Posts Tagged ‘pete rose’

The Big Switch: Omar Vizquel

THE OTHER SIDE OF SPORTS (TOO) Well with only one player, David Ortiz getting his 75% of the BBWAA ballots this year he along with six members via the veteran’s vote will make the trip to Cooperstown on July 24th. But there is one player whose outside influences caused him to drop appearing on only […]

Baseball Gambling Scandal

Perhaps no other American sport has been more associated with the pastime that is gambling than baseball. Well, maybe basketball, but, Pete Rose, anyone? What few know is that gambling and baseball have been two peas in a pod since the 19th century. At its inception, the sport was more common in small-town America than […]

Pete Doesn’t Look so Bad

Pete Doesn’t Look so Bad

With Alex Rodriguez facing a lifetime ban, where does that leave Pete Rose

Buckeye by Birth, Floridian by Choice

 By: Darrell House It was the first week of January, 1975, when I made my move to Florida. It was snowing and there was a bitter cold as I crossed the Ohio River on the bridge leading from Cincinnati to Kentucky and on to The Sunshine State. I’m a musician by trade, my band had […]

RAYS SIGN JOHNNY DAMON, MANNY RAMIREZ TO ONE-YEAR CONTRACTS

For Immediate Release courtsey of the Tampa Bay Rays   February 1, 2011  ST. PETERSBURG, FL—The Tampa Bay Rays have signed free agent outfielder Johnny Damon and designated hitter Manny Ramirez each to one-year contracts.  Damon will earn a base salary of $5.25 million.  Ramirez will be paid $2 million. In Ramirez and Damon, the Rays […]