Kennedy family
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
NEXT 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBER?
HAS ANYONE TESTED PUJOLS FOR DURGS YET?
Pujols homered for the third straight game Sunday as St. Louis (29-15) completed a three-game sweep at Kansas City with a 10-3 victory. He leads the majors with 22 homers and is on pace for 81 this season -- which would shatter Bonds' single-season record of 73 set in 2001.
Pujols homered for the third straight game Sunday as St. Louis (29-15) completed a three-game sweep at Kansas City with a 10-3 victory. He leads the majors with 22 homers and is on pace for 81 this season -- which would shatter Bonds' single-season record of 73 set in 2001.
Thursday, May 11, 2006
60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBER
When Barry Bonds breaks Hank Aaron's lifetime home run record within the next two seasons, he will be booed. Mercilessly. He'll be booed because he's a cheater, because he's a liar, and because he's an egotistical bastard who treats other human beings like tiny scabs left behind by syringe pricks. (And really, when speaking about Bonds, appearance of the word prick is practically mandatory.)
The only thing larger than Barry's steroid-soaked head is the fallout from the last month's worth of revelations and accusations about performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Even if the public doesn't care (and we don't), and even if Major League Baseball owes its renaissance to the artificially-inflated numbers from artificially-inflated players (and it does), the party's over. Too many politicians are too interested in what is one of those slam-dunk public relations coups for congressmen on the stump. ("Save our children from steroids!" "Eliminate flat tires!" "Unlike my opponent, I will not now, nor will I ever, ban the sale of umbrellas on rainy days, so help me God!")
How will it sound to have BABE RUTH, BARRY BONDS and STEROIDS in the same sentence?
The only thing larger than Barry's steroid-soaked head is the fallout from the last month's worth of revelations and accusations about performance-enhancing drugs in baseball. Even if the public doesn't care (and we don't), and even if Major League Baseball owes its renaissance to the artificially-inflated numbers from artificially-inflated players (and it does), the party's over. Too many politicians are too interested in what is one of those slam-dunk public relations coups for congressmen on the stump. ("Save our children from steroids!" "Eliminate flat tires!" "Unlike my opponent, I will not now, nor will I ever, ban the sale of umbrellas on rainy days, so help me God!")
How will it sound to have BABE RUTH, BARRY BONDS and STEROIDS in the same sentence?
Sunday, February 05, 2006
Mark McGwire - 60 HOMERS CLUB MEMBER
Mark David McGwire (born October 1, 1963 in Pomona, California) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1986 through 2001.
In his prime, he was perhaps the Babe Ruth of the 1990s. Like Ruth, he was a big man, and a prolific home run hitter; he hit the ball out of the park once in every 9.42 at bats, beating out Ruth for the highest home run ratio in major-league history. Like Ruth, he had begun as an outstanding pitcher. And like Ruth, he was a superb low ball hitter who learned to golf the ball for titanic home runs, balls that sometimes cleared the fences with 100 feet (30 m) to spare. Because of this uncanny ability to hit the long ball, teammates called him "Colossus". Other nicknames of his included "Big Mac," "Big Red" and "The Reptile".
Since he retired, McGwire has kept a low profile. His admission that he used the supplement androstenedione has led to speculation that he also took steroids. Although McGwire had repeatedly denied using illegal performance-enhancing drugs, he refused to do so under oath when he appeared before the House Government Reform Committee on March 17, 2005. As McGwire said in his opening statement, "Asking me or any other player to answer questions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve the problem. If a player answers 'No,' he simply will not be believed; if he answers 'Yes,' he risks public scorn and endless government investigations." When asked if he was asserting his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself, McGwire said: "I'm not here to talk about the past. I'm here to be positive about this subject."
Barring any steroid-related action taken against him by Major League Baseball, McGwire becomes eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in the election of January 2007. Some members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), who vote on the recently-retired players, have suggested that they would not vote for him at all, or at least would not vote for him in his first year of eligibility, due to the steroid controversy
In his prime, he was perhaps the Babe Ruth of the 1990s. Like Ruth, he was a big man, and a prolific home run hitter; he hit the ball out of the park once in every 9.42 at bats, beating out Ruth for the highest home run ratio in major-league history. Like Ruth, he had begun as an outstanding pitcher. And like Ruth, he was a superb low ball hitter who learned to golf the ball for titanic home runs, balls that sometimes cleared the fences with 100 feet (30 m) to spare. Because of this uncanny ability to hit the long ball, teammates called him "Colossus". Other nicknames of his included "Big Mac," "Big Red" and "The Reptile".
Since he retired, McGwire has kept a low profile. His admission that he used the supplement androstenedione has led to speculation that he also took steroids. Although McGwire had repeatedly denied using illegal performance-enhancing drugs, he refused to do so under oath when he appeared before the House Government Reform Committee on March 17, 2005. As McGwire said in his opening statement, "Asking me or any other player to answer questions about who took steroids in front of television cameras will not solve the problem. If a player answers 'No,' he simply will not be believed; if he answers 'Yes,' he risks public scorn and endless government investigations." When asked if he was asserting his Fifth Amendment right not to incriminate himself, McGwire said: "I'm not here to talk about the past. I'm here to be positive about this subject."
Barring any steroid-related action taken against him by Major League Baseball, McGwire becomes eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame in the election of January 2007. Some members of the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA), who vote on the recently-retired players, have suggested that they would not vote for him at all, or at least would not vote for him in his first year of eligibility, due to the steroid controversy
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