Sports Headlines and Commentary
June 26th, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
Tom Duffy holding some Maple Bats he created.
Oh he didn’t say that, but that is what he meant. He says that a minimum price should be set for Maple bats so that bat makers will use the best ingredients. *ROTLFMAO* OK, Mr Econ; maybe you missed the 70s when wage and price controls sent us into stagflation. Idiot.
March 25th, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
I don’t get it. Why start the Baseball Season in Japan?
I know they love baseball, however is it necessary to play the first game of the season at such an un-Godly hour? I think not. It’s idiotic. It’s our season, and our game.
Yes showcasing the game in Japan is good, as we have several players from Japan. It’s just not necessary to do it in Japan.
March 4th, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
The LA Dodgers are to play the San Diego Padres in China. The Dodgers have two players who are from Taiwan. They seem to not care that China threatens their country.
Dodger trip has been delayed.
Davey Lopes will have surgery for Cancer later in the month.
Mercer is resting comfortably after Biopsy.
March 3rd, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
This pretty sad. Yahoo! Sports seems to be doing everything they can to get Bonds off of his perjury charge.
Some guy named Craig Silverman who is a “Yahoo! Sports Analyst” — meaning he was willing to answer questions about the case, and it appears answer them the way Yahoo! wants them, I could be wrong, of course — has chimed in on the indictment.
He is claiming the government screwed up.
Even though the indictment was clearly flawed and was criticized by Ilston, going back to the drawing board could be a blessing in disguise for the government. Prosecutors routinely amend indictments until they get the charges just right in the eyes of the presiding judge. All of this pre-trial skirmishing is akin to arguing over the ground rules before a ballgame. Once the trial starts, it is time to play ball.
Wait, let me get this straight; it’s normal to amend the indictment? check. So wouldn’t that mean they are all flawed to begin with? check.
Now this same Judge “criticized” the amendment in this case. Wouldn’t that happen in ALL cases? since they have to get it to the liking of the Judge wouldn’t that mean they were criticized for not getting it right? Check!
However this Judge seems to be awfully concerned about her reputation. Could it be it’s a high profile case and she wants a gig on TV?
The judge wanted the public to read the transcript and recognize that she was correct in her criticism
I seem to recall that Judges were not supposed to be worried about things like that. Seems to me she is trying to influence the case.
The so-called Analyst goes on to impune the Prosecutors — he is a FORMER defense attorney, hmm wonder if he is biased — and all but call them incompetent. He also gives an incomplete reading of the “facts”.
These kinds of colloquialisms may be fine in everyday conversation, but precise questioning is a must in a grand jury setting where the only charge that might result is perjury against the witness. There are plenty of other examples of imprecise and inelegant questions in the transcript.
So in other words, the Government was running a sham prosecution. He doesn’t have the guts to say that, however that is what he is implying.
Truly sad that so many are so willing to push their agenda instead of enforce the law.
Tags: barry bonds, baseball, steroids, roger clemens, indictment,
February 14th, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
The news of Roger Clemens and his accusers continues today. It’s clear that many people are not buying what ol’ Rog’ is selling. The House committee does believe Pettitte’s testimony, so much so they saw no reason to have him come before the committee. Some people are not so impressed by Mr. Pettitte .
The most important man that we heard from Wednesday on Capitol Hill, amid all the bluster, the embarrassing fawning over Roger Clemens and the multitude of mind-squishingly moronic questions, happened to be nowhere near Capitol Hill. Yet Andy Pettitte’s presence at baseball’s latest hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform was unmistakable, his words unshakeable.
February 13th, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
WASHINGTON - FEBRUARY 13: New York Yankees fan Natalya Selivk of Arlington, Virginia (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images).
Mr. Clemens said, “I think he [Pettitte] misremembers our conversation.”
February 13th, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
That is make bombastic comments, and then “clarify” them. He should be a politician.
So first he says he juiced and the league — and team and union — knew it.
ATLANTA — John Rocker said Monday that he flunked a drug test ordered by Major League Baseball in 2000 and also said he, Alex Rodriguez and other Texas Rangers were advised by management and union doctors on how to effectively use steroids.
“Bud Selig [baseball's commissioner] knew in . . . 2000 John Rocker was taking the juice,” the ex-pitcher said on Atlanta radio station 680. “Didn’t do anything about it.”
Seems pretty clear to me.
February 8th, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
Interesting happening at the Boston Red Sox organization. Curt Schilling has a shoulder injury and he and the BoSox are quibbling over what to do. No really, they are. Curt even posted about it on his blog: my shoulder by Curt Schilling.
There have been disagreements these past few weeks in an effort to provide me with a solution that would allow me to pitch as much as possible during the 2008 season. At no time did I ever consider taking a course of action against the clubs wishes. In the end, regardless of who agreed with whom, I have chosen the clubs course of action and will vigorously pursue any and every option I can to be able to help this team to another World Series title in 2008.
Sounds like a non-denial denial. So the question still remains: surgery or no?
Writing on his blog, 38pitches.com, Schilling said Thursday night that he has agreed to abide by the club’s request to rely on rest and rehabilitation.
Ah, so rest and rehab. Hmmm. Sounds suspicious to me. If it’s my career and my shoulder; I am doing what is best for me. I seriously doubt the shoulder is in that bad a shape. If it is, then why only rest and rehab?
UPDATE: The Schilling contract is NOT insured. That means the BoSox are on the hook for all $8 million.
Tags: baseball, curt schilling, new york yankees, boston red sox, shoulder injury
January 11th, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
Dodgers SB Jeff Kent told the LA Times that if baseball really wants to stop the abuse of drugs, then everyone should be drug tested. Amen to that. The operative word being “if”.
“Why not have blood tests? If ultimately you want a clean game, then it needs to happen.
“They ought to be testing for drugs in the playoffs, too. They [MLB] never do that.”
Interesting that MLB never tests in the playoffs.
Interesting that Clemens thinks we believe his bs plea about being innocent. Could be that McNamee stayed at a Holiday Inn Express and fooled them all into juicing.
Meanwhile the “parties” — how ironic — are discussing testing policy for MLB.
Days away from a scheduled congressional hearing on steroids, top officials from Major League Baseball and its union quietly opened discussions this week regarding recommendations for a tougher drug-testing policy spelled out in last month’s Mitchell report on steroids use in baseball, according to a source familiar with those talks.
The talks began Tuesday and are ongoing, according to the source, and included MLB President Robert DuPuy and Rob Manfred, baseball’s executive vice president for labor relations, plus Michael Weiner, the union’s general counsel.
Sounds like some CYA. Robert DuPuy is well versed in the ways of the Congress. He has testified previously on Capital Hill. This was over a deal that most fans felt was a “screw you” type of deal.
No doubt the case of Marion Jones is weighing heavily on everyone in sports’ minds. Marion Jones was given 6 months for perjury — for some reason the AP keeps calling it lying — about her drug use and a check kiting scheme.
U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas said he gave her the maximum under her plea deal to send a message to athletes who have abused drugs and overlooked the values of “hard work, dedication, teamwork and sportsmanship.”
Maybe these players need to get a reality check like Jones?
“I ask you to be as merciful as a human being can be,” said Jones, who cried on her husband’s shoulder after she was sentenced.
You should have thought about your kids before you started your disgraceful behavior. The Judge got it right.
“Athletes in society have an elevated status, they entertain, they inspire, and perhaps, most important, they serve as role models,” Karas said.
Now we need to have the Baseball fools take some heat.
Tags: marion jones, steroids, roger clemens, baseball, court, brian mcnamee
January 9th, 2008 — Baseball - Pro
Oh boy. McNamee has alerted Congress to other tapes.
“They should ask for the entire tape of the interview back in December. That’s the tape they should ask for,” Earl Ward, one of McNamee’s lawyers, said Tuesday. “According to Brian, they tried to get him to recant. Brian said, look, what I told the [Mitchell and federal] investigators was the truth.”
It appears that Roger Clemens’ attorney hired two investigators and they interviewed McNamee and taped it. I am guessing that the tape is not flattering to Clemens.
So why is Clemens hiding that tape?
Tags: roger clemens, baseball, brian mcnamee, andy petit, steroids
