Articles by Alan Draper (246319)

The Worst Contracts in Baseball
Bad contracts can affect a team in many ways. If a struggling player is guaranteed half of your payroll for…
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Is It a Blog?: Quick Hits #2
Originally posted on “Is It Sports?” Ryan and I are already talking about the 2006 baseball season. Steve: booya keeping…
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The day Qwest Field arrived
REALLY good, quick read on how BANANAS it was at Qwest on Sunday: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/locke/250226_locke30.html I spoke to a friend of…
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Of Bullpens and Contracts
What the devil is going on in MLB bullpens this month? Over the past few weeks, we’ve seen three different…
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Mr. Sidney Rice you are the man
Nov. 29, 2005 Sidney Rice has played in only 10 games in his collegiate career, and the record books are…
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Small school basketball – Winthrop Style
How about the Winthrop Eagles being one of the best mid-major teams around. SI is calling the Eagles the next…
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2005 Organizational Depth Chart Review: Catchers
It’s time for the annual minor league organizational depth chart review to begin! We’re going to be covering the catchers…
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If I Were GM…
Over the long weekend, the signing of Josh Beckett was made official. Counting out a few brave and disgruntled souls,…
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Oh those Mormons are at it again
Oh those crazy morman’s are at it again, read this…………………….. Until 1963, interracial marriages were illegal in Utah. Residents who…
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South Carolina Y’all
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — “Y’all” isn’t welcome in Erica Tobolski’s class in voice and diction at the University of South…
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New Stuff on Is It Sports?
Originally posted on “Is It Sports” by Steve. I’m making an attempt to inform that 2 or 3 people that…
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Spurscast Episode 19
With the Thanksgiving week off, we bring you a previously recorded (but new to you) episode of the Spurscast. This…
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Deal Consummated, Plus Another!
Red Sox acquired RHP Josh Beckett, 3B Mike Lowell and RHP Guillermo Mota from the Marlins for SS Hanley Ramirez,…
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Josh Beckett Is Worth The Farm
…and even then, they didn’t exactly trade the farm. The Josh Beckett trade still has yet to be announced, so…
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Juicy Stuff
First of all, THANK GOD I can back out of the driveway for another year without seeing my wife’s f’ing…
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Don’t drink and Die
OSLO, Norway (AP) — A 32-year-old Norwegian bartender was sentenced to six months in prison Wednesday for serving a customer…
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Time to turn to Gamecocks Basketball
Nov. 22, 2005 South Carolina, one of the original 13 colonies, will travel to the 49th state, Alaska, for the…
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5 Questions: 2006 Rotation
Now that Josh Beckett is (almost) a Red Sox, it’s worthwhile to ask a few pertinent questions about the makeup…
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Paradigm Shift
We saw the beginning of the change in philosophy against Texas in the Holiday Bowl. We lost it a bit…
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Do you want to be the Red Sox GM?
Any of you out there who are members of Red Sox Nation and think you can do a better job…
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Breaking Down Beckett
By Andrew Lipsett As you saw from Evan’s gleeful post, the Red Sox tonight pulled off an absolute blockbuster deal,…
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Please pray
As I step back into the real world for a moment, I would like to ask everyone to include the…
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Rivalry Weekend Pranks
Well i passed this along (top half) to my friends at Deadspin and they decided not to use this one…
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JOSH BECKETT IS OURS!
THE RED SOX JUST GOT JOSH BECKETT!!!!!! (Dallas-Fort Worth Star Telegram) This was now just as well confirmed on ESPN…
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2006 Returnees: What Can We Expect?
So far, this offseason has been all about the potential newcomers, from the front office to center field to the…
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4-7 sure feels good right now
First of all, the winning TD? That was the exact – and I mean the EXACT – same play we…
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Media bias, continued – plus pick
I probably overreacted yesterday, but when you remove yourself personally and just look at it, it’s natural to see coverage…
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Nine Up, Nine Down: November Drags On
I hate November. It’s a terribly boring month. There is zero baseball, and the news all consist of rumors, nothing…
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Attempted Murder on Radish
Ok this one was too good to pass up. Radish in intensive care after murder attempt. No, Radish is not…
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