Standing Pat is a Bad Idea

Brian McCann signed a five-year, $85 deal this weekend, with an option to extend the deal to 2019. He’ll spend the next five or six years playing for the Yankees, enjoying the short porch in right field and providing New York with above average production from behind...

Wednesday’s Links – Virtues

Sure, it’s good business to wait and see with the current market for certain free agents, but it does a number on the nerves. Just do something! Even with this flurry of free agent signings, it might behoove the Red Sox to exercise patience in the offseason....

City Prints TRIVIA: Tiebreaker

Red Sox Trivia! The end of it all! With Tim P getting the last question right, he moves into a tie with Walter T. So we’ll have a tiebreaker between them! Here’s how it’ll go: First person of the two to answer correctly (or with more players) wins,...

Where We Stand

2013 was fun, but it wasn’t enough, was it? I used to think that I only wanted “one,” but now that I have 3, I want 4…or 20. So, we at Fire Brand of the American League have gleefully turned to 2014. Some are not happy that we are talking...

This Stove is on Fire

The MLB offseason is here, and there are 126 days until Opening Day. Luckily, there’s no shortage of things for us to talk about, as free agency has kicked off and the past couple days have already given us several big names changing area codes. Let’s take a look at...

Buyer’s Remorse

To be honest, the offseason frustrates me more than the regular season does. At least in the regular season, the team can right some wrongs just by winning a game the next day and everyone will be happy and content. Beers all around. Now, however, no one will be fine...