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Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy cbc.ca This Associated Press link has little to say. The Barry Bonds perjury case is going to the jury; soon we will know if he is guilty of perjury or not. And really, no one cares. The allegation of perjury stems to a 2003 hearing when Bonds was questioned about […]
Posted by Frank Klose I forget who made this pic, but I saved it then. Sometime around the Spring Training at bat when Manny Ramirez drilled Roy Oswalt in the head with a sharply-hit line drive, Ramirez was failed a performance enhancing drug test. Signed by the Tampa Bay Rays for the relatively inexpensive contract […]
Embed from Getty Images After Phillies pitcher Daniel Stumpf was suspended 80 games for a violation of the joint drug agreement in Major League Baseball, we learned that more suspensions were pending in coming weeks. The first name appears to have surfaced and he had Phillies ties twice over. Also twice over is the […]
Embed from Getty Images Former Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra has been no stranger to controversy in his career. So when he appeared on "The Herd" with Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports Radio this morning, one might expect that Dykstra would say something that would make headlines. Already familiar with Dykstra's use of PEDs, Dykstra […]
Marlon Byrd, the Phillies newest (and one of their oldest) players, spoke to CSN Philly's Michael Barkann about his 50-game suspension in 2012 for performance enhancing drugs. Byrd says that he has an explaination, and he shared it in his interview. Byrd explained that the positive test was the result of a botched breast reduction: […]
The verdict is in. Alex Rodriguez will not play a single game in the 2014 Major League Baseball season. After being suspended 214 games for his involvment in illegal substances from the Biogenesis clinic in Miami, Rodriguez appealed the suspension. The end result was a suspension that will keep Rodriguez out of the game […]
Major League Baseball is brilliant. Alex Rodriguez hired famous New York City defense attorney Joe Tacopina to represent him, who scheduled an appearance on NBC's Today Show and sat down with Matt Lauer. Tacopina showed up prepared to challenge baseball to waive the confidentiality agreement and said: If the Vice President of Major […]
The fallout from Major League Baseball's Biogenesis investigation is reportedly ready to come down, and according to a report on ESPN, star players Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez and 20 other players will be handed suspensions. T.J Quinn and Mike Fish from ESPN's outside the lines report: Commissioner Bud Selig's office is expected to suspend […]
Let's face it, the Phillies kind of stink. I mean, they don't full blown stink, but their style of play has been disheartening to say the least. The offense is particularly horrific. I've racked my brain for ways to quick fix this team right now. We cannot wait until next year. We have to get […]
Posted by Frank Klose Courtesy pe.com Well, I wrote this post about how fans should not freak out over the signing of infielder Kevin Frandsen to play the infield at AAA. Now they should probably feel comfortable that he will not be coming to Philadelphia anytime soon. According to Michael LoRe, Lehigh Valley IronPigs beat […]
