Anyone seen Sammy lately?
I hear he's up for NAACP leadership.
Posted on 06/23/2015 5:00:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
CHICAGO (CBS) — Sitting in a familiar visitors’ dugout, former slugger Mark McGwire looked out to the landscape of Wrigley Field, observing the changes and similarities from his days with the St. Louis Cardinals.
McGwire, who hit 583 career home runs and 70 during the historic season of 1998, is now the hitting coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He still carries fond memories of playing the Cubs in Chicago.
“This is a great historical ballpark,” said McGwire. “I always loved playing here. It’s going to get better in the years to come.”
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.cbslocal.com ...
Two great players, but they will forever be remembered as cheaters who insulted the game with epic use of steroids and other performance enhancing drugs.
Just imagine the numbers that could have been posted by Ruth, Mays, or many others had they used such things. Ruth didn’t even have ibuprofen.
Don’t forget Sosa’s corked bat. I mean, geez, he was already roided out like a football player, and that wasn’t enough? I guess, once you start cheating, why not keep doing it?
Great point. Because the corked bat would help knock it 80 feet over the fence instead of just 50 feet.
Anyone seen Sammy lately?
I hear he's up for NAACP leadership.
PITTSBURG -- Years before he went on to become a world champion, former St. Louis Cardinals infielder Aaron Miles wasn't a whole lot different from other kids in the East Bay; he loved baseball, idolized the A's and frequently trekked from his hometown of Antioch to the Oakland Coliseum."I loved going to A's games. I went to a lot more A's games than Giants games, and we'd go in the bleachers, but every now and then we'd have better seats," said Miles, now the manager of the independent Pittsburg Diamonds. "I have very fond memories of going to watch the Bash Brothers. ... Jose Canseco was like a God in my eyes."
And now, Miles is set to preside over Canseco's return to the East Bay when the former A's slugger will take the field with the Diamonds for a three-game series, starting June 23. Canseco just wrapped up a series playing for the Sonoma Stompers -- also part of the same Pacific Association league -- but has not played for an East Bay team since he was an outfielder and DH for the A's in 1997.
Canseco will play for the Diamonds on June 23, 24 and 25. All games will begin at 7 p.m. and will be against the San Rafael Pacifics.
-PJ
Like a football player? I think not.
Didn’t Canseco lose a finger not too long ago?
Is Sosa going gay as well?
-PJ
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