Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
Theo II: He’s Back, And Apparently He’s Going To Take It Again
I no longer know what to think. About any of it, really: the whole offseason in general, to me, was…
Read more Winter wonderland
Has anybody seen the Winter Olympic sport of Skeleton Racing, which looks like you are racing down a bobsled course…
Read more Are We Cuckoo For Coco or Just Plain Cuckoo?
We all know the plot line now. Coco Crisp to the Boston Red Sox for Andy Marte. Josh Bard and…
Read more Mota Fails Physical
Commence the deal restructuring. I’m partly relieved. You’ll hear a great deal more from me tomorrow about this trade. Let’s…
Read more Theo’s New Role Is…
The same as old. Welcome back to your general managing duties, Theo. Trust in Theo once again.
Read more A few things on a sleepy Tuesday morning
Mario Lemieux is retiring, and this time, probably for good. He’s watched his franchise crumble, and I don’t see him…
Read more How Terry Ryan spent his winter.
I don’t know if you poked around my real site lately (that would be www.geocities.com/isitsports for those that didn’t yet…
Read more My Name is Earl quote of the Week
Randy: “Why is Billy short for William, shouldn’t it be short for Billiam” Now that is classic TV
Read more Should Arroyo Stay Or Go
Bronson Arroyo chose to do something few athletes have done during this decade. He not only made the decision to…
Read more Is It a Blog?: Quick Hits #5
Originally posted on “Is It Sports?,” its our 2nd real mailbag, posted in the Is It a Blog conversation format…
Read more We’ll Get ‘em Next Year (Maybe Not)
Originally posted on “Is It Sports?” by Ryan. By reading the opening comment that I wrote, you can pretty much…
Read more Spurs/Heat Gameday Blog
FIRST QUARTER Tony Parker! The guy gets gutted by Poseys’ elbow and the dude hits the fade-away 3 w/ 3…
Read more stop the vote on Free Pour
South Carolina has finally done it; they have ruined a good thing. I am starting a campaign called “size does…
Read more A Stern Call For a Shortstop
The Red Sox seem prepared to go into the season with Alex Cora at shortstop, but not Adam Stern in…
Read more He’s Backkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Welcome back Theo. You have been severely missed. Theo’s back as he accepted a position in the baseball operations department….
Read more Theo’s Back
I guess Gammo was right once again. From the AP: Epstein and Red Sox management issued a joint statement Thursday…
Read more 5 Least Improved
In yesterday’s post, I took a look at my picks for the 5 teams with the most productive offseasons to…
Read more Spurs vs. Bucks: Second Half Notes
These are merely a few notes on the second half, not so much an analysis, since I’m too tired, sleepy…
Read more Spurs vs. Bucks 1st Half Analysis
Theme of the night is . . . “Revenge is a dish best served cold!” But in my case its,…
Read more Pre Game thoughts
To get punked by some overrated rookie that last time the Spurs and Bucks met up was embarrasing. I sure…
Read more Spurs vs. Bucks pre game
Its about 3 hours till tipoff between the Spurs and the Milwaukee Bucks and I thought Id post some of…
Read more Wednesday AM thoughts
Now that the Locklear controversy is over for now and he will start on Sunday, I’m ready to think about…
Read more 5 Most Improved
We’re about a month away from the first inkling of baseball, in mid-February. During most offseasons, now would be the…
Read more What is going on with the Boston Red Sox?
OK, we are about one month for the reporting date for the pitchers and catchers of the Red Sox and…
Read more The New Year
After a much needed vacation to parts unknown, I have returned to the world of blogging and will continue on…
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