Posted by ccv
on May 22, 2012
in Business and Sports, ESPN, fanaticism, MLB
Jose Canseco’s former neighbor, Alexander Lowrey, testifies Roger Clemens was at infamous 1998 barbecue and posed for pictureThe judge presiding over Roger Clemens’ perjury trial gave prosecutors a big victory on Monday when he ruled that Brian McNamee, the government’s chief witness, could tell jurors that he gave human growth hormone to Andy Pettitte, Mike Stanton and Chuck Knoblauch.
But the biggest name that emerged in court didn’t belong to an ex- or current Yankee, but to a one-time neighbor of Jose Canseco’s.
Alexander Lowrey, a former college baseball player, testified that he met and posed for photos with the pitcher at the now-infamous 1998 barbecue at the slugger’s South Florida home.
Read more: nydailynews.com
Posted by ccv
on May 17, 2012
in Business and Sports, ESPN, fanaticism, MLB, Moneyball
2013 All-Star Game marks latest turning point as Mets move on from Madoff scandal
NEW YORK — It had been months since Fred Wilpon last was with his longtime friend Bud Selig. The previous occasion was for thesettlement that finally detached the Mets’ from the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme. It was perhaps, in retrospect, a turning point for a Mets franchise mired in the epic scandal.
Joined by his son, Jeff, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Mr. Met, the Mets owner and Major League Baseball’s commissioner were together again today at City Hall in Lower Manhattan to mark another celebratory occasion for the Mets. Selig officially announced that Citi Field will host the 2013 All-Star Game.
read more: nj.com
Posted by ccv
on May 16, 2012
in baseball, Business and Sports, MLB
Stephen Strasburg had issue with Hot Stuff ointment in rocky outing
After Stephen Strasburg allowed four runs in four laborious inningsagainst the Padres this afternoon, Nationals Manager Davey Johnson volunteered an unusual postgame revelation. Johnson said Strasburg had applied the analgesic ointment Hot Stuff to loosen up his body, and somehow it had covered an area that would affect the pitcher’s performance.
Read more: washingtonpost.com
Posted by ccv
on May 15, 2012
in Barry Bonds, Business and Sports, ESPN, MLB
Roger Clemens’ ex-trainer Brian McNamee describes injecting steroids into Cy Young winner at perjury triaIt was a booty call Brian McNamee will never forget.
In the summer of 1998, McNamee was the strength and conditioning coach for the Toronto Blue Jays, working with the team’s star pitcher, Roger Clemens. One day, McNamee says, Clemens approached him for help administering an intramuscular injection in his buttocks. The substance was Winstrol V, a powerful anabolic steroid.
Read more: nydailynews.com
Posted by ccv
on May 14, 2012
in Chicago Cubs, MLB, Moneyball, National League
Mend but don’t break the magic of Wrigley Field
And I say ‘‘we’’ because it is likely to be the Chicago taxpayers and fans of the Cubs who shoulder a fair portion of the cost of keeping the historic place from crumbling into rubble or becoming just a dingy dump from another century.
Wrigley is that oddest thing: It is, at the same time, a gem from antiquity that stuns visitors with its quaint brilliance and a patched-together wreck whose charm is also its greatest flaw.
read more: suntimes.com
Posted by ccv
on May 10, 2012
in Business and Sports, fanaticism, Josh Hamilton, MLB
Josh Hamilton deserves the dough
Josh Hamilton is the best jock kingdom story ever around here.
All things considered, Josh Hamilton is also the most complex story ever around here, which is also why he’s the best story ever.
We watched one-game history this week. Four home runs, 18 total bases on a 5-for-5 evening in Baltimore. Meanwhile, we have also been watching Hamilton’s early start to maybe seasonal history. So what do the Rangers do next?
Sign Josh right now to the Albert or Prince crazy money? Or let it ride into free agency next November when the money could really get insane?
Nice guy, Josh Hamilton. But we know about the personal demons. We know they do surface. We know about the injury history. How wise is it to mix crazy money with those demons and that kind of injury history?
Posted by ccv
on May 9, 2012
in Business and Sports, MLB, Moneyball
Beyond Belief is the title of Josh Hamilton’s book. It was written in 2008. He just keeps adding new chapters.
The Ranger slugger, who seemingly never does anything in life halfway, etched his name alongside 15 others for the absolute coolest single-game record in sports. Really is there anything better than the four home run game?
For pitchers, the perfect game actually happens slightly more often. Football has 250-yard rushing games or 500-yard passing days, but there’s not a distinct number that defines those great players the way a four-homer game identifies a hitter. In basketball, there is Wilt Chamberlain’s 100-point game, likely never to be duplicated. The rest are just guys with a bunch of points.
“I’ve always wanted to get three in a game,” Hamilton said in a postgame TV interview. “I’d never done that. To get four is a blessing from above.”
Read more: rangersblog.dallasnews.com
Posted by ccv
on May 7, 2012
in Bo Bounds, Business and Sports, MLB, Out of Bounds on ESPN 105.9 The Zone
Cole Hamels suspended five games
PHILADELPHIA – Cole Hamels earned a five-game suspension for the way he welcomed Bryce Harper to the big leagues.
The 2008 World Series MVP was suspended for intentionally throwing at the Washington rookie in thePhiladelphia Phillies‘ 9-3 win over the Nationals on Sunday night.
Major League Baseball announced the penalty Monday. Hamels also was fined.
Hamels wasn’t available to reporters before the Phillies opened a three-game series against the New York Mets. But he already admitted that he deliberately threw at Harper.
Read more: espn.com
Posted by ccv
on April 25, 2012
in Business and Sports, Coaching, MLB, NASCAR, NBA, NFL, NFL draft, NFLPA
America’s Most Influential Athletes
From the year of the Nascar driver to the year of the quarterback.
Last year three drivers from the Nascar circuit made our list of America’s Most Influential Athletes, led by perennial Sprint Cup Series champ Jimmie Johnson. Nascar hasn’t exactly faded. Johnson, whose talent and guy-next-door demeanor endears him to fans, as well as to marketing chiefs of brands like Chevrolet, Quaker State and Lowe’s, repeats as America’s most influential athlete, based on public opinion polling. But fellow drivers Dale Earnhardt, Jr. (down from No. 3 to No. 7) and Jeff Gordon (off the list this year) didn’t keep up, making way for newcomers like Jeremy Lin and Manny Pacquiao, and for the rise of several pro quarterbacks.
Read more: forbes.com
Posted by ccv
on April 23, 2012
in baseball, Beautiful women, fanaticism, MLB
Kate Upton, Mark Buehrle welcome Philip Humber to Perfect Club
Humber also got a text from his former teammate and fellow Perfect Club member Mark Buehrle.
Buehrle said he texted “Welcome to the club!” to Humber after Humber finished the perfect game.
“When we got back to the room, I turned it on after the sixth inning and followed it on the computer. Then they broke in on Fox for that ninth inning and I got to see the end of it,’ Buehrle told reporters, including Joe Capozzi of the Palm Beach Post. “I was sitting in my bed nervous, just the anticipation of not knowing what was going to happen, just waiting to see if he’s going to get it. My palms were sweating. I felt like I was more nervous laying in bed yesterday than I was on the mound during mine.”
Read more: CBSSports.com
