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Month: July 2007 (Page 14 of 17)
Shockingly, Barry Bonds might be involved in another situation where cheating was allegedly involved. This time, however, it was the San Francisco Giants who are being accused of skewing things in Bonds’ favor.
User “fugthebums,” (on Giantsboard.com) who has since been knighted, created an online program that supposedly allowed Giants fans to vote online for Bonds 25 times in about 30 seconds. And with the use of the F5 refresh key, code users could potentially vote online for Bonds 3600 times in an hour.
Now, ESPN, FOX or SI.com has nothing posted on this story, so who knows how trustworthy it really is. However, isn’t it interesting how people questioned whether Bonds was selected into the All-Star Game on legitimate terms and now we might have a logical answer for how he leapfrogged Alfonso Soriano in a mater of days for a starting spot? Hmm…conspiracy theorists everywhere just pitched a tent.
This is the problem with fan voting for All-Star Games. It’s just like how Yao Ming gets into the NBA All-Star Game with the gazillion of votes logged by China every year. IF this story is true, you knew it was only a matter of time before some geek figured out how to rig All-Star voting.
First the NFL wanted to limit websites unassociated from the league from using more than 45 seconds worth of video coverage a day, now MLB is shutting out ESPN from doing live coverage at the All-Star Game on Tuesday night.
Baseball executives told ESPN that it must pare its broadcast efforts from AT&T Park in San Francisco, where the All-Star Game is being held. So, most coverage will be done out of ESPN’s headquarters in Bristol, Conn., rather than having “Baseball Tonight” and a portion of “SportsCenter” originate from California as planned.
Basically, MLB is pissed at ESPN for broadcasting what players made each All-Star team on its selection show a week ago, before TBS (who owned the rights) had the chance to.
I get why the league is upset with the ESPN, seeing as how TBS probably paid a ton of money to be the first network to announce who made each team. However, doesn’t MLB understand that the All-Star Game is supposed to be about the players and the fans? It’s not about who gave the league the most money to break the news first or who should have the prime position to do broadcasts. ESPN is highly regarded – for better or worst – as the “worldwide leader in sports”, and now you’re going to tell them that they can’t even broadcast live from the park? How fair is it to fans that you’re limiting the coverage to just one station?
These leagues that are trying to crack down on media coverage because they’re selling to the highest bidder or forcing us as fans to only go to league-sponsored websites is total crap.
…you sign a 5-10, 179 pound wide receiver from Japan, as is the case with the Atlanta Falcons inking Noriaki Kinoshita, a native of Osaka and a player who spent the last three seasons with the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europa.
At the receiver position, Kinoshita finished the year with 21 receptions for 308 yards and two touchdowns, which was second-best on the Admirals. In 2006, Kinoshita earned All-NFLEL honors as he led the league with 19 kickoff returns for 530 yards (27.9).
I’m sure there’s a karate joke in there somewhere, but I’m going to go ahead and leave this one be for now. I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this is hardly the best move in efforts to replace the injured Brian Finneran (out for the second season in a row with a torn ACL), so I highly doubt Adam Jennings and Fred Gibson have anything to worry about at this point.
It’s generally understood that just about every red-blooded sports fan hates Barry Bonds. So why, then, is Bonds the starting left fielder in next week’s All Star Game? In my latest column for Bullz-Eye.com, I say it’s time to fess up: sports fans love villains, whether it’s Bonds, the Yankees or even Tom Brady’s Patriots.
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