With the considerable amount of names in baseball that have taken substances, can we even believe the candor of the contest anymore? Homerun hitters such as Mark McGwire and Barry Bonds to high momentum pitchers such as Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte have been incriminated with steroid or HGH use. Most currently Dodger slugger Manny Ramirez was rejected for fifty games due to use of a banned material. Ramirez, like many other athletic athletes, professed that he used the substances through a... Read Full Story
Hard to come away from this story http://www.contracostatimes.com/sports/ci_11905785 with anything other than the impression that the A's are sticking a big foam middle finger at the city of Oakland at this point in the Gimme-a-Ballpark Game. But upon closer inspection, the situation isn't really as bad as it looks because the "effort" by Oakland to keeps the A's in town isn't anything to get excited about. It's just a bunch of hot air out of the mayor's office. I have to admit that I was... Read Full Story
(From Wordpress Version - Original Posted June 17, 2008 ) This post may not make sense unless you’ve read the first post in this two part series. I’ll give you a few minutes to go read that one if you haven’t done so already…Go ahead, I’ll wait… Finished, already? Great! Moving on… As a father, if you’re worth worth the rock they’ll carve your name into one day, you want your children to have more than you did when you were a kid. No matter what your childhood was like, rich or poor, loving... Read Full Story
(From Wordpress Version - Original Posted June 16, 2008 ) I’m sorry, but TNB is officially a long winded blog. Guys and Gals, I can’t seem to figure out how to write short posts. I swear I’ll do my best to get better at it. I’ve decided to do this as a two part post so the best part will come later today: Anyways, here goes: I’m beginning to realize that most of my Father/Son posts will attempt to start with the following statement: “Tonight is a night that I will never forget.” My wife... Read Full Story
The historic rivalry between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox will apparantly never die. Construction workers on the in-progress Yankee stadium removed a Red Sox jersey buried beneath the concrete in a service corridor. After learning that a construction worker, named Gino Castignoli, buried the jersey to curse the Yankees, workers spent five hours on Saturday drilling in search of the uniform. The jersey was finally found under two feet of concrete. The jersey, still mostly entact... Read Full Story
Lou Montanez #3 of the Baltimore Orioles hits an RBI single in the fourteenth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Camden Yards August 25, 2008 in Baltimore, Maryland. In a continuation of a game from April 28, 2008, the Orioles won 4-3. (Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images North America) OK, so it's not really unbreakable, but it's guaranteed not to shatter, at least for a year. New Jersey inventor and MIT graduate Ward Dill says he has invented a bat that won't shatter and will provide an... Read Full Story
(From Wordpress Version - Original Posted June 24, 2008 ) This morning’s post will be short and sweet. I want to congratulate my wife on her 26th birthday. Happy Birthday, Baby!! June 24th and Baseball 1997 - Mark McGwire hits a 538 foot HR 1997 - Randy Johnson strikes out 19 Oakland A’s but loses 1994 - Jeff Bagwell of Astros is 28th to hit 2 home runs in an inning 1992 - Commissioner Fay Vincent permanently bans Steve Howe from baseball 1989 - Vince Coleman steals record 39th and 40th... Read Full Story
Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
He played his entire 18-year major-league professional career for the New York Yankees, winning 3 American League MVP titles and playing for 16 All-Star teams. Mantle played on 12 pennant winners and 7 World Championship clubs. He still holds the records for most World Series home runs (18), RBIs (40), runs (42), walks (43), extra-base... Read Full Story
Alex Rodriguez is really sorry about that whole steroids thing. He was just young and stupid, trying to live up to lofty expectations. Happens to the best of us, right? If you haven't had a chance, surf over to ESPN to see A-Rod's soul-baring interview with Peter Gammons: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847 At some point ESPN should have flashed "OSCAR CLIP" under A-Rod's face as he got all choked up admitting to steroid use. I have to admit that Rodriguez didn't have many... Read Full Story
Twenty-two innings is a long game, just ask any player on the Colorado Rockies or San Diego Padres. The two teams battled through the longest game in nearly 15 years Thursday night and into Friday morning. The Rockies finally claimed the win as short stop Troy Tulowitzki's two-out RBI double, brought center fielder Willy Taveras home, bringing the 6 hour and 16 minute game to an end. The game, which begain at 7:05 p.m, didn't end until 1:21 a.m., and not many fans were left in San Diego's... Read Full Story
