Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Just What the Doctor Ordered
Tonight’s game was exactly what the Sox needed to stop the skid; great pitching and timely hits. Jon Lester was…
Read more See Justin? This is why you don’t touch White Sox
Ever since that unholy union between Carlos Quentin and Justin Morneau behind the plate at Yankee Stadium, Justin Morneau has…
Read more 50 Pitches Through 5 Innings
This time it’s Lester, not Wake. Jon Lester has thrown only 50 pitches through the 1st 5 innings tonight in…
Read more Mike Milbury and His Uncanny Ability to Stay Gainfully Employed
Seriously, how the fuck does Mike Milbury continue to find GREAT jobs? He ran the Islanders into the ground, even…
Read more New Celtics Plates Available
For those of you looking to pimp your ride (I don't know what that means… I heard a young kid…
Read more James Posey: Head (And Wallet) Trumped Heart
Not that I blame him… because I would have done the same thing if I was James Posey. But PoZ…
Read more James Posey: Head (And Wallet) Trumped Heart
Not that I blame him… because I would have done the same thing if I was James Posey. But PoZ…
Read more Sox Need More Cash
Kevin Cash has been quite a pleasant surprise. The rookie has done a fantastic job of handling Wake’s knuckleball this…
Read more Something big is going to happen
I can just feel it. Can you feel it? With Aardsma going on the DL, and the rest of the…
Read more Tonight’s Lineup 7/21 at Seattle
Ellsbury, lf Pedroia, 2b Drew, rf Ramirez, dh Lowell, 3b Youkilis, 1b Crisp, cf Varitek, c Lowrie, ss Lester, sp…
Read more BOS 4, SEA 0: Sox blank M’s
Jason Varitek hit a two-run home run and Jon Lester pitched 7 1/3’s innings striking out six and walking none…
Read more Wolves Updates 7/22
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: The Wolves now have two point guards, not just one, after the team today reached agreement…
Read more Telfair’s agent says agreement reached
From Jerry Zgoda/Star Tribune: The Timberwolves reached agreement Monday on a multi-year contract with unrestricted free agent Sebastian Telfair, his…
Read more Does Anybody Care about Power Rankings?
This week’s Baseball “Power Rankings” just came out. Is it just me, or does everyone look at these and ask,…
Read more 7 Gamecocks Named to SEC preseason teams
From The State and this SEC article – Seven South Carolina football players have been named to the Southeastern Conference…
Read more New York Giants trade Jeremy Shockey to the Saints for a 2nd and 5th Rounder
New York Giants trade Jeremy Shockey to the Saints for a 2nd and 5th Rounder Just like the Skins had…
Read more 7/21: Road Woes
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (57-43) @ Seattle Mariners (38-60) Jon Lester (7-3, 3.38) @ Jarrod Washburn (4-8, 4.83) 10:05…
Read more Knock on wood before you read this
Yesterday I wrote a brief piece about Keith Byars and I posted the numbers of all-time Ohio State RB greats….
Read more Time to Right the Ship
If the All-Star Break hadn’t broken things up a little, Red Sox Nation might be in a little bit of…
Read more Locals Wary of Tax to Help Keep Sox in Ft. Myers
The Fort Myers News-Press ran a short editorial from Community Conversations Editor Mark Stephens who takes issue with using the…
Read more Series Preview: Brewers (55-43) @ Cardinals (57-43)
The Brewers sit in 3rd place in the NL Central, a game back of the Cardinals for second place, as…
Read more Is Damaso Marte a fit?
Buster Olney today speculated that the Red Sox would acquire Damaso Marte from the Pittsburgh Pirates before the trading deadline….
Read more Tito’s Tough Week
The life of a Major League Manager can be exhausting with all of the time at the ballpark and extra…
Read more ESPN Power Rankings Passes the test
So I mentioned the “Am I a Smart Analyst Test” last night, and low and behold we have our first…
Read more Wolves Updates 7/21 Part 2
Matt Watson/Fanhouse talked to Kevin Love after Saturday’s game. MW: What do you expect to do for the rest of…
Read more Team Preview: Atlanta Falcons
2007 Record: 4-12 Mike Vick. Bobby Petrino. Enough said. The 2007 season for Atlanta was, in short, a disaster. After…
Read more The Newest Innovation in Hockey Cards
Going Five Hole Sean Leahy broke this story today and has what can be described as an epic post on…
Read more Pac-10 Sneak-a-Peek
With Pac-10 media day on Thursday, it’s time for our two cents (and they are a worthless two cents, if…
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