Jose Bautista hit two home runs Monday night against the Yankees. That gives him an incredible 40 home runs for the season. Before this season, the most he hit in a season was in 2006 when he hit 16. SIXTEEN!
So, in the era of Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire and Roger Clemens, Jose Bautista must [...]
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Jose Bautista — Hit 40 and Defend Yourself
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on August 24th, 2010
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Steroids Make A-Rod Fastest to 600
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on August 4th, 2010
Performance-enhancing drugs. The steroid-era. Alex Rodriguez.
A-Rod hit #600 today. Big deal. I received a CNN Breaking News text on my Blackberry today Alex Rodriguez had reached the milestone Back in the day, hitting 600 home runs meant something. Then, power hitters started bulking up. Mark McGwire. Sammy Sosa. Alex Rodriguez.
Does todayhome run mean anything? It’s hard to [...]
Major League Baseball Suffers All-Time Low
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on July 15th, 2010
The year of the pitcher may be putting America to sleep. The MLB had their lowest ratings ever for an All-Star game Tuesday night, while having the lowest number of actual viewers since 1972.
Perhaps it’s because the game looked like a soccer match for most of the night. Let’s face it, the casual [...]
Baseball’s Year of the Pitcher
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on June 26th, 2010
Yeah, I get it. After witnessing a no-hitter in person, I get that pitchers are dominating baseball. Heck, I watched every out of three no-hitters against the Tampa Bay Rays. In the past year.
To be honest, I’m tired of it. Last night, the game was 1-0. The Rays left EIGHT stranded in a no-hit game. [...]
Can’t Mark McGwire Just Go Away?
Posted by Michael Emdeyar on January 8th, 2010
First, he loaded up on steroids and bashed tons of home runs.
Then, he went in front of a congressional committee and made a fool of himself. The Washington Post described him as “once the game’s most celebrated slugger but now the face of the steroid scandal, reduced to a shrunken, lonely, evasive figure whose testimony brought [...]
