ESPN is Reporting that The “Rocket” Roger Clemens has been indicted. He is accused of lying to Congress about Steroid use. Details are very limited right now but it looks like Clemens has found himself in a whole lot of trouble.
I love Roger Clemens, I always thought he was the man and it really crushed me to hear that he had taken roids. Clemens was a great pitcher and its tough to think that all his success was due to taking steroids. “Rocket”, You let us All down.
The Atlanta Braves are ready to make the playoff push and try to get back into the World Seris.They made a trade today for First Baseman Derrek Lee, from the Chicago Cubs. This was a big time move as Lee has had a pretty good season and adds more power to the Braves lineup.
In other news, the Tampa Bay DRays swept the Texas Rangers and finished it off today with a 8 to 6 victory. Evan Longoria went 3 for 4 and had 4 RBIs to lead the way for the Rays. The Rays ended up out scoring the Rangers 24 to 11 in there 3 game seris. Texas has a lot to do to make some noise in this years playoffs.
Randy Wolf shut down the St Louis Cards as his Brewers won 3 to 2. Wolf pitched 8.1 innings and gave up 3 hits and 1 earned run. He struck out four in the win. Adam Wainwright pitched well for the Cards but didnt get the win. He pitched 7 innings, giving up 7 hits and gave up all 3 runs. He did strike out 7 batters, but that just wasn’t enough. The Cards have some work to do as well if they are going to make a push towards October.
The Boston Redsox have lost another key player to injury. Center Fielder, Mike Cameron will have season ending surgery to repair a torn abdominal muscle. Just when Boston fans thought it couldn’t get any worse, it does.
This day in baseball got started in a big way. The Boston Redsox were up 5 to 2 on the Toronto Bluejays in the bottom of the 9th, Jose Bautista was leading off and couldn’t lay down a bunt. He just decided to do what hes been doing all year long and thats unload on a ball and he made it 5 to 3. Jonathan Papelbon was brought in to clean up and get the Sox in the win column and lets face it, the guy is usually very solid. Key word here, Usually. Vernon Wells came up and blasted a double, then Adam Lind ripped a single, scoring Wells, and making the game 5 to 4. Aaron Hill then came up and singled and moved the runner over to third. Travis Snyder came up and was K’d by Papelbon. Edwin Encarnacion came up and hammered a double scoring the guy on third, making it 5 to 5, There were now guys on second and third with still, just one out. Lyle Overbay pinched hit and was intentionally walked to try to get Lewis to hit into the double play to end the inning. Daniel Bard came in to take over for Papelbon and to face Fred Lewis. Lewis connected on a pitch and got the sac fly, scoring Hill as the Jays rang up 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th to win the ball game.
Moving on, The Dodgers took on the Phillies tonight and as usual, Phillies Pitcher Joe Blanton, got rung up early. He gave up 4 singles and 2 walks, and 3 runs in just the 1st inning alone. He ended up pitching 5.2 innings, giving up 8 Hits and 4 Earned Runs. The bullpen wasn’t much better as they gave up a combined 7Hits and 5 Earned Runs. LA took a 9 to 2 lead into the 8th inning, Safe right? In the words of Lee Corso, “Not so fast my friends”. The bottom of the 8th saw Ronald Belisario heading to the mound to help finish off the Phils. The first batter he faced was Placido Polanco, who singled. Next up, Mike Sweeney hit a single as well. Jason Werth came up and hammered a single and scored both runners making the game 9 to 4. Werth made it to Second on a balk, Ben Francisco came up and belted a double scoring Werth, making the game 9 to 5. That was the end of the night for Belisario and the Dodgers were ready to try there luck with Kenley Jansen. Jansen came in and got Carlos Ruiz to ground out, but then Wilson Valdez hit a single and scored Francisco,making the game 9 to 6. The Dodgers would get out of the inning up 9 to 6 but the damage was far from over. Jonathan Broxton, aka “Big Boy” came on to finish off the Phils in the bottom of the 9th. He came in and hit Polanco, then walked Sweeney and then Walked Jason Werth. The bases were loaded with no outs, and next up Ben Francisco who hit one to Third base, only problem was Casey Blake let it go right through the wickets, and that scored 2 runs making it 9 to 8. Guys were on first and second with no outs, and Carlos Ruiz made up for his ground out in the 8th, by punching a double in the gap, scoring 2 and the Phils won the game 10 to 9. This was unreal, what a come back by the Phils. They scored 7 unanswered runs and just blew up the Dodger bullpen. You have to ask yourselves, what were they drinking in the Bullpen tonight?
Later on in the night, we had the Twins trying to reclaim the AL Central back from the Chicago Whitesox. Orlando Hudson started it off in the 1st inning blasting a HR and giving the Twins the early 1 to 0 lead. The Chisox came back in the bottom part of the inning as A.J. Pierzynski got a single scoring a run and evening it up at 1. Jim Thome got his former team back in the second by hitting an Sac Fly, RBI and helping the Twins regain the lead, at 2 to 1. After a Balk in the 3rd inning the Twins upped there lead to 3 to 1 and then in the 7th inning, Jason Kubel Unloaded on a pitch and hit a three run shot, making it 6 to 1. That was how it ended, as the Twins pitcher, Francsico Liriano pitched 5.2 innings, giving up 7 hits but only 1 earned run. The bullpen came in and finished up the game for him, pitching 3.1 innings giving up only 2 hits and no runs. The Twins now have 1st place back and I dont think they will lose it the rest of the year.
Last but not least, the New York Yankees were out in Kanas City tonight to take on those tricky, Royals. New York started out with a 3 to 1 lead and then getting it to 4 to 1 heading into the 9th inning. C.C. Sabathia took his complete game into the 9th getting the first out. The next guy up for the Royals, Alex Gordon, singled and then Mike Aviles singled as well. Mitch Maier was next up and he grounded into a fielders choice, which Aviles was out at second. So now there were runners on the corners with 2 outs. David Robertson came on to try to put the finishing touches on Sabathias great game. Maier ended up taking 2nd on a fielders indifference, and then Willie Bloomquist came up and ripped a single, scoring both Gordon and Maier, making the game 4 to 3, with a man on 1st. Wilson Betermit came up and singled as well and the Royals had guys on first and second with 2 outs. But we all know how the Royals are, and just like that Jason Kendall came up and struck out, and the ball game was over, as the Yanks hung on to win 4 to 3. C.C. pitched 8.2 innings, giving up 10 hits and 3 ERs. Derek Jeter was 2 for 5 and Nick Swisher was 3 for 4 in the Yanks win tonight.
What a night in Baseball! It seemed like everyone was comming back tonight and what happened to the pitching? It’s been the year of the pitcher, well not tonight. Baseball is really starting to get good, because we are on the final stretch towards October. Keep it Locked INN!
The New York Yankees took another game from Boston on Sunday night beating the Redsox 7 to 2. Derek Jeter had 2 hits and 3 RBIs as he passed Babe Ruth on the all time Hit list in Yankees history. Mark Teixeira hit a bomb that still hasn’t landed yet and Nick Swisher added 2 hits, and Dustin Moseley threw 6.1 good innings only giving up 6 hits 2 ERs and struck out 5.
This was a great accomplishment for Jeter to overtake Babe Ruth on the Yankees hit list. This was also a huge win for the Bronx Bombers as well, as they have now taken 2 out of 4 from Boston, with the fourth game being later on today. I think it was a blessing that AJ Burnet, the scheduled starter for the Yanks, for Sunday Night Baseball, had tightness in his back. He didn’t have to play giving Moseley the start, who I think is a much better pitcher.
Congrats to Jeter who has always been a class act, and now Boston fans, you need to figure out a way to atleast split this seris.
Yahoosports.com has a link up on there main sports page which talks about America’s best sports fans. Forbes did the study and picked the top 4 teams from each sport that ranked the highest in how they break it down. I think this is an awful way at looking at it and I dont feel like having some billionares trying to tell me who has America’s best sports fans, so I figured I would. Now they have the Boston Redsox at number 1 and ofcourse the Steelers at 2 and the pats, colts, celtics and all of those big money market teams round out the top tier. Ive seen and been around sports fans my whole life and this is how The JMan breaks it down. This is my top 5…….
1.Buffalo Bills: Ofcourse Forbes wouldn’t pick the Bills fans but I do and here is why. This is a team that has lost 4 straight Super Bowls, hav’ent gone to the playoffs in over a decade but yet they still sell out. The fans show up at 730am and have a beer in their hand, and have the Red,White and Blue on ready for the Sunday game. Bills fans aren’t dumb, they know most times when they wake up to that 6am alarm clock that they will more then likely get crushed only a few hours later, but Bills fans still get up, tailgate, bring the noise, and fill the stands and that is why they are my Number 1 for America’s Best Sports Fans.
2.Pittsburgh Steelers: I really cant stand most Steelers fans, because they are cocky, self centered people but they are great fans. They fill the stadium and all the local bars all over Western PA, and bring the noise and ofcourse waive there little terrible towels. They always sell out even when tickets cost a ton, these people pay it, and support there team. They have fans all over the country and everyone who watches football has heard of the Steel-Curtain Defense. They earned the right to be in the Number 2 slot of America’s Best Sports Fans.
3.New York Yankees: You have to list the Yankees in the top 3 ahead of Boston because before 2004 no one even talked about the Redsox. It has always been about the Yankees and there fans are some of the best in the world. They are known all over the world, just like the Steelers, and they have won Championships just like the Steelers. Baseball is a long season but Yankee fans are always watching and always supporting there club and that makes them my Number 3 America’s Best Sports Fans.
4.Detroit Redwings:NHL isn’t the most popular sport in the States but they dont call this place “hockey town” for nothing. Motown is known for having tradition and it all starts with hockey. The fans for the Wings are very passionate about there sports team and always sell out games. They have a rich traditon that they live off of and they helped turn a Canadian Sport into an American Sport as well.The Redwings clearly deserve to be voted the Number 4 America’s Best Sports Fans
5.LA Lakers:Laker fans have a strong tradition as well and have won many championships. They’ve always had a good surrounding of big public figures and just average Joes, or Jose’s. LA fans are better then Celtic fans as well and the big reason why is where was the Celtic fans during the 90s, I never saw them, just like the pats and the RedSox. The Laker fans are true fans and they deserve to be the Number 5 America’s Best Sports Fans.
I have no Respect for the Boston teams and the Colts have awful fans as well. A few notables could be the Oakland Raider fans, if only they didn’t try to kill everyone who walked into there stadium,Montreal Canadians if they weren’t French, the Pittsburgh Penguins but they play in a biodome,Edmonton Oilers but they traded the Great one and last but not least the Dallas Cowboys.
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