Articles by Alan Draper (246303)
The Careless Jays
The Blue Jays have made their point. The front office is sick of losing, sick of being one of the…
Read more Creative yankee’s
While eating dinner last night I was flipping thru the channels and stop on the food network, where they had…
Read more 2005 Organizational Depth Chart Review: First Base
The first basemen in the Sox system have the microscope turned upon them. Ever since Mo Vaughn left, we’ve yet…
Read more Spurning the Rainbow?
Could it be that in the midst of a thrilling b-ball victory last night, that the U-Dub has actually hit…
Read more Dynasty Per Haps
B-11 Title Game: Reardan wraps up triple crownBy Craig SmithSeattle Times staff reporterTACOMA — In a high-suspense game that wasn’t…
Read more 25 Under 25
Baseball has seen an explosion of young talent in recent years, and I thought it might be fun to put…
Read more A Night Out
Originally posted on “Is It Sports?” by Ryan, the die-hard Vikings fan. This post is very well written and a…
Read more Bargain of the Winter?
On Wednesday here – and yesterday on my own blog – I did some analysis of the current free agent…
Read more Scared for life
Scared for life Say you are making out with your girlfriend on a Friday night after a high school football…
Read more Who owns the Ball?
Ok, I have been pretty lazy the past week in writing posts and I am working on some right now…
Read more The Worst Contracts in Baseball
Bad contracts can affect a team in many ways. If a struggling player is guaranteed half of your payroll for…
Read more Is It a Blog?: Quick Hits #2
Originally posted on “Is It Sports?” Ryan and I are already talking about the 2006 baseball season. Steve: booya keeping…
Read more The day Qwest Field arrived
REALLY good, quick read on how BANANAS it was at Qwest on Sunday: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/locke/250226_locke30.html I spoke to a friend of…
Read more Of Bullpens and Contracts
What the devil is going on in MLB bullpens this month? Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen three different…
Read more Mr. Sidney Rice you are the man
Nov. 29, 2005 Sidney Rice has played in only 10 games in his collegiate career, and the record books are…
Read more Small school basketball – Winthrop Style
How about the Winthrop Eagles being one of the best mid-major teams around. SI is calling the Eagles the next…
Read more 2005 Organizational Depth Chart Review: Catchers
It’s time for the annual minor league organizational depth chart review to begin! We’re going to be covering the catchers…
Read more If I Were GM…
Over the long weekend, the signing of Josh Beckett was made official. Counting out a few brave and disgruntled souls,…
Read more Oh those Mormons are at it again
Oh those crazy morman’s are at it again, read this…………………….. Until 1963, interracial marriages were illegal in Utah. Residents who…
Read more South Carolina Y’all
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — “Y’all” isn’t welcome in Erica Tobolski’s class in voice and diction at the University of South…
Read more New Stuff on Is It Sports?
Originally posted on “Is It Sports” by Steve. I’m making an attempt to inform that 2 or 3 people that…
Read more Spurscast Episode 19
With the Thanksgiving week off, we bring you a previously recorded (but new to you) episode of the Spurscast. This…
Read more Deal Consummated, Plus Another!
Red Sox acquired RHP Josh Beckett, 3B Mike Lowell and RHP Guillermo Mota from the Marlins for SS Hanley Ramirez,…
Read more Josh Beckett Is Worth The Farm
…and even then, they didn’t exactly trade the farm. The Josh Beckett trade still has yet to be announced, so…
Read more Juicy Stuff
First of all, THANK GOD I can back out of the driveway for another year without seeing my wife’s f’ing…
Read more Don’t drink and Die
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A 32-year-old Norwegian bartender was sentenced to six months in prison Wednesday for serving a customer…
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