Seasons of Discontent

Check out Bronson Arroyo’s quotes today for the future blueprint for anyone on “The List.” Before 2004, none of us paid any attention to anything we took.  Now they don’t want us to take anything unless it’s approved.  But back then, who knows what was in stuff?  The FDA wasn’t regulating stuff, not unless it [...]

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As has been widely reported, David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were revealed as being on the list of 104 players that tested positive for PED’s during the 2003 season.  You’ll remember this list as the same one that outed both A-Rod and Sammy Sosa at different points earlier this year.  The two most important questions [...]

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Apparently the single greatest promotion in minor league baseball history is starting an MLB future Hall of Famer who is serving a 50-game suspension for steriods. The Albuquerque Isotopes drew the highest crowd for a baseball game — ever — in Albequerque, New Mexico (which probably means the largest ever in New Mexico). It just [...]

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As SoD is my mother’s 12th-favorite regional sports blog I feel it is our obligation – no, ethical duty – to report on the recent New York Times allegations that Sammy Sosa tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003. So here are my thoughts – wow, this is shocking. Here I was ignorantly thinking [...]

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Third base coaches are like umpires or referees.  If you know their name, chances are they screwed up.  But, if you are an avid follower of a certain team or a season ticket holder (particularly one with tickets along the third base line) you probably know your team’s current third base coach.  Maybe even a [...]

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(Editor’s Note: Derived from an exclamation made by a young lady who felt shunned by a gentleman at a party, this weekly column aims to remind you of some of the things you may have missed.) Body by Jake? Belgian bodybuilders at a bodybuilding event reportedly fled the scene upon the arrival of a drug [...]

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(Editor’s Note: Derived from an exclamation made by a young lady who felt shunned by a gentleman at a party, this weekly column aims to remind you of some of the things you may have missed.) Rocket Sauce . . . In his recent soft toss session spin control interview with Mike and Mike (one’s [...]

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Former Red Pete Rose told Dan Patrick in an interview today that he’d back Alex Rodriguez for entry into the MLB Hall of Fame.  Rose, who as everyone knows is ineligible himself for inclusion on a Hall of Fame ballot due to his involvement with gambling while he was manager of the Reds, also went [...]

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Every Friday Saturday we designate this weekend’s honorary drinker. You know, like a parade marshall. Except cooler.  (This week’s designation comes a day late due to my friend’s decision to elope to western New Mexico.) This weekend’s honorary drinker is Mickey Mantle.  In light of revelations about Manny and A-Rod, old seven just keeps looking [...]

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The news that Manny Being Manny includes Drago-esque chemical amplification pushed me to throw something together fast. I’ll admit that I was shocked, which reveals little other than my immense but quickly dissolving naivety. This from a guy whose favorite player growing up was Jose Canseco. The Line of Suspicion

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