Tuesday, June 30, 2009
First and Last
As a reward for notching his 500th career save against the Mets last night, the Yankees gave him the honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in today's game. Needless to say he was also needed to throw the last pitch. Chamberlain sailed through five long innings and left with a 3-3 tie before the bullpen made things interesting and the game wound up in a 5-5 tie by the eighth inning.
Yankees smacked in three more runs and Mariano Rivera entered the ninth and shut down Seattle for his 501st career save.
Red Sox pen gave the Orioles a win by allowing five runs in the seventh and eighth innings for a 11-10 loss.
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Posted by Steve Kenul at 10:42 PM

It's a Phoney! A Big Fat Phoney!
The list that was "leaked" yesterday containing the 103 names linked to the steroid survey was a fake. Of course smarter baseball fans knew that.
First off, the survey found 104 positive users, the list contains 103. Actually 102...Jeremy Burnitz was listed twice.
The list was listed by team order first, then by league. Days before the Mitchell Report was released, a similar list was "leaked", but in alphabetical order by player name.
Thirdly, Jason Grimsley is not on this list as he should be.
And the final bit of proof that his list was a fake, RotoInfo is not a reliable source of anything. Wikipedia is more reliable. You want roto info? Go to RotoWorld.
So for those who were crying because some of your favorite players were outed, stop. The list is not real.
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Labels: 104 names, fake, list, steroids



Posted by Steve Kenul at 6:21 PM

Monday, June 29, 2009
Unconfirmed list of the 2003 steroid survey
The supposed list of the 104 names that tested positive for steroids has been leaked...or so we think. This is NOT confirmed, so until it is, no names should be taken under consideration...except for the few on the Mitchell Report and the Grimsley Affidavit.
1.Nomar Garciaparra
2.Manny Ramirez
3.Johnny Damon
4.Trot Nixon
5.David Ortiz
6.Shea Hillenbrand
7.Derek Lowe
8.Pedro Martinez
9.Brian Roberts
10.Jay Gibbons
11.Melvin Mora
12.Jerry Hairston
13.Jason Giambi
14.Alfonso Soriano
15.Raul Mondesi
16.Aaron Boone
17.Andy Pettitte
18.Jose Contreras
19.Roger Clemens
20.Carlos Delgado
21.Vernon Wells
22.Frank Catalanotto
23.Kenny Rogers
24.Magglio Ordonez
25.Sandy Alomar
26.Bartolo Colon
27.Brent Abernathy
28.Jose Lima
29.Milton Bradley
30.Casey Blake
31.Danys Baez
32.Craig Monroe
33.Dmitri Young
34.Alex Sanchez
35.Eric Chavez
36.Miguel Tejada
37.Eric Byrnes
38.Jose Guillen
39.Keith Foulke
40.Ricardo Rincon
41.Bret Boone
42.Mike Cameron
43.Randy Winn
44.Ryan Franklin
45.Freddy Garcia
46.Rafael Soriano
47.Scott Spiezio
48.Troy Glaus
49.Francisco Rodriguez
50.Ben Weber
51.Alex Rodriguez
52.Juan Gonzalez
53.Rafael Palmeiro
54.Carl Everett
55.Javy Lopez
56.Gary Sheffield
57.Mike Hampton
58.Ivan Rodriguez
59.Derrek Lee
60.Bobby Abreu
61.Terry Adams
62.Fernando Tatis
63.Livan Hernandez
64.Hector Almonte
65.Tony Armas
66.Dan Smith
67.Roberto Alomar
68.Cliff Floyd
69.Roger Cedeno
70.Jeromy Burnitz
71.Moises Alou
72.Sammy Sosa
73.Corey Patterson
74.Carlos Zambrano
75.Mark Prior
76.Kerry Wood
77.Matt Clement
78.Antonio Alfonseca
79.Juan Cruz
80.Aramis Ramirez
81.Craig Wilson
82.Kris Benson
83.Richie Sexson
84.Geoff Jenkins
85.Valerio de los Santos
86.Benito Santiago
87.Rich Aurilia
88.Barry Bonds
89.Andres Galarraga
90.Jason Schmidt
91.Felix Rodriguez
92.Jason Christiansen
93.Matt Herges
94.Paul Lo Duca
95.Shawn Green
96.Oliver Perez
97.Adrian Beltre
98.Eric Gagne
99.Guillermo Mota
100.Luis Gonzalez
101.Todd Helton
102.Ryan Klesko
103.Gary Matthews
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Labels: 104 names, steroids



Posted by Steve Kenul at 9:48 PM

Saturday, June 27, 2009
Nada for Nady
Xavier Nady is out for the rest of the season. Initially place don the 15 day DL back in April...or so it seems, Nady will undergo a second Tommy John surgical procedure.
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Labels: 2009, disabled list, surgery, Tommy John, Tommy John surgery, Xavier Nady, Yankees



Posted by Steve Kenul at 2:59 AM

Thursday, June 25, 2009
A-Rod ties Reggie
Alex Rodriguez just tied Reggie Jackson with 563 career home runs tonight in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves giving the Yankees an early 2-0 lead. His home run was a solo shot to center field off pitcher Derek Lowe.
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Labels: Alex Rodriguez, Atlanta Braves, home run, Reggie Jackson, Yankees



Posted by Steve Kenul at 6:36 PM
