The Game of Baseball as I Know It
My lifetime surrounded by steroids
By Andrew Armida, Special FCP Correspondent
Overview
As mentioned previously on FCP, I am 13 years old. As you can guess, there are many things about baseball that I cannot remember, or I just wasn’t born yet for. I never saw all-time greats like Hank [...]
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Tags: baseball·Clemens·HGH·Mitchell report·Pettitte·sports·steroids
A quick glance at the headlines around the baseball world…
Like I said yesterday, I am still having a hard time wrapping my head around the Clemens situation. I do know one thing—the media coverage is out of hand. There really isn’t a story until there is proof one way or the other. If he did do steroids, [...]
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Tags: baseball·Clemens·Dontrelle Willis·Phillies·royals·sports
A couple of quick hits for today…
In case you missed it (which you probably didn’t since you are reading this) the Phillies and Astros made a trade of significance. The Phils sent outfielder Michael Bourn, reliever Geoff Geary, and 3B Michael Costanzo to the Astros for Brad Lidge and Eric Bruntlett. At first glance this looks [...]
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Tags: Astros·baseball·Clemens·Phillies·sports·Steinbrenner·trade
If you had to win one game, who would you want on the hill?
by Gary Armida
There was a recent conversation around a dinner table, when a father, a life long Yankee fan from the Mickey Mantle era, said to his 32 year old Yankee fan son, “Now that is how a 40 year old ace [...]
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Tags: baseball·Clemens·pitcher·Schilling·sports