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      Pete Rose would back A-Rod for Hall of Fame

      May 14, 2009 /

      Even though he loathes the use of steroids in baseball, former player Pete Rose said that he would back an admitted user like Alex Rodriguez for the Hall of Fame.

      “I’m willing to give a guy a second chance,” Rose said in an interview on “The Dan Patrick Show.” He later went on to say that steroid use is worse than someone such as himself betting on his own team to win.

      “When you take steroids you have a direct outcome of the game,” Rose said. “That’s the integrity of the game. And when you can change records when you do something illegal, it’s just not right. … Baseball records are sacred. If you do something illegal to surpass those records, it’s just not good.”

      Rose, however, considers Barry Bonds to be the all-time home run king because “he hit the home runs. … I don’t think anyone has proven that he took steroids.”

      ” … With Bonds, how many home runs are you going to take away from him?” Rose asked. “That’s a tough situation for the commissioner. … It’s a mess.”

      I don’t question Rose’s sincerity in regards to saying he would back an admitted steroid user like A-Rod, but it’s interesting that he’s so willing to say that steroids are worse than a manager or player betting on his own team to win.

      In one instance, you have players cheating in order to gain a physical edge on the field. In the other, a manager is influenced by the way he manages a game in which he has a financial stake. Neither is good for baseball and while you can make a claim that each wrong should be viewed separately, both actions shame the game.

      MLB

      Ump pushes Magglio Ordonez

      May 14, 2009 /

      Joe Crede hit a dramatic game-winning grand slam for the Twins in the 13th inning to help Minnesota beat the Tigers 14-10 on Wednesday night.

      But Crede’s slam took a back seat to an incident during the seventh inning when Detroit’s Magglio Ordonez argued a called third strike, then became angered when umpire Paul Schreiber put a hand on his shoulder to usher him out of the batters box.

      The second angle is the most damning for Schreiber. It clearly looks like he tries to move Maggs out of the box. As the broadcasters pointed out, if umpires don’t want to be touched (players and coaches are immediately ejected if they touch an umpire), then they shouldn’t be allowed to touch players either.

      Considering this isn’t a routine situation, I don’t know what would be the appropriate punishment in this case, but nevertheless Schreiber should be suspended. Was his push malicious? No, but again, if players are immediately tossed for laying even a pinky finger on an umpire, then the same rules should apply for when an ump touches a player.

      Special thanks to my buddy Fumo for calling me about this incident…and then threatening to start his own sports blog if I didn’t post about it.

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      Dungy: ‘Vick wants second chance’

      May 14, 2009 /

      After recently meeting with the troubled suspended player in prison, former head coach Tony Dungy said that Michael Vick is seeking a second chance.

      He enjoys helping troubled young men, and Vick, in Dungy’s eyes, is simply one of them. Vick is serving a 23-month sentence for bankrolling a dogfighting conspiracy. Dungy wouldn’t offer details about his meeting with Vick, but compared the quarterback’s situation to many of the ex-offenders at the resource fair Wednesday.

      “I think Michael is just like so many other guys that I have seen, so many other people who are nameless, faceless in that environment,” Dungy said. “It’s a young man that made a mistake and is looking for a chance to recover and move forward. That’s where he is and that’s where so many of the men who are here today are.”

      Dungy is doing a lot of good in this world and I for one hope that he can help Vick get his life back on track. But in the end, everything is in Vick’s hands. He must surround himself with positive influences that will help him stay on the straight and narrow and keep him out of trouble. It appears that the wrong people heavily influenced Vick when he set up the dog-fighting ring, so it would be beneficial for him to only surround himself with folks that make sound decisions.

      NFL

      Five reasons to watch the 2009 Preakness

      May 14, 2009 /

      Even if you’re not planning to place little dough on the 134th running of the Preakness Stakes (Saturday, May 16), there are still plenty of intriguing storylines to follow. I’ve listed five below.

      1. All eyes on Rachel Alexandra
      The 3-year old will be only the fifth filly to run in the Preakness and she’ll try to be the first filly to win the race since Nellie Morse did so in 1924. Thanks in part to her amazing start in 2009, Rachel Alexandra is the favorite to win this year’s Preakness at 5/4 odds. She has won all four of her races this season and also finished first in her final race of 2008. But after pulling the 13 position at the draw on Wednesday, she’ll have her work cut out of her trying to come from the far-outside.

      2. Mine That Bird gets dissed again
      Mine That Bird can’t get any respect. The 3-year old colt won the Kentucky Derby a few weeks ago despite having 50/1 odds and even though he’s a contender for the Triple Crown, he doesn’t even have the best odds entering the Preakness. Mine That Bird is a mid-range favorite at 5/1, which follows Rachael Alexandra (5/4) and Kentucky Derby runner up Pioneerof The Nile (4/1). Mine That Bird wins the Kentucky Derby and doesn’t even get better odds than a filly and a horse he beat at Churchill Downs a few weeks ago. Where’s Kutcher, because Mine That Bird is getting punk’d.

      3. Calvin Borel is set to ride
      At Churchill Downs on May 2, the 42-year old became only the seventh jockey to win the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby on the same weekend. Borel was forced to decide between Rachel Alexandra or Mine That Bird to ride at the Preakness and he chose the 3-year old filly over the horse he rode to victory at the Kentucky Derby. Borel then had to sit idle until Rachel Alexandra officially received a slot to run at the Preakness and now that he has a ride, can he provide more magic this weekend in Baltimore?

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      General Sports

      Andy Reid’s son sent to prison

      May 14, 2009 /

      Garrett Reid, the son of Eagles’ head coach Andy Reid, has been sent to prison again after flunking a drug test.

      Reid, eldest son of Eagles coach Andy Reid, was sent to Graterford Prison yesterday after he failed a drug test at a Hunting Park halfway house, said Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman.

      The 26-year-old tested positive for narcotics when he returned to the Luzerne Treatment Center, on Luzerne Street near G, where he was serving part of a three-year probation sentence.

      “He had been on a pass away from the facility for a brief period of time,” Ferman said. Reports that Reid had been involved in a physical altercation at the center were unconfirmed, she added.
      Reid’s troubles began on Jan. 30, 2007, when his SUV rammed another car in Montgomery County, injuring the other driver. Police said Reid was high on heroin at the time.

      While serving time for the car crash, Reid smuggled 89 pills into prison in his rectum. He was sentenced last summer to a drug-treatment program for nonviolent offenders. Reid served five months in state prison and was then moved to the halfway house, where he’s subject to frequent drug tests, Ferman said.

      There’s no better place to hide drugs than in your rectum. Sometimes I put my wallet up there whenever I’m forced to go down a dark alley in the middle of the night. Trust me, crooks never think to search your rectum when they’re mugging you.

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