The Whole Delivery

Photo from Jim Davis of The Boston Globe Ortiz too now Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz, the sluggers who propelled the Boston Red Sox to end an 86-year World Series championship drought and to capture another title three years later, were among the roughly 100 Major League Baseball players to test positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the results. Now this is the thing, besides Ortiz out-right hypocrisy and lying here. This list was suppose to be anonymous FOREVER. And yet, here are two more names leaked out to the world from this list. The Union should be ashamed of themselves for this. More to come later. Update: A lot of people will unintelligently came that the Yankees and Red Sox were in a race on the field, and in the lab, like this guy. Now this, Greg Mitchell, is a good provocative journalist, from time to time. But he can be an idiot on things outside of politics. And this is just one of those areas. Alex Rodriguez wasn't...

Okay, it's Bailout Field....okay, it's CitiField......okay, it's ballout whatever, Manny Ramirez made his return to baseball on Friday. But last night against the injury riddled struggling Mets, baseball's latest drug "cheat" got two hits in the Dodgers 8-0 pounding of Jerry Manuel's side. That was all overshadowed by well, Manny being Manny to the extreme: He was thrown out in the 5th inning. Or better said, he threw himself out . In his first appearance in New York since serving a 50-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy, Ramirez was ejected in the fifth inning after his second strong disagreement with home plate umpire John Hirschbeck. After being rung up on a pitch that was off the outside corner, Ramirez tossed his bat, helmet and elbow pad, the latter landing close to home plate and earning him the heave-ho. Hirschbeck had been more lenient in the first inning, when Ramirez was also called out on strikes and signaled with his hand...

Photo from Tony Dejak of the Associated Press So what if the pressure will be on Joe Giradi like no other next season. He won't mind, especially with the news now that Mark Teixeira has become the latest Christmas gift given to him. It seems that this wouldn't happen. The Yankees over the last few days seemed to be focused on Manny Ramirez more, while Teixeira was still leaning towards the Angels, the Red Sox, and even the Nationals of all teams. But the money, as always, is with the Yankees. Once again, another Scott Boras client comes to the Bronx. He sure does love getting sweat deals from George & sons. And they love giving it to him. I wonder if this takes them out of the Ramirez sweepstakes now. Then again, with the Steinbenners, as only a fool would dismiss their chances, you can never count them out even to sign Ramirez now. They seem to never run out of money, even in the Bush recession. And with the Angels, despite still having a great rotation, team defense, and...

Are The Dodgers Ready To Make It To The World Series Or Will The Phillies Prove That Consistent Winning Is The Key To A Championship (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) By James Eddy Preview Tonight the Philadelphia Phillies and The Los Angeles Dodgers are poised to meet in the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers made it to the NLCS by sweeping the favorite Cubs in 3 games. While the Phillies made it into the CS by beating the Brewers in 4 games taking the series 3 to 1. Now this is where the similarities end between these two teams. Now not only do these teams wear the exact opposite colors; the Phillies wear red, while the Dodgers wear famous Dodger blue, but their path to the playoffs was completely different. The Phillies were a favorite to repeat as National League East division champions, but things were shaky early when slugger Ryan Howard got off to a slow start. Despite the slow start by Howard, the Phillies were carried by second baseman Chase Utley, who seemed to be...