by mike scandura | Jan 7, 2009 | Community post
Nothing too substantive here, but a definite find for anyone in the Boston area. In Burlington, MA, about a 5 minute drive from the Burlington Mall (which, side note, is the only palatable thing featured in that stupid new Mall Cop movie), there’s a place called...
by evan brunell | Jan 7, 2009 | David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, J.D. Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jason Bay, Jason Varitek, Julio Lugo, Kevin Youkilis, Mike Lowell
A month ago, Chris Dutton and Peter Bendix collaborated together to come up with a new statistic — xBABIP. BABIP, or Batting Average on Balls In Play, is generally used to identify whether a pitcher was lucky or unlucky. With .300 as the baseline, if a...
by evan brunell | Jan 6, 2009 | Jason Johnson, Quick Post
It started with Jose Contreras as the first strike then moved on to Mark Bellhorn and Alan Embree… it graduated to Johnny Damon and Carl Pavano… then they whisked away Mark Teixeira and made sure we couldn’t bring Kevin Cash back by bringing him...
by evan brunell | Jan 5, 2009 | Kyle Weiland, Mitch Denning, Stephen Fife
Red Sox prospect Stephen Fife took some time out of his schedule to answer some questions for Fire Brand. Fife, 22, was drafted in the third round of the draft out of Utah. In 14 relief appearances for the Lowell Spinners, he posted a 2.33 ERA while participating in...
by josh lacey | Jan 3, 2009 | Community post
Got the flu, so have cruised baseball blogs, and thought some comments might be appropriate, the most significant being that many of Scott Boras’ moves around the league have blown up in his face, and those of his clients. Awwww! It’s not just Sox fans who...
by shawn medeiros | Jan 3, 2009 | Quick Post
A little short on time this weekend, I’ll throw up a couple quickposts with content from around the web to keep you going! Starting off, check out the chat wrap on the Boston Globe’s website with Amalie Benjamin, click here for the transcript. Amalie might...
by brandwon stewart | Jan 1, 2009 | Andrew Miller, Daniel Bard
The Daniel Bard story begins in 2003, as the New York Yankees drafted the 6’4″ power arm out of high school in the 20th round (604th overall). Bard declined the Yankee offer and attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Thankfully). At UNC...
by josh lacey | Dec 10, 2008 | A.J. Burnett, C.C. Sabathia, Derek Lowe, New York Yankees, Quick Post
For the Yankees, there was only one move that would make this off season anything short of disappointing; signing CC Sabathia. According to Joel Sherman of the New York Post, the Yankees and Brian Cashman have accomplished that goal. Sabathia is not going to play on...
by tim daloisio | Dec 9, 2008 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Boston Red Sox podcast on MVN Radio, Episode #29 where much like the Winter Meetings, Paul and Tim make much ado about nothing while we wait for news, any news, to come out of Las Vegas. Episode #29Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim DaloisioGuests: None Don’t expect much...
by evan brunell | Dec 9, 2008 | Quick Post
Sean McAdam of the Boston Herald is reporting that the Red Sox will unveil new alternate uniforms — and a new logo as well. It’s likely the team will reveal a new “alternate uniform,” to either replace or supplement the red tops the team often...
