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Brian Daubach unfortunately only had 30 games with the Red Sox, and amassed 75 AB. Perhaps that’s not so bad,…

Ellis Burks came back to the Red Sox at the age of 40 for one last go-round before he retired…

Who is our shortstop for the 2005 season? With the prevailing sentiment that Hanley Ramirez could be ready to play…

Dustin Pedroia (FB archives: Dustin Pedroia [drafted], Hanley Ramirez and Dustin Pedroia – Shortstops on the Rise) is a hot…

So, WHAT A WIN. I know, they are 1-10, we’re 5-6 and lifting weights for the bowl season, but you…

As you all know by now, Pedro met with George Steinbrenner last Tuesday. I didn’t comment on it then, because…

Nov. 17, 2004 According to his agent, Damian Miller yesterday received a two-year contract offer from the Red Sox. Miller…

Lawson: “this weekend: I still think the Dawgs win this one..why? because we can’t score if we don’t get six…

I’m sure you have all heard the news that the Montreal Expos are moving to Washington, D.C. (Here is a…

Found this today via the “members only” message board from a certain WSU site I joined. Take this with a…

An independent, 20-minute movie is out on the airwaves that had been planned since before the playoffs, and started shooting…

Alan Schwarz of the New York Times had an article November 7th, 2004 titled “Game Theory Posits Measure of Baseball…

Yesterday was the one-month anniversary of Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS – Mondays’ wise. Four Mondays ago, I attended…

Peter Gammons recently came out with an article as he does from time to time on ESPN.com. Not surprisingly, there’s…

The Gray Eagle at Sons of Sam Horn had an interesting post … Most Catchers Stink Since the Sox could…

Frank Palmieri will be checking into Fire Brand occasionally with segments of a fictional baseball piece he is writing. ‘¯?Bases…

Frank Palmieri will be checking into Fire Brand occasionally with segments of a fictional baseball piece he is writing.

Since the season is a disaster and we’ll probably lose out, I thought I’d focus on recruiting right now……. Well,…

What should next year’s bullpen look like? CLOSER Keith Foulke – This says all you need to know about Foulke….

NEW WORDS TO INTEGRATE INTO OUR LEXICON, FROM READER KIRK JONES A Bellhorn – Anytime a left-handed batter hits the…

Dick Radatz, Jr. is a co-founder of the Northwoods League and has an educational background and work experience in sports…

Sam Killay (MVN Devil Rays columnist and frequent commenter on Fire Brand) came up last night to attend the parade…

I have heard from a couple of people now, we’ll call them “sources”, that say Stewart is very serious now…

Pedro Martinez. So much can be said in these five syllables. If I attempted to explain what that name means…

I’m sorry, but I can’t really put into words this game. It was a monumental effort by an absolutely amazing…

The Boston Red Sox are the 2004 World Series Champions of Major League Baseball! We believed … and won. “Again,…

Curt Schilling was interviewed by the fans on Boston Dirt Dogs, and the interview was released today. In it, a…

The Red Sox came thisclose to shutting the Cardinals down on a three-hit shutout. Alas, much-maligned closer Keith Foulke gave…

Today, there was one article on ESPN that caught my eye. It was by Buster Olney, and it depicted the…