Yesterday, in one of the biggest rivaliries in sports, the game between by Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, the centerfielder from Boston Red Sox Jacoby Ellsbury, stole homeplate! This sure is a rare thing – and it’s so fun to watch!
Now I’m just waiting for the speedsters in Oakland A’s to do the same thing…
So, it’s time again – Major League Baseball has started again. So what will happen this year??
To be honest, I don’t dare to guess, my guesses last year was so terrible, but some predictions entering the 2009 season:
New York Yankees will miss the postseason again, Red Sox and Rays will be strong! Rich Harden will win the Cy Young for the Cubs in National League, Zack Greinke, Kansas City Royals will throw a no-hitter, Jason Giambi, Oakland Athletics, will hit 30 home runs, Pirates will for the first time in a decade have a + .500 record, and unfortunately, Red Sox will win World Series againt Mets.
Go A’s!
I read this article yesterday, written by ESPN senior writer Jayson Stark, about Sports Illustrated article Alex Rodriguez tested positive for steroids in 03. 
Mr Stark is very angry and I do agree, like he says in his article “In baseball, we love our numbers. And we love our heroes. And that brings us to Alex Rodriguez, a man who has committed a crime he doesn’t even understand: A crime against the once-proud history of his sport”, and continuing “A-Rod didn’t commit that crime alone, of course. In many ways, he is just the latest, greatest face of a mass conspiracy that has now succeeded in obliterating the quality that used to separate baseball from the rest of the sporting jungle.”
And the end: “So weep not for what A-Rod has done to himself. Weep for what he’s done to his sport”. You’ll find the article on ESPN here.
A couple of comments from me: Why don’t he respond in the international media like Michael Phelps and how will this effect the sport for the years to come? It sad, it’s worse than I could ever imagine and where is the moron Gene Orza??
The Brazilian superstar Ricardo Kaka refused to go from Milan to Manchester City,despite The Premier League club’s audacious bid to sign the Brazilian star in a £100million-plus deal.
He was happy where he is. Two points, his making a huge marketing impact as one of the few sports superstars saying no to a better bid (this wouldn’t happen in the US, referring to the free agent signings in Major League Baseball, and will getting an even better offer the next time he will available on the market – because he will go there!
But for the time being, my hat off!