Alan Draper

Jeff Howe, MVN Angels writer, has a guest column for Fire Brand of the AL today. Sweat ran down my…

Some of you may recall my ‘Free Agents in 2005‘ post. For those of you that don’t, I ran down…

Terry Francona: Nomar Garciaparra, this is an unexpected pleasure. We are honored by your presence… Nomar Garciaparra: You may dispense…

The Boston Red Sox selected Dustin Pedroia, SS, with their first draft pick. The following are excerpts from various sources…

Abe Alvarez In April, I wrote about Abe Alvarez. Ever since then, I have gotten comments from people that have…

Every fifth day, I mark my calendar with a “L”. You see, why bother watching the game when you know…

Over at League of Angels, Jeff Howe questions the Angels’ supposed acquisition of Raul Mondesi. Mondesi’s lifetime batting average is…

05/25/04 Bill Mueller is placed on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to May 20), with patellar tendinitis. 05/24/04 Byung Hyun…

David Ortiz, the 28-year old slugger for the Boston Red Sox, has agreed to a two-year extension plus a club…

The Herald today offered the warning that Kevin Millar was about to trigger his 2005 option. This option is mutual,…

Randy Johnson has just pitched the 17th perfect game. Of course, this number does not include such close perfect games…

Let me first go on record saying that I enjoy Kevin Youkilis, and loved the fact that his first major…

In this earlier post, I stumbled across a new statistic, SIP. I have decided to write an article on this….

Dave Isaacs over at Athletics Supporters has done a guest post for Fire Brand. This guest post is especially interesting,…

The fearsome bullpen has logged a 2.09 ERA this season, over two runs lower than 2003’s final total of 4.48,…

Well, the Red Sox finally got done with their little five game losing streak that coincidentally concided with Pedro’s mouth…

Pedro Martinez. So much can be said in those five syllables. On Saturday, articles ran across New England that Pedro…

You might remember when I complained about people getting up constantly during the middle of the inning and getting in…

Sam Killay goes on record with his opinion on the Red Sox. (We better not see him changing his opinion!…

Some things, Red Sox and non-Red Sox I’d like to say: – Barry Bonds is just unbelievable. The bat speed…

Hitting His Stride Tim Wakefield, my favorite baseball and Red Sox player, has been drawing raves around the league recently….

Notes about the current Yankee series: – I went to Game 1. We (the family) share season tickets with two…

Abe Alvarez There has been discussion on the Red Sox forum, Wicked East Coast whether or not Abe Alvarez should…

In the beginning Damon created the heavens and the earth. And the earth was waste and void; and darkness was…

Fri. Apr. 16 vs. NEW YORK YANKEES Schilling Sat. Apr. 17 vs. NEW YORK YANKEES Arroyo Sun. Apr. 18 vs….

An absolutely sensational post from FourZeroSix comparing Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez’s Sox careers. “As far as Clemens/Pedro, there isn’t…

Today we will discuss Bobby Jones and Terry Francona. First off, Bobby Jones was the last man in the bullpen…

FourZeroSix takes his ire out at NESN, who might want to do a little more fact-checking. The all-knowledgable people on…

Now that Nomar Garciaparra is out until the early beginnings of May, Pokey Reese will be shifting over to shortstop….