by mike scandura | May 5, 2014 | 2013 Pawtucket Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Garin Cecchini, Gavin Cecchini, Jose Iglesias, Kevin Boles, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Might Pawtucket Red Sox third baseman Garin Cecchini be to Boston’s Will Middlebrooks what Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts was to Jose Iglesias? While that may be an interesting theory, PawSox manager Kevin Boles declined to speculate. “We don’t want to get too far...
by domara | May 5, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, Edward Mujica, John Lackey, Jon Lester, koji uehara
The Red Sox welcomed in the Oakland Athletics over the weekend for a 3 game set. Clay Buchholz toed the rubber for game one of the series, the slender right hander tossed 6.1 innings allowing just a run on 3 hits. Boston’s offense erupted for 7 runs, on 11 hits,...
by Harry Burnham | May 4, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Chris Capuano, Edward Mujica, Grady Sizemore, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Jonathan Herrera, koji uehara
Alright, it’s that time of the year. We’ve just wrapped up the first month of baseball and I thought I might give out some grades to some of Boston’s newest residents. I’m going to look at their performance on the field and any other criteria I...
by broach | May 4, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester
After a little over a month, the Boston Red Sox find themselves sitting at 15-16 with only two games standing between them and the New York Yankees at the top of the AL East. With all the struggles the Red Sox have had with runners on base, the team finds itself right...
by jkeller | May 3, 2014 | A.J. Pierzynski, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox, Brandon Workman, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Chris Capuano, Clay Buchholz, Craig Breslow, Daisuke Matsuzaka, David Ortiz, David Ross, Dustin Pedroia, Edward Mujica, Felix Doubront, Fenway Park, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jake Peavy, John Farrell, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Jonathan Herrera, Jonny Gomes, Junichi Tazawa, Koji Uehara, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Mike Trout, Rubby de la Rosa, Shane Victorino, Stephen Drew, Toronto Blue Jays, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
Thankfully, April is over (although May has been far from kind to us so far). The Red Sox ended the opening month of the 2014 season with a sub .500 record at 13-14. Now, the team that came into this season wanting to “Turn the Page” is heading into a new...
by jcookson | May 2, 2014 | Christian Vazquez, Cody Kukuk, Mookie Betts
Cold weather may have lingered throughout the opening month, but it hasn’t stopped several Red Sox prospects from getting off to hot starts. Here are three who were very strong in the first month of the season. Mookie Betts The biggest question for Mookie Betts coming...
by domara | May 2, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, David DeJesus, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Grady Sizemore, Jake Peavy, John Farrell, Koji Uehara, Mike Napoli
After being rained out on Wednesday night, the Red Sox and Rays played a day-night double header on Thursday at Fenway Park. Boston took a tough loss in game one, after Jake Peavy broke a 1-1 tie by surrendering a bases loaded walk to David DeJesus. Tampa Bay’s...
by domara | May 1, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Cesar Ramos, Chris Archer, Edward Mujica, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley, Jake Peavy, Mark Melancon
Rain washed away the second game of the three game series between the Red Sox and Rays on Wednesday night. As a result, the two teams will play a day/night double header on Thursday, with the first game beginning at 1:05 and the second starting at 7:05. Felix...
by tim daloisio | Apr 30, 2014 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #153 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: Chad Finn, Boston.com and the Boston Globe [powerpress src=”http://media.blubrry.com/firecastatmvn/www.firebrandal.com/podcast/153_4_30_14_firesidechats.mp3“] In like a lamb, out like a lion? or...
by askillin | Apr 30, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, 2014 Red Sox offseason, 2014 Red Sox Spring Training, Boston Red Sox, Grady Sizemore, Jackie Bradley, Jacoby Ellsbury, Shane Victorino
He was the story of the spring, the 31-year-old outfielder signed on a one-year flyer after myriad injuries knocked him out of professional baseball for over two years. Heading into the 2014 season, Grady Sizemore looked like he might just become the story of the...