Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
Anyone else miss college basketball and football?
when are finals going to be over? i am going thru some serious withdrawl. there are only so many times…
Read more Sheldon Brown – Small town boy with some class, in a classless society
Article for a phil. newspaper. Eagles’ Sheldon Brown, wife Jenny already planning for life after football By DANA PENNETT O’[email protected]…
Read more Tejada/Shortstop Situation
This past weekend, Miguel Tejada voiced his displeasure with the Orioles organization and their direction towards creating a winning ball…
Read more Say It Aint So Nomar?
Well for those who don’t read the sports page, one of the teams interested in Nomar’s services next year are…
Read more A Rocket Return?
The stage was set in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. Holding a 3-2 lead in the seventh inning…
Read more 2006 World Cup Draw
Fresh off the presses from Germany comes the 2006 World Cup Draw. The 8 seeded teams were Germany, England, Argentina,…
Read more What up fellas?
First of all, real life – The move is over! Everything went well, although I couldn’t physically function for two…
Read more Spurscast Episode 22
I’m having major problems with the audio files from Episode 22 recorded last week, so I decided to go ahead…
Read more The Future of the Boston Red Sox
It’s obvious what’s occuring. Theo Epstein said this in his parting speech, and I commented on it in one of…
Read more End of the Line
Was this the end of the line for the U game, which features UCONN and UMASS? According to Jim Calhoun,…
Read more Boston’s Future: Andy Marte
It’s official. Edgar Renteria, and $11 million, are headed to the Atlanta Braves for quite possibly the best prospect in…
Read more Renteria trade
Just a quick note for Sox fans. The Red Sox have traded Edgar Renteria to the Atlanta Braves for minor…
Read more Latest On Damon + Trade Rumors
Much has been brewing over the best free agent still on the market, Mr. Johnny Damon. The Boston hero and…
Read more Boston’s New Second Baseman: Mark Loretta
Our second base conundrum was solved today. Loretta, a career .301/.365/.408 hitter, should fit in nicely in the two-spot, allowing…
Read more 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…
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