My Response on Beltran and Wright
Last night I was called to task when, on Twitter, I said that Carlos Beltran was not as good as his hype and endorsed the opinion that David Wright is not a superstar. The challenge came in the following form: Let’s take these issues one at a time. When the Mets signed Beltran he was […]
McGwire’s Admission Changes Nothing
Mark McGwire’s admission to steroid use yesterday did nothing but confirm the feelings I’ve had toward him for several years now. I always liked McGwire as a player despite the widely held beliefs that he was juicing. I was rooting for him in 1998 when he broke Roger Maris’ single season home run record. My […]
MLBTR: Mets Good Fit for Bonds
MLB Trade Rumors discusses the possibility of the Mets signing Barry Bonds even though Omar Minaya has publicly been in vehement no panic mode.
Mitchell Report Is Out
The Mitchell report was released a little earlier this afternoon. Several names familiar to Mets fans were included. One of those names is Todd Hundley. While with the Mets in 1996, a break out 41 homer year for the former catcher, Hundley bought steroids from Kirk Radomski on at least 3 occasions. Hundley was a […]
Bonds Indicted
One announcement turned the baseball world on end yesterday. That announcement came from a grand jury. The grand jury indicted Barry Bonds on perjury and obstruction of justice. The indictment comes as the result of a long investigation into the matter and does not include a charge of using an illegal substance. The indictments are […]
Barry Bonds, a Baseball and the Hall of Fame
Barry Bonds has finally spoken about the Hall of Fame and the ball that was home run no. 756. The ball was bought by designer Marc Ecko who set up a website for people to vote on what he should do with it. The choice that won the vote was for the ball to be […]
ARod to Frisco? Toledo?
The AP is reporting that San Francisco Giants general manager Brian Sabean plans to “kick the tires” as far as signing Alex Rodriguez goes but that a signing would be a ‘reach’. The timing of ARod coming to San Fran would certainly be good. As the Barry Bonds era ends in the Bay area the […]
Last Week’s Missed Events
Looks like I took the wrong week to miss posting to the blog. Last Sunday, August 5, Tom Glavine won the 300th game of his career. Glavine allowed 6 hist and 2 earned runs in 6.1 innings en route to an 8-3 Mets victory. Two days later Barry Bonds hit his 756th career home run […]
As The Bonds Turns
Barry Bonds is at it again. The latest episode of “Bonds Behaving Badly” revolves around interviews Bob Costas aired with Curt Schilling and the creator of “The Clear”, chemist Patrick Arnold, for “Costas Now”. In the interviews Arnold says that BALCO founder Victor Conte told him that Bonds was using “The Clear”. Schilling says in […]
It’s OK to Hate Bonds, Just Hate Him for the Right Reasons
In this morning’s New York Post Mike Vaccaro discusses the hypocrisy about to be experienced at Shea when fans cheer for Guillermo Mota, returning from a 50 game steroids suspension, and boo for Barry Bonds, who has never failed a steroids test. This is a point that I’ve talked about a lot. As much as […]
