Alan Draper

APRIL 25TH, 2007 GAME THREAD Curt Schilling (2-1, 3.81) @ Daniel Cabrera (1-1, 4.10) Boston Red Sox (12-7) @ Baltimore…

Ben Sheets strained his right groin on a defensive play, and left after pitching three innings in the eventual 9-3…

What will Reinfeldt do? Mike Reinfeldt has never been in charge of a team’s draft before, so it’s not easy…

While I’m not at all worried about Game 2 tonight, I pray that my boys in wine and gold do…

Justin Smoak currently has a hitting streak of 23 games. Wow! Smoak, who’s raised his average from .295 to .337…

Last night, we attended our first Drive game of the season. The Greenville Drive are our Class A Minor Legaue…

OK, so this picture reminded me of something, but I couldn’t quite figure it out…..Oh, wait. Never mind, now I…

According to the Andy Katz over at ESPN.com, Hasheem Thabeet will be spending another year at UCONN wearing the National…

Paul Maholm, looking very un-Paul Maholm-like, blanked the Astros as the Bucs beat the Astros 3-0. Maholm allowed only 3…

Look at the MPotD’s cool mane. That thing is sick! Honestly. From one view, it looks like an intentionally-corny 80’s…

One of my favorite happenings is when a baseball game goes so long, or involves so much scoring that managers…

As April closes and we gear up for the Yankee series in the Bronx (with some very, very angry Yankee…

Jeff Suppan goes 8+ innings, and doesn’t give up a run…every batter except Damian Miller got a hit, including a…

What is it with collegiate athletes and not avoiding the law? You would have to think that they are aware…

APRIL 24TH, 2007 GAME THREAD Roy Halladay (2-0, 2.37) @ Julian Tavarez (0-1, 6.75) Toronto Blue Jays (9-10) @ Boston…

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=easterbrook/070424&sportCat=nfl&CMP=OTC-DT9705204233 TMQ is a favorite column of ours, and is usually funny take on conventional wisdom in the NFL. Take…

Since the Pirates now have 7 wins on the season, I give you my 7 Reasons to Stick with the…

Actually, I love many things about the NBA Playoffs….but the sheer number of games mean that it must be spread…

After losing two of three at Ole Miss this past weekend, the University of South Carolina fell from fourth to…

This just in – this guy is PISSED about getting drilled. The human instinct in those situations is often called…

I heard some news that shocked me this morning. David Halberstam, long renowed author, had passed away due to a…

This is a promotional flyer that was distributed throughout Pittsburgh during the past (awful) season of your Pittsburgh Xplosion! My…

Ok, I know that the draft is this weekend, and all Colts fans are hanging their hopes for the up…

Awesome. Pick whichever one of these mini ponies you want to be your own, personal MPotD. They both kick ass,…

The Colts made the obligatory trip to Washington D.C. today to meet the President and bask one last time in…

According to the Associated Press, Suns guard Leandro Barbosa has won the NBA’s 6th Man Award. Manu Ginobili came in…

The Brewers played their first game at Wrigley of the ’07 season on Monday evening…and their ol’ bud, Carlos Zambrano,…

Things couldn’t be going much better for the high-flying Red Sox. The team with the best record in the majors…

I have to admit, last week I made a bit of an error. The Wild came back from two 3-1…