto, Paul Goldschmidt, Rubby de la Rosa
If you haven’t heard, the Red Sox have traded Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto to the Dodgers for James Loney, Allen Webster and Ivan De Jesus Jr. (with Rubby De La Rosa and Jerry Sands as players to be named later). And you may ask...
by scandage | Aug 25, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Allen Webster, Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, Ivan De Jesus, James Loney, Jerry Sands, Josh Beckett, Los Angeles Dodgers, Nick Punto, Rubby de la Rosa
According to Michael Silverman of the Boston Herald, the Boston Red Sox have completed a trade of Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett, Carl Crawford and Nick Punto to the Los Angeles Dodgers for 1B James Loney, 1B/OF Jerry Sands, IF Ivan DeJesus Jr., and pitching prospects...
by scandage | Aug 24, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Josh Beckett, Los Angeles Dodgers
According to CSNNE’s Seam McAdam, the Dodgers have claimed Josh Beckett off waivers. While the Dodgers have not yet been awarded the waiver claim on Beckett, earlier today they were awarded the waiver claim on Adrian Gonzalez. As with Gonzalez, a player claimed...
by scandage | Aug 24, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Dodgers
According to Bill Shaikin of the LA Times, the Dodgers have won the waiver claim on Adrian Gonzalez. The Red Sox and Dodgers now have 48 hours to consummate a trade for the Red Sox first baseman. Alternately, the Red Sox could pull Gonzalez back from waivers or allow...
by scandage | Aug 24, 2012 | Adrian Gonzalez, Alcides Escobar, Alex Gordon, Alfredo Aceves, Andrew Miller, Billy Butler, Blake Wood, Boston Red Sox, Bruce Chen, Chris Getz, Clay Buchholz, Colorado Rockies, Craig Breslow, Danny Duffy, Dustin Pedroia, Eric Hosmer, Felipe Paulino, Felix Doubront, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jeff Francouer, Jeremy Guthrie, Joakim Soria, Johnny Giavotella, Jon Lester, Jonathan Sanchez, Josh Beckett, Junichi Tazawa, Kansas City Royals, Lorenzo Cain, Los Angeles Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Luke Hochevar, Mark Melancon, Mike Moustakas, Pedro Ciriaco, Ryan Lavarnway, Salvador Perez, Scott Podsednik, Seattle Mariners, Vicente Padilla, Will Smith
After being swept by the Angels, the Boston Red Sox (59-66, 13.5 games back in the AL East) lick their wounds and welcome the Kansas City Royals (55-68, 13 games back in the AL Central) to Fenway Park for a four-game series. The Red Sox have lost four in a row and are...
by evan brunell | Aug 23, 2012 | Alex Gonzalez, Cliff Pennington, Elvis Andrus, Jed Lowrie, Jhonny Peralta, Jose Iglesias, Mike Aviles, Pedro Ciriaco, Stephen Drew, Tyler Pastornicky, Yunel Escobar
Let’s be realistic — the Red Sox have shifted into “next-season” mode, and we here at Fire Brand need to start taking a look at what comes ahead. As Fire Brand readies to turn a whopping 10 years old on New Year’s Eve (when did THAT...
by evan brunell | Aug 22, 2012 | Clay Buchholz
Yesterday, I wrote a piece on Clay Buchholz’s turnaround for the mothership, ESPN’s SweetSpot blog. Below is an excerpt from the piece. Follow the link at the end to read the rest of the article! One of the hottest pitchers the last couple of months has...
by scandage | Aug 22, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels
Fire Brand will now be holding chats for every nationally televised Red Sox game. And Thursday Night’s game will be televised by the MLB Network, so chat we shall! We are also inviting our friends at Halos Daily to join us for the chat, and they can give us very...
