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The Advanced Scout – Texas Rangers
Josh Hamilton (Photo: Samara Pearlstein) After being swept but the lowly and injured Blue Jays, the Boston Red Sox (48-48, 9.5 games back in the AL East) go to Arlington, Texas for a three-game skein...
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The Advanced Scout – Texas Rangers
Josh Hamilton (Photo – Samara Pearlstein) After losing three of four to the lowly Minnesota Twins, the Boston Red Sox (54-55, 10 games back in the AL East) welcome the Texas Rangers (63-44, 5.5 games...
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The Advanced Scout – Baltimore Orioles
Johnny Pesky (Photo: Samara Pearlstein) After splitting four games with the Indians, the Boston Red Sox (57-59 11.5 games back in the AL East) move on to Camden Yards to take on the Baltimore Orioles...
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Trading Jacoby Ellsbury
The Boston Red Sox have a lot of issues to face this offseason, but none may be more significant that the question of what to do with Jacoby Ellsbury. The 29-year-old Center Fielder will be coming...
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Lies, Damn Lies and General Managers
Dustin Pedroia (Photo: Samara Pearlstein) I’ve been lied to a lot in my life. But what Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington pulled off this week may be a set up for one of the bigger lies I’ve ever...
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Wil Myers, Jon Lester and runaway rumors
It’s amazing we even live in a world where people can take a story like this and run as far as they have with it. So Monday night, Bob Dutton writes this column. In it, he suggests the idea that Jon...
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The Highs & Lows of 2012 (Part 1)
One of my favorite family traditions is sitting down at the end of December and listing our highs and lows from the past year. What were the best moments and what were the worst? It’s a great way to...
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Coming to the Defense of Shane Victorino: Part One
Part one of a two part series on the defense of the signing Shane Victorino. We begin on offense: As a Boston Red Sox fan living in “Braves Country” I have to persistently make an effort to get my...
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Coming to the Defense of Shane Victorino: Part Two
Part One of Shane Victorino’s Defense can be found here. As I am sure all of you know; a position player’s overall value is not simply tied to offense (with the exception of the David Ortiz’s and...
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Blocked at the Top?
For several years in the early 2000’s, shortstop Hanley Ramirez was considered the Red Sox top prospect. A gifted athlete, Ramirez held his own in the minors at a young age, and brimmed with promise....
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Daniel Nava: Odd Man Out?
Daniel Nava (Kelly O’Conner — www.sittingstill.net) With Opening Day a mere 5 weeks away I thought it would be as good a time as any to take a look at the potential 2013 Opening Day Boston Red Sox...
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A Song for the Season
Alfredo Aceves — Crazy (Gnarls Barkley) As a general rule of thumb, anyone who chooses their number as a tribute to Dennis Rodman has a screw, or two, lose. Aceves is certainly not an exception. Andrew...
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Roster Power Rankings, March Edition
Does any player enter the 2013 season as more valuable to the Red Sox than Jon Lester?(Keith Allison/Flickr) Every month, here on Fire Brand, I am going to take a look at the relative value of the 25...
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The Advanced Scout – Toronto Blue Jays
Jose Bautista (Photo: Samara Pearlstein) After earning a series win in the Bronx, the Boston Red Sox (2-1, tied for first in the AL East) go to the Great White North to take on the new-look Toronto...
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3 Up 3 Down
The long spring is over and we have regular season baseball. We have a chance to get our first true Major League glimpse of young prospects Jose Iglesias and Jackie Bradley Jr. We get a newfound hope...
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3 Up 3 Down
With another week of baseball in the books, the Boston Red Sox stand at an impressive 5-4 due to the combination of rock solid starting pitching, consistent and timely hitting, and an unyielding...
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Is the Will Middlebrooks slump something to worry about?
Going back to August of last year, Will Middlebrooks hasn’t JUST been bad at the plate – he’s been ambitiously bad. While it’s an admittedly small sample we’re dealing with here, WMB is hitting an...
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3 Up 3 Down
Credit to John Hunneman Since Monday’s horrifying events at the Boston Marathon and the irascible days that followed, it has been difficult to place total focus on professional athletics. I began to...
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The Advanced Scout – Oakland Athletics
Jerry Blevins (Photo: Samara Pearlstein) After losing two of three to the Royals during an emotional weekend, the Boston Red Sox (12-6, leading the AL East by 1.5 games) welcome the Oakland Athletics...
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The Advanced Scout – Houston Astros
Recently-demoted Brett Wallace (Photo: Samara Pearlstein) After winning two of three against the Athletics, the Boston Red Sox (14-7, 2 games ahead in the AL East) welcome the newest member of the...
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