Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
No Blog Tonight…
I just got home in time to see the end of the first quarter. I’ve been traveling since 10 PM…
Read more7/9: Dice-K tries to go perfect on road
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (66-50) @ Chicago White Sox (64-50) Daisuke Matsuzaka (12-2, 3.04) @ Jose Contreras (7-6, 4.60)…
Read moreSheets keeps pace with CC
Ben Sheets pitched a gem for the Brewers on Saturday night. In fact, he finally kept pace with teammate CC…
Read moreEyewitness Report: Longball Observes a Sudden Outbreak of Violence on the Palouse!
Autumn is my favorite season on the Palouse and no matter what the calendar says I can tell you it…
Read moreTonight’s Lineup 8/9 in Chicago
J.D. Drew, RF Dustin Pedroia, 2B David Ortiz, DH Kevin Youkilis, 1B Mike Lowell, 3B Jason Bay, LF Jed Lowrie,…
Read moreI Don’t Care If Manny Goes To The Yanks
In the NY Post today they cited several of Manny’s friends saying he wanted to play for the Yankees next…
Read moreSaturday Hello’s
I’ll give you some links, but before I get into the linkage, I wanted give you my thoughts on the…
Read moreLinks of the Day 8/9/08
Tragic news from Beijing as Todd Bachman, CEO of Minneapolis institution Bachman’s was murdered in Beijing. In other sad news,…
Read moreNBC Off to a Red Hot Start for the 2008 Olympics
It may have been tape delayed. It may have run on the West Coast while some Olympic events were already…
Read morePlayers of note, Chad signs with Bill, and more Plax
Shocking… Pennington signs with the Dolphins. Well, thank goodness the Giants couldn’t be their own worst enemy here. I hope…
Read more‘Man, I really love this team’
In 2004, Bart Steele made waves with a country ditty called “Man, I Really Love This Team” in honor of…
Read moreOzzie Being Ozzie
Could you imagine Ozzie managing in Boston? The media would have a field day because he would create a firestorm…
Read moreWeekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, August 9 GolfPGA Championship, 3rd Round – TNT, 11 a.m./CBS, 2 p.m./PGA.comIndy Racing LeagueMeijer 300 – ESPN2, 6:30 p.m….
Read more2009 Gamecock Commitments
2009 Carolina Commits as of 8/9/08 Corey Addison – Saftey – 5-11, 190 Nick Allison- OL – 6-4, 295 DeMario…
Read moreGameday: Cowboys @ Chargers
The Cowboys are in San Diego for their first preseason game of the year. By this time of the year,…
Read moreAnother kid enlists with the gamecocks…
Well, it seems recruiting is going well thus far with the 14th pickup just the other day. Chaun Gresham switched…
Read morePreview of Titans v. Rams preseason opener-Titans to watch
Our long local nightmare is finally over! Yes, it’s actual live football action, for the first time in just over…
Read moreIn case anyone is interested…..(yawn)
#99 for the LA Dodgers went 0-5 tonight and still hasn’t cut his hair. Fenway West- The Western Home to…
Read morePedroia’s Blast Is Not Enough For Red Sox
Jon Lester and Mark Buehrle were locked in a pitcher’s duel for the early innings but Chicago had a 1…
Read moreU.S. vs China
With outfits like that, how can the U.S. lose? Seriously, I was digging the Ralph Lauren white hat, blue blazer,…
Read moreCWS 5, BOS 3: Hot streak meet Mark Buehrle
White Sox starter blanked the Red Sox into the eighth inning as Chicago beat Boston 5-3. Boston was down in…
Read moreSteelers win the battle for Penn’s Woods
1610 Coach Tomlin is now 2-0 against Philadelphia. Hopefully the streak translates when it actually matters when we face them…
Read moreWolves Updates 8/9
Jason Fleming/Hoopsworld on next season’s schedule: Now, what about the flip side of that? Who has the choppiest schedule, meaning…
Read moreComcast SportsNet New England to Re-Air Patriots Exhibition Games
Comcast SportsNet will re-air three Patriots exhibition games aired on the Pats TV Network. Here’s the press release: COMCAST SPORTSNET…
Read moreAfter You Watch the Sox, Root For Seattle So Guys Like This Go Away
The longer we go into the season with the Rays in the mix the worse it will become. Make it…
Read moreCC=Consecutive Cy Young awards
CC Sabathia is making himself a serious contender for the NL Cy Young award despite the fact that he will…
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