Articles by Alan Draper (245816)

Why Mike Mussina won’t survive

Mr. Michael Cole Mussina lost his first game as the Yankees ace. Is this going to be anything new? No….

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Know Thy Enemy: The 2004 New York Yankees

The New York Yankees, the most hated team in baseball, in any sport. And yet they have a following, a…

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Know Thy Enemy: The 2004 Toronto Blue Jays

The Toronto Blue Jays were a struggling team. What happened to the once-mighty Blue Jays, winner of two World Series…

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Know Thy Enemy: The 2004 Baltimore Orioles

It wasn’t so long ago, 1997, that the Orioles won the division with 98 wins. Their strong suit was their…

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Thirteen reasons why we can’t stand Nomar

Sam Killay replies to my Nomar article. Extremely good post. Able to run down everything I hated about Nomar –…

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I’m tired of Nomar

Nomar Garciaparra, he of 1231 hits, 173 HRs, 669 RBIs and 272 doubles, officially disgusts me now. I am sick…

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Trot Nixon : Should we be worried?

Trot Nixon burst on the scene only a tender three years ago. Five years ago he started amassing at-bats, but…

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Who should be the second Lefty?

Player++++++W+L++ERA++G++IP++H++R+ER+HR+HBP+BB+SO T Hamulack++0+0++3.00++3++3.0++1+1+1++0+++0++0+4 N Bierbrodt +0+0++13.50++2++2.0++4+3+3++0+++2++1+2 P Seibel++++0+0++0.00++1++2.0++0++0+0++0+++0++0+3 B Jones++++0+0++0.00++1++1.0++0++0+0++0+++0++0+1 E Yarnall++++0+0++36.00+1++1.0++4+4+4++2+++0++2+2 M Malaska+++0+0++9.00++1++1.0++2+1+1++0+++0++1+0 D McCarty+++0+0++0.00++1++0.2++2+0+0++0+++0++0+0 L DiNardo +++0+0++0.00++0++0.0++0+0+0++0+++0++0+0 STATS…

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The Stadium Issue

The new ownership has been making modifications to Fenway Park. Last year they introduced Green Monster seats and added a…

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Baseball and the Juice – ESPN Poll

By K.J. I was strapped for time so I just answered the questions on ESPN

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Baseball and the Juice – Part One

Baseball and the Juice by K.J. In 1986 I watched Ben Johnson demolish Carl Lewis at Rome in the world…

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Asterisk*

There are people that feel that steroids corrupt stats entirely – statistics of the present people soon to be named…

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Future of

Kelly Shoppach Thread, post by Sam Killay: Ortiz, if he stays healthy, hits 40 HR easy. That’s not a slouch….

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A Leap Year, a Leap of Faith

This year marks the first year that people have been 100% supremely confident about the Red Sox’s chances. Many people…

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The Strain on Pedro and Superstars

Transcript taken from Boston Dirt Dogs: He said some people – he’s not sure who – accused him of faking…

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Steroid Use in Baseball

Barry Bonds has blasted Turk Wendell for saying that Bonds takes steroids. Steroid use is a hot-button issue in baseball…

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Team Chemistry

I’m going to jump into my own experiences to tell the story rather than break down major league teams by…

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The Business Plan

Recently, the A-Rod debacle has a lot of people shooting their mouths off at John Henry, the owner of the…

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Consistency Index

I got my third baseball preview magazine today. I started out with Lindy’s, got Rotowire’s, and today I got Athlon…

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A-Rod to Yankees? So what?

PLEASE NOTE!!! By accident, the ORIGINAL COLUMN was lost, never to be found again. I have re-written this on Feb….

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How Lowe can Pedro go?

Hypothetical question: Who should we re-sign to a contract, assuming we can only sign one of the following two people?…

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Have we found happiness at second? (2003 Minor League 2B)

Second base, which Todd Walker held last year, is now open, to be filled by an expected tandem of Pokey…

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The Jihad of Red Sox Nation

There has been recent mania sweeping the nation (as in United States) regarding Sons of Sam Horn. David Pinto, a…

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Peter Gammons Notes

I think that this snippet, found on Boston Dirt Dogs, is too important to not show other people. Very interesting…

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The outfield is where the talent lies (2003 Minor League OF)

Manny Ramirez Johnny Damon Trot Nixon Gabe Kapler David McCarty Enough has been documented about Manny. Great hitter, small head….

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Should baseball turn into football?

“You can’t sit on a lead and run a few plays into the line and just kill the clock. You’ve…

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Homosexuality in baseball

As society moves towards a more accepting way of life, one of the big issues will be homosexuality. For many…

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For relief, take Rolaids (2003 Minor League RP)

Relief pitching is becoming increasingly important in baseball. More and more relief pitchers are also becoming specialists. They are brought…

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Theo taking a vacation? I don’t think so

Rotoworld.com had this to say about the Red Sox possibly signing Tony Womack to a minor league deal : The…

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