Archive for August, 2010
PED Era and Home Run Market Crash Hurts Alex »
Celebrity gossip reporter, Perez Hilton, posted on his website that Alex Rodriguez broke a home run world record on Wednesday afternoon. (Sorry, I thought Perez Hilton breaking the A-Rod story is funnier and more entertaining then Peter Gammons doing so.) Now, I am not breaking any news—neither is Hilton—but Alex Rodriguez, 35, smashed [...]
Yankees-Red Sox, Burnett Vs. Beckett, Sunday Bloody »
Sunday night, the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox pitching match-up of AJ Burnett and Josh Beckett is by far the most exciting. The Yankees will have their hands full here on Sunday night pending which AJ Burnett is on the mound against a healthy Josh Beckett. Both pitchers have a lot of passion and will fight till the end if need be, bloody [...]
Why Alex Rodriguez Shouldn’t Be Scapegoated for »
For just about two weeks I read an article every day about how people didn’t care about Alex Rodriguez's quest for 600 home runs because he was a cheater (except, of course, the newspapers cared enough to remind me every day). Now that he’s hit No. 600, at least half of everything I’ve read says that it means nothing because [...]
Alex Rodriguez: Is 600 Home Runs A Big Deal? »
Is 600 a big deal? That was the question posed by ESPN's morning edition of SportsCenter the day following Alex Rodriguez's historic home run. Performance enhancing drugs or not, 600 home runs by one individual player most certainly is a big deal. Of the thousands of players to play the game, Alex Rodriguez is only the seventh player [...]
Making Sense of Alex Rodriguez and No. 600 »
Alex Rodriguez hit a home run yesterday. You may have heard about it. He's now done this 600 times since entering the Major Leagues. Only six other players have hit that many home runs, which makes it a nearly unparalleled individual achievement in a 141-year-old game defined by individual achievement. This should be a really big deal, but it's [...]
Joe DiMaggio in the News: The Real Story »
On Jan. 13, 1943, Joe DiMaggio announced that he was going to enlist in one of the branches of the United States armed forces to help defend freedom. Smiling happily, DiMaggio and his wife, the former Dorothy Arnold, who had been a radio and nightclub singer, told the press that they had settled their marital differences. Mrs. DiMaggio [...]
Alex Rodriguez: Fans Wasted $1.2 Million To Not »
In case you were buried under a rock for the past few weeks, Alex Rodriguez had been one home run away from becoming the seventh player in MLB history to hit 600 career home runs for what felt like forever. It had been 46 at-bats, and twelve games, but A-Rod finally hit 600, on August 4th versus the Blue Jays. His home run [...]
Yankees Notes for the Day: Alex Rodriguez and More »
Alex Rodriguez finally hit no. 600 and Phil Hughes finally pitched another impressive game as the Yankees beat the Blue Jays 5-1 yesterday. Here are some notes: After the game the Tampa Bay Rays lost 2-1 to the Twins. They are now tied with the Yankees for 1st place. How has A-Rod reached 600 home runs? It wasn’t just The Juice, he has [...]
Alex Rodriguez: Justice for A-Rod and His Baseball »
It is no secret that Alex Rodriguez admitted to using performance enhancing drugs while with the Texas Rangers. After he was outed by Sports Illustrated's Selena Roberts, he confessed. I am one of the few people that believe that steroids do not help you center a baseball and hit home runs, but what it does do is help your recovery time and give [...]
Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees: Pitching Will »
With #600 now in the past, the New York Yankees are ready to take on their rivals, the Boston Red Sox. Boston has been hit hard with the unfortunate injury bug. Making the six and a half games the Red Sox need to catch the first place Yankees, who are tied with the Tampa Bay Rays, not completely out of reach. This puts a lot of pressure [...]