Fenway on Fire

12/06/2023

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Congratulations to Joe Castiglione, the 2024 Ford C. Frick Award winner! https://ow.ly/wq3Z50Qg1GZ

12/06/2023

Three and a half years after the most inexcusable trade in Red Sox history, Mookie Betts was 2nd in NL MVP voting and all the Red Sox have to show for it is Connor Wong, Dick Fitts, and two other flotsam arms from the Yankees.

11/02/2023

10/26/2023

Chef’s kiss

Boston is a brutal place for on-the-job training. The learning curve can be as steep as the Monster Seats.

10/19/2023

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Former MLB pitcher Craig Breslow, currently assistant GM for the Cubs, reportedly is in “advanced discussions” with the Red Sox to replace Chaim Bloom.

10/17/2023

Thanks Chaim!! Another postseason win and quality start for Nathan Eovaldi last night. Below are his career postseason stats as of today:

10/13/2023

I said on the show weeks ago this would be an FSG bag job.

Reportedly the Red Sox have tried to interview external candidates, but many aren’t interested.

I’ll be shocked if Eddie Romero isn’t the guy at this point.

The Red Sox have completed at least one interview for their open GM job, according to a source.

10/12/2023

😂 😂 😂

10/11/2023

OTD: 5 years ago today, Brock Holt hit the first-ever cycle in MLB postseason history as the Boston Red Sox routed the New York Yankees 16-1 in Game 3 of the ALDS.

10/09/2023

If Coach X was:

25-31 since 2020
3-9 last 12 games
0-3 at home in 2023
Outscored 72-3 last two games
Offense: 30+ drives without a TD
Defense: Only 2 TOs in 5 games
Special Teams: 32nd in DVOA

People would rightfully call for that coach to be fired.

Unfortunately Coach X is Bill Belichick.

10/05/2023

What a dud the Wild Card round was! This new format BLOWS.

That means two days for a bonus show or blog previewing the Divisional Series.

10/03/2023

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨
I give a full report card on the 2023 Red Sox, grading every player to appear this season.

Wild Card Round preview.

Quick thoughts on the passing of Tim Wakefield, and I lose my mind over one social media interaction.

The show starts with some quick thoughtss on the passing of Tim Wakefield. Wake deserves his own episode. I have an idea in mind that will take a bit of time to put toghter, but keep an eye out. Hats off to NESN for the job they did honoring Wake while live on the air. I also lose my mind over a par...

10/03/2023

Who I’m rooting for this October:

Red Sox spite tier:
Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies

Win it for Bob Uecker:
Milwaukee Brewers

Former Red Sox GM & interim manager that I like:
Arizona Diamondbacks

Maybe winning will make fans care and help the game:
Miami Marlins

Best run organization in baseball:
Atlanta Braves

Great baseball city:
Baltimore Orioles

Will make people I work with happy:
Texas Rangers

Underrated ballpark in a city that used to be underrated:
Minnesota Twins
(If they get swept we still have the memes!)

Awesome postseason atmosphere:
Toronto Blue Jays

1980s Ric Flair in baseball organization form:
Houston Astros

Their existence offends me:
Tampa Bay Rays

10/03/2023

So many pictures of Tim Wakefield, signing autographs, meeting fans, playing at charity golf tournaments. I might be the only person in New England not to have a picture with Wake.
❤️ 💙😊

10/01/2023

In shock and gutted. This 2023 season can officially get fu**ed.

Can’t think of a better way to honor Wake than to make a donation to The Jimmy Fund.

Will properly honor Tim Wakefield on an upcoming bonus episode

10/01/2023

From the Joe Sheehan Newsletter. It even applies to this middling to dogsh*t Red Sox team:

“Enjoy the final day. It’s always a bittersweet one for those of us who love the regular season, the six months when the game is just there for us, reliable, the background noise of spring and summer. Outside of the games with playoff implications, today brings one last chance to cheer Adam Wainwright, and probably Miguel Cabrera, and maybe Zack Greinke and Joey Votto, to appreciate the breakout of Justin Steele and the late-season surge of Michael King, to watch Lucas Giolito and wonder what the hell happened.

It’s a day to savor, because we don’t get another one like it for six months.”

09/28/2023

🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨

Another year, another year with a losing record, another year in last place. An awful day for Red Sox fans on the field, and off the field with Curt Schilling sharing (with or without permission) that Tim Wakefield is battling brain cancer, while Tim's wife Stacy has been battling pancreatic cancer.... Also discussed is where the Red Sox GM search is at and if it will be much of a search at all.

Another year, another year with a losing record, another year in last place. An awful day for Red Sox fans on the field, and off the field with Curt Schilling sharing (with or without permission) that Tim Wakefield is battling brain cancer, while Tim's wife Stacy has been battling pancreatic cancer....

09/28/2023

I shared the Schilling clip about Tim and Stacy Wakefield late last night and just deleted it. At the time I thougth the toothpaste was out of the tube. I also didn't understand how badly trust was violated.

09/28/2023

For Red Sox fans that need a reason to smile today.

From 1960: John Updike watches Ted Williams’s last game with the Boston Red Sox, at Fenway Park.

09/28/2023

Red Sox clinch a losing record and sixth last place finish since 2012.

09/27/2023

I have a Masataka Yoshida rant in the works. At the 1:21 mark, Julian McWilliams shares some of my frustrations.

Listen to this episode from Off The Pike with Brian Barrett on Spotify. Brian opens by assessing Mac Jones’s season thus far and whether he can ever be a franchise QB. Then, he touches on the JuJu Smith-Schuster signing and why the Pats went with him over Jakobi Meyers (0:15). Brian also chats wit...

09/21/2023

Everything I have been harping on all year spelled out right here.

The Red Sox are officially eliminated from postseason contention, and it’s not hard to see why. This club’s flaws have been apparent since the beginning, and in the end they proved fata…

09/21/2023

The Red Sox have been eliminated from playoff contention

09/17/2023

09/15/2023

🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨

One of those things I wasn’t going to believe until I saw it, Chaim Bloom is out as Red Sox Chief Baseball Officer.

As critical as I’ve been, this move is and era of Red Sox baseball always was an organizational failure with ownership deserving plenty of blame.

The day we weren’t sure would ever come has arrived. As critical as I’ve been of the job Chaim Bloom has done as CBO of the Red Sox, this doesn’t feel like a day to celebrate. It really is another organizational failure. I break down the Bloom tenure, where he went wrong, and where ownership l...

09/14/2023

They actually did it.

BREAKING: The Red Sox have fired chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom.

09/12/2023

When Chaim said “It’s going to be awesome” maybe he was talking about ticket prices in September.

09/09/2023

Sox playoff odds under 3%. Let’s be honest the season has been over for weeks.

09/05/2023

🤔

09/02/2023

The Red Sox have broken Joe Castigleone who has been broadcasting Red Sox games for over 40 years. I didn’t believe this until I saw two people Tweet it.

“This stiff” Jordan Lyles was 3-14 with a 6.51 ERA going into Friday night’s game.

09/02/2023

Lose 13-2 to the Royals
James Paxton 6 ER, 1.1 IP
Almost shut out by Jordan Lyles

“I think we’ve hit bottom. You have to sometimes hit bottom. If this isn't the bottom, then we'll find some new ends to the Earth, I guess."

- Bobby Valentine

FYI the Yankees are only three games behind the Red Sox, with four head-to-head games left. A third last place finish for Chaim Bloom in four years is still in play.

09/01/2023

🚨NEW EPISODE 🚨

The 2023 Red Sox have finally died. It might have taken longer than I thought, but it happened… For the first time we have a guest on the show! My cousin Adam joins Fenway on Fire to discuss going to Mookie’s return game to Fenway, the 2023 season and the direction of the team.

The 2023 Red Sox have finally died. It might have taken longer than I thought, but it happened… For the first time we have a guest on the show! My cousin Adam joins Fenway on Fire to discuss going to Mookie’s return game to Fenway, the 2023 season and the direction of the team.

08/31/2023

Theme song for the 2023 Red Sox.

Willie Nelson - The Party's Over from the album "Naked Willie"

08/29/2023

“Cora was advised by the training staff that several of the team’s high leverage set-up relievers — including Nick Pivetta, John Schreiber, Garrett Whitlock and Josh WInckowski — were extremely fatigued from recent work and using them would have risked injury.”

I guess that explains why a 33 year old journeyman was left to die.

For the second straight day, the Red Sox stuck with a reliever who was getting pounded and had him finish the game. But Monday's debacle was so much worse than Sunday's — and provided some terrible optics.