It was announced today two hours before the Baltimore Orioles’ game against Anaheim that manager Lee Mazzilli had been fired for the huge slump the team is in. Bench coach Sam Perlozzo has been promoted to interim manager for the remainder of the season.
It’s BS, that’s what it is. I don’t blame him for the team’s demise — you win together as a team, you lose together as a team.
“Juiced: Wild times, rampant `roids, smash hits, and how baseball got big,” the title of Jose Canseco’s book. In the book, he talks about helping players such as Mark McGwire, Juan Gonzalez, Ivan Rodriguez, and Rafael Palmeiro.
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Peyton Manning is a great quarterback, arguably the best in the game today. He has led a Colts offense that scored the most points in 2004 and the second most points in 2003. In overall team offense the Colts have been ranked second and third in the past two years. By contrast, the Colts defense has finished 19th and 20th in points allowed, and in overall team defense in 2004 they were 29th out of 32 NFL teams.
With the Oakland A’s on something of a minor run right now, they have put themselves in perfect position to campaign for a new stadium. New owner Lewis Wolff has committed himself to making sure the A’s get a new home, as anyone would having just visited the Oakland Coliseum for the first time. As a 17-year veteran of A’s games myself, and someone who wants only the best stadium for Oakland fans, I’ve compiled a list of issues that need to be addressed with the new ballpark. So without further ado….
Following one of the most boring trading deadlines of all time, here’s the MLB power rankings for week 17.
Rafael Palmeiro, the Baltimore Orioles’ first baseman and occasional designated hitter, has been suspended 10 days for his first offense of the league’s substance abuse policy.
Everyone has probably heard about this already and every sports writer in America has voiced their opinion whether it’s been in their newspaper, on the radio, or on some sports show. Well, I’m going to add my two cents in there since the Orioles are my favorite MLB team.
The largest trade in NBA history, eh?
Yesterday’s transaction that netted the Celtics two second round picks, Curtis Borchardt, Quyntel Woods, the rights to Albert Miralles, cash considerations and, all together, a $5.5 million trade exception doesn’t really fit my description of a “blockbuster,” given that the best players involved were, in no particular order, Antoine Walker, Jason Williams and Eddie Jones. However, it certainly was big, at least in terms of the number of bodies (and future bodies) being moved around. At last count it was up to 13 players and five teams. I would list them all here but I’m afraid I would run out of ink (rim shot!).
They had won 20 of their last 23 games. They had taken a 6 game lead in the NL East. They had an All-star team. Nothing was going to stop them.
Until that fateful day, on which Commissioner Bud Selig announced the strike that was to end the 1994 Major League Baseball season. Suddenly, the attitude around baseball changed. The players were greedy, the owners were stubborn. The fans were devastated, and baseball took a big hit from it.
The University of Tennessee have been picked by many to win the SEC this year. “Auburn’s lost too many good players,” says weary sportswriter after weary sportswriter, “Tennessee have got some incredible quarterbacking arms” others say. “Their wide receiving corps is the best they’ve ever had”, says another, whilst caressing his Peyton Manning photograph in a slightly more loving way then grown men really should do.
Well, UT have some problems. Here’s what we think….
Bud Selig. Most baseball fans shake their head in disgust or recoil at the sound of this man’s name. Granted, he has made some changes for the game of baseball that should not have happened. But, he also has done some great things for the sport.
Selig has made changes that turned out both good and bad, that were loved and hated. But all his decisions have been criticized around baseball for years. This is where I tell you how the job of Commissioner of Major League Baseball should be done. The changes that I think should be made and the things that I think should stay the same.