by tom fratamico | Dec 11, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford, New York Yankees
Boston is the seventh largest media market, according to Nielsen, but in terms of baseball team markets only the Phillies, Rangers and New York, L.A. teams should be able to match the Olde Towne Team’s revenue streams. Philly and Dallas are bigger than Boston and are...
by tim daloisio | Dec 9, 2010 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #92 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: none [podcast]http://redsoxtimes.com/podcast/92_12_09_10_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] The anticipation of 2011 Red Sox season just got downright filthy. First Adrian Gonzalez, then Carl Crawford — I am starting...
by charliesap | Dec 9, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Carl Crawford
Forget for a few minutes the years and dollar amount of the Carl Crawford deal and bask with us here at Fire Brand in the brilliant light that is the 2011 Red Sox. Things seemed to be winding down on a quiet-ish day at the Winter Meetings. No Cliff Lee deal to...
by darryl johnston | Dec 8, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
Everyone on Earth knows that Petco Park in San Diego is a pitcher’s heaven. No one hits balls out of that park except for Adrian Gonzalez. But did you realize how significant of a park effect it has? We all anticipate that Gonzalez is a perfect match for Fenway Park....
by charliesap | Dec 7, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
The Sox have landed their offseason prize. Adrian Gonzalez not only adds tremendous power and AVG/OBP to the middle of the lineup, but he plays pretty darn good defense at first. With A-Gone at first, the Sox have the luxury to take advantage of Kevin Youkilis‘s...
by tim daloisio | Dec 6, 2010 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #91 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: none [podcast]http://redsoxtimes.com/podcast/91_12_06_10_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] Well that was a boring weekend, wasn’t it? Welcome Adrian Gonzalez! Paul and I look back on the weekend that was and look...
by mike silver | Dec 6, 2010 | Adrian Gonzalez
The Sox finally got their man. Or did they? Much like Captain Ahab’s pursuit of Moby Dick, Theo Epstein landed his own white whale, albeit at the cost of the farm system’s prized jewels and without a long-term contract It was an expensive move, no doubt about it, but...
by darryl johnston | Dec 5, 2010 | Boston Red Sox
Between Saturday and Tuesday, the Red Sox farm system will have been raked over by the San Diego Padres and the rest of Major League Baseball. By trading Casey Kelly, Reymond Fuentes and Anthony Rizzo to San Diego on Saturday, the Red Sox let go of what Baseball...
by tom fratamico | Dec 4, 2010 | Adrian Gonzalez, Boston Red Sox
The Adrian Gonzalez trade to the Red Sox and contract extension has not been finalized at the time of this post but it is being reported that Casey Kelly, Anthony Rizzo, Raymond Fuentes and a PTBNL are heading to San Diego for the All-Star. Until we have the terms of...
by darryl johnston | Dec 3, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Poll, Quick Post
Let’s put on our reality hats and try to do some prognosticating. (Vote to the right of your screen) With the Red Sox reportedly meeting with Carl Crawford, Adrian Beltre and Jayson Werth this week, fans are beginning to get excited and hoping to see a big...
