Spike83 wrote:But yea, Ichiro is cool. I always try and sign on MLB MVP but the Mariners always say "no dice!".
He is getting on a bit now, thats why his stats have fallen.
Fallen?
He was number two in AL batting average and led the league in hits yet again... :crazy:
Mitchell Report names Clemens[/list:u]
By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer
December 13, 2007
AP - Dec 13, 10:36 am EST
NEW YORK (AP) -- Judgment day arrived for baseball's steroids era, with the Mitchell report set to be released and posted on the Internet for all to see.
The first name to emerge Thursday was seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens.
ESPN.com reported that Brian McNamee, a former trainer for the Yankees and Clemens, said information he gave Mitchell on supplying the pitcher with steroids is in the report. The Web site, citing an unidentified source close to the trainer, said McNamee told investigators he supplied Clemens with steroids.
Randy Hendricks, Clemens' agent, did not immediately return a message seeking comment.
So they posted this whole report... what happens now to the named players?
St. Louis Cardinals fan here -- I'm not surprised about Rick Ankiel. After going nuts as a pitcher and then being able to come back from the minors as an outfielder, we all thought he was just a lucky/talented guy :nut:
By RONALD BLUM, AP Baseball Writer
Tue Jan 8, 6:08 PM ET
NEW YORK - Goose Gossage became only the fifth relief pitcher elected to the Hall of Fame, earning baseball's highest honor Tuesday in his ninth try on the ballot.
Known for his overpowering fastball, fiery temperament and bushy mustache, the Goose received 466 of 543 votes (85.8 percent) from 10-year members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
"It was very emotional I'll tell you, off the charts. I can't describe the feeling," Gossage said after learning the news. "I can't lie. There's been some frustration and some disappointment."
Jim Rice was passed over yet again in his next-to-last year on the ballot, getting 392 votes (72.2 percent), up from 346 (63.5 percent) last year but 16 short of the 75 percent needed.
"Today's results are obviously a disappointment," Rice said in a statement. "I believe my accomplishments speak for themselves, and a majority of the voters seem to agree. It is tough to come this close, but I remain hopeful for the 2009 results."
Mark McGwire, a casualty of the Steroids Era in some writers' minds, received just 128 votes \ the exact total he had last year. His percentage increased slightly to 23.6 percent, up from 23.5 percent last year when he was on the ballot for the first time.
"I don't think this steroid thing is over by any means. I'm sure that most of you guys, the writers, don't really know how to approach this," Gossage during a BBWAA conference call.
Gossage, who fell short by 21 votes last year, joins Hoyt Wilhelm (1985), Rollie Fingers (1992), Dennis Eckersley (2004) and Bruce Sutter (2006) in Cooperstown's bullpen.
Gossage was sitting in a recliner in his living room overlooking the Rocky Mountains in Colorado Springs, Colo., when he received the call. He turned to reporters in the room and said, "Oh my God, I've been elected."
"A shock wave went through my body like an anvil just fell on my head," Gossage said. "I think having to wait makes it that much more special."
His mother died in 2006, Gossage said with tears welling up in his eyes, and he had hoped she would live long enough to see him inducted.
Gossage was a nine-time All-Star who pitched for nine major league teams from 1972-94 and had 310 saves \ 52 of them when he got seven outs or more.
Former Brooklyn Dodgers star Johnny Podres dies
January 14, 2008
GLENS FALLS, N.Y. (AP) -- Johnny Podres, who pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to their only World Series title in 1955, died Sunday at the age of 75.
A spokesman for Glens Falls Hospital confirmed Podres' death but said he didn't know any details.
The left-hander was picked for four All-Star games and was the first Most Valuable Player in World Series history. He became a hero to every baseball fan in Brooklyn when the Dodgers ended decades of frustration by beating the Yankees to win the World Series.
It was the first time a team had won a best-of-seven World Series after losing the first two games, and it was Brooklyn's only World Series victory. The Dodgers moved to Los Angeles after the 1957 season.
The Dodgers lost the first two games of at Yankee Stadium, then the Dodgers won the third 8-3 at Ebbets Field. Podres, going the distance on his 23rd birthday, scattered seven hits.
In the climactic seventh game, at Yankee Stadium, Podres shut out New York 2-0 on eight hits, relying on his fastball and a deceptive changeup.
As the story goes, Podres told his teammates to get him just one run and the Dodgers would win Game 7. They got him two, and the franchise celebrated its first and only championship while playing in Brooklyn.
Years later, Podres was uncertain he made such a brash statement.
"I don't know if I said it or not. That's what they said I said," a grinning Podres recalled in 2005. "Probably young and dumb -- something like that would haunt you your whole life. ... You put on a big league uniform, you've got to think you're pretty good."
Tommy Byrne, the losing pitcher in that game, died Dec. 20.
Podres' career spanned 15 years with the Dodgers in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres. He retired in 1969 at age 36 with a lifetime record of 148-116.
Podres also served as a pitching coach when he was older, helping develop Frank Viola when he was with the Minnesota Twins and Curt Schilling when he was on the Philadelphia Phillies staff.
bmwracer wrote:
The Cards have always gotten the best of the Dodgers, that's why.
Ironically, Joe Torre, formerly a star player for the Cards, is now the Dodgers' coach... :beaten:
Really? I never noticed :sweat:
Wow, I didn't know Joe Torre is now coach of the Dodgers. He was also a Cardinals coach for a little while also. Oh well... we haven't been able to match our winning pace since that recent winning series year so maybe the Dodgers are due :victory:
Wow, I didn't know Joe Torre is now coach of the Dodgers.
Honto??
You must not follow baseball that closely.... :sweat:
He was also a Cardinals coach for a little while also. Oh well... we haven't been able to match our winning pace since that recent winning series year so maybe the Dodgers are due :victory:
I hope you're right... It's been exactly 20 years since they last one a World Series... :sweat:
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