Articles by Alan Draper (245814)

White Sox Move and the Masters
Back to the blog after a couple of days of impossible deadlines. I hate deadlines. Anyway, let’s get cracking on…
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Oh, Sweet Victory! Oh, and Get Well, Tito
Red Sox 7, Yankees 3. Tim Wakefield pitches 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 solo HR, 2 BB, and 4 K,…
Read moreTwo Games A Season Does Not Make
Most of you know what happened yesterday. If not, I bring you the recap written by The Catbird. In short,…
Read moreTheo Epstein the Best of the Best
I wrote a guest column for Goatriders yesterday, on why Theo Epstein is the best GM in baseball. I’ve posted…
Read moreThe Final Four & Baseball Tonight
For sports fans, being able to watch great events such as the Men’s Final Four and the start of the…
Read moreLooking for Doom and Gloom? Won’t Find it Here
Preface: Of course I wanted the Red Sox to win this game. That being said … I don’t feel the…
Read moreHappy Opening Day!
Originally posted on Is It Sports? This is probably the post we linked to the most on the old site……
Read moreFive Hours To Go.
I’m excited. Leave comments before, during, and after the game if you want to. Nothing to see here, folks. It’s…
Read moreOur First Real Mailbag
Originally posted on Is It Sports? Yes, we finally got an e-mail to answer as a mail bag question, and…
Read moreApril Fools Edition
Back with the Friday media columns from across the country. Don’t worry, I’m not going to passing off false reports,…
Read moreQ+A: Will Carroll
Will Carroll, writer of the “The Juice: The Real Story of Baseball’s Drug Problems” and another book on baseball injuries,…
Read moreNARVESON RESCUED FROM COLORADO
The Boston Red Sox finally traded beleaguered pitcher Byung-Hyun Kim. Kim is headed to thin altitude as the Colorado Rockies…
Read moreRyan and Joel’s Spring Break Road Trip: Day 3
Originally posted on Is It Sports? This is day 3 of Ryan’s 7 day spring break road trip in 2005…
Read moreNine Up, Nine Down: Eagerly Awaiting Opening Day
* This from Maryann Vanderventer: Hey Red Sox Fans, what’s your story? We’re doing a documentary about Red Sox Fans,…
Read moreKnow Thy Enemy: 2005 Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are just a couple pieces away from either being Wild Card winners or the division winner. Adding…
Read moreWill Carroll Q+A Session
Will Carroll has given me the opportunity for Red Sox Nation to ask him questions! Will Carroll is the author…
Read moreRyan and Joel’s Spring Break Road Trip: Day 2
Originally posted on Is It Sports? This is day 2 of Ryan and his friend Joel’s spring break road trip….
Read moreGo On Over
As I stated yesterday, Fire Brand of the American League can now be found at All-Baseball, the new location of…
Read moreRyan and Joel’s Spring Break Road Trip: Day 1
Originally Posted on Is It Sports? This was the first of 7 posts on Ryan and his friend Joel’s Spring…
Read moreFire Brand Has A New Home
Hello, all. Yes, that’s right, Fire Brand of the American League is moving. We aren’t moving out of the organization,…
Read moreThe 17th at Sawgrass
Today begins the Tournament Players Championship, the so-called 5th Major Tournament on the PGA Tour. The signature hole at Sawgrass…
Read moreAfternoon Update
Just a couple of links for this afternoon. Dusty Saunders of the Rocky Mountain News in Denver writes about Monday…
Read moreHyzd(u) and Neal
Kind of a sad attempt at trying to get the title to sound like “Hide and Seek”. Oh well. So,…
Read moreSpring Practice day 1 update
It’s been a while, but I’ll start updating again now that spring ball is underway. Here’s a good report on…
Read moreCBS and Fox to split Sunday Night NFL?
On this Wednesday, one rumor coming out of the NFL meetings in Maui is the possibility of ESPN obtaining the…
Read moreMonday Links
Asides from the NCAA Tournament, the sports viewing weekend consisted of PGA Tour golf at Bayhill where Tiger Woods fell…
Read moreLooking Back on ‘The Trade’
On July 31st, 2004, the face of the Red Sox departed for another team struggling for many years to win…
Read moreBasketball Weekend
After watching and listening to a lot of college basketball since Thursday, I must say that viewers got to see…
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