Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
Crazy Thought: Start Posey
I'm going to trash my own argument before I begin by saying you don't toy with what has worked so far. …
Read more Wolves Updates 5/5
From Randy Galloway/Fort Worth Star-Telegram: The most telling factor on what the rest of the league thought about the Mavs’…
Read more Angelswin Prospect Hotlist – May 5th, 2008
Catching Prospect Anel De La Santos tops the Prospect List this weekBy Chuck Richter – Angelswin.com Executive Editor Once a…
Read more Craig Hansen Called Up
Relief pitcher Craig Hansen was called up to fill the roster spot vacated when Brandon Moss went on the DL…
Read more Sox Get Payback With Sweep of Rays
Last week everyone wondered what happened to the offense and the once hot bat of Kevin Youkilis. This weekend both…
Read more The Week Ahead
The sporting calendar in May usually is chock full of outdoor sporting events and this week is no exception. The…
Read more Sox complete sweep, Youk drives in four
Kevin Youkilis launched a solo-homerun to dead center field and finished the day with four RBI’s in the Red Sox…
Read more Craig Hansen’s back with the big boys
With Brandon Moss on the shelf post-appendectomy and J.D. Drew and Coco Crisp back to health, the Red Sox made…
Read more Sounds take 3 straight from Salt Lake
For Brewers’ fans looking for some good news: Sounds Take Third Straight from Salt Lake, 5-1. Salt Lake, the Angels’…
Read more David Ortiz A Late Scratch For Today’s Game
I spoke too soon with my earlier post, David Ortiz will not be in the lineup today because of tightness…
Read more Today’s Lineup 5/4 vs. Rays
Everybody is healthy!!! CF-Crisp 2B-Pedroia DH-Ortiz LF-Ramirez 3B-Lowell 1B-Youkilis RF-Drew C-Varitek SS-Lugo SP- Lester Fenway West- The Western Home to…
Read more A Sunday Morning Thing
Time for some links on this Sunday morning. Starting with Newsday’s Neil Best who has a Sunday column about the…
Read more The Curse of Barry Melrose?
All too often in sports we talk about the hexes, vexes and jinxes. We love to believe that Babe Ruth…
Read more Links of the Day 5/4/08
W.C. Heinz has been on the minds of bloggers everywhere lately, and with yesterday’s tragedy at the Kentucky Derby, One…
Read more Holtz: Should he or shouldn’t he?
After a lifetime of being around college football from player to coach now a analyst (if that is what you…
Read more ESPN’s McShay reviews the NFC East draft
I usually pay little attention to these draft recaps. What was of note is that McShay said almost precisely what…
Read more Video of the Week – ABC Monday Night Football Opens
For the past two seasons, we’ve known Monday Night Football as an ESPN property, but from 1970 until 2005, it…
Read more Now and then
So there’s not a lot of new information on the Harrison case, but what there is seems different than what…
Read more Brews lose to ‘Stros again, 6-2
New day, same story. This time, Manny Parra was spotted an early 1-0 lead on a lead-off homer by Rickie…
Read more 5/4: Give ’em back their brooms
Prev. Gm: Tampa Bay Rays (16-14) @ Boston Red Sox (19-13) Scott Kazmir (0-0, 0.00) @ Jon Lester (1-2, 4.31)…
Read more A heart to heart conversation Friday night
At the Hennepin County Medical Center….. Delmon Young: Carlos! Carlos are you OK? Carlos Gomez: Yes. I get hit in…
Read more Hornets Continue To Sting At Home
This has been a hyped series, after Paul and Parker each opened up the playoffs with a bang, and they…
Read more Video: Big Brown Wins the Kentucky Derby
This is from NBC Sports.com, the entire 2008 Kentucky Derby won by Big Brown and before the collapse of Eight…
Read more Sox Win Big…Moss Sent To Hospital
This time the Red Sox got the best of Rays’ pitchers and scored 12 runs on 15 hits. Beckett pitched…
Read more Saturday Quickie Links
As I’m back home after being away for most of the day. I’ll give you some linkage. By the way,…
Read more Second look, different story
James Shields blew through the Boston Red Sox lineup in his last start at the Trop, but this time Shields…
Read more No Pressure
So here we are… game 7. The pressure is palpable. Its stifling. 'There's no way this can be happening.' We…
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