Have you ever watched a sports event where something great happens and it doesn't count? Instant replay can't be in full force in baseball fast enough. It's sad when these things are lost in sports history because of rules or blown calls.
Yet we should remember, they did in fact happen! Check out this amazing play by Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder and infielder.
The right fielder almost catches the ball, it falls to what appears to be the ground but his foot kicks it before it reaches the ground. Then... well you just have to watch and see...
Showing posts with label baseball scandal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label baseball scandal. Show all posts
Manny Ramirez Caught In Baseball Scandal
Breaking News in the baseball world - Major League Baseball star Manny Ramirez will be suspended for 50 games because he has tested positive for steroids. The Los Angeles Dodgers star said he did not take steroids and was prescribed medication by a doctor that contained a banned substance.
"Recently, I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was OK to give me,'' Ramirez said in a statement issued by the players' union.
Hmm, that's what they all say! The suspension will cost Ramirez $7.7 million, or roughly 31% of his $25-million salary. Other baseball players that have found themselves in the same sticky (and stupid!) predicament? Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Alex Rodriguez and Jose Canseco have been implicated in the use of performance-enhancing drugs. What are your thoughts? Has the game of baseball lost players with actual raw talent and love of the game?
The trouble with hookers
Everyone has it wrong. Everyone is condemning Elliot Spitzer, guv of New York, for being a hypocrite, a liar and an infidel. They say that everything he stood for has been violated by this single wanton act. (Actually, the only people that are saying it is his political opposition—everyone else is just listening).
They’ve got the wrong problem. His political career is in the tank but he will get over it. First of all, everyone in politics has been with a hooker, or is one, or both. So there is no real moral issue—at least no public one.
The real problem is that he paid $4300 for a few hours with a hooker. Jeez!. Forty three hundred dollars? That will screw up the economy even further. The rate of inflation will soar and hookers all over America have just got a huge raise. Let me speak in economic terms—when you get right down to it, a hooker is a commodity. The market sets the rates and the product, within normal bounds is about the same. Ok, there should be a diff between a streetwalker and a high priced call girl—but $4300?
The economic implications are enormous—Bernake will stop lowering interest rates and the Dow will plummet and everyone who needs a hooker for relaxation will no longer be able to afford one. Pretty soon, people will stop paying for hookers and there will be fewer on the market, creating an imbalance between supply and demand. Prices will soar as the market dries up. Pretty soon, no one will be on the streets and no one will be answering the phones.
That’s not all, the Guv really screwed up his personal situation—his wife will probably get over it—he will be in the Hole for a long while. But will his kids be the same? They will have to relearn the value of the dollar.
He cannot turn them down when they ask for an allowance of, say, $600 a week, or $350 for the movies and a burger afterwards. He will never be able to turn down any request as being too expensive or frivolous. He really screwed himself and the economy.
I wish that it hadn’t happened—that it’s all a bad dream, a mistake, that he paid only $43 for the hooker. Most of all, right now, I wish that I were one of the Guv’s kids.
by Glebe, a guy who knows
Author of: Points the relationship guide for people who don’t like relationship guides
They’ve got the wrong problem. His political career is in the tank but he will get over it. First of all, everyone in politics has been with a hooker, or is one, or both. So there is no real moral issue—at least no public one.
The real problem is that he paid $4300 for a few hours with a hooker. Jeez!. Forty three hundred dollars? That will screw up the economy even further. The rate of inflation will soar and hookers all over America have just got a huge raise. Let me speak in economic terms—when you get right down to it, a hooker is a commodity. The market sets the rates and the product, within normal bounds is about the same. Ok, there should be a diff between a streetwalker and a high priced call girl—but $4300?
The economic implications are enormous—Bernake will stop lowering interest rates and the Dow will plummet and everyone who needs a hooker for relaxation will no longer be able to afford one. Pretty soon, people will stop paying for hookers and there will be fewer on the market, creating an imbalance between supply and demand. Prices will soar as the market dries up. Pretty soon, no one will be on the streets and no one will be answering the phones.
That’s not all, the Guv really screwed up his personal situation—his wife will probably get over it—he will be in the Hole for a long while. But will his kids be the same? They will have to relearn the value of the dollar.
He cannot turn them down when they ask for an allowance of, say, $600 a week, or $350 for the movies and a burger afterwards. He will never be able to turn down any request as being too expensive or frivolous. He really screwed himself and the economy.
I wish that it hadn’t happened—that it’s all a bad dream, a mistake, that he paid only $43 for the hooker. Most of all, right now, I wish that I were one of the Guv’s kids.
by Glebe, a guy who knows
Author of: Points the relationship guide for people who don’t like relationship guides
Roger Clemens testifies before Congress
Roger Clemens, The Seven Time Cy Young award winner, truly had to play hard ball today when he insisted to congress (for a second time) that he did not use performance enhancing drugs
"I appreciate the opportunity to tell this committee and the public - under oath - what I have been saying all along: I never used steroids, human growth hormone, or any other type of illegal drugs," Clemens stated in press release prior to the hearing
In the past, Clemens’ statements were never brought under fire, but today the Congressional committee had lost of question to ask the baseball legend
"You understand that you're under oath"" Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) asked Clemens at one point in the hearing
"That's correct," Clemens stated in a powerful, asserting voice
Most of the questioning that went on stemmed from teammate Andy Petite’s testimony that the pitcher had spoke with him about using HGH in approximately 1999 or 2000
"I think he misremembers our conversation," said Clemens about his ‘supposed’ talk with Petite. When answering questions, he never once paused or recoiled, always keeping composure in front of the judging eye of the congressional committee. Clemens denied over and over again that he used the performance enhancing drugs or injected steroids given to him by friend and trainer Brian McNamee
"I am saying that Brian McNamee's statements about me are wrong," Clemens said. "Once again, I never took steroids or human growth hormone."
McNamee outright denied everything that Clemens said, later stating that he thought the number of times he injected Clemens was higher than he had earlier estimated.
"Make no mistake," McNamee testified. "When I told (investigators) that I injected Roger Clemens with performance enhancing drugs, I told the truth."
Clemens arrived at 9:52 a.m., looking emotionless impassive as he walked past a line of people waiting to enter the courtroom where he was testifying.
Sitting emotionless he listened as Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) stated that the sports superstar’s denials about steroid and HGH use were "untrue" and "implausible," with the testimony from McNamee and Pettitte. Clemens listened with a gloomy face as senator gave his disappointing opening statements
McNamee, Clemens’s former trainer and the key witness in the case, arrived to the courtroom minutes before Clemens had. Once McNamee was in the courtroom, he gave the damaging that Clemens had been dreading, stating that he had injected the player “16 to 21” times.
A crowd of people showed up and waited outside of the heated courtroom to see the two go head to head. Although they sat within close proximity, they both stared straight ahead never once looking at each other.
The two were once inseparable, but from the courtroom tension today and the testimony given by McNamee, it looks like their future as good friends is as likely as Roger Clemens winning this case.
"I appreciate the opportunity to tell this committee and the public - under oath - what I have been saying all along: I never used steroids, human growth hormone, or any other type of illegal drugs," Clemens stated in press release prior to the hearing
In the past, Clemens’ statements were never brought under fire, but today the Congressional committee had lost of question to ask the baseball legend
"You understand that you're under oath"" Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) asked Clemens at one point in the hearing
"That's correct," Clemens stated in a powerful, asserting voice
Most of the questioning that went on stemmed from teammate Andy Petite’s testimony that the pitcher had spoke with him about using HGH in approximately 1999 or 2000
"I think he misremembers our conversation," said Clemens about his ‘supposed’ talk with Petite. When answering questions, he never once paused or recoiled, always keeping composure in front of the judging eye of the congressional committee. Clemens denied over and over again that he used the performance enhancing drugs or injected steroids given to him by friend and trainer Brian McNamee
"I am saying that Brian McNamee's statements about me are wrong," Clemens said. "Once again, I never took steroids or human growth hormone."
McNamee outright denied everything that Clemens said, later stating that he thought the number of times he injected Clemens was higher than he had earlier estimated.
"Make no mistake," McNamee testified. "When I told (investigators) that I injected Roger Clemens with performance enhancing drugs, I told the truth."
Clemens arrived at 9:52 a.m., looking emotionless impassive as he walked past a line of people waiting to enter the courtroom where he was testifying.
Sitting emotionless he listened as Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) stated that the sports superstar’s denials about steroid and HGH use were "untrue" and "implausible," with the testimony from McNamee and Pettitte. Clemens listened with a gloomy face as senator gave his disappointing opening statements
McNamee, Clemens’s former trainer and the key witness in the case, arrived to the courtroom minutes before Clemens had. Once McNamee was in the courtroom, he gave the damaging that Clemens had been dreading, stating that he had injected the player “16 to 21” times.
A crowd of people showed up and waited outside of the heated courtroom to see the two go head to head. Although they sat within close proximity, they both stared straight ahead never once looking at each other.
The two were once inseparable, but from the courtroom tension today and the testimony given by McNamee, it looks like their future as good friends is as likely as Roger Clemens winning this case.
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