LastKnight

ARod misses the HR cycle but gets the RBI cycle! ;D

I can't believe that Bonds is so proud of his asterisk.....LOL nice pic ;D

Let me get this staight......kill some one = play for the Royals.....**** someone = play for the Drays? :

Come on KR.........its not like he killed anyone....

My guess is a fine and maybe a couple game suspension.

Obviously he did not spill it but threw it on Sheffield..... The Red Sox did the appropriate thing in punishing the fans that crossed the line.... The next step is up to MLB and how they are going to punish Gary Sheffield......he did not start the fracas however should not have gone after the fan (easy for me to say). His was more of a reaction and does not deserve the same amount of criticism or punishment as the fans......however, MLB must send a message to its players as well as the fans on how each should conduct themselves at a ball game.....

Looks like contact to me.........head and hat moves as the jerk swings at Sheffield....... Sox sources indicated House admitted to having "collided" with Sheffield while attempting to swipe for the ball that was rolling around the 3-foot-high right-field wall http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2005/04/16/francona_fan_meant_no_harm_to_sheffield/

It would be impossible for anyone with as many posts as KR has not to have read one of Smazza's post.... although I think all the barry bashing got to him because I have noticed that one out of every five posts is not Smazz??

Brad, I guess I will have to remember that word for next time....

You seem to miss the point Sheff reacted to being attacked......not vice versa..... The onus is on Sheff to react professionally. That is why I earlier stated that he was wrong also.....That does not make up for the fact that a fan started it and took a poke at him.......FIRST......

People that hit other people at a game are usually cuffed also........futhermore, would you say it is OK when a Yankee fan clocks Manny in the head with a bat from the stands? ........ "well he wasn't on the field so it was OK" Here we find common ground.......I don't condone Sheff's reaction......and suspect MLB will fine/suspend him for his actions.......If this were a hockey game the fan should get a major while sheff gets a minor penalty...... Not true what you said was...... Yankee vs. Yankess......that simple..... When was the last time your teller took a swipe at you?

Of course he did.......you are the only one in the sports world who I have heard say otherwise...... It looked like he hit Sheff to me.......As far as intent goes......when someone hits you......you worry about intent later....... I guess since Manny wears the Red Sox uni and is an Jackass then all Red Sox players and their fans are jackasses?

Not so clear if you were in the middle of a play and someone hits you in the face...intentionally or not.... Futhermore, a Boston reporter on ESPN this morning interviewed many in the area of the altercation and he said it was a mixed bag......some of them thought the guy was trying to distract Sheffield, some thought ithe contact was intentional and others thought he was just trying to get to the ball........ You admire fans that go onto the field? Sheff represents all Yankees? Sounds like you are just looking for reasons to hate the Yankees................I guess you missed the ring ceremony where the Yankees applauded and tipped their hats to the Sox for winning the title........your right, what a bunch of punks......

I guess you need to tell you fellow Sox fans that.....one of them said that he thought that Damon was "a little light in the loafers".......

This thead is pretty funny......two sub .500 teams arguing like this..... On a gameday note: How has Schilling been looking in his minor league outings?

Funny pic VG...... However, any team with Damon on it should not be tossing around the gay card...........

Yes...... :-X :-X :-X Then again; I guess we could total up the two teams World championhips....and see who comes out on top............. VS.

the flaming rainbows.........

Ditto!!!

I think they are afraid that congress will out them on how much Major League Baseball officials knew about about the steroid abuse and or make fun of Major League's drug policy......

Assembly required Congressional committee issues 11 steroid subpoenas Posted: Wednesday March 9, 2005 5:40PM; Updated: Wednesday March 9, 2005 11:49PM By Ed Henry, Ted Barrett and Evan Glass, CNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Major League Baseball representatives said Wednesday they will fight subpoenas issued by a House committee to some of the biggest names in baseball -- including Sammy Sosa and Curt Schilling but not Barry Bonds -- as they investigate suspected use of steroids by players. "It is absolutely beyond the legal pale," MLB attorney Stan Brand told reporters Wednesday afternoon. "It is an excessive and unprecedented use of congressional power." In a letter sent Tuesday to committee chairman Rep. Tom Davis, R-Va., and ranking House member Henry Waxman, R-Calif., Brand said current and former players -- except former Oakland slugger Jose Canseco -- will respectfully decline the invitations to testify. Eleven subpoenas were issued Wednesday afternoon to players for next week's hearing. Tuesday, MLB was subpoenaed for documents related to its handling of the issue, House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis, R-Va., said. Several baseball executives, including Commissioner Bud Selig and the head of the players union, Donald Fehr, also are asked to testify. Brand said lawmakers "have torn loose from their legislative moorings" by issuing the subpoenas. Rob Manfred, basball's executive vice president of labor relations, said he and Brand have offered to appear before the committee in lieu of players. But Manfred indicated that the information they provide will be limited to the application of MLB's new drug testing policy. In January, players and owners agreed to a stricter testing program for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs that provides for penalties, instead of just treatment, for first-time offenders. According to Brand's letter, both the MLB and basball's Players Association accuse the committee of lacking jurisdiction in the steroid issue, because neither group is a government entity subject to committee oversight. In addition, the MLB and the players' union possess "legitimate privacy interests. Highly private and sensitive information has been gathered and shared in the course of the development of their new drug testing program." Committee efforts to obtain drug testing results raise constitutional and privacy issues, Brand said, some of which are addressed by the players' collective bargaining agreement. "We are concerned about records created and maintained by MLB as part of the bargaining agreement," Brand said. "The committee has subpoened those records and we feel bound to raise those objections." He said the committee is considering the MLB objections. Brand said if the MLB objections can't be resolved by the committee, the issues would go to the full House and eventually to U.S. District Court for resolution, Brand said. Subpoenas will be issued to all the witnesses, Davis said, "to make sure they're here." But committee aides were quick to point out that some of the witnesses had already agreed to testify while others resisted. Ballplayers balking at a voluntary appearance before the committee include former St. Louis Cardinals star Mark McGwire, the former St. Louis Cardinals star who broke the single-season home run record in 1998; Baltimore Orioles first baseman Rafael Palmeiro; and New York Yankees first baseman Jason Giambi, the source said. Sammy Sosa, the former Chicago Cubs outfielder who was McGwire's main rival in the 1998 home-run chase, "respectfully" declined the committee's invitation, his agent, Adam Katz, told CNN. Sosa, now with the Baltimore Orioles, will "take a second look and make the right choice," Katz said. Those who agreed to testify include Canseco, who just published a tell-all book on steroid abuse in the majors; Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling; and Chicago White Sox designated hitter Frank Thomas. Davis said he thought some of the witnesses would cite their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, but said he hoped most would testify. In December, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Giambi told a federal grand jury in 2003 that he had used steroids. Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants told the grand jury he used a substance that prosecutors believe contained steroids, the paper said.

Futures Bets on Indianapolis Colts Winning the Super Bowl Rise 20 Percent Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The Indianapolis Colts, who won their National Football League first-round playoff game by 25 points on Jan. 9, are persuading some futures traders that the team will win the Super Bowl. Futures contracts that will pay $10 if the Colts win the Super Bowl rose 20 percent to $1.70 at Dublin, Ireland-based TradeSports.com after quarterback Peyton Manning threw four touchdown passes last weekend to lead Indianapolis to a 49-24 win over the Denver Broncos. Indianapolis remains the fourth choice among traders. The Pittsburgh Steelers, whose 15-1 record was the best in the NFL this season, are still the favorite among traders to win with contracts selling at $3.10. While Ben Roethlisberger of the Steelers would be the first rookie quarterback to start the Super Bowl, Manning is a seven-year veteran who has won the league's Most Valuable Player award two times. ``Peyton Manning is having an unbelievable year and they're going to be awfully hard to stop,'' said 39-year-old Jim Murray from Morris Plains, New Jersey, who buys and sells contracts on TradeSports. ``I really like my Colts positions right now.'' Futures are agreements to buy or sell assets at a set date and price, and futures on events are paid off in cash. Contracts on teams that are eliminated from the NFL playoffs become worthless. The New England Patriots, who host the Colts Jan. 16, are trading for the second-highest price at $1.91. The Philadelphia Eagles, who play the Minnesota Vikings on Jan. 16, are third at $1.89. Las Vegas Favorite Pittsburgh, which hosts the New York Jets tomorrow, also is the favorite to win the Super Bowl at sports books, including the Hilton Race and Sports Book in Las Vegas, where they have 8-5 odds. That means a winning $5 wager on the Steelers will bring an $8 profit. The Colts are 9-2 at the Hilton, down from 5-1 last week. Oddsmakers and the futures market were correct in baseball's playoffs when they predicted that the Boston Red Sox would defeat the 26-time champion New York Yankees and the nine-time champion St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series for the first time since 1918. The Patriots and the Eagles, who had the best record in the National Football Conference, are listed with 4-1 odds to win the Super Bowl. The Atlanta Falcons, whose odds of winning the Super Bowl are 13-1 at the Hilton, play the St. Louis Rams on Saturday. The Rams are listed with 27-1 odds to win the title. Surging Colts The price for Indianapolis futures contracts surged along with the team. They were trading for less than a $1 after the Colts started the season with a 4-3 record, then more than doubled after Indianapolis won eight of its final nine games. ``The market keeps pushing the Colts price up because of Manning, and for good reason,'' TradeSports.com spokesman Mike Knesevitch, whose online exchange has about 40,000 members. Murray said the Colts are still a good buy, even while the team is trading near its season high. ``They are still a little bit of a discount to New England now,'' said Murray, whose day job is trading futures contracts on the New York Board of Trade. ``I don't think they've become overvalued.'' `Manning, Manning, Manning' The rise in Colts futures may be good for Joe Ferrara, a Jersey City, New Jersey, futures trader who said he's been buying Patriots contracts all season. Even though the Patriots won eight of their final nine games and didn't have to play in the opening round of the playoffs, their contract price has dropped 28 percent from their season high of $2.70 in early December. ``All I've been hearing is Manning, Manning, Manning,'' said the 28-year-old Ferrara, who works as an independent currency trader. ``I love the fact that everybody's on the Peyton Manning bandwagon because that's created a great opportunity to buy the Patriots.'' New England was originally set as a three-point favorite to win this weekend's game against the Colts by oddsmakers at the Las Vegas Hilton. The betting line was changed to 1 1/2 points on Tuesday because of heavy betting on Indianapolis, Hilton Race & Sports Book assistant manager Jeff Sherman said. ``We've seen nothing but Colts money,'' Sherman said. ``People like to put their money on a team with a quick-strike offense like the Colts.'' Las Vegas Team Hilton Futures --------------------------------- Steelers 8-5 $3.10 Patriots 4-1 1.91 Eagles 4-1 1.89 Colts 9-2 1.70 Falcons 13-1 .75 Rams 27-1 .29 Jets 27-1 .26 Vikings 30-1 .28

What a joke....... :-X MLB Players, Owners Agree on Steroid Deal  Thursday, January 13, 2005 A first positive test would result in a suspension of up to 10 days and the penalties would increase to a one-year suspension for a fourth positive test, a high-ranking team official said on condition of anonymity. Under the previous agreement, a first positive test resulted only in treatment, and a second positive test was subject to a 15-day suspension. Only with a fifth positive test was a player subject to a one-year ban under the old plan. Commissioner Bud Selig (search), asked about a steroid agreement at the owners meeting in Scottsdale, Ariz., declined comment but said an announcement would be made Thursday. Gene Orza, the union's chief operating officer, also declined comment. Baseball will regard the suspensions for first-time offenses as a big step because steroids users are likely to be publicly identified  all other baseball suspensions, such as for on-field offenses, are by games, not days. However, the penalty falls far short of the World Anti-Doping Agency's code, which has been adopted by most Olympic sports. It says the "norm" is two-year bans for a first positive test and a lifetime ban for a second, unless there are mitigating circumstances. Some in Congress threatened to take action unless baseball reached an agreement on its own. "I think it's going to entail more testing, some out-season testing, yes, more in-season random testing and stiffer penalties," said New York Mets (news) pitcher Tom Glavine, a senior member of the union. Bob DuPuy, baseball's chief operating officer, anticipated confirmation of a deal by the end of the owners' meeting. "It will be wonderful once it's done, but I don't want to pre-empt any announcement, and I certainly don't want to pre-empt all the work the commissioner has done on this, so I'll reserve my comments until after it's announced," he said. Tony Clark, another senior union leader, said public questions about steroid use had caused players to think about a tougher agreement. "The integrity of our game was beginning to come under fire, and there are too many great players, past and present, that deserve to be celebrated for their ability to play this game at a very high level," the free-agent first baseman said in an e-mail to the AP. "If a stricter drug policy brings that level of appreciation back, we felt that it was worth pursuing." Players and owners agreed to a drug-testing plan in 2002 that called for survey-testing for steroids the following year. Because more than 5 percent of tests were positive, random testing with penalties began last year, when each player was tested for steroids twice over a single five- to seven-day period. No player was suspended for steroid use in 2004. The new program is slightly less harsh than the policy for players with minor league contracts, who are suspended 15 games for a first positive test. Only players with major league contracts are covered by the union's agreement, while baseball can unilaterally decide policy for others. First positive tests for steroid use result in a four-game suspension in the NFL and a five-game ban in the NBA. The NHL does not test players for performance-enhancing drugs. Since the 2002 agreement, baseball has come under increased scrutiny for steroid use. Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield testified before a federal grand jury in December 2003. Giambi and Sheffield admitted using steroids, according to reports by the San Francisco Chronicle. Sheffield said he wasn't aware when he used the substances that they contained steroids. Bonds, according to the paper, admitted using substances prosecutors say contained steroids. "Everybody believed that the program we had in place was having an effect and definitely it was doing what it designed to do," Glavine said, "but having said that, with the stuff that was going on and whatnot, it forced us to take a look at revising it or making it a little tougher. It was not a question anymore if that agreement was going to be enough. It was a question to address some of the new issues that came to light and get our fans to believe we were doing everything we could to make the problem go away 100 percent."

You beat me to it.....