by aconvery | Dec 27, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
“I’m a firm believer that God has a plan and it wasn’t in his plan for us to move forward. God didn’t have it in the cards for us.” ~Adrian Gonzalez on not making the playoffs in 2011 It seems funny now that it all started with Mike Cameron. When Boston traded for...
by charliesap | Dec 27, 2011 | Alfredo Aceves, Boston Red Sox, Daniel Bard, Poll
Daniel Bard and Alfredo Aceves have been told to prepare for spring training as if they were going to be a part of the 2012 starting rotation. A few such transformations from bullpen to rotation have been successful lately (see: Wilson, C.J. and his shinny new deal),...
by Troy Patterson | Dec 26, 2011 | Anthony Ranaudo, Blake Swihart, Boston Red Sox, Jose Iglesias, Matt Barnes, Ryan Kalish, Ryan Lavarnway, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
This years rankings for the Red Sox 2012 top prospects are rolling in. There has been some discrepancies among the top 5 and I was curious to look over them and how they can help the team. I am looking at minorleagueball.com, baseballamerica.com (care of Peter...
by chipbuck | Dec 25, 2011 | Quick Post
On behalf of everyone at Fire Brand (Evan, Charlie, Troy, Alex, Scott, Justine, Tim, Paul, and myself), I wanted to wish everyone a happy holidays! We’ll back to our regularly scheduled writing starting tomorrow! Enjoy the day with your families and friends!...
by aconvery | Dec 24, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
“The Human Condition being, basically, that we’re alive and have access to beauty, can sometimes even erratically create it, but will someday be dead and will not.” ~Chad Harbach, The Art Of Fielding Every week in this column we highlight and profile a prospect in the...
by charliesap | Dec 23, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Several name brand starting pitchers have been traded already this offseason and the players involved in the trades tells you everything you need to know about this winter’s starting pitcher trade market. It sucks. The Red Sox had been included in the Gio...
by chipbuck | Dec 21, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Hall of Fame Ballot
With the flurry of the Winter Meetings feeling like a distant memory, many baseball writers have shifted their attention away from the hot stove league (albeit temporarily) to writing articles about the upcoming Hall of Fame vote. As with nearly every election, there...
by charliesap | Dec 20, 2011 | Gio Gonzalez, Hiroki Kuroda, Poll, Roy Oswalt, Ryan Madson
Fire Brand wants to know what you want the Sox to do for the holidays! Not that we can actually make any of this happen, mind you, but it’s a fun poll question anyway. How about Gio Gonzalez? The price would be high and one has to wonder if the Sox even have the...
by aconvery | Dec 20, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
On October 6th, 2008, Jed Lowrie slipped the game winning hit through the right side of the infield, propelling the Red Sox past the Angels, and sending them to the American League Championship for a second straight year (two weeks later he would make the last out of...
by Troy Patterson | Dec 19, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Aviles, Nick Punto
Immediate reaction to the Nick Punto signing was mixed and there was plenty of comments on his perception as “gritty”, “a winner” or soon to be “dirt dog”. That is all good for laughs, but unlike some players with those qualities...
