Rest of baseball thread 2006

[Geowhizzer]

But Ruth didn't just stop at the watering hole to find an edge. According to The Baseball Hall of Shame's Warped Record Book, by Bruce Nash, Allan Zullo and Bob Smith, the Bambino fell ill one year attempting to inject himself with extract from a sheep's testes. This effort by more than a few athletes of his era to seek the healing and strengthening properties of testosterone prefigured the craze for steroids. When Ruth fell ill from his attempted enhancement, the media was told that Ruth merely had "a bellyache." This was believable since Ruth was a glutton, famed for eating eighteen-egg omelets. The Sultan of Swat was also a glutton for women and violence, and he could be roused to fisticuffs if it was suggested, as it often was, that he was part black. The Babe's famous trade-out of Boston in 1920 was justified by Sox owner Harry Frazee by saying that Ruth was "one of the most selfish and inconsiderate athletes I have ever seen."

That's the first time I've seen that theory on the Babe's bellyache in 1925.  Most historical research I've read classified it as syphilis, gonorrhea or some other STD, or else accept that Ruth had an ulcer of some sort.

The section of Babe's bellyache on Wikipedia.

This Great Game.com- Pretty much the official version (ulcer)

[NGM]

its even more a shame that ESPN continues to air Bonds as a higher figure...sickening

Thats to be expected.  ESPN sold out a loooooong time ago.  They are no longer a sports network, they are an entertainment network with sports as a backdrop.  I only watch ESPN for games now, everything else is tuned the farg out.

[ice grillin you]

sutcliffe blasted on radio....


http://images.gaslampball.com/images/admin/sutcliffe.mp3

[ice grillin you]

video version


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MT0JTwBehA

[phattymatty]

i heard that on the radio his morning, sutcliffe is my new hero.

[SD_Eagle5]

What a lush, about 3/4 the way through I thought he was gonna pull a Namath and tell the Pads announcer he wanted to kiss him. Reminded me a bit of Frank the Tank.

[phattymatty]

george clooney is gonna solve that thing.

[SD_Eagle5]

george clooney is gonna solve that thing.

That part was my favorite, drunk people talking about politics is always amusing.

[BigEd76]

[PhillyPhreak54]

  @ the Sutcliffe thing.

He sounds like that guy in Half Baked

"hey mannnnnnnnnn...."

[PhillyGirl]

Baseball Notes | Twins' Silva sent to bullpen

Baseball Notable

The Minnesota Twins changed their struggling rotation yesterday, sending shaky Carlos Silva to the bullpen and promoting lefthander Francisco Liriano.

Liriano, 22, is one of baseball's top prospects, a hard thrower whose slider has reached 90 m.p.h. He is 1-0 with a 3.22 ERA in 12 relief appearances, with 32 strikeouts in 221/3 innings.

Liriano will start Friday night at Milwaukee.

Silva, a former Phillie, is 2-6 with an 8.80 ERA.

[Geowhizzer]

Liriano is supposed to be a stud prospect.  I believe that the Twins got him with Joe Nathan for AJ Pierzynski.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Dmitri Young will be arrested on domestic violence charges

Not a good month for the Young brothers. First Delmon and now Dmitri.

[PhillyGirl]

Albert Belle arrested for harassing same woman he was already arrested for harassing

He be smart.

[ice grillin you]

http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/419125p-353913c.html