Articles by Alan Draper (246303)

How Important Is Matt Clement?

The Boston Globe ran an article on Matt Clement today, the various points I want to emphasize being highlighted below:…

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Friday’s Links

Many apologies to the regular readers to this site. I’ve been busy with work and other personal issues, but I’m…

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Rushing Schilling for Opening Day? Why?

>A lot has been made of Curt Schilling trying to make it back for April 3rd to pitch in baseball’s…

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Afternoon Update

For the afternoon update, we have another take on the New York Time Warner-Cablevision feud. This comes from Steve Zipay…

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Nine Up, Nine Down: Spring Training Notes

I’m going to pull a Peter Gammons Random Notes Column today. The first four random notes are had help with…

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The Holy Rollers Gather Moss

Originally posted on the old Is It Sports? site. Ryan was still a die-hard Vikings fan back when Moss was…

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Chuck Thompson 1921-2005

This morning, I was remiss in mentioning the passing of legendary Baltimore broadcaster Chuck Thompson. He died yesterday at the…

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Upset Sunday and The Blue Monster

Great TV sports viewing weekend for fans of college basketball and golf. Sunday was Upset Sunday as #1 Illinois fell…

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Double Southpaws Can Only Help / The Pen is Not Mightier, Wakefield Says

After the 2005 season, the Red Sox are going to have two outstanding free agents with possible replacements waiting in…

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Afternoon Update

Some more news from across the country: The Baltimore Orioles have signed a deal to put their games on three…

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I Believe Jose Canseco

Recently, I was able to sit down and read the Jose Canseco book (Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant

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Pflugrad’s comments on 2005 recruits

Pflugrad talks 2005 class SPEND TIME TALKING with WSU football coaches about what they look for on the recruiting trail…

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Doug Gottlieb is no friend of Wisconsin

ESPN’s Doug Gottlieb is beginning to make a name for himself. The former point guard at Oklahoma State and Notre…

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Marv to the Nets and a few others

Long time NBA announcer Marv Albert has a new gig. He has signed a new contract with the YES Network…

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Who Gets The Shaft?

Today in a Globe article about Tim Wakefield, he states: He assumes he will be a starter again this season,…

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Field of Dreams

“Ty Cobb wanted to play, but none of us could stand the son-of-a-bitch when we were alive, so we told…

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A Couple’s Last Pictures

John and Jackie Knill were vacationing in a Thailand resort December 26 when the massive Asian Tsunami hit their beach….

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Back

Hi, fellas. Long time no talk. Sorry, I was itching to talk about spring training and various people, but computers…

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ESPNews burned

ESPNews got burned Wednesday in reporting the injury to Miami Heat Center Shaquille O’Neal. The network cited a “report” from…

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2005 San Francisco Giants: It’s Now or Never

Originally posted on “Is it Sports?” by Kevin. With Kevin, we got a completely different perspective, San Francisco Giants talk….

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What I Learned from Basic Cable

Originally posted on “Is It Sports” by Ryan. It’s tough running a sports site in February, where there is pretty…

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Hotel Rwanda

I went to see this movie last night at the Avon Cinemas in Providence. I was so moved by the…

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David Wells, Spring Training Invitees

What do you think of David Wells? I, for one, am happy that he came out and said he wanted…

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Three Blogs in One

I haven’t been posting as regularly as I should and several issues have popped up since I last wrote so…

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Could Mark Bellhorn Disappoint?

Can Bellhorn replicate 2004? Mark Bellhorn arrived in Boston via the Colorado Rockies, who received future considerations for Bellhorn. He…

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Back to the Basics

Originally posted on “Is It Sports?” by Steve. I kind of forgot how much Kevin was involved in the early…

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Former SNL Bit Player or MLB Journeyman…The Answers

1 – PAUL BRITTAIN was an SNL bit player. 2 – BRADY CLARK was a former MLB journeyman. 3 –…

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5 Key Questions for 2005

Today, Sam Killay of Raystalk gives Evan a breather… First of all, Red Sox fans, I highly recommend that you…

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Is It Sports? Mailbag

Originally posted on “Is It Sports?” by Ryan. This one is all over the place, filled with a lot of…

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