Year: 2004

Dave Isaacs, writer for Athletic Supporters, offers his thoughts on the Spiderman promotion here. The June 11th-13th weekend was adorned…

Randy Booth, of Red Sox Haven has given a guest column to Fire Brand, which is below. I’ve only been…

Kirk Jones is a Fire Brand of the AL reader, a fan of the Red Sox stuck in Canada. Here…

Sam Killay, writer for the Devil Rays, is also a Red Sox fan. Here he writes down the nicknames of…

Jeff Howe, MVN Angels writer, has a guest column for Fire Brand of the AL today. Sweat ran down my…

With Nomar back for a while now and Trot Nixon debuting today, it’s time for us to realize that June…

Some of you may recall my ‘Free Agents in 2005‘ post. For those of you that don’t, I ran down…

Scott Williamson was activated from the disabled list yesterday, with Andy Dominique being sent down. While Pawtucket will now have…

Terry Francona: Nomar Garciaparra, this is an unexpected pleasure. We are honored by your presence… Nomar Garciaparra: You may dispense…

The Boston Red Sox selected Dustin Pedroia, SS, with their first draft pick. The following are excerpts from various sources…

Abe Alvarez In April, I wrote about Abe Alvarez. Ever since then, I have gotten comments from people that have…

Every fifth day, I mark my calendar with a “L”. You see, why bother watching the game when you know…

Babying Pitchers Tom Gatto of the Sporting News offers this tidbit in the latest issue (Welcome to Mannyland, May 31,…

Over at League of Angels, Jeff Howe questions the Angels’ supposed acquisition of Raul Mondesi. Mondesi’s lifetime batting average is…

05/25/04 Bill Mueller is placed on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to May 20), with patellar tendinitis. 05/24/04 Byung Hyun…

David Ortiz, the 28-year old slugger for the Boston Red Sox, has agreed to a two-year extension plus a club…

The Herald today offered the warning that Kevin Millar was about to trigger his 2005 option. This option is mutual,…

Randy Johnson has just pitched the 17th perfect game. Of course, this number does not include such close perfect games…

Let me first go on record saying that I enjoy Kevin Youkilis, and loved the fact that his first major…

In this earlier post, I stumbled across a new statistic, SIP. I have decided to write an article on this….

Dave Isaacs over at Athletics Supporters has done a guest post for Fire Brand. This guest post is especially interesting,…

The fearsome bullpen has logged a 2.09 ERA this season, over two runs lower than 2003’s final total of 4.48,…

Well, the Red Sox finally got done with their little five game losing streak that coincidentally concided with Pedro’s mouth…

Pedro Martinez. So much can be said in those five syllables. On Saturday, articles ran across New England that Pedro…

There is a thread going on at Wicked East Coast (link to the right) right now that is very interesting….

You might remember when I complained about people getting up constantly during the middle of the inning and getting in…

If you mosey on over to Red Sox Haven, he has listed his favorite Non-Sox players. Neat idea, but I’ll…

Sam Killay goes on record with his opinion on the Red Sox. (We better not see him changing his opinion!…

Some things, Red Sox and non-Red Sox I’d like to say: – Barry Bonds is just unbelievable. The bat speed…