Ban against MLB still is going strong!

Forgive me father for MLB has sinned, It has been seven months since my last posting.

As of the start of the season, I have placed myself on a year long ban on MLB. This ban consists of not watching, listening, and attending any MLB sponsor event.  I refuse to finance MLB in any way possible. I know my small dollar will not have any effect on the big business of MLB, but I have a moral obligation to say no to the inconsistencies of MLB. What sucks about this ban is that it means I will not be visiting Yankees Stadium in its final year. I would love to go back for one last game, but I won’t. I would love to go to the new Nationals stadium in DC (where I live), but I will miss out on the inagural year as well. I guess I will have to settle with visiting the Yankees new stadium next year – that is if I ever return to MLB at all.

I am glad that the Yankees suck this year. It would be hard to watch the World Series with them in it. In the mean time – Go DC United!

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Jail time for the Artful Roger?

Roger Clemens certainly has a lot to be concerned about these days. Congress is now pursuing perjury charges against the Artful Roger. Congress feels that Clemens has perjured himself when he testified in front of congress. These allegations are backed by the testimony of ex-teammates Chuck Knoblauch and Andy Pettite as well as Brian Mcnamee. Whether the infinite wisdom of our Congress can prove beyond the ” he said – he said” testimonies we know somebody is going down. (Especially since our tax dollars was wasted, I mean spent, on this process.) And in the public opinion, you are guilty until proved innocent. So much for the Justice system. Sorry Roger, the target on your back is larger than anyone else. I always thought he looked good in stripes.

A pound of Flesh.

Baseball fans listen up! How much longer are we going to put up with the crap that Bud Selig and the Players Association has been trying to sell us? Now that they (MLB) have their pound of HGH flesh, life should go on like usual. Really!? Well what about “other” players who used HGH and did not get caught? What was the purpose of the Mitchell Report if ALL the abusers are not held accountable? And Bud Selig, when will you take the responsibility and be accountable for your ignorance on the topic of steroids and HGH? You are just as guilty as all the players who used HGH that was mentioned (and not mentioned) in your report and should pay the price as well.

Mr. Selig, I am asking for your resignation.

Congrats goes to Boston!

Congratulations goes out to all Red Sox players and Fans around. I wished Colorado would have shown up for one game. Well actually they did, but it was for one game only. The Red Soxs played with such intensity (as well as they should have) they would have won anyway – because they were the best team in the series. But Soxs should have given up one game to the Rockies so they could celebrate at home.

Congrats to the Champs!

 

And an era comes to an end.

Mid summer many people have joked about the ending of Joe Torre’s career as the Yankee manager would come to an end. When the Yanks clinched the wild card the jokes died down a little. Just a little. After our loss the the Cleveland Indians the jokes resurfaced as a statement from Steinbrenner himself. “If you don’t win you’re out!” Who would have thunked it?

If I was a team owner who was looking for a manager to end their 14 YEAR loosing streak and was given a crystal ball to see 12 years into the future who would I pick?

Joe Torre took the Yanks to the playoffs in 12 straight years, half of those 12 he won the American league pennant, and one third of those 12 he won the World Series.

Joe man, you suck!

Nobody ever said George Steinbreener was smart, lucky but not smart. He offered Joe a minor league contract with incentives. Incentives? I doubt the winningest manager in the Yankees history needs incentives. Steinbrenner think so.

Do you think the Yanks could trade Steinbrenner for a owner yet to be announced? Personally I’m thinking about Peter Angelos. (I forgot, I was thinking about still winning! I recind my offer.)

So long Joe, you will be missed.

It is the end of a season for some…

And a continuation for others. As of last Monday, the Yanks packed it up after getting beat by a better team. And because of that loss Joe Torre might be released. That will be Steinbrenners decision alone. We can pick our teams, but we can’t pick our teams owners – just ask any Baltimore fan.

We are out now and I had a couple of days to cry in my beer and am ready for a good match up. The two best pitchers (C.C. Sabathia and Josh Beckett) in the league are now going to match up. Both teams deserve to be there. I actually picked Cleveland to go to the series before Memorial day, but I am rooting for the Boston. (I have to go with my division: AL east.) Go Soxs!

Oh Yeah, there is no crying in baseball!

Can this be?

After trailing Boston by 14 1/2 games a couple of months ago we are now a game and a half behind the green monster. What is happening to the Boston Red Sox?

The key to the current down slide are the injuries. And every team has problems when it come to the health of their players. Some players are really injured and some players are… mental. I mean some players take their problems into their heads mentally and cannot perform properly. Case in point – Manny Ramirez. ESPN cited that in the past two years Manny has only played 19 games in September. NINETEEN in TWO years! But you see, in Manny’s defense he’s injured. Really?

News reporter – “Hey doc, what’s the injury report on Manny Ramirez”.

Boston’s team doctor – “Well see, he has a sort of a twinge.”

News reporter – “Is this a re-occurring twinge”

Boston’s team doctor – “Apparently.”

And apparently the twinge is also being felt on the backside of Boston as well. Regardless how well Manny and the Sox’s are not  playing, they will make to the playoffs, that’s for sure. Whether they will win the pennant is really up to them.

Surviving Boston…

Baseball heaven for me is when the Yankees play the Boston Red Sox. It does not matter to me which stadium they play (and I have been to both) it will always be a good game. And it doesn’t matter who wins or who loses – Ok, who am I kidding, it is always better when the Yanks win. But if we lose, Oh well, there is always tomorrow, unless it’s the 7th game of the playoffs and Big Popi comes to the plate and smacks a homerun to the right upper deck to end our season. Personally, that is my favorite game to date, even though we lost. It was a great game. It was better than the home runs hit by Bucky F’n Dent and Arron F’n Boone.

Well this series wasn’t as dramatic, but it had it’s moments especially when Joba Chamberlin’s name comes up. (See previous post.) Pettite held up well, Wang got pelted, and Roger got smacked around, but was saved by our bull pen.

We took 2 out of three games which is good. That just puts us closer to Boston in the race for the pennant, but surpassing them is just wishful thinking. If we can take the wild card I will be happy. We just need to get in. Before we get to that point we have to play Baltimore twice, and they can play the spoiler. Baltimore is an enigma like Tampa Bay; generally they s*ck until they play either us or Boston, then they play their “A” game. Too bad they can’t do it everyday.

The action this week…

This week is where the wild card race will be defined; who will the Yankees have to battle for the wild card. (OK, Yankee fans you are going to have to admit it, the wild card is our only shot to the playoffs. There is no way we are going to catch the best team in baseball: the Boston Redsox.) The battle this weekend will be with Detroit and Seattle; the two teams who has the same pursuits (like all teams) for post season play, and they are playing each other. Despite who wins between the two, we have to maintain the lead by beating KC, and KC will not be a cake walk. They are an enigma like Tampa; they play tough teams tough, but they blow it with average teams.

Let see if we can sweep the Royals again. Go Yanks!

Those damn Devil Rays…

I wish the Yankees could figure out those damned Devil Rays.  (They just took us 2 out of three games.) If we could, we could take the pennant. But we can’t. The sorriest team in our division has our number. Personnaly, I think they are an enigma; they can’t beat other teams but they nail us good EVERY time! When I look at our schedule, I don’t worry about Boston, Cleveland, or Anahiem. I worry about Tampa and Baltimore. These are the two teams that will bring us down. Damn those Devil Rays!
Also, Congrats goes to Clay Buckholz of the Boston Red Sox for pitching a no hitter Against the Orioles on Saturday.