Saturday, February 07, 2009
Jose Canseco Was Right...
...again! Alex Rodriguez reportedly tested positive for steroids in 2003.
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Labels: Alex Rodriguez, steroids
Monday, July 07, 2008
Weekend Wrap-Up
After battling the flu for a couple of days, I'm going to have to do a little hit-and-run compendium today of stuff that occurred over the weekend:
1) Sen. Jesse Helms departs this mortal coil. Yes, he was a powerful, principled, conservative senator. He was also a hardcore segregationist early in his life and did little to achieve racial "enlightenment" over the years. Contrary to my friend, John Miller's view, the "particular vision" of civil rights that Helms opposed included interracial marriage. Of course with his death now, if Barack Obama becomes president, Helms can actually roll over in his grave.
2) Without a doubt, the greatest tennis match I've ever seen, eclipsing the 1980 Borg-McEnroe classic. Nadal running down shots he had no business getting to; Federer seemingly knocked out early, only to keep coming back; Nadal doing a mini-choke during the fourth set tiebreaker. On and on, back and forth. Absolutely stunning tennis.
3) A well-played Serena-Venus match on Saturday; it was good to see Venus win again. Even better, this wasn't one of those tentative mistake-prone matches that often occur between the sisters.
4) The New York Yankees would have been much better off not resigning A-Rod. He is a walking soap-opera, of which this divorce/Madonna/Kabballah mess is a perfect example. Derek Jeter has had more than a few attractive celebrity girlfriends in the dozen years he's played in New York. He's dated -- among others -- Vanessa Minillo, Mariah Carey and Jordana Brewster. But, proving that there is a difference between a ladies man and a cad, when Jeter is mentioned in the tabloids (including the Post's "Page Six"), it's never done in a way that is embarrassing to the Yankees. The married A-Rod, on the other hand, has been with the team four years and he's been caught hitting Toronto strip clubs with "busty blondes" -- and now apparently, his flagrant infidelity has caused his wife to walk out on him. This tawdry divorce will play out for months to come.
Just what the Bombers need.
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1) Sen. Jesse Helms departs this mortal coil. Yes, he was a powerful, principled, conservative senator. He was also a hardcore segregationist early in his life and did little to achieve racial "enlightenment" over the years. Contrary to my friend, John Miller's view, the "particular vision" of civil rights that Helms opposed included interracial marriage. Of course with his death now, if Barack Obama becomes president, Helms can actually roll over in his grave.
2) Without a doubt, the greatest tennis match I've ever seen, eclipsing the 1980 Borg-McEnroe classic. Nadal running down shots he had no business getting to; Federer seemingly knocked out early, only to keep coming back; Nadal doing a mini-choke during the fourth set tiebreaker. On and on, back and forth. Absolutely stunning tennis.
3) A well-played Serena-Venus match on Saturday; it was good to see Venus win again. Even better, this wasn't one of those tentative mistake-prone matches that often occur between the sisters.
4) The New York Yankees would have been much better off not resigning A-Rod. He is a walking soap-opera, of which this divorce/Madonna/Kabballah mess is a perfect example. Derek Jeter has had more than a few attractive celebrity girlfriends in the dozen years he's played in New York. He's dated -- among others -- Vanessa Minillo, Mariah Carey and Jordana Brewster. But, proving that there is a difference between a ladies man and a cad, when Jeter is mentioned in the tabloids (including the Post's "Page Six"), it's never done in a way that is embarrassing to the Yankees. The married A-Rod, on the other hand, has been with the team four years and he's been caught hitting Toronto strip clubs with "busty blondes" -- and now apparently, his flagrant infidelity has caused his wife to walk out on him. This tawdry divorce will play out for months to come.
Just what the Bombers need.
Labels: Alex Rodriguez, Jesse Helms, Venus Williams, Wimbledon
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Rodriguez Opts Out Of Contract...
If by "Rodriguez", one understands it to mean "Cynthia" and by "contract", one means marriage "until death do us part":
Smartest move by C-Rod was the timing: Don't dump the guy last year as he was dragging some blonde floozy around the leagues. Instead, suffer in silence (though you may give the world an un-subtle hint how you really feel); then, wait until he signs humungous $300 million contract during the off-season. Oh, and have a second child too.
Then, in the middle of a media frenzy sparked by his alleged horizontal vogueing with a certain middle-aged pop star (who has a history with New York sports stars), you drop the big bomb: You're leaving him -- and fly off to Paris for some R&R from "just a friend," Lenny Kravitz (wh0 had a fling some years back with the same aforementioned middle-aged pop star)!
Such audacity! It's almost like, um, announcing in the middle of a World Series game that you're opting out of your Yankee baseball contract!
Revenge, as they say, is a dish best served cold.
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Smartest move by C-Rod was the timing: Don't dump the guy last year as he was dragging some blonde floozy around the leagues. Instead, suffer in silence (though you may give the world an un-subtle hint how you really feel); then, wait until he signs humungous $300 million contract during the off-season. Oh, and have a second child too.
Then, in the middle of a media frenzy sparked by his alleged horizontal vogueing with a certain middle-aged pop star (who has a history with New York sports stars), you drop the big bomb: You're leaving him -- and fly off to Paris for some R&R from "just a friend," Lenny Kravitz (wh0 had a fling some years back with the same aforementioned middle-aged pop star)!
Such audacity! It's almost like, um, announcing in the middle of a World Series game that you're opting out of your Yankee baseball contract!
Revenge, as they say, is a dish best served cold.
Labels: Alex Rodriguez
Friday, November 16, 2007
Triple Play
All about baseball -- even though the World Series ended two weeks ago!
1) Bonds In The Dock. As Filip Bondy points out, "It's always the cover-up that gets them." Ironically, Bonds would have made it to the Hall of Fame before his plunge into Steroid World in 2000. Now, it is far likelier that he will be, like Pete Rose, be walking in baseball limbo -- when he's not in jail.
2) A-Rod returns. Whether this cause for curses or celebration in the Bronx won't be known for many years. It's also interesting to note that despite all the recriminations against A-Rod for opting out of his previous contract, the numbers that are bandying about -- especially talk of a bonus if he breaks the all-time home run mark (with or without steroids is un-'clear') -- are pretty close to the 10-year/$300 million goal that Rodirguez and his agent Scott Boras were throwing around at the beginning of the season.
3) After everything that has bedeviled Eliot Spitzer in recent days, weeks and months, is it really smart to be seen going after Derek Jeter for tax evasion? Yeah, yeah, the state might be right on the law, but it still seems politically dumb.
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1) Bonds In The Dock. As Filip Bondy points out, "It's always the cover-up that gets them." Ironically, Bonds would have made it to the Hall of Fame before his plunge into Steroid World in 2000. Now, it is far likelier that he will be, like Pete Rose, be walking in baseball limbo -- when he's not in jail.
2) A-Rod returns. Whether this cause for curses or celebration in the Bronx won't be known for many years. It's also interesting to note that despite all the recriminations against A-Rod for opting out of his previous contract, the numbers that are bandying about -- especially talk of a bonus if he breaks the all-time home run mark (with or without steroids is un-'clear') -- are pretty close to the 10-year/$300 million goal that Rodirguez and his agent Scott Boras were throwing around at the beginning of the season.
3) After everything that has bedeviled Eliot Spitzer in recent days, weeks and months, is it really smart to be seen going after Derek Jeter for tax evasion? Yeah, yeah, the state might be right on the law, but it still seems politically dumb.
Labels: Alex Rodriguez, Barry Bonds, Eliot Spitzer, steroids
Monday, October 29, 2007
Yanks For The Memories
Any fleeting sense of triumphalism I might that my Mattingly post appears to have had the desired result, is gone with the crushing realization that the New York Yankees may be in for some several frustrating years. The team's most successful manager of the last half-century is gone; the hated Red Sox have won their second World Series in four years (with a great mix of young talent and -- and their best player has decided to opt out of his contract.
Knowing A-Rod, he'll probably try to sign with the Sox. Of course, given that each team he's joined has arguably gotten worse, that may be a preferred development for the Yankees.
Still, with the Boss in ailing health, his sons seemingly behind the Torre putsch and the leadership of the team becoming a Hydra-headed monster, the beginning of the 21st century is looking a lot like the start of the 20th: Boston ascendant and New York struggling to find an identity.
UPDATE: The Yankees officially make an offer to Joe Girardi. The "curse" seems to have been avoided.
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Knowing A-Rod, he'll probably try to sign with the Sox. Of course, given that each team he's joined has arguably gotten worse, that may be a preferred development for the Yankees.
Still, with the Boss in ailing health, his sons seemingly behind the Torre putsch and the leadership of the team becoming a Hydra-headed monster, the beginning of the 21st century is looking a lot like the start of the 20th: Boston ascendant and New York struggling to find an identity.
UPDATE: The Yankees officially make an offer to Joe Girardi. The "curse" seems to have been avoided.
Labels: Alex Rodriguez, baseball, New York Yankees
