by jake digregorio | Oct 3, 2009 | Aaron Laffey, Boston Red Sox, Brian Anderson, Clay Buchholz, Cleveland Indians, Dustin Pedroia, Dusty Brown, Game Recap, Josh Beckett, Rocco Baldelli, Victor Martinez
In the second to last game of the regular season, Josh Beckett didn’t look his best, but when you’re Josh Beckett, just about anything will do, especially on a night when the Boston bats came alive. The Red Sox ace won his seventeenth decision of the year with the...
by evan brunell | Oct 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
GAME NOTES: For the Sox to go far, Jon Lester and Josh Beckett need to be at the top of their game. Lester’s looking good. Is Beckett?
by jake digregorio | Oct 3, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Jeremy Sowers, Kevin Youkilis
“Effective” isn’t a term often used to describe Daisuke Matsuzaka’s outings, but that’s exactly what he looked like in last night’s start, as the Red Sox took a second win off of the Cleveland Indians, 6-2. Dice worked through six innings, allowing only five hits and...
by evan brunell | Oct 3, 2009 | Quick Post
UPDATE: X-Rays negative, will be fine. Whew. Alex Gonzalez was injured during Friday’s game, when it was hit by a pitch. Preliminary x-rays showed a “line” on his right hand, which means it could be fractured. A more intensive x-ray is being taken...
by evan brunell | Oct 3, 2009 | Quick Post
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by evan brunell | Oct 2, 2009 | Cleveland Indians, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, Jeremy Sowers
GAME NOTES: Dice-K enters his final start before October. He’s looked a new man after missing most of the season with assorted problems. Can he keep it up?
by evan brunell | Oct 2, 2009 | Quick Post, Rich Harden
Buster Olney’s column today deals with players who could be impacted by arbitration offers. For example, Boston is expected to offer Billy Wagner arbitration, and Olney’s panel expects that offer (Wagner is a Type-A free agent, meaning the Sox would get a...
by evan brunell | Oct 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
[I’ve edited out mention of what network I am joining. I was told I could make the announcement but then they reversed course. You’ll find out Monday if you don’t already know.] Hey guys, Some pretty exciting news. Fire Brand will be affiliating with...
by jake digregorio | Oct 1, 2009 | Boston Red Sox, Carlos Carrassco, David Ortiz, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jon Lester, Kevin Youkilis
The Boston Red Sox finally broke out of a six-game slide, with a lackluster, yet productive, victory over the Cleveland Indians, 3-0, on Thursday night. It’s just too bad somebody had to get hurt in the process. How is it that whenever Jon Lester is on the...
by tim daloisio | Oct 1, 2009 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Boston Red Sox podcast on MVN Radio, Episode #61 where we are the champions….errr…wild card my friends Episode #61 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: None [podcast]http://360thepitch.com/firebrand/61_10_1_09_firesidechats.mp3[/podcast] Paul and I...
