Articles by Alan Draper (246303)

Epstein Might Have To Change Some Sox

Over at All in the Cards, Scott Humphries had a post titled “Jocketty Might Have To Shuffle His Cards” and…

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9/21 coaches show recap

Interesting stuff: Bob: asked about Swogger Doba: Practiced some today. Knee has not swollen, partial tear of the PCL, says…

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9/21 weekly press release

http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/wast/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/weekly-092004.pdf As the picture on the main site reads, “Josh Swogger will lead the Cougs against Arizona in the Pac-10…

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Ninety-Nine Wins on the Board, Take One Down, Pass It Around

The Red Sox currently stand at 89-59, thirty games above .500, at a .601 percentage. The Red Sox have fourteen…

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Weekly picks recap

I went 4-1 this week, missing on the weak-sister UW giving up 400 yards on the ground (WTF!?!?!?). Lawson went…

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Post-Idaho ramblings

First off, the big news – how is Swogger? Well, the news ain’t the worst, but it’s not great either….

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Four of Six

I went out to dinner last night at The Capital Grille in Boston (we sat two tables away from Michael…

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9/17 News-n-notes

WE ARE FAM—-I—–LEEEE!!! I GOT ALL MY BROTHERS-N-ME! Interesting tidbits from the local papers. First, looks like we’re seeing some…

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This week’s press release

Looks like the weekly release is up on the Coug’s website. Check it out, you need Adobe to view it…

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My Family and Friends

Frank Palmieri has a guest column for Fire Brand of the American League today. If you would like to submit…

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More from the coaches show

More from the coaches show: Asked about the lack of early verbal commitments, Coach said they are being more selective…

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Lawson’s response

All I can say is, wow! Man, do I wish I lived in the NW to hear that coaches show……..

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Welcome!

Instead of throwing around e-mails all the time on all things WSU football, I thought it might be easier and…

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Again, 3.5 is Death

It’s an off day, and I prefer not to dwell on our split with the Mariners. I’ve said time and…

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The Top Twelve

With the culimination of the minor leagues around the country, a lot of publications are coming out with the Top…

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3.5 Back Is Death

Bobby ‘Bleepin’ Madritsch! Madritsch pitched eight shutout innings to lead the Mariners over the Sox, 7-1. A couple of columns…

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Forty HRs / Who’s the MVP?

FORTY Manny checks into the Oakland series at 37 HR, with Ortiz at 34. With 27 games to go, it’s…

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Two Opening Days in One Year

I went to today’s game. Maybe I shouldn’t have, perhaps I brought negative mojo to the game, but alas. Not…

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As August Turns to September

In Jerry Crasnick’s new article (Insider, pay to read), he talks about Fast Finishers and Slow Finishers. Who is consistently…

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A Secret July 24th Article Uncovered

Ed. Note: Apparently back in January as we were on the verge of acquiring Alex Rodriguez and Magglio Ordonez, a…

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Which Starter should go to the Bullpen?

The Red Sox were built for the post-season in that they were built around their starting pitching, beginning with Pedro…

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Adversary to Ally

Terry Francona, the Red Sox manager, has been through quite a bit this year. Before we get into what he’s…

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WEEI Radiothon to help the Jimmy Fund

WEEI, a local Boston radio station, is running an all day 18-hour radiothon to collect money for the Jimmy Fund,…

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She’s a maniac, maniac on the floor

The Boston Red Sox have won eight of their last nine; 14 of the last 18. The losses include an…

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Revisiting a Sensitive Topic

Over at the newly formed The Cardiac Kids message-board, there is a current interesting topic going on, about the immortal…

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Effects of

Finally, Fire Brand is back! You may notice a dearth of recent entries. This is because Canaca, our old hosting…

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Arroyo gets no love as Timlin coughs up HR

The Boston Red Sox dropped another one to the White Sox yesterday, by a score of 5-4. It was a…

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San Francisco Giants v. Philadelphia Phillies @ Citizen�s Bank Ballpark

The Philadelphia Phillies were blown out by the San Francisco Giants yesterday by a score of 16-6. Barry Bonds hit…

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Philly, here I come

Jane Conroy, Poor Richard�s Scorecard (fellow MVN writer), visited Fenway earlier this year and had this to say about the…

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