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 and all. If there is ever a chance for a good, old-school Yankees-Red Sox bench clearing brawl...Sunday night is the perfect set-up.
Let’s look at Sunday match-up:
NYY: AJ ...
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 A-Rod used steroids. The Daily News even reminded everyone with a tasteless back cover.
At some level they are right. A-Rod admittedly took steroids for years. My biggest problem with this ...
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 to accumulate that many home runs. That's a smaller percentage of players than have recorded 3,000 hits, won triple crowns, or pitched perfect games.
It's an incredible accomplishment that is definitely a big deal. Whether ...
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 not. Unless you've been in a Hard to Kill -style coma—and if that's the case, let me be the first to warn you that you're in a terrible amount ...
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 said, "We're very happy about it." Her husband added, "Everything is straightened out. I'm going to try to get ...
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 landed in Monument Park, so no fans were able to catch the ball, and potentially sell it for at least $100,000.
During A-Rod’s 600th home run chase, SeatGeek and Hit Tracker had predicted ...
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 made constant adjustments to his swing throughout his career.
If A-Rod’s chase for 600 didn’t do anything for you just sit back and wait for Derek ...
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 you more energy throughout the season.
So, are the home runs tainted? Yes, some of them are.
The saddest part about all of this is that Alex never needed to ...
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 on Boston, as the importance of winning in the Bronx is pretty much a make or break situation.
The Yankees can’t afford to lose ...
After A.J. Burnett signed a five year 82.5 million dollar contract, the Yankees expected front of the rotation performance from the former strikeout king and at times, Burnett has been just that; A consistent, above average strike-thrower.
But often he has been erratic and inconsistent. It could be merely inning to inning—and that has been his biggest problem, his susceptibility to the big inning.
Since his May 9th start, Allan James has an ERA of 6.33. He has walked 41 in 85.1 innings and struck-out only 68. His fastball velocity for ...