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Evan's Bio

Welcome to my Red Sox column, titled Fire Brand of the American League, Evan Brunell's analytical (and sometimes not so analytical) look at the Boston Red Sox.

Are you wondering what "The Fire Brand of the American League" means? In a nutshell, its origination is from a newspaper article published in March of 1919 in "Baseball Magazine," with the subject being the new owner of the Boston Red Sox, Harry Frazee. The article gives a glowing review of Harry Frazee, and is quite interesting. He sounds remarkably like John Henry. If you're wondering how you can read this article, you can buy the book - "Impossible Dreams," which was compiled by Glenn Stout. It also has other collections of newspaper articles from all of Red Sox history, including one of the sale of Babe Ruth. I actually posted a column about that article explaining what it says and my take on it, which ended up being Fire Brand's very first column (Dec. 31, 2003 in the archives).

The main reason I wanted this site to be named "The Fire Brand of the American League" is...well...doesn't it sound cool?

Born on the 37th anniversary of the the day Babe Ruth died (1985) which later became the day Jimy Williams was fired in 2001, I was too young to experience the pain 1986 brought, but a deep wound was sowed in 2003. 2004 covered that wound up, and more. I am a guardedly optimistic Red Sox fan. Red Sox fans are by nature, quite pessimistic, so I do my best to stay positive but there are times where I fall into the deep, black hole of being a Red Sox fan.

I have written on Fire Brand since December 31, 2003 and grabbed a partner in Zach Hayes in September of 2005. A few partners later, we have Ryne Crabb, Tim Daloisio and Shawn Medeiros rounding out the corps. My self-created motto is: The universe is the limit, not the sky.

Evan Writes About

The Short List facts and information about Evan Brunell

Favorite Athletes

Tim Wakefield, Jonathan Papelbon, David Ortiz, Junior Seau, Tom Brady, Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo, Big Baby Glen Davis

Favorite Sports Teams

Boston Red Sox, Boston Celtics, New England Patriots

All Time Sports Moment

The Steal - Dave Roberts

Most Memorable Game Attended

The Steal - Dave Roberts

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

Cy Young's over 500 wins

Ruth or Mays?

Mays

Unitas or Montana?

Montana

Pele or Maradona?

Pele

Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

None

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  1. by Joel
    about 1 month ago

    Stop false tagging your articles please. Your articles are good, but they are not about the Cincinnati Reds, WWE, NL Central, Jason Isringhausen, or MVP. It's about the AL East and Red Sox only.

    So, please stop false tagging.

  2. by Michael
    2 months ago

    hey Evan I just wanted to formally introduce myself, I am the new Red Sox community leader and love the stuff you put forth everyday. I am here to ask that you keep up the good work! and continue to write intelligent, thought-provoking columns about our SAWX.

    Let me know if you need anything, and if you want to do a round-table back and forth as the trading deadline nears about Red Sox prospects I would think that would be great.

  3. by Beat Mike Network
    3 months ago

    Hey Evan! I saw that you are a huge Red Sox fan. So am I. I live in Massachusetts, but I will be moving down to Florida next month and I am going to try to spread the nation to the folks down there. If you want to endorse me, you can by going here: http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/bos/fan_forum/rsn_gov_support_form.jsp and put Mike DiMauro for name, Florida for state and mikedimauro31784@aol.com for e-mail address.

  4. by Tim
    7 months ago

    Hollering at Evan....good to see you here. I just joined myself. Should be fun.

  5. by Zander
    7 months ago

    Hey Evan,

    I just wanted to let you know that Bleacher Report has launched out of beta with an updated look and feel and some great new features. Check out the "Game On" link in the header to find out more.

    Next week we'll be launching the site to the world with some public announcements—and it'd be great to get a contribution from you between now and Tuesday to make Bleacher Report's launch a success.

    Let me know if you need any help with ideas or have questions. Have a great weekend Evan!

    Zander