Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
What a difference a year makes
This time one year ago, I had just moved into an apartment and was trying to get my cable set…
Read more Peter Gammons Gives Some Insight Into Manny Trade
Peter Gammons has a new blog post up where he shows that Red Sox executives believed Manny was done for…
Read more Manny’s Sportscenter Commercial
Looks like ESPN has to call Manny back to change into a Dodger uniform for the commercial they made last…
Read more The 2K Decade – How the Pac-10 Has Fared
There were some interesting comments to come out of our own Rooster’s picks from Monday. Misguided as some of them…
Read more Rivals gives us the full college football rankings
Rivals has finally completed their rankings. I first spotted them last night during a particularly nasty bout of insomnia. But…
Read more Posts that have no sports-based theme at all
Like this one…. Sorry, I had to do it. Too funny not to. But while I’m here, it’s down to…
Read more Series Preview: Brewers (60-49) @ Braves (50-58)
The Crew heads out on the road, starting with three games in Atlanta against the Braves. Jeff Suppan, the only…
Read more Bradshaw the jailbird
More ongoings at camp gmen. Just when you thought the Bradshaw situation was going to resolve itself and fade away…
Read more Turn the Page
It’s hard to remember a longer week in recent Red Sox memory. It seems like ages since the Red Sox…
Read more Time To Turn The Page, Up Next: Oakland
Baseball does not stop in mid-season, even for Manny so it is time to look at the road ahead for…
Read more West Coast Tube Tied in August
Not a whole lot of Sox on national TV this month: Fri, 1 Aug v. OAK, KICU, 4:05 pmSat, 2…
Read more Hansen and Moss are Gone, Who’s Up Next?
Quick look at who is lurking down in Pawtucket.Last week I wrote about knuckleballer Charlie Zink who is now 13-3,…
Read more JR Giddens Is REALLY Happy To Be Here
JR Giddens hasn't even officially been signed yet… but he's thrilled to be part of the team. Not only that……
Read more Wolves Updates 8/1
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: On the one-year anniversary of the blockbuster trade that sent Kevin Garnett to Boston and reshaped…
Read more Who is Jason Bay?
I have always had a warm spot in my baseball heart for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The first game I ever…
Read more DL Shuffling, What it Really Means
We’re getting reports from camp that there are some defensive line shuffling, mainly between Jay Ratliff and Marcus Spears. If…
Read more LA Times Dodger’s Blog Misses Biggest News Of The Season
This is sad when bloggers are paid to cover a team and are one of the last places to report…
Read more Angelswin.com Prospect Hotlist (Week of July 28th)
Sean Rodriguez and Brandon Wood are the top 2 in this week’s Hotlist By David Saltzer – Angelswin.com Columnist Once…
Read more The Show is Over, Manny has Left the Building
It’s finally over. Sportswriters and broadcasters everywhere are questioning the Ramirez/Bay trade with most lumping the Sox into their loser…
Read more Links of the Day 7/31/08
Kind of last minute, but I’m guest blogging the heck out of BMR. Check it out. It’s never too early…
Read more Welcome to the Sox, Mr. Bay
A new era has begun. It’s been a long time since a ball was hit to left field and we…
Read more Fireside Chats #18: Where we live in a Manny-less Nation
Boston Red Sox podcast for MVN Radio Episode 18 where we live in a Manny-less Nation and break down the…
Read more Bad Trade For Red Sox
I can understand the need to trade Manny at this point, even for a lesser quality player like Jason Bay,…
Read more Jason Bay Traded!
Jason Bay was just traded. To either: The Rays, or: The Red Sox. The Sox rumors seem to be stronger….
Read more Titans 7-31 practice report
A light practice this afternoon. The weather was unseasonable and the mildest yet for training camp, with temperatures in the…
Read more BREAKING NEWS: MANNY TRADED
Manny has been traded to the Dodgers in a three team deal with the Bucs, Sox may get Jason Bay….
Read more Manny being a Dodger
Breaking news, I guess….. Manny Ramirez was traded to Los Angeles (the Dodgers, not the good team in LA) this…
Read more Trade Deadline Updates
The Globe has 2 reporters going in opposite directions on Manny; Edes says LA is not involved, Cafardo says they…
Read more 2008 Gamecocks Season Prediction
Here’s how I see our season going in 2008 with “light” analysis of each: Sure Wins:-Wofford-because it’s Wofford.-UAB– Not enough…
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