Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Is Jed Lowrie in the Red Sox plans?
Let’s take a break from the Manny furor for a second… Ever since Jed Lowrie took over at shortstop, the…
Read more Wolves Updates 7/31
Wyn/Canis Hoopus with a thorough look at all the moves made by the team’s front office in the one year…
Read more Sarah D reports from Colts Camp
Sarah from Terre Haute weighs in on her day at Colts camp: REPORT FROM COLTS’ CAMP, JULY 26, 2008 (First…
Read more Fox Sports Announcing Assignments for MLB, 08/02/08
Here are your announcing assignments for MLB on Fox: LA Angels at New York Yankees, Joe Buck, Tim McCarver &…
Read more Titans Position Analysis: CB
We conclude our look at the Titans’ defense by position with an analysis of the cornerbacks. A mediocre Titan pass…
Read more The Manny Ramirez Trade Thread
The latest iteration: The Commissioner’s Office has been informed of a deal involving the Pirates, Red Sox, and Marlins. …the…
Read more Breaking News: Looks Like Manny To Fish…Jason Bay to Sox
Baseball Prospectus says it will happen soon….developing Multipe baseball sources say the Red Sox are on the verge of sending…
Read more Peter Gammons Says Marlins Are Really Looking At Manny
Peter Gammons is adding some weight to the report form SI and Fox Sports that the Marlins are considering pulling…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBBaseball Tonight – ESPN, 7 p.m.Anaheim Angels at Red Sox – FSN West/NESN, 7 p.m.Detroit at Cleveland – FSN Detroit/STO,…
Read more Yanks Get Ivan Rodriguez
The Yankees made one of their typical trade deadline moves getting an aging veteran today. The bad news for the…
Read more Tonight’s Lineup 7/30 vs. the Halos
Dustin Pedroia 2BKevin Youkilis 1BDavid Ortiz DHManny Ramirez LFMike Lowell 3BJD Drew RFJed Lowrie SSJason Varitek CCoco Crisp CF Josh…
Read more Scott Boras On Manny
The Lord of Evil spoke with ESPN about Manny’s future with the Sox. Remember that if Boston picks up Manny’s…
Read more More Proof that Manny is not Going Anywhere Before the End of the Season
Fox pseudo-reporter Ken Rosenthal has just posted more of his usual gibberish, suggesting a trade involving Manny and the Marlins….
Read more 24 more hours til the trade deadline.
As we approach the deadline, which will be tomorrow at 3 in the afternoon, it appears all the big deals…
Read more Teixeira: A Bold Organizational Move
(Getty Images) By David Saltzer – Angelswin.com Columnist When the pundits talk about what this trade means for the Halos,…
Read more I can’t help but feel…
that the Yankees just made a huge deal. Listen, I know he isn’t what he once was (now that he’s…
Read more Links of the Day 7/30
The comments on this are brilliant. Brilliant because they’re on the Star Tribune’s Randball. This is just weird. Thanks China….
Read more 7/30: Avoid The Sweep
Prev. Gm: Los Angeles Angels (66-40) @ Boston Red Sox (61-47) Joe Saunders (13-5, 3.10) @ Josh Beckett (9-7, 3.83)…
Read more It’s the Skunk’s Fault
Last week I wrote a post about the skunk that came onto the field in Portland after Big Papi left…
Read more Jordan Staal Is A Golfer
(h/t to Bleacher Report and Net News Ledger) Following the Happy Gilmore standard for getting people interested in golf, the…
Read more You’re Looking Live…
On July 21st ESPN returned to form with the 2008 premier of College Football Live. Although I have been very…
Read more What The Sox Really Need
Despite all of the trade talk about Manny what the team needs right now is pitching. There is not a…
Read more Calling out Clemson
Spurrier referenced two Clemson internet writers yesterday in his news conference, saying after a gamecock player gets in trouble with…
Read more Jags having a rough camp
Media darling Jacksonville is really off to a rough beginning this season. Jerry “Is there any evidence he can play?”…
Read more Fired! Ref who blew OSU-Ill game is removed
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that the Big Ten has declined to renew referee Steve Pamon’s contract for this season….
Read more The Pipes the pipes are calling
Daniel Sepulveda is out for the season with a torn ACL. Ouch. The Steelers have signed Paul Ernster off of…
Read more Marvelous color on the NY Giants
We have not seen a single preseason game, let alone the regular season, but Marvelous is willing to share his…
Read more How does this man still have a job?
Corey Patterson may be the worst player in the Major Leagues. Last night the announcers actually debated whether he was…
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