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…
Read moreI 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…
Read moreWe Have Our Winners!
We have our winners in the Olympics Opening Ceremonies DVD giveaway. Thanks to those who e-mailed over the last 24…
Read morePrimetime & 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…
Read moreJosh 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…
Read moreTRIVIA: 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…
Read moreAn Experimental Thursday
You may have been noticing different looks for the blog over the last 12 hours or so. I’m experimenting with…
Read moreBrewers 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…
Read moreTitans at Green Bay gameday
Tulloch starting for Bulluck tonight, Allred for Thornton. Stewart, Harper and Carr are questionable. Bironas, Hawkins and C. Williams are…
Read moreDancing On the Yankees Grave
You never know how long the good times will last so lets enjoy them while they are here. If you…
Read moreI’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…
Read moreLinks 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…
Read moreParents Dominating Kids’ Play
I was on my high school newspaper staff, holding four different editor jobs. I was never a staff writer. As…
Read moreWhat’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…
Read more8/28: 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)…
Read moreSaturday Mourning
It’s really starting to get depressing thinking that Jeff Saturday is seriously hurt. I’m not worried about it from strictly…
Read moreFootball 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…
Read moreGiants 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…
Read moreGiving Coach Wittman a “Maybe”
Since October 2007, the TwolvesBlog front page has hosted the hotly debated question of whether or not Randy Wittman is…
Read moreClemson Shame
So let’s get this straight – Mike Davis loses his starting spot and most likely faced some trouble from coaches,…
Read moreSOX 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…
Read more$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…
Read moreIs consistency good enough?
Recently, I asked visitors here who most deserves a plaque in Cooperstown…Mike Mussina, Gary Sheffield, Jim Thome, Omar Vizquel or…
Read moreWhy 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,…
Read more…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…
Read moreYour 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…
Read moreFox 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…
Read moreTurn 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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