by domara | Apr 23, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daniel Nava, Jacoby Ellsbury, Jon Lester, koji uehara, New York Yankees, Shane Victorino
The Red Sox and Yankees kicked off their second series of the 2014 season on Tuesday. With Jon Lester and Masahiro Tanaka on the mound, game 1 had the makings of a pitchers duel, but fell short of its expectations. Lester endured his first poor start of the 2014...
by domara | Apr 22, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, Burke Badenhop, Clay Buchholz, Jacoby Ellsbury, koji uehara, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks
Boston celebrated Patriots day on Monday, which meant that the Red Sox held their annual 11 AM game to commemorate the holiday. Boston sent Clay Buchholz to the hill in hopes the righty could settle into a groove. However, Buchholz start was short lived, as the 30...
by dpoarch | Apr 21, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Xander Bogaerts
We got our first look at Xander Bogaerts: Major League Shortstop on August 20, 2013; an 0-for-3 effort against the San Francisco Giants. Bogaerts was fresh off of decimating minor league hitting – as he had been known to do – to the tune of a .374 wOBA in AAA, and we...
by dpoarch | Apr 21, 2014 | Fire Brand Poll
Last week, a Koji Uehara injury scare led to Edward Mujica picking up a save in his place against the New York Yankees. I asked you, the readers, to tell me who you thought should be Koji’s primary back up going forward, and the results were interesting....
by jcookson | Apr 21, 2014 | Billy Hamilton, George Springer, Mookie Betts, Ted Williams
The numbers for Mookie Betts so far this season border on the ridiculous: a .453/.492/.717 batting line with 24 hits in 13 games. It’s a miniscule sample, but on the heels of so much success the year before, it validates the belief that Betts is one of the best...
by domara | Apr 21, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Brock Holt, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jake Peavy, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks
After dropping Friday’s game to the Baltimore Orioles, the Red Sox took the weekend games of the 4 game set. On Saturday, the club was backed by a suburb outing by Felix Doubront and an RBI triple by Brock Holt, en route to a 4-2 final. On Sunday, Jake Peavy...
by domara | Apr 18, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Daniel Nava, Dustin Pedroia, Felix Doubront, Jackie Bradley, Jon Lester, koji uehara, Mike Carp, Mike Napoli, Shane Victorino, Will Middlebrooks, Xander Bogaerts
It was a classic pitchers duel on Thursday night as the Red Sox and White Sox met in the rubber match of the three game set. Jon Lester took the hill for the Red Sox and was perfect for 5.1 innings, tossing 8 frames overall of 7 hit, 1 run baseball. Outside of Xander...
by tim daloisio | Apr 17, 2014 | Fireside Chats Podcast
Episode #152 Hosts: Paul Testa, Tim Daloisio Guests: Chip Buck [powerpress src=”http://media.blubrry.com/firecastatmvn/www.firebrandal.com/podcast/152_4_17_14_firesidechats.mp3“] The Red Sox haven’t gotten off to the defense of their World...
by domara | Apr 17, 2014 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Jackie Bradley Jr., John Farrell, Jon Lester, Mike Napoli, Xander Bogaerts
It was a late night in Red Sox Nation on Wednesday evening as the Red Sox and White Sox battled for 5 hours. Clay Buchholz started the 14 inning marathon and tossed 6 innings of 6 hit, 3 run (2 earned) baseball. Bostons offense continued to struggle, but still managed...
by askillin | Apr 16, 2014 | 2014 Boston Red Sox, Andrew Miller, Boston Red Sox
The Red Sox began 2014 with one of their best and deepest bullpens (at least on paper) in recent memory. During the offseason, Ben Cherington added reliable veteran Burke Badenhop and 2013 Cardinals closer Edward Mujica to a crop of relievers that already had Koji...
