Last night, Tim Wakefield’s remarkable 1.000 decision percentage - that is, the percentage of starts this season in which he received a decision - took its first and only hit when the Sox “denied” him a loss in Baltimore. All season long, this has come up in conversation, and all season long I’ve been […]

One of the most striking things about the Sox lineup this season has been the dramatic drop in HR totals. With both David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez - who combined last year for 89 HR - on pace for 26 apiece, and J.D. Drew (20 in 2006 at a rate of .136 per game) […]

“In most sports the ball, or object, is put in play by the offensive team; in baseball the defensive team puts the ball in play, and only the defense is allowed to touch the ball. In fact, in baseball if an offensive player touches the ball intentionally, he’s out; sometimes unintentionally, he’s out… in football,basketball, […]

I’ve never watched this before. Going into it, I’m assuming it’s the worst piece of televised baseball you can get - maybe even worse than the Celebrity All-Star Softball Challenge. Given that, and given that I’m procrastinating a bit from some job-search related work, I bring you this Very Special All-Star Selection Show […]

I realize that this season is less than 15 games old, but I wanted to point out a couple quick things. Last year, much was made of the Sox’ dependence on offense, to go along with some remarkably bad pitching (11th worst team ERA in the AL). This year, at least early, it […]

My father and I have arrived in lovely, scenic Arlington Texas, after a fairly ridiculous 4 hour plane ride that took 9 hours. Tomorrow, we head over to Ameriquest Field to watch the first game of the Red Sox’ 2006 season; tonight, we hung out in a hotel bar watching the White Sox dismantle […]

After trying to project the various division races of the upcoming year below, why not go even further into the realm of the complete and total guess and predict a few other things, like major awards, and playoff results? So here we go, a full 8-9 months before the fact.

AL ROY W: Delmon Young, […]

Inspired by Zach’s post at Fire Brand, I decided to punch up a quick prediction of each division race in baseball for 2006, and put it down in writing so I can compare at the end of the season. The whole thing is balanced to work out to a .500 overall record; I kept […]

The World baseball Classic begins in a couple weeks, and while I’m not sure how much I care given the restrictions and ridiculous politics surrounding it, I’ll watch. I’ll watch to see which of the titans - the USA or the Dominican Republic - will prevail. But i’ll also watch to see […]

Ducksnorts, an excellent Padres blog on the all-baseball.com network (which also houses Fire Brand), gave me a cool idea. As we ramp up toward spring training, fantasy baseball leagues are coming to life everywhere; I’m usually in 3 or 4 a year myself. So far, I’m in two, my two recurring ones with […]