Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
Clean up in inning 7!
I think I see a trend here. It appears as if the Sox bullpen performs much better when a pitching…
Read more The last of our players has been signed!
The Coyotes have signed Joel Perrault to a two year contract. Personally, I like JP but I’m not sure if…
Read more Everything’s Bigger in Texas, Including the ERA’s
The Sox put up some more crooked numbers on the Green Monster scoreboard tonight as they tagged Ranger pitchers for…
Read more Growing Up And Getting To Work
The defensive line is busting its ass. #60 has decided to transfer to St. Francis, an NAIA school in Fort…
Read more Giddens Signs
It took long enough…. JR Giddens is in the fold. It's a 2 year guaranteed deal with a team option…
Read more Two Legends and a Baby
As he sat on a "Trophy Talk" panel with Ray Bourque and Curt Schilling yesterday, you think Glen "Big Baby" Davis thought…
Read more Pierce On ESPN Radio
So Paul was on the radio today. He did an OK job (slow start… but he got better by the…
Read more It’s a Crazy Thursday … Tony Mazz to the Boston Globe
In what’s turning out to be a crazy day for breaking news, Bruce Allen of the Boston Sports Media Watch…
Read more BOS 10, TEX 0: Offense continues to shine
The Boston Red Sox have been on an absolute tear as of late putting up another double digit performance beating…
Read more Olympic Ratings Down Wednesday, But Not By Much
NBC’s ratings for Wednesday were down slightly from Tuesday, the first time the Olympics witnessed a downturn in the five…
Read more Neil Best Called It – Mike & the Mad Dog Have Split Up
WFAN has announced that Chris “Mad Dog” Russo has left the station. Russo had been the co-host of WFAN’s successful…
Read more Wolves Updates 8/15
From the Pioneer Press: The Timberwolves will play eight exhibition games, two of them at Target Center. The Wolves…
Read more Tommy Bowden caught looking…
Please tell me that is not Tommy staring at Kyle Parker again? Enough is enough Tommy and be careful blowing…
Read more Blame Canada: Steelers Lose
24 21 Recap The Steelers win the toss, making them 2-0 on coin tosses this year. Harvey Dent says we…
Read more There Can Be Only One… Again
Holy shit! The season is quickly coming upon us and I haven’t even begun to whip up this years pick-em…
Read more Update on Smoak and Darnell
As reported – here– by The Greenville News USC’s former 1b Justin Smoak and USC’s former 3b James Darnell have…
Read more Burnett Considered Retiring
Kevin Burnett is in Dallas getting his knee scoped out and will be shelved for a few weeks with the…
Read more What happened to Charlie Zink?
Charlie Zink had a perfect 1-2-3 inning in his major league debut Tuesday night. Three All-Stars, nonetheless (Kinsler, Young, Hamilton.)…
Read more USC DT Pepper update
As reported in the Gville News – here– Defensive tackle Nathan Pepper of Greenville was granted his medical hardship by…
Read more A Few Thursday Afternoon Links
I have a free moment before I leave for home. Let’s give you some linkage. I’ve been meaning to link…
Read more Bud Says Replay Coming Sept 1st
Instant replay will be used in all ballparks starting Sept. 1 as long as there are no technical difficulties. Replays…
Read more Tonight’s Lineup 8/14 vs. the Rangers
J.D. Drew, RF Dustin Pedroia, 2B David Ortiz, DH Kevin Youkilis, 1B Jason Bay, LF Jed Lowrie, 3B Jason Varitek,…
Read more Olympic Viewing Guide for Friday
Here is your Olympics viewing guide for Friday on the networks of NBC Universal. Expect the primetime ratings to rise…
Read more Needed – prayers and positive thoughts
Occasionally, I sneak in an entirely personal posting. This is another. My father, the man who raised me to be…
Read more The Multi-Platform Olympics Are Here To Stay
NBC is out with another press release and this one is touting the success of its multi-platform approach to the…
Read more What Happens When Wake Comes Back?
So Clay is still in the rotation, and Byrd is now with the team but what happens when Wake comes…
Read more 8/14: A sweep is just what we need
Prev. Gm: Texas Rangers (61-60) @ Boston Red Sox (69-51) Tommy Hunter (0-1, 10.61) @ Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-2, 2.90) 7:10…
Read more Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks
MLBTexas at Red Sox – FSN Southwest/NESN, 7 p.m.Baltimore at Cleveland – MASN2/STO, 7 p.m.New York Mets at Washington –…
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