Gymbo Knows

Alex Rodriguez came back to the starting line up for the New York Yankees Friday night and with one swing of the bat A-Rod relieves a boat load of stress. Alex’s first pitch back he crushed a 3 run homer to help the Yankee’s end there 5 game losing streak.  So, after a long off season of Madonna drama and a spring training full of steroid talk A-rod finally got to do what he does best and that was play baseball.

With all the problems the Yankees are having to start this 09 season they need A-Rod more then ever right now. The Yanks offense has been terrible as of late and the addition of A-Rod should help everyone out, especially Mark Teixeira who has really been struggling to start the season.

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• A-Rod homers on first pitch in Yankees’ win (sports.espn.go.com)
• A-Rod homers in return, CC tosses shutout for Yanks (cbssports.com)

Wow!! Another big name baseball player and performance enhancing drugs.

Surprised??? Not at all.

LA Dodgers Outfielder Manny Ramirez was busted yesterday for testing positive for a performance enhancing drug called gonadotropin. Gonadotropin is on the Major League Baseball’s ban substance list and the drug is most commonly used by women as fertility drugs.

Ramirez supposedly acquired the substance through a prescription from a doctor in Miami for his medical condition.

Ramierz released a statement thursday saying “Recently I saw a physician for a personal health issue. He gave me a medication, not a steroid, which he thought was okay to give me. Unfortunately, the medication was banned under our drug policy. Under the policy that mistake is now my responsibility. I have been advised not to say anything more for now. I do want to say one other thing; I’ve taken and passed about 15 drug tests over the past five seasons.”

So Who does this hurt the most:

1. The Dodgers- They may have the best record in baseball now but without Manny in the roster they will start to struggle.
2. Manny’s fans – Manny has very large group of loyal and passionate fans and I’d imagine a lot of them are going to be very upset.

Who is enjoying this?

1. Boston Red Soxs- How does that trade look now? Manny Ramirez for Jason Bay… Sad to say but it looks like Boston made the right move.
2. Alex Rodriguez- Finally the media can get off his back for a while.  A-Rod is probably thinking to himself “Wow…Thanks Manny for taking the attention off me for a while..”
3. NL West- Everyone in the NL West is probably thinking “Wow we might have a race on our hands now..” The NL West might not be a 1 team race after all..

Joba Chamberlain should Stay in Starting Rotation!

I’ll admit it.. Before this season I was leaning towards putting Joba in the pen but then I saw him pitch against the Tigers the other night and he pitched 8 strong innings.  Then I thought to myself “Wow this guy is getting real good and he’s going to be Yankees Ace for a long time..”  In his start against the Tigers Joba Chamberlain found his velocity again and his first pitch hit 96 mph and even more amazing in the 8th inning his last pitch hit 96 mph. If Joba can do that on a consistent basis then he’s going to be the future ace of this Yankees pitching staff for years to come..

My Reasons Why Joba Should Stay a Starter:

• If Joba is struggling and he doesn’t have his best stuff he will continue to battle no matter what and find a way to keep it close…
• Joba is a big strong kid and he can hit 96 mph with his first pitch and still hit 96mph with his 100th pitch…
• Joba has amazing stuff and he’s got too many pitches to just be a bullpen guy.
• Last Night Joba strikes out 12 vs Boston Red Soxs.
• Last 15 starts Joba has an ERA 2.88. That is Top 5 among active starters.

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