by dpoarch | Jun 23, 2014 | Fire Brand Poll
Many years ago, Fire Brand Poll #109 asked you about Stephen Drew and what his role should be upon rejoining the Red Sox a couple weeks ago. Most of you responded that Drew should take over the full-time shortstop role, with the two platoon options (Middlebrooks and...
by domara | Jun 23, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Burke Badenhop, David Ortiz, Jon Lester, Josh Beckett, Koji Uehara, Oakland Athletics, Tommy Milone
After losing the first three games of the weekend series in Oakland, the Red Sox were able to salvage the series finale on Sunday afternoon. Boston’s offense got to work quickly against Athletics starter Tommy Milone, scoring twice in the first and collecting...
by jcookson | Jun 20, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt
Brock Holt’s ascent from utility player to team MVP this season defies normal explanation. I’ve concluded that his meteoric rise must be due to superpowers, and that in fact Brock Holt is a superhero. Here are some possible origins of these powers. Brock Holt...
by domara | Jun 20, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Dustin Pedroia, Edward Mujica, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Oakland Athletics, Scott Kazmir
The Red Sox began their first west coast trip of the season on Thursday, as the they opened up a 4 game series with the Oakland Athletics. Jake Peavy toed the rubber for Boston and was opposed by one of the best left-handers in the game, Scott Kazmir. The A’s...
by domara | Jun 19, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, John Lackey, koji uehara, Mike Napoli
The Red Sox endured perhaps their strangest win of the 2014 season on Wednesday afternoon. With a series sweep of the Minnesota Twins in their sites, Boston sent John Lackey to the mound to oppose Minnesota right hander Kyle Gibbson. Like the previous two games of the...
by smcfarland | Jun 19, 2014 | Mookie Betts
In case you haven’t been paying attention to baseball, or minor league baseball specifically, for the past few months, allow me to inform you of a certain center fielder making some noise in the Boston minors. Mookie Betts is his name, and being an offensive...
by domara | Jun 18, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Dustin Pedroia, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, Minnesota Twins, Xander Bogearts
The Red Sox and Twins played the second game of a three game series at Fenway Park on Tuesday night. Similar to Monday’s contest, runs were held to a minimum as staff aces Jon Lester and Phil Hughes toed the rubber for their respective clubs. However, Boston was...
by domara | Jun 17, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Grady Sizemore, Kevin Correia, koji uehara, Minnesota Twins, Rubby de la Rosa, Shane Victorino
Runs were hard to come by in the Red Sox and Twins series opener on Monday night. While the pitching match-up of Rubby De La Rosa and Kevin Correia doesn’t sound like your prototypical pitchers duel, both starters battled like a couple of aces. In his third...
by dpoarch | Jun 16, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, runs, Runz, Score More Runs Plz
The Boston Red Sox of Boston have now won 32 games, which would be a great amount of wins if they had only played in 40 games, but unfortunately, they’ve already played in 70. Given this disappointing ratio of wins to losses, it seems clear that some changes need to...
by domara | Jun 16, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Cleveland Indians, Craig Breslow, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Junichi Tazawa, koji uehara, Nick Swisher, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogearts
Luck wasn’t on the Red Sox side for the final two games of Boston’s 4 game set against the Cleveland Indians. While Boston was able to win the first two games on Thursday and Friday, the team underwent back-to-back one run losses over the weekend. On...
