Articles by Alan Draper (246319)
A fight for Closed Captioning
When I found out that the Red Sox were not closed-captioning the 2004 Red Sox season DVD titled Faith Rewarded,…
Read moreRecruiting, recruiting, recruiting…..
First, the big fish that verballed today – a 4-star defensive tackle from San Diego, rated the #20 defensive tackle…
Read moreBronson Arroyo or Tim Hudson?
First, a moment of silence for departed hero, Pedro Martinez. I’m not going to launch into a monologue about you…
Read more2004 Player Reviews: 3B
Earl Snyder was the Pawtucket Triple-A team’s resident masher this past year, hitting 36 home-runs in 538 AB and earning…
Read moreWelcome to Boston: Mantei, Halama, Wells, Renteria
Matt Mantei is replacing Scott Williamson as our injury-prone, fireballing reliever. Mantei has been a closer and set-up man for…
Read more‘Faithful’ by Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan
I got Faithful the other day and finished it immediately. It was a great book, and I’d even recommend it…
Read more2004 Player Reviews: C
Sandy Martinez is a very good defensive catcher but doesn’t really do so great at hitting, which makes him a…
Read more2004 Arizona Fall League
Cuzittt, a Sox message board poster, chimes in to recap the AFL… A few weeks ago, Evan asked me if…
Read more2004 Player Reviews: 1B
Brian Daubach unfortunately only had 30 games with the Red Sox, and amassed 75 AB. Perhaps that’s not so bad,…
Read more2004 Player Reviews: DH
Ellis Burks came back to the Red Sox at the age of 40 for one last go-round before he retired…
Read moreWho’s our shortstop?
Who is our shortstop for the 2005 season? With the prevailing sentiment that Hanley Ramirez could be ready to play…
Read moreDusting the Competition
Dustin Pedroia (FB archives: Dustin Pedroia [drafted], Hanley Ramirez and Dustin Pedroia – Shortstops on the Rise) is a hot…
Read morePost Cup Stuff
So, WHAT A WIN. I know, they are 1-10, we’re 5-6 and lifting weights for the bowl season, but you…
Read morePedro (Possibly) To Yankees? Who Cares?
As you all know by now, Pedro met with George Steinbrenner last Tuesday. I didn’t comment on it then, because…
Read moreIs Damian Miller A Fit?
Nov. 17, 2004 According to his agent, Damian Miller yesterday received a two-year contract offer from the Red Sox. Miller…
Read moreLawson picking UW??
Lawson: “this weekend: I still think the Dawgs win this one..why? because we can’t score if we don’t get six…
Read moreDC Baseball; Guzman/Castilla sign
I’m sure you have all heard the news that the Montreal Expos are moving to Washington, D.C. (Here is a…
Read moreNew hope for J-Stew??? Plus other notes
Found this today via the “members only” message board from a certain WSU site I joined. Take this with a…
Read moreINTERVIEW: Jay Burke
An independent, 20-minute movie is out on the airwaves that had been planned since before the playoffs, and started shooting…
Read moreWins Relative to Average Player (WRAP)
Alan Schwarz of the New York Times had an article November 7th, 2004 titled “Game Theory Posits Measure of Baseball…
Read moreImmortalized
Yesterday was the one-month anniversary of Game 4 of the 2004 ALCS – Mondays’ wise. Four Mondays ago, I attended…
Read moreMore Free Agent Chatter
Peter Gammons recently came out with an article as he does from time to time on ESPN.com. Not surprisingly, there’s…
Read moreFree Agent Catchers
The Gray Eagle at Sons of Sam Horn had an interesting post … Most Catchers Stink Since the Sox could…
Read moreThe Strike Heard ëRound The World – Chapter 1
Frank Palmieri will be checking into Fire Brand occasionally with segments of a fictional baseball piece he is writing. ‘¯?Bases…
Read moreThe Strike Heard
Frank Palmieri will be checking into Fire Brand occasionally with segments of a fictional baseball piece he is writing.
Read moreNo Snoop….at least not yet?
Since the season is a disaster and we’ll probably lose out, I thought I’d focus on recruiting right now……. Well,…
Read moreNext Year’s bullpen
What should next year’s bullpen look like? CLOSER Keith Foulke – This says all you need to know about Foulke….
Read moreAssorted News: Vocabulary, Backman, Hunsicker, Pedro
NEW WORDS TO INTEGRATE INTO OUR LEXICON, FROM READER KIRK JONES A Bellhorn – Anytime a left-handed batter hits the…
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