Articles by Alan Draper (246303)

5/14: Enough is enough…shuffle up and deal…

Prev. Gm: Boston Red Sox (24-18) @ Baltimore Orioles (20-19) Jon Lester (2-2, 4.06) @ Daniel Cabrera (3-1, 3.54) 3:05…

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Brews take first from Dodgers, 5-3

It was just what was needed. The Brewers came from behind…Carlos Villanueva had a “quality start”–and (gasp) Eric Gagne not…

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Mini Pony of the Day 5-14-08

Some books rule. Horse of the Future would be one of those books. Jill Swedlow Coffey knows what’s up. Go…

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Beckett Can’t Stop The Slide…Sox Lose Again

Josh Beckett did not pitch well yesterday and now the Sox find themselves in the middle of a losing streak….

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Spy Yawn

I’m going to make this short because the seas could run full with the ink that has been wasted on…

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Kenny Phillips

The early returns are in from rookie minicamp. Manningham has shown flashes, although he did get hurt. Thomas seems in…

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A third Japanese pitcher for Sox next year?

On the heels of Zach Hayes’ 2009 Free Agent Checkup comes news that pitcher Kenshin Kawakami wants to play for…

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Two pertinent questions

The first: I made some tweaks to the site, namely adding some more buddies to the blogroll (read their sites)…

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A review of the Titan WR crew: Dinger-style

In The Tennessean, old/new offensive coordinator Mike Heimerdinger provides an excellent analysis of the wide receivers on the Titans’ roster….

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Does anyone REALLY care? If not…why?!?

Living just outside of the Windy City…I get inundated with news about the White Sox and Cubs whether I want…

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Home Team Wins Again

There was hope that a healthy Tim Duncan would be the difference, and San Antonio would grab home court advantage…

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Is Hannah Storm Sexing It Up?

When the news broke that Hannah Storm would be returning to sports television by becoming an anchor on the new…

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2009 Free Agent Checkup

The Red Sox hit a bump in the road over the weekend and through Monday in the Metrodome, losing three…

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Opening For Eddie

We have been asking for it… and Doc Rivers may be seeing it as well.  If all Sam Cassell is…

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If It’s Up To Us… Then So Be It

Fans always refer to their teams in inclusive terms. "We can't win on the road."  "We'll get them in Game…

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How Do We Distract LeBron?

This is a comment from 'MA' in our last post: I’ll be there – 1 row behind Mommy’s Boy LeBron…

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Sliding Sox slip out of first place

Josh Beckett had no answer for the Baltimore Orioles and the slump the Sox are in as Boston lost 5-4.

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Grades Are Bad…Except They Aren’t

I think I like the Matt Leinart beer-bong pics better than this (and you’ve all seen them so I won’t…

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Clay Buchholz to DL

The Red Sox placed Clay Buchholz on the 15-day DL with a broken fingernail. He will (obviously) miss his start…

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Sampson blames IU, global warming

It was not enough for Kelvin Sampson to set Indiana’s basketball program back five years with his deeds. He apparently…

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Wolves Updates 5/14

Tim Kawakami/San Jose Mercury News names Al Jefferson to his First Annual NBA No-Defense All-Star team: Gets a few blocks…

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Fireside Chats #7: Where Paul is still in Rochester, Julio Lugo stinks, Manny goes for 500 and we play GM

Boston Red Sox podcast for MVN Radio Episode 6 where Paul is still in Rochester, Julio Lugo stinks, Manny goes…

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Carlos Powell arrested over the weekend in Flo Town

Former University of South Carolina basketball star Carlos Powell was arrested and jailed Saturday on weapons and alcohol charges. Oh…

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Former Gamecock Troy Hambrick going to Jail

A Tampa, Fla., judge has sentenced former University of South Carolina running back Troy Hambrick to five years in prison…

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Newfangled Suggestion Box Thingy

Funnypop.com If you’re looking at the website here, and not reading through an rss reader or something, you’ll see that…

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Tonight’s Lineup 5/13 at Baltimore

Lugo (concussion) and Ellsbury (bruised knee) are both out. Coco Crisp, CFDustin Pedroia, SSDavid Ortiz, DHManny Ramirez, LFMike Lowell, 3BKevin…

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Terry Francona Will Miss O’s Series For Funeral

Tito will not be in the dugout for the two game series against Baltimore because he will be attending the…

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SportsCenter Live from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET

In advance of the ESPN network upfronts today, the Alleged Worldwide Leader announced that it will get rid of the…

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

MLBRed Sox at Baltimore – NESN/MASN, 7 p.m.New York Yankees at Tampa Bay – YES, 7 p.m.Oakland at Cleveland –…

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