Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

Live Game Blog

Getting ready for kick off. Mark Herrmann thinks Jeff Saturday is the second most important player on the offense. Interesting…

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I Think Theo Knew Something We Didn’t

Former Red Sox reliever Craig Hansen, who was traded to Pittsburgh in the three-team trade that sent Manny Ramirez to…

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Reunited?

Could the two-time World Series contributor – David Eckstein be reunited with the Angels? By Eric Denton – Angelswin.com Senior…

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We Have Our Winners!

We have our winners in the Olympics Opening Ceremonies DVD giveaway. Thanks to those who e-mailed over the last 24…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

College FootballVanderbilt at Miami (OH) – ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.NC State at South Carolina – ESPN, 8 p.m.Wake Forest at Baylor…

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Josh Beckett scratched, headed to DL?

Josh Beckett has been scratched yet again, this time from his slated Friday start against the Chicago White Sox. He’s…

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TRIVIA: Up in Buffalo

The last trivia question asked who was the Red Sox’s career leader in homers by a Canadian pre-Jason Bay. The…

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An Experimental Thursday

You may have been noticing different looks for the blog over the last 12 hours or so. I’m experimenting with…

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Brewers hand Cards a 5-3 gift

Merry Christmas, Albert. The Brewers took a 3-1 lead into the bottom of the 8th, and then gave the Cards…

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Titans at Green Bay gameday

Tulloch starting for Bulluck tonight, Allred for Thornton. Stewart, Harper and Carr are questionable. Bironas, Hawkins and C. Williams are…

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Dancing On the Yankees Grave

You never know how long the good times will last so lets enjoy them while they are here. If you…

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I’m Putting Peter King On Blast

You heard me. I’m calling out Peter King, and you can blame ESPN for it. Now that your minds are…

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Links of the Day 8/28/08

This was a crappy promotion… Karl Malone’s kid is playing football in Buffalo. (What is it with those guys and…

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Parents Dominating Kids’ Play

I was on my high school newspaper staff, holding four different editor jobs. I was never a staff writer. As…

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What’s wrong with hockey in the south again?

If you don’t root for the Caps, you aren’t a patriot Last week, Kevin highlighted the contentious battle between Ted…

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8/28: Finish them

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (77-55) @ New York Yankees (70-62) Jon Lester (12-5, 3.49) @ Mike Mussina (16-7, 3.45)…

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Saturday Mourning

It’s really starting to get depressing thinking that Jeff Saturday is seriously hurt. I’m not worried about it from strictly…

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Football Friday Week One…Only on Thursday

Welcome to Football Friday, Cougar Nation. And Week One Style to Boot! For future reference, you can EXPECT to see…

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Giants play the (yawn) Patriots in preseas-insignificance

Tonight’s game will be a yawner for the larger issues, but will be important for a few roster spots still…

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Giving Coach Wittman a “Maybe”

Since October 2007, the TwolvesBlog front page has hosted the hotly debated question of whether or not Randy Wittman is…

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Clemson Shame

So let’s get this straight – Mike Davis loses his starting spot and most likely faced some trouble from coaches,…

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SOX ON DECK: Q+A with Ryan Westmoreland

Ryan Westmoreland was drafted in the fifth round of the 2008 draft, a first-round talent that slipped due to his…

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$100,000,000 doesn’t buy what it used to

Here’s a table that represents the salary difference between the Yankees and Red Sox starting lineups for game one of…

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Is consistency good enough?

Recently, I asked visitors here who most deserves a plaque in Cooperstown…Mike Mussina, Gary Sheffield, Jim Thome, Omar Vizquel or…

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Why The Hell Not?… The Final Act

Welcome to the fifth and final installment of this overly optimistic prediction series. Please enjoy! Like a crazy Wookie army,…

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…And We’re Back Online

After a torturous 36 hours without internet, the IT department has finally gotten off it’s ass. I’m back online so…

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Your NFL Announcing Teams by Network

Ok, in lieu of an evening update, I figured I would give you the announcing teams for the NFL by…

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Fox Sports Announcing Assignments for MLB, 08/30/08

Fox Sports has coverage of two games and I notice that Joe Magrane of the Tampa Bay Rays TV broadcast…

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Turn Out The Lights….The Party’s Over

The Red Sox destroyed the Yankees in their second to last game at Yankee Stadium tonight. Pedroia’s grand slam in…

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