Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
05/08: Could It Be?
MAY 8th, 2007 GAME THREAD Josh Beckett (6-0, 2.72) @ Victor Zambrano (0-1, 5.63) Boston Red Sox (20-10) @ Toronto…
Read more I’m going to the soda fountain, now that this is written
This was an odd weekend in the world of sports, as the two big events were a horse race (an…
Read more Manny Shares the Love
Until MLB Advanced Media makes Daily Motion take it down, enjoy this vid of Manny Ramirez stroking Julian Tavarez’s hair….
Read more Fill ‘er up and some SportsCenter to go, please
To show how arrogant ESPN has become, the 2,000 lb. all-sports gorilla is reaching out to gas stations so filling…
Read more Gamecocks Baseball Moving Up
The Gamecocks (35-14) climbed from 14th to 12th in the Baseball America rankings and from 17th to 14th in the…
Read more Grandma’s Boy Quotes
Here’s some cool quotes from Grandma’s Boy to cheer your Monday up. UPDATE: A lot of traffic has come to…
Read more The Weekend in Review
The sports weekend was quite busy. We had the Kentucky Derby, NHL and NBA Playoffs, Roger Clemens returning, the Wachovia…
Read more This Past Weekend Sucked
I took a mini break from blogging this weekend, because, as the title points out, this past weekend sucked. After…
Read more The Amazing Race All Stars Finale
Not happy over Eric and Danielle’s win. First off, they were a hybrid team from TAR 9. Second, I wouldn’t…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 5-6-07
I thought I was gonna have some trouble finding a mini pony with better hair than yesterday’s MPotD. However, the…
Read more Rocketing back to NY
With the recent news that Roger Clemens has signed a contract with the Yankees worth a prorated $28 million for…
Read more Hindsight Is 20/20 And What Could of Benn
The Irish are rolling right now. May is barely starting out and Notre Dame already has 12 verbal commits for…
Read more Land of the useless statistic
There are 8 teams left in the NBA. Here’s the last time each of those teams lost a game…. Phoenix…
Read more Charles Is A Badass
I needed to write this down, because it was sorta surreal. I was just at practice for college commencement, and…
Read more Sunday Musings
Recovering after being out for a day. A few things for today. Against my better judgment, I bought the De…
Read more There is crying in baseball.
So, Benny didn’t look great today. It still looks like he’s getting the ball up too much in the strike…
Read more Fresh Prince of Milloke
Ah, Miller Park truly *is* “the good land.” Sunday’s 6-4 win over the Pirates was “the Prince Show”–no, no, not…
Read more Sasha saves the game!
I make no secret of the fact that I’m a fan of Sasha Pavlovic. He’s a big key to our…
Read more the glass is three quarters empty
Before the sugar-coated one-sided pr pieces come out on how wonderful every player is through minicamp and preseason, let’s list…
Read more Another Notch, Another Fist Pump
The Irish landed their 12th verbal commit. Lane Clelland is jumping on board with a lot of enthusiasm. The 6’5″…
Read more Did you know?
You thought Art Modell was bad? When I was young, the Cavaliers had an owner named Ted Stepian. What I…
Read more Mini Pony of the Day 5-5-07
Sorry about the size of this pic, but I couldn’t get it any bigger. When I first saw this cool…
Read more Spurs vs. Suns…Bring It!
Well I gave the Forward match-ups for the Nuggets Spurs Series, so I am here again to bring you the key…
Read more Saturday Night Soup cools off but is still tasty
Jeff Suppan brought his 2.55 ERA–the best among Brewers’ starters–to the hill Saturday night vs. Pirates’ ace Zach Duke. Suppan…
Read more 05/05: Not Again…
MAY 5th, 2007 GAME THREAD Julian Tavarez (1-2, 7.58) @ Johan Santana (3-2, 3.60) Boston Red Sox (19-9) @ Minnesota…
Read more Cut down the Nets
Tomorrow at 1pm, the New Jersey Nets will be in town for the opening game of Round 2. Winner of…
Read more Weekend Viewing Picks
Saturday, May 5 Detroit vs. San Jose, Game 5 – NBC, 2 p.m.Kentucky Derby – NBC, 5 p.m. (avoid the…
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