by evan brunell | Sep 16, 2009 | Poll, Quick Post
New Poll Question: If the playoffs started now, who should be the Sox’s No. 4 starter? Tim Wakefield (returns 9/21) Daisuke Matsuzaka Paul Byrd No one, go three-man My pick was Dice-K because unlike Wake and Byrd, he can be transcendent. I don’t think the...
by evan brunell | Sep 16, 2009 | Ryan Lavarnway
Ryan Lavarnway was previously interviewed on Fire Brand July 17, 2008. At that point, Lavarnway was rehabbing from a broken scaphoid bone in his left wrist after being drafted in the sixth round of 2008. Lavarnway has gone on to be a major contributor to...
by jake digregorio | Sep 16, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jacoby Ellsbury, John Lackey, Los Angeles Angels
In his first game back since June 19, Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched a surprisingly decent an unagitating outing, as the Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of California of the United States of North America, 4-1. The multi-million dollar man notched over six...
by evan brunell | Sep 15, 2009 | Daisuke Matsuzaka, Game Threads, John Lackey, Los Angeles Angels
GAME NOTES: The Angels come to town. We’ll probably be facing them in the ALDS again — the Angels could use a strong showing at Fenway Park to give them confidence going into the playoff series. The Angels aren’t the pitching club they used to be,...
by mike silver | Sep 15, 2009 | Alex Gonzalez, Quick Post
Damn Alex Gonzalez for giving us hope. OK. Maybe that was overdoing it, but A-Gon is not nearly the batter he has shown since being traded to Boston from Cincinnati. For the type of hitter fans expected to get in the trade, there’s no doubt Alex Gonzalez has...
by mike silver | Sep 15, 2009 | Casey Kotchman, Jason Varitek, Kevin Youkilis, Victor Martinez
Projecting the Playoffs With just 20 games remaining in the regular season, the Sox’ Hunt for Red October is getting stronger by the day. At this juncture, with this team, a 4 ½ game lead in the Wild Card is a considerable advantage. Don’t get cozy though,...
by evan brunell | Sep 14, 2009 | Josh Reddick, Quick Post, Trivia
Josh Reddick’s debut start for the Red Sox earlier in the year netted him two extra bases hits. Who was the last Red Sox rookie to have such a debut and in what year? HONOR CODE: No search engines, keyword searches.Check out the trivia leaderboard here. Previous...
by evan brunell | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
With Sunday’s extension of the wild card lead to four games on the back of the doubleheader sweep [Jon Lester is the beast of all beasts], Boston’s entrance into the playoffs as the wild card winner is all but assured. (But at seven games behind New York,...
by evan brunell | Sep 13, 2009 | Game Threads, James Shields, Jon Lester, Tampa Bay Rays
GAME NOTES: Jon Lester takes the mound. Let’s hope he starts off better than the canceled Friday affair, when he got the bases drunk in the first and only had one out before the torrential rain come. He’ll go against ‘Big Game James’ Shields,...
by evan brunell | Sep 13, 2009 | Clay Buchholz, Daniel Bard, Felix Doubront, Justin Masterson, Michael Bowden, Nick Hagadone, Quick Post, Roy Halladay
I’m on the Rotoworld.com beat, and this just came across my desk: Bob Elliot of the Toronto Sun reports that the Red Sox offered the Blue Jays six pitchers for Roy Halladay at the trading deadline. The names: Daniel Bard, Michael Bowden, Clay Buchholz, Felix...
