Articles by Alan Draper (245814)
Offense bails out bullpen
After Edwin Encarnacion homered to tie the game at 4-4 Kevin Youkilis and Coco Crisp followed with back-to-back homers to…
Read more Brews lose in 12, 9-4
The Crew took another one on the chin Saturday evening…after tying the game in the bottom of the ninth, Julian…
Read more Some good centers to choose from for all-time Tennessee team
Tennessee has had six different players as the starting center in the last decade, none of them longer than three…
Read more Let’s Get Jemele Hill Fired
For those who don't know, Jemele Hill is a horrible sports journalist. I once watched her host Jim Rome's show and thought…
Read more Perkins Out
The Celtics will not have Kendrick Perkins for tonight's game against the Lakers. Perk told the Globe's Gary Dzen that…
Read more Wake Looks Good, Pen Struggles, Youk Saves the Day
Tim Wakefield’s knuckleball worked well against the Reds this afternoon. He went 7 innings giving up 2 runs (both homers)…
Read more How minor league Latin players adjust to life in America
When it comes to Boston Red Sox’ officials who maintain a high profile, the names of Larry Lucchino, Theo Epstein…
Read more 6/15: Tough Test For Young Bailey
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (43-28) @ Cincinnati Reds (33-37) Josh Beckett (6-4, 4.22) @ Homer Bailey (0-2, 6.30) 1:15…
Read more Wolves Updates 6/15
Stop-n-Pop/Canis Hoopus on the players working out for the Wolves next week.
Read more I have a plan for the Yankees
All right, Hank Steinbrenner, listen up. I don’t like you, and you don’t care who I am, but I have…
Read more It’s a Saturday Link Afternoon
I’ve been Mr. Fixit today, running errands and fixing things around the house. I just wondered what we did before…
Read more Former Gamecock Buckner gets the call
Former Gamecock pitcher Billy Buckner was called up to the Arizona diamondbacks this week. He was a member of the…
Read more Links of the Day 6/14/08
Mike Tyson and 50 Cent are both very scary individuals. New York may never be the same after this incident….
Read more Today’s Lineup 6/14 at Cincinnati
Manny is out with the sore hamstring. Ellsbury lfPedroia 2bDrew rfLowell 3bYoukilis 1bCrisp cfLugo ssCash cWakefield p UPDATE: Lugo was…
Read more Nothing goes right for the Brewers
I waited to talk about yesterday’s game because I was hoping the sickening feeling I had watching it would have…
Read more City Lets Memorial to Joe DiMaggio Rot
Joe DiMaggio was from the Bay Area and lived in Martinez before he moved to San Francisco. He was given…
Read more Papelbon Gets A Trip to the Principal’s Office
Jonathan Papelbon gained some big media coverage with his comments earlier in the week about the Ray’s incident saying the…
Read more 6/14: Keep The Ball Down
Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (42-28) @ Cincinnati Reds (33-36) Tim Wakefield (4-4, 4.33) @ Edinson Volquez (9-2, 1.56) 3:55…
Read more New York Giants Minicamp Review
There are upwards of 60 minutes of interviews with players and staff on the Giants.com Multimedia site. Here are some…
Read more What’s going on with the Titans at safety?
The Titans have been trying to upgrade the safety position since the draft, when they signed undrafted rookie free agent…
Read more Trot Nixon Now a Met
Trot Nixon is back in the bigs and this time with the NY Mets. He was acquired in a cash…
Read more Weekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, June 14 College World SeriesStanford vs. Florida State – ESPN, 2 p.m.Georgia vs. Miami (FL) – ESPN, 7 p.m….
Read more Road Woes Continue
New league, same result. The Red Sox struggles on the road continued tonight with a loss to the Reds. Once…
Read more Perk is 50-50
Kendrick Perkins is a 50-50 shot to play in Game 5 on Sunday. "When I first saw it, I didn't…
Read more Do It For Doc
I'll admit it, I'm secretly hoping the Celtics lose Game 5 on Sunday, come back to Boston for Game 6…
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Not Quite Done
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxuHYVmWlmU] (NSFW Language In Clip) Just because no team has ever come back to win after being down 3-1 doesn't…
Read more Bring This Guy To Boston
This guy needs to be in Boston if we throw a victory parade. He's Gabriel Mendivil… and he's the guy…
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