Posted by admin on May 27, 2009 under Yankees Gear | 
If you noticed that I haven’t been so active over here it’s because I’ve been very busy with Daily Shot Of Coffee.
However when I saw this coffee mug set, I knew that I was going to have to blog about it over here.
I ended up on Amazon and came across more than a few mugs with the Yankee logo, but this set with a travel mug and a regular coffee cup caught my attention. It’s sitting in my online shopping cart right now and depending on the score of tonight’s game, I’ll have to get it.
Buy this New York Yankees Coffee Mug Set.
I’m going to try to start blogging here on a weekly basis again, but right now no promises.
Posted by admin on May 8, 2009 under Steroids |
My grandfather had Babe Ruth to cheer for.
My father got to watch Roger Maris.
I have the steroids era.
One by one, the heroes and legends that I admired have fallen off their pedestals.
Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa battled back and forth in 1998 for the home run title. I was glued to my television screen watching them beat the Roger Marris’s record of 61 home runs. Then in 2005, I was watching television again, but this time they were testifying in front of congress about steroids.
Roger Clemens led my beloved Yankees past the Mets in the 2000 World Series. In 2008, accusations that he used performance enhancing drugs in 2000 surfacned.
Alex Rodriguez was on pace to beat Barry Bonds for the most career home runs. He was going to be the player that didn’t need steroids to do it. Then after 553 home runs, we find out that he was using steroids.
Now, it’s Manny Ramirez who’s suspended for fifty games for using a banned substance.
They all had their denials – I didn’t know it was banned, I didn’t know I what I was injecting into my body – but their statements just make them look more dirty. They sound just as bad as the politicians that have been caught cheating on their wives and taking bribes.
But, we know we’re being lied to. We know a lot, if not most of the baseball players in the past ten or twenty years were using steroids. We may not want to believe it, but the evidence keeps growing.
There’s a good chance that there’s players that are using human growth hormones and other performance enhancing drugs today.
Of course, the owners, the teams and Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig should step up to the plate and perform stricter testing, find out who is really juiced and ban them for life.
My only question is “who’s next?”
I’m not the only one that is suspicious of every player that has stepped on to the field in the last twenty years.
It’s not going to stop me from going to the games or rooting for the Yankees every night on television, but what am I going to tell my grand kids? I got to see the greatest cheaters ever?
Posted by admin on May 6, 2009 under New York Yankees |
Some players are never completely accepted by the New York fans (A-Rod). Other fans like Nick Swisher practically earn their pinstripes over night.
After his first month of play, it’s no surprise that there’s a grassroots campaign to get Nick Swisher on to the All Star team.
He already has All Star numbers. In the first month of the season, he knocked out seven home runs, had 19 RBI’s, hit .300, had an OPS of 1.090 and an OBP of .427. What else can you ask for?
And this is all coming from a guy who was supposed to be sitting on the beach this season.
But it’s not just his numbers. Swisher is already a fan favorite because he’s a throwback player that’s always hustling and working hard. Plus, he has a positive attitude, always looking to do whatever it takes to make the team win.
In Tampa, he pitched one inning of relief against the Rays. He allowed only one hit, let up a walk and then retired the next three batters to end the inning. He’s the only player on the Yankees with a 0.00 ERA.
So, here’s what you need to do…
Visit the All Star Voting page and write him in. Don’t forget to vote for the other Yankees while you’re there. You can get all crazy and vote up to 25 times.
Then join the Vote Swisher group on Facebook, follow them on Twitter, then tell all your friends.
For more information, visit VoteSwisher.Com
