Alan Draper

Not WSU-football related, but are you kidding me? The M’s just spent $114 MILLION dollars in two days to land…

When I found out that the Red Sox were not closed-captioning the 2004 Red Sox season DVD titled Faith Rewarded,…

First, the big fish that verballed today – a 4-star defensive tackle from San Diego, rated the #20 defensive tackle…

First, a moment of silence for departed hero, Pedro Martinez. I’m not going to launch into a monologue about you…

Earl Snyder was the Pawtucket Triple-A team’s resident masher this past year, hitting 36 home-runs in 538 AB and earning…

Matt Mantei is replacing Scott Williamson as our injury-prone, fireballing reliever. Mantei has been a closer and set-up man for…

I got Faithful the other day and finished it immediately. It was a great book, and I’d even recommend it…

Sandy Martinez is a very good defensive catcher but doesn’t really do so great at hitting, which makes him a…

Cuzittt, a Sox message board poster, chimes in to recap the AFL… A few weeks ago, Evan asked me if…

Brian Daubach unfortunately only had 30 games with the Red Sox, and amassed 75 AB. Perhaps that’s not so bad,…

Ellis Burks came back to the Red Sox at the age of 40 for one last go-round before he retired…

Who is our shortstop for the 2005 season? With the prevailing sentiment that Hanley Ramirez could be ready to play…

Dustin Pedroia (FB archives: Dustin Pedroia [drafted], Hanley Ramirez and Dustin Pedroia – Shortstops on the Rise) is a hot…

So, WHAT A WIN. I know, they are 1-10, we’re 5-6 and lifting weights for the bowl season, but you…

As you all know by now, Pedro met with George Steinbrenner last Tuesday. I didn’t comment on it then, because…

Nov. 17, 2004 According to his agent, Damian Miller yesterday received a two-year contract offer from the Red Sox. Miller…

Lawson: “this weekend: I still think the Dawgs win this one..why? because we can’t score if we don’t get six…

I’m sure you have all heard the news that the Montreal Expos are moving to Washington, D.C. (Here is a…

Found this today via the “members only” message board from a certain WSU site I joined. Take this with a…

An independent, 20-minute movie is out on the airwaves that had been planned since before the playoffs, and started shooting…

Alan Schwarz of the New York Times had an article November 7th, 2004 titled “Game Theory Posits Measure of Baseball…

Yesterday was the one-month anniversary of Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS – Mondays’ wise. Four Mondays ago, I attended…

Peter Gammons recently came out with an article as he does from time to time on ESPN.com. Not surprisingly, there’s…

The Gray Eagle at Sons of Sam Horn had an interesting post … Most Catchers Stink Since the Sox could…

Frank Palmieri will be checking into Fire Brand occasionally with segments of a fictional baseball piece he is writing. ‘¯?Bases…

Frank Palmieri will be checking into Fire Brand occasionally with segments of a fictional baseball piece he is writing.

Since the season is a disaster and we’ll probably lose out, I thought I’d focus on recruiting right now……. Well,…

What should next year’s bullpen look like? CLOSER Keith Foulke – This says all you need to know about Foulke….

NEW WORDS TO INTEGRATE INTO OUR LEXICON, FROM READER KIRK JONES A Bellhorn – Anytime a left-handed batter hits the…