Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

Tisby out for Gamecocks

University of South Carolina senior center Antoine Tisby, coming off his best game of the season and one of the…

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A Wily Move To Lead to Mo’ Wins?

Losing Bronson Arroyo may not hurt on a talent level. We had seven starting pitchers and was going to use…

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Little Known Oberto Facts Part VII

Once Oberto jumped from a plane….thus the end of the dinosaurs! Oberto can keep his eyes open when he sneezes!…

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Bracket busting….

None of last year’s Final Four teams will be around for this year’s regional semifinals and George Mason sent half…

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My Secret Desire Is Realized

We needed a young outfielder. We needed one who could hit, but also needed one who could be a fourth…

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I am back and here to stay

After a long trip around the world alla Rickey Willams(minus the pot smoking for me), I am back and refreshed….

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Power Off The Bench

I hate to push Andrew down the page, but I had to get this out because of a signing we…

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Classic

Zach’s piece Friday summed up a lot of why I’ve really enjoyed the past few weeks of baseball – and…

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Little Known Oberto Facts Part VI

Since coming to Texas, the new state slogan is now “Don’t Mess With Oberto!” There have been a few lucky…

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Crazy day in Seahawk-ville!

First of all, this is what I’ve heard (and most of this is on ESPN, but there is a source…

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Little Known Oberto Facts Part V

In a one-on-one matchup between Michael Jordan and LeBron James, Oberto would win! Shaq once dunked over Oberto. Then Shaq…

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A Voice For The Classic

Way to take care of Mr. Steinbrenner

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Free Beno!

Note: I originally wrote this as a draft around late January to early February and saved it so I could…

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TOO MUCH information!

Geez, far too much going on in our little world. 1) Hutch offer sheet to Vikes. HUGE contract, but the…

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March Maddness Prediction

Well now that March is here and the brackets are in, who are the favorites, who are the upset teams…

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I Have No Clue.

The predictions I gave yesterday with the help of Baseball Prospectus 2006 have gotten me thinking. It’s obvious this is…

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Minneapolis Region

I wish I could take odds on things like “how many times does CBS show the spoon and cherry from…

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Washington D.C. Regional

I was having trouble with picking possible upsets in this region, so I read Joe Lunardi’s column on how he…

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Oakland Region

All right, on to the Oakland Region. (1) Memphis vs (16) Oral Roberts – I’m not going to make the…

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Little Known Fabricio Oberto Facts Part IV

Fabricio Oberto is the only NBA player to make an alley-oop pass and dunk to himself! Oberto is the only…

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Atlanta Region

So I’m sitting here watching the opening round game between Monmouth and Hampton and I thought that I should mention…

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What Will Some Red Sox Do In 2006?

As alluded to earlier, I recieved my copy of Baseball Prospectus 2006 the other day in the mail. I figured…

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Tito In ’08

It’s done. A contract extension through 2008 replaces his current contract, which called for a guaranteed 2006 and club option…

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Are Lefty Specialists Integral To Our Success?

Evan here taking over for Zach while he attempts to get his internet back up. Here’s hoping he gets it…

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Not enough at the end….

It was a great run and would have made for a great story line but it was not the ending…

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Head to Head: Coco Crisp vs. Johnny Damon

For better or worse, these two players will be inextricably linked this coming season. They’ll be the answer to each…

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