by charliesap | Jul 31, 2011 | Boston Red Sox
Just as commenter Lyndsay suspected, the pending deal between the Sox and A’s has fallen through due to worrisome information in Rich Harden‘s medical reports. I know this comes as a complete shock to everyone. WEEI’s Alex Speier broke the...
by chipbuck | Jul 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Lars Anderson, Rich Harden
Well, the Red Sox landed a starting pitcher. It wasn’t Ubaldo Jimenez who was traded to the Cleveland Indians for four prospects including Drew Pomeranz (listed as player to be named later because he can’t officially be traded until August 15th due to...
by chipbuck | Jul 30, 2011 | Quick Post
According to the Royals Twitter feed, the Red Sox have acquired infielder Mike Aviles from the Kansas City Royals in exchange for utility player Yamaico Navarro and minor league pitcher Kendal Volz. Aviles, who finished fourth in the 2008 AL Rookie of the Year award...
by jdecotis | Jul 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Philip Humber
Boston Red Sox (64-40) @ Chicago White Sox (52-52) Jon Lester (10-4, 3.23) @ Philip Humber (8-6, 3.27) 7:10PM EDT | U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, IL) TV: NESN, MLBN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES With the loss last night, the Red Sox are now 1-10 against the...
by chipbuck | Jul 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Jed Lowrie, Marco Scutaro
Jed Lowrie is on the road to recovery. Gordon Edes of ESPN Boston has the details. “The schedule, as laid out by manager Terry Francona, is this: Lowrie will play shortstop for the PawSox on Monday, serve as DH on Tuesday, work out with the Sox at Fenway Park...
by chipbuck | Jul 30, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Hiroki Kuroda, Ubaldo Jimenez
With the trading deadline quickly approaching at 3:00 p.m. ET tomorrow afternoon, there’s been a flurry of activity. Edwin Jackson was traded to the Blue Jays for Jason Frasor, then flipped to the Cardinals for Colby Rasmus. The Giants, in desperate need for...
by mike scandura | Jul 30, 2011 | Arnie Beyeler, Ryan Lavarnway
Ted Williams once said hitting a baseball is the single most difficult thing to do in sports. Try telling that to International League pitchers who’ve faced catcher Ryan Lavarnway since he was promoted from Portland to Pawtucket on June 13. Through his first 40...
by jdecotis | Jul 29, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Game Threads, Gavin Floyd, Luis Aparicio, Tim Wakefield
Boston Red Sox (64-39) @ Chicago White Sox (51-52) Tim Wakefield (6-3, 5.15) @ Gavin Floyd (8-9, 4.11) 8:10PM EDT | U.S. Cellular Field (Chicago, IL) TV: NESN, MLBN RADIO: WEEI 850, WWZN 1510 GAME NOTES The White Sox sit a game under .500 but are only 3.0 games behind...
by chipbuck | Jul 29, 2011 | Boston Red Sox, Ubaldo Jimenez
Earlier today, I pointed out a report by the Boston Herald‘s Scott Lauber stating the Red Sox had cooled on Ubaldo Jimenez. My, what a few hours can do. SI’s Jon Heyman reports just the opposite: “It now seems more likely that Colorado Rockies ace...
by darryl johnston | Jul 29, 2011 | Trivia
Allright, folks. We are back at it with the June/July segment of Fire Brand Trivia. This portion of trivia is brought to you from Designs by Lolita and features some pretty cool stuff. You could check the prizes out in the links below. We are now in our last week of...
