A Rubber Door

Everyone wants to talk about Rollins’ being benched yesterday and while I’ll get to that, I think everyone is ignoring the other more concerning issues with this team.  Here’s what I’d discuss:

Charlie Manuel should be benched - In the 8th inning yesterday, the Phils had the bases loaded and two outs with Jason Werth facing [...]

Stories like this are awesome…or something.  Upper Deck decided to release a set of baseball cards modeled after the current presidential candidates.  Each candidate was aligned with an actual baseball moment (e.g. Mitt Romney as Carlton Fisk trying to wave a home run fair in the 1975 World Series).  Problem is there are no women [...]

I thought something was off with the Roger Clemens interview on 60 Minutes. Thank god the real tape has been released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJhu74yBPlQ

As you may have heard, the Mitchell report was released today and it’s a mixed bag.  The list of names is based on talking to a couple of people.  There was no cooperation by 99% of baseball players, so what we have is an incomplete list, based on hearsay, with no positive tests.  I feel [...]

Kristen loves Steven A. Smith, so here he is. Anyway, he kind of sums up how I feel.

Charles Barkley may actually be closer to my thinking

I think that baseball in general deserves an asterisk.
After 4 years, plenty of speculation, and the realization by everyone that performance enhancing sports are prevalent in all sports, the poster boy for all that is wrong in baseball was indicted by a federal grand jury.  While he hasn’t been found guilty, it sure doesn’t look [...]

Judging by the deafening silence any of my sports related posts get, I’m going to assume that most of my readers don’t watch SportsCenter (although the following is getting play beyond the normal sports channels). Anyway, if you haven’t seen - trust me it’s worth the watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGZUKHtW7vg
The argument is long been part of the game, [...]

Amazing candor from the NY Yankees’ Jason Giambi on steroids, and an admission on his part that he took them. If Barry Bonds would be this direct it would help his image somewhat.