by charliesap | Feb 26, 2012 | Poll
It’s a new year, a new season and a new way of life in the Red Sox clubhouse. No Booze, just Valentine all the time. Will this new rule (the abolishing of alcohol in the clubhouse) help the Sox in 2012? Head on over to the right sidebar to cast your...
by aconvery | Feb 25, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
Spring training presents both opportunity and promise of inevitable disappointment. All sixty-three players in camp have a chance to make the team, at least that’s what they’re told. The reality is that when camp ends, only twenty-five players will make the trip to...
by Troy Patterson | Feb 24, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
When looking at prospects there is a lot of information to sift through. While some is conflicting, a lot of it tells a story. When it comes to newly acquired reliever Chris Carpenter though, there seems to be a large discrepancy between what the scouts are saying,...
by chipbuck | Feb 23, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Nick Cafardo Mail Bag
Did you realize that it’s been almost three weeks since Nick graced us with his last mailbag? Three weeks! That’s far, far too long if you ask me. Now that we’ve exited the doldrums that is late offseason, and we’ve treaded into Spring...
by chipbuck | Feb 22, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Chris Carpenter
In case you haven’t heard the news, the Theo compensation situation is finally over! In exchange for the former boy wonder, the Red Sox will receive…wait for it…Chris Carpenter! Holy effing crap! Chris Carpenter? Really? WTF?! This is amazing! ...
by aconvery | Feb 21, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'Manny gives the sign' or find free 'So Manny, fertility drugs and all, is back and swinging. He’s been exiled, or signed, to the Oakland...
by guest | Feb 20, 2012 | Boston Red Sox, Don Orsillo's Decapitated Bobblehead
This guest post was written by Cameron Martin, a columnist for Page 2 at ESPN. He will be an occasional contributor, and this is his first guest post for Fire Brand of the American League. This is a new feature here at Firebrand of the American League, as we ask Don...
by charliesap | Feb 19, 2012 | Bobby Jenks, Boston Red Sox
For the second straight offseason, the Red Sox underwent some bullpen remodeling in hopes of strengthening their overall pitching staff. This winter, Sox fans saw the additions of Andrew Bailey and Mark Melancon via trades, both of which coincided...
by charliesap | Feb 19, 2012 | Poll
Spring training is here and the boys of summer are getting ready for another season, one that they hope will end a bit differently this time around. The sting of last September still lingers, but a playoff birth in 2012 will help to put those woes behind Red Sox...
by aconvery | Feb 18, 2012 | Boston Red Sox
<a title="license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ – click to view more info about 'I never shut games off. It doesn’t matter if the Sox are down by seven in the fifth inning or up by five in the seventh inning. It doesn’t matter if...
