by josh lacey | Jul 10, 2009 | Brian Bannister, Game Threads, Jon Lester, Kansas City Royals
Need I say more?
by evan brunell | Jul 10, 2009 | Aaron Bates, Garrett Atkins, Julio Lugo, Mike Lowell, Rocco Baldelli, Takashi Saito, Terry Francona
Rumors abound that the Red Sox and Colorado Rockies have discussed a deal around reliever Takashi Saito for third-baseman Garrett Atkins, making roughly $7 million this year. Atkins began the year so poorly that he lost his starting job to Ian Stewart. On the season,...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 10, 2009 | Brad Penny, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia
Boston’s bullpen could use a break. Justin Masterson and the rest of the bullpen brass gave up five runs after Brad Penny went five innings allowing six hits, three runs, one walk and one strikeout. Kansas City answered with four runs in the sixth inning after...
by josh lacey | Jul 9, 2009 | Brad Penny, Game Threads, Kansas City Royals, Luke Hochevar
What is a MUP? Most Under-appreciated Player. I think the first half award for 2009 Red Sox MUP belongs to Brad Penny. Considering what we expected from him (who thought he’d still be on the team in July?), Penny’s ability to go deep in games consistently...
by evan brunell | Jul 9, 2009 | Quick Post
Fire Brand is being killed by spam these days. I’ve enabled CAPCHA for comments. CAPCHA will show up for anyone who is not registered. If you want to avoid having to type in these random letters and numbers for Fire Brand, sign up here for an account. Sorry for...
by evan brunell | Jul 9, 2009 | Quick Post, Trivia
Who is the only other Red Sox infielder aside from Nomar Garciaparra and Dustin Pedroia to win the Rookie of the Year award?HONOR CODE: No search engines, keyword searches.Check out the trivia leaderboard here. Previous trivia question: The Red Sox have never made the...
by shawn medeiros | Jul 9, 2009 | David Ortiz, Game Recap, J.D. Drew, Jonathan Papelbon, Tim Wakefield
During the game yesterday, Oakland Athletics shortstop Orlanda Cabrera was shown on camera asking a teammate “how can you hit that.” Carbera was referencing Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball that was dancing all around the plate last night. Wakefield...
by josh lacey | Jul 8, 2009 | Game Threads, Oakland Athletics, Tim Wakefield, Trevor Cahill
Considering the ovation Nomar got, why wouldn’t we honor Wake and his first All-Star appearance even more of an ovation when he takes the mound tonight?
by shawn medeiros | Jul 8, 2009 | Dustin Pedroia, Game Recap, Jason Bay, Josh Beckett
Losing streaks don’t happen with Josh Beckett on the mound. Beckett improved to 6-0 on the season when pitching the next day after a Red Sox loss. He also pushed his record to 10-3 overall yielding two runs on six hits over six plus innings, with one walk and...
by josh lacey | Jul 8, 2009 | Brad Penny, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jason Bay, John Smoltz, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Kevin Youkilis
The 2009 Boston Red Sox are halfway through their season, 49-32 through their first 81 games. The Red Sox not only hold a 1.5 game lead over the New York Yankees in the American League East, but also the best record in the American League, trailing over the Dodgers...
