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Barry Bonds Home Run Cheat Machine
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I just found an interesting article here that discusses how Barry may have had unfair advantages for his home run records. Now, you may be thinking that the article talks about steroid abuse and the like, but it consider something much more interesting: Barry’s “arm brace.”
The articles considers that the arm brace probably improves his […]
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Free baseball tickets for rectal exam
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Want free baseball tickets? All you had to do last night was show up at Miller Park, home to the Milwaukee Brewers, and let a doctor check your prostate. After the “free and confidential” rectal exam, you would have scored two free tickets to a future Brewers game.
Seems like a pretty strange way to promote […]
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Orlando Cepeda busted for drugs
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials have charged baseball Hall of Famer Orlando Cepeda with possessing marijuana and other drugs, a California Highway Patrol official said on Wednesday. Cepeda, 69, who now works as a community representative for the San Francisco Giants speaking to children about the dangers of drugs, was stopped on Tuesday […]
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Colorado Rockies Go Green
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Just like the San Francisco Giants before them, the Colorado Rockies are getting the itch to go green. The team is installing a set of solar panels on their stadium in order to reduce the energy consumption of Coors Stadium. It’s great that MLB teams are taking a healthier stance on the environment and making […]
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San Francisco Giants to Install Solar Panels
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According to the Giants team website, the Giants intend to install 590 solar panels in at&t park to make the stadium more energy efficient. Here’s some info taken from the Giants’ website,
“We will showcase solar power in one of the most visible locations on the waterfront. In turn, we hope to send a message to […]
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MLB to drug test off-field employees
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The MLB intends to randomly screen all employees for drugs. That includes the players but also all the off-field employees as well. Maury Brown of the Web site the Biz of Baseball reports that commissioner Bud Selig issued a memo Feb. 21 titled “Major League Baseball’s Drug Policy and Prevention Program,” which outlines drug-testing procedures […]
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MLB makes rule changes for first time since 1996
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NEW YORK (AP) — A major league position player who scuffs or defaces a baseball would be ejected and receive an automatic 10-game suspension under changes approved Friday by the sport’s playing rules committee.
Previously, the penalty was to call the pitch a ball and warn the player. For pitchers, umpires have the discretion to issue […]
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Ken Griffey’s Kid Breaks Hand
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The center fielder form the Cincinnati Reds said he was wrestling with two sons and daughter last december. When his oldest son fell awkwardly on Griffey’s left hand and broke it according to fox sports. “It was nothing that could violate my contract,” he said Friday after reporting early for training camp. “It was Dad […]