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Archive for July, 2004

A-Rod gets same number of games as Varitek

Friday, July 30th, 2004

Well, I’m not shocked, as it would make sense that they may want to make an example of Yankees and not seem favorable to Yankees. At least the Red Sox got more total games, which they absolutely deserved.

A-Rod does have a point, of course. Throw bats at umpires - get 5 games. Respond to a verbal attack/threat/whatever it was - get 4 games.

Guess that’s a lesson to take home. Want to get A-Rod suspended? Leave your mask on and act like an idiot.

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Google Search: Hacks

Tuesday, July 27th, 2004

This is pretty cool. I have known about it for a while, but haven’t blogged about it.

Check out the Google search for the word “Hacks”.

As I write, phpBBHacks.com (my site) is rated 5th. I think this is a pretty cool keyword. We’re right below a Google hacks site and right above an iPod hacks site. Also on the list: O’Reilly’s hacks.oreilly.com.

Us and O’Reilly… making hack a positive term. ;)

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What did I say? “What was said, from my half, was simply a rebut and a reply,” Rodriguez said. “What was said under the mask was a lot greater.”

Monday, July 26th, 2004

Finally, A-Rod says what I thought happened. A-Rod didn’t start anything and he’ll rightfully appeal any suspension that he is given.

New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez plans to appeal any suspension he might receive for his role in Saturday’s brawl with the Boston Red Sox.

“Whatever it is I’m going to appeal it,” Rodriguez said Monday. “When somebody attacks you have to protect yourself.”

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Rodriguez said Varitek started the fight.

“What was said, from my half, was simply a rebut and a reply,” Rodriguez said. “What was said under the mask was a lot greater.”

Rodriguez said he merely stood up for himself.

“If someone challenges you like that, I’m going to stand up to it,” he said.

Also, about Sturtze - someone said he was pulling Kapler off of Bernie who was pulling Schilling off of A-Rod. I don’t know if its true, but if that’s the case - Sturtze gains some respect.

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Good Stuff From Zim

Monday, July 26th, 2004

New York Daily News:

COOPERSTOWN - From the relative safety and comfort of his hotel room near the Hall of Fame, Don Zimmer watched the latest brawl between the Yankees and Red Sox yesterday and found his whole life flashing before him.

“All I looked for was Pedro,” the former Yankee bench coach said in reference to his own celebrated melee with Boston pitcher Pedro Martinez in last year’s tumultuous ALCS.

“I never saw him. He was probably up in the clubhouse. That figures.“

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Lance Armstrong

Monday, July 26th, 2004

He won his 6th consecutive Tour de France yesterday. Amazing. Congrats to him.

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Williams is loyal only to himself

Monday, July 26th, 2004

Interesting piece by Paul Attner of The Sporting News.

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Finally

Monday, July 26th, 2004

A Yankees blogger who feels the same way I do:

The brawl was idiotic, and if Alex Rodriguez gets suspended a single game for his participation, I’ll be pissed. Varitek escalated the incident from words to violence (A-Rod said “come on” to Varitek, but you don’t say that except in response to a threat)…

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Varitek Sitting it Out

Monday, July 26th, 2004

Funny thing about “the fight”. Varitek went after A-Rod in “full body armor” and he hurt himself and missed the game. Trot Nixon is “coincidentally” out, as well, after that game.

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Call on Jeter

Sunday, July 25th, 2004

Yanks lost to the Sox 9-6. Sox are back like 7 1/2 now. Unfortunately, Contreras couldn’t avoid the big inning and they got in some trouble.

A big call was made in the 8th when Jeter was called out after the ball hit him. I am really scratching my head on this one. I thought Jeter was allowed where he went, which was on the dirt to the left of the line. When he was hit, it looked like he was directly over the base - again, I felt he was allowed there. He was hit and at least one run (maybe two) would have scored on that one play (let alone what would have happened next with Sheffield and A-Rod), but the umpire called Jeter out on the basis of him being out of the baseline/interference/something of that nature.

I’ll be interested to see what other Yankee fan bloggers have to say about this tomorrow.

[Edit: I guess he is supposed to run on the foul side of the line. Why I didn't know that, I'm not sure. Anyway, from what I saw - even if he had run on the foul side of the line, the ball would have hit him/been dropped. Shame.]

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