Articles by Alan Draper (246303)

Taylor gets call from league over comments

From Rick Alonzo/Pioneer Press: Taylor received a phone call Thursday from the league office. The nature of the discussion: Taylor’s…

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Coco to Rays?

ESPN’s Buster Olney reports that Tampa Bay failed to sign Kenny Lofton and the Rays are now in need of…

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Written in Chalk

How boring was the first afternoon of the best two day event in sports? I’m actually watching the Golf Channel…

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Our Second Nominee for the Fang’s Bites NCAA Tournament Broadcasting Awards

CSTV’s Carter Blackburn would have to be our second nominee when I do the Fang’s Bites NCAA Tournament Broadcasting Awards….

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Primetime & Late Night Viewing Picks

College Basketball NCAA Tournament (All Games on CBS)Kansas State vs. USC – 7:10 p.m.Belmont vs. Duke – 7:10 p.m.Winthrop vs….

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Thursday Quick Links

Just a few links for this afternoon. It appears CBSSports.com has fixed its glitches for the second games this afternoon….

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Kyle Snyder…..Mr. Celery

While the Sox were boarding the plane yesterday they had loaded the Wally the Green Monster suit but did not…

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#11 – Aug. 12, 1974: Ryan fans 19

By Victor Varadi, Angelswin.com Contributor Nolan Ryan started his career with the Mets and was mostly a relief pitcher and…

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Our First Nominee for the Fang’s Bites NCAA Tournament Broadcasting Awards

Craig Bolerjack in the Washington Region is our first nominee for Worst Play-by-Play. He’s using all types of cliches and…

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Sox Have Landed…Next Up: Hanshin Tigers

The Red Sox have landed in Tokyo and are on the bus to the hotel after the 18 hour flight…

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Some Technical Problems for NCAA March Madness on Demand

As I logged into March Madness on Demand at NCAA.com, there were a few technical problems. First, there was audio…

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Forgive me, Father, for I kept a Cub

I did the unthinkable a minute ago…and felt the need to ask for forgiveness, or at least some assemblance of…

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Cowboys Trading Late Round Pick For Pacman Jones

Looks like Pacman Jones is coming to Dallas, whether we like it or not…The Cowboys are in talks to acquire…

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Sox On A Plane

As the Red Sox fly to Japan there will not be much news coming out….unless we get an update on…

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Cedrick Wilson Released. No Double Standard

Cedrick Wilson was just released, following an incident with his girlfriend. Yes, the same girlfriend involved in this past January’s…

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Is Japan Trip a Good Thing?

It depends who you ask. The Japan trip will be good for MLB’s bottom line. It will be good for…

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The Thursday Linkage

With this being Thursday, I have a lot of stuff to do and there’s the NCAA Tournament to keep track…

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Changes aplenty

If you haven’t noticed, we introduced a new feature here at Fire Brand called “Quick Posts” — now we’ll be…

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Welcome to Japan!

The Red Sox landed in Japan about a half-hour ago, early in the morning. In an attempt to quickly adjust…

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Exciting players

Really, I promise that we’ll get back to my review of the divisions of baseball, but Ryan and Steve are…

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Classic Mini Pony of the Day 3-20-08

(originally published on 3-20-07) Should be “Mini Ponies of the Day.” I don’t know the names of these three, but…

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Team tries to explain Taylor’s comments

The following is a letter from the Wolves organization attempting to clarify the comments owner Glen Taylor made earlier this…

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THE NFL DRAFT TIEBREAKER IS WRONG

Did you notice the logjam at 3-6 this year in the draft order? Four teams all had the same record….

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Know Thy Enemy: 2008 Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays are being picked as the team to upset the Red Sox and the Yankees. At least…

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Ryan’s MLB Preview, NL East

Yeah, this is way too late (or early) for logical reasoning on this topic. But, hey, when has that ever…

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Maybe It’s Just Me…

…but I don’t get this sub-headline. Granted I’m not a great linguist, but how is it getting late early for…

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2nd Season

Well, here we are Cougar Nation….41-2, sitting as the #1 seed in the West Region of prognostication, and you know…

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Bad Omen for Pac-10?

Valpo, coach Romar? Seriously?? VALPO?? Cats and dogs, living together, mass hysteria. What the hell is going on with UW’s…

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The Night Before the NCAA Tournament Links

You know that anticipation you had as a kid waiting for Christmas and to get that chance to open your…

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