The A’s moved a little bit closer to filling out their 2008 coaching staff with yesterday’s hire the new bench coach Don Wakamatsu. The coach comes from the Rangers taking the place of Bob Schaefer that was let go after 1 season.
Don Wakamatsu, is 44 years old and he is a
Add comment October 24th, 2007
Ed Goren president of Fox Sports wants MLB to rethink the World Series. The main thing he was wondering is an 8-game series, or even better, a best of fifteen. Of course, he was not serious about that, but baseball is a hot property right now, and Fox Sports cannot get enough of it. Ed Goren noted that the irony, is that Fox Sports asked baseball for a midweek start to the fall classic in order to maximize advertising and media coverage.
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MLB is going to investigate allegations that the Indians pitcher Paul Byrd purchased and used using human growth hormone, the one that the league bans for muscle-building properties.
It was reported that Paul Byrd purchased almost $25,000 worth of human growth hormone in the period between August 2002 and January 2005, which was before this drug was officially banned.
It was stated by Fox Sports that Paul Byrd didn’t dispute the claims. In an interview he admitted taking human-growth hormone, which will be described in his upcoming book, entitled “The Free Byrd Project.” Byrd stated that he no longer uses the drug, according to Fox Sports.
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Finally, we have a postseason MLB series that are worth watching. The Red Sox do not have to wait until next year to show some great results, because the team has a minimum of 9 more innings that are left to play this season. This weekend before
Boosting his reputation as an October “money-man” Beckett outpitched C.C. Sabathia for his 3rd consecutive superlative outing. Therefore, the Red Sox were able to postpone the inevitable hand wringing and Francona 2nd-guessing festival with a 7-1 win before 45 thousand dispirited
In case the baseball series gets to a 7th game, Beckett said he would be ready to pitch in relief after another amazing effort in Game 5.
The matchups seem to favor the Indians, with nineteen-game winner Carmona taking on Schilling in Game Six on Saturday and Westbrook opposing Matsuzaka in a possible 7th game the following day.
Any benefits
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The Diamondbacks were the first club that clinched their opening round series, however it does not mean the team is taking its next playoff opponents easily. Fresh off 3 match sweeps of the Cubs and
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The New York Yankees clinched their 13th consecutive playoff appearance on Wednesday. What was once considered a disastrous season, has turned into one of the most incredible runs in baseball history, prompting teary eyed manager Joe Torre to say, “There were a lot of guys who played through some injuries, played through some fatigue. And, of course, Alex — we sort of rallied around him.” Alex, as in A-Rod, as in Alex Rodriguez, as in one of the greatest baseball players of all time. No player this year has answered his critics in a better way and the Yankees are in the playoffs because of it. With the Yankees going into the playoffs on fire, Yankees tickets will be a hot ticket.
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The New York Mets are really picking up the pace in September. They have won 5 straight games are going to work to complete a back to back sweep. Lo Duca hit 7 RBI’s with two three run homers in the game against the Reds. The Mets won 11-7 in what is catcher Paul Lo Duca’s greates game ever. Carlos Delgado and Shawn Green each had 3 hits and of course who can forget Beltran’s 2 run homer. The Mets are going to do great in the post season and Mets tickets should be hard to come by, but I always get my tickets from Vivid Seats.
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In 2005, John Schiltz of Sun Prairie served in Kuwait with the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 1158th Transportation Company. Now, he plays left field for the Blazers of the Men’s Senior Baseball League of Southern Wisconsin. That is why he knows the importance of the donated baseballs, bats, shoes, gloves, and helmets that were piled on Sunday, June 3rd in the back of a pickup truck at Bowman Field. All the donated stuff will be sent to
American troops in Iraq. John Schiltz stated that something like this was going to really mean a lot to all the guys over there so that they know they were not taken for granted. Matthew Varney, League commissioner, said that local donations were part of a national effort that started with an e-mail message from county deputy in Minnesota Ken Wickelgren. He is spending a year in Iraq with a private contractor to train police officers.
He plays for a men’s senior team in southeastern Minnesota. In fact, the league does not have any specific goal. There’s only a hope to collect whatever they can get to send in Iraq. The league has also received cash donations. The money will be spent on baseballs. Equipment will be collected throughout the summer and anyone can donate by visiting the Leagues website at www.msblofsouthernwisconsin.homestead.com. It is not for the first time
that the League will be donating equipment to help American troops serving in Iraq.
Add comment August 16th, 2007
In early May, baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda was charged by law enforcement officials with possessing marijuana and other drugs. 69-year old Cepeda now works as a community representative for the San Francisco Giants. He speaks to children about the dangers of drugs. Cepeda was stopped while driving 83 mph on a highway with a speed limit of 65 mph. When the police officer made contact with Orlando Cepeda,
she smelled the odor of marijuana coming from his car. She decided to do a search of the vehicle and found marijuana. The officer also some other controlled substance, methamphetamine or cocaine. The police also found a syringe. The former baseball star was held in a local jail for some time. However, he was not suspected of driving while under the influence of drugs. Orlando’s lawyer stated that his client was innocent and that he does not use drugs and that the marijuana was for medicinal use by his family member suffering from diabetes. Court hearing concerning this case was put on hold Tuesday, May 22. Prosecutors will be seeking for more information about his traffic stop as well as the substances that were found in the vehicle he was driving. It was stated that prosecutors were waiting for laboratory results to identify the powder that was found in the car. The CHP (California Highway Patrol) test identified the white powder as cocaine. A more conclusive laboratory test will be completed in two weeks. In its report to prosecutors, the CHP recommended that Orlando Cepeda be charged with a felony count of possessing a controlled substance and the
speeding violation. Moreover, they also recommended 2 misdemeanor charges, for possession of a syringe and possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana. Now we are waiting for the court decision.
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If you usually follow baseball new that you probably remember the story of Jason Giambi taking an amphetamines test within the last year. This year the sportsmen took the test again and failed it. Newspapers reported that with the failed amphetamines test, the player has been subjected to 6 additional tests during this year. However, the player declined all comment to the newspaper. The Yankees slugger has recently stated in an interview to USA Today saying that he was probably tested more than anyone else. Lawyers for MLB would also like to talk to Giambi about his comments made last Friday. He said he was wrong for “doing that stuff”. The remarks of the New York Yankees hitter many interpreted as an admission of the use of steroids. Management lawyers insist on holding the meeting
as soon as possible. The failed amphetamines test would not be probably discussed at a meeting to keep a first positive test secret. Hall of Famer Frank Robinson reacted to Giambi’s comments saying that we all, including ownership, players, and everybody should have stood up a long time ago. We should have apologized back then as well and made sure that we had a rule in place and gone forward. So Giambi should speak for himself. If Giambi wanted to confess his past mistakes, then he should have come out and said that he was guilty. He should apologize to baseball and to all
the fans that supported him and baseball over the years. He should promise that he will clean up his act and promise he will not do anything like this in future. But he shouldn’t drag others into the affair, because when he says baseball, logically, that includes everyone in baseball.
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