by chipbuck | Oct 3, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jacoby Ellsbury, Kevin Youkilis
Do you ever feel like we’ve stepped onto a demented merry-go-round that’s been possessed by the tazmanian devil? In the latest edition of the Red Sox news cycle that never ends, Kevin Youkilis appeared on WAAF this morning (via Jerry Spar of WEEI) where...
by Troy Patterson | Oct 3, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
After the 2006 debacle when Theo Epstein returned it was largely considered that Epstein had won nearly complete control over the baseball operations from Larry Lucchino. It sure seemed that way as the Red Sox spent the next two seasons largely adding the type of...
by darryl johnston | Oct 2, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Everyone needs to calm down and stop firing bullets. This is on the players and now it’s time to move on. None of us really know all of the details. We have a couple of leaks and a whole bunch of speculation. The ownership group and Theo Epstein are very smart...
by tim daloisio | Oct 1, 2011 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #109 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: none [podcast]http://redsoxtimes.com/podcast/109_10_1_11_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] Well, the season ended with a poetic justice as grotesque for Red Sox fans as 2004’s season ending was awesome....
by aconvery | Oct 1, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Ryan Lavarnway
“Destiny is something not be to desired and not to be avoided. a mystery not contrary to reason, for it implies that the world, and the course of human history, have meaning.” ~ Dag Hammarskjöld Ryan Lavarnway didn’t think he would be behind the plate when the Red Sox...
by darryl johnston | Oct 1, 2011 | Baltimore Orioles, Robert Andino, Tampa Bay Rays, Terry Francona
Today, one of our readers ‘Don’ was kind enough to give us a nudge on some Francona material that is circulating throughout the baseball world, but had yet to be addressed here on Fire Brand. Certainly, we would like to be a full-time, crack staff who is...
by chipbuck | Sep 30, 2011 | Terry Francona, Theo Epstein
It’s official. Terry Francona will not return as the Red Sox skipper in 2012 per a mutual agreement with management. Tim Britton of the Providence Journal was the first person on my Twitter feed to break the news (literally seconds before Peter Abraham of the...
by chipbuck | Sep 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Terry Francona
UPDATE (1:35 p.m): According to the brilliant tag team of Tim Britton and Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal (via Twitter), Theo Epstein released a statement. “There are no plans for an immediate announcement…We all plan on taking some time to...
by chipbuck | Sep 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
The last time I felt this way was Friday, October 17, 2003. Aaron Boone had just launched a home run into the left field seats at Yankee Stadium; thus sending the Yankees, and not the Red Sox, to the World Series. As Boone jubiliantly jogged around the bases, I sat...
by darryl johnston | Sep 29, 2011 | Trivia
Hello, everyone and welcome the newest installment of FireBrand trivia sponsored by Greatest Game CD. Today’s trivia question: Note: This is not Red Sox trivia but I think it is fitting… How many games did it take for the Detroit Tigers to dispose of the...
