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jaxvid: How about taking illegal substances and then committing perjury in front of a congressional committee?
A-Rod tested positive for steroids in 03
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I like the point some CFer made a few years ago: At least McGwire was a legit 40 homer guy pre-steroid era.
Palmeiro and Sosa were 10-15 homer men,at best. They made a huge jump.
But re; the legal issue, I agree with Jaxvid, there's not much you can say against them, * if It wasn't banned then*,--- so they did what they could to get an edge.
Re: HOF If McGwire is kept out, I think Sosa will be kept out.
but I think Bonds will get in because he was 300 hitter and 30 homer guy prior to his steroid use. An unfortunate turn of events.
On the other hand, didn't Bonds use roids after they were banned? Maybe the BBWA can nail him on that.
I don't think they'll vote him in on first ballot, though.
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Palmeiro and Sosa were 10-15 homer men,at best. They made a huge jump.
But re; the legal issue, I agree with Jaxvid, there's not much you can say against them, * if It wasn't banned then*,--- so they did what they could to get an edge.
Re: HOF If McGwire is kept out, I think Sosa will be kept out.
but I think Bonds will get in because he was 300 hitter and 30 homer guy prior to his steroid use. An unfortunate turn of events.
On the other hand, didn't Bonds use roids after they were banned? Maybe the BBWA can nail him on that.
I don't think they'll vote him in on first ballot, though.
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Get a load of this!Those Hispanics always plead ignorance.
[url]http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aj5h quZbmBXo[/url]
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Alex Rodriguez said his cousin injected him with an over-the-counter substance from the Dominican Republic to increase his energy during the 2001 to 2003 baseball seasons.
Rodriguez, the New York Yankees' third baseman, declined to identify his cousin and said they would both use the product about twice a month for six months.
"I didn't think they were steroids," Rodriguez told reporters at a televised press conference today at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Florida. "I know we weren't taking Tic Tacs. It could potentially be something that perhaps was wrong." (snip)
Rodriguez said today that he and his cousin injected the substance he referred to as "bole," without giving a further description. (snip)
"It was his understanding that it would give me a dramatic energy boost and otherwise harmless," Rodriguez said as he took questions from reporters for about 25 minutes. "It was pretty evident that we didn't know what we were doing."
[url]http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aj5h quZbmBXo[/url]
Feb. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Alex Rodriguez said his cousin injected him with an over-the-counter substance from the Dominican Republic to increase his energy during the 2001 to 2003 baseball seasons.
Rodriguez, the New York Yankees' third baseman, declined to identify his cousin and said they would both use the product about twice a month for six months.
"I didn't think they were steroids," Rodriguez told reporters at a televised press conference today at the Yankees' spring training complex in Tampa, Florida. "I know we weren't taking Tic Tacs. It could potentially be something that perhaps was wrong." (snip)
Rodriguez said today that he and his cousin injected the substance he referred to as "bole," without giving a further description. (snip)
"It was his understanding that it would give me a dramatic energy boost and otherwise harmless," Rodriguez said as he took questions from reporters for about 25 minutes. "It was pretty evident that we didn't know what we were doing."
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Is it me or did Stray Fraud look less preppy and white looking then he normally does. Gone was the blonde tipped hair and dyed roots. In was coarser Afro type hair. I don't know what this means. Maybe he is trying to get Dominican nationalists behind him...
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Seeing as how stupid they are it's a pretty good strategy. But c'mon Bart, give the guy a break, who amonst us hasn't had a friend or relative use a hypodermic needle and inject us with a substance of which we had no idea what was in it? Why just the other day my cousin came by and offered to inject me with some "stuff" that he claimed would give me "more energy", why would I say no to that??? I'm sure something like that has happened to every sportswriter in the country so why would they question it when A-Rod mentions it???
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Well we knew Stray-Fraud had his fingers crossed behind his back when he had that ridiculous press conference. Here is the latest wire story....
A-Rod had repeated contacts with banned trainer: Report
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NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez has been linked with a personal trainer cited in the Mitchell Report, the New York Daily News reported Friday.
Angel Presinal, who was banned from private areas of every major league ballpark after an October 2001 incident involving an unmarked gym bag full of steroids, has been tight with the New York Yankees star dating to his time with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03, the newspaper reported.
Presinal, whose named surfaced in the Mitchell Report, also was reportedly with Rodriguez in New York and Miami as recently as this past fall. However, Presinal was not around A-Rod during the 2008 season.
Major League Baseball has warned players to stay away from Presinal, who has been thrown out of clubhouses in Cleveland, Anaheim and Texas.
"He's an unsavory character," a source told the Daily News.
The Daily News reported Presinal accompanied A-Rod for the entire 2007 season, staying in the same hotel as Rodriguez, but in a separate room with the "cousin" Rodriguez pegged on Tuesday as his steroid source from 2001-03.
Rodriguez's cousin was identified Thursday as Yuri Sucart.
During his news conference Tuesday, Rodriguez said a cousin injected him with "boli," or Primobolan, a drug obtained in the Dominican that Rodriguez believes led to a positive steroids test in baseball's anonymous 2003 survey.
Presinal turned up in the Mitchell Report, released in December 2007, for an incident at a Toronto airport involving Juan Gonzalez, who was playing for the Cleveland Indians at the time.
Law enforcement conducting a luggage search discovered steroids, syringes, and clenbuterol in an unmarked duffel bag that Presinal said belonged to Gonzalez.
Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras would not comment on his client's relationship with Presinal, who runs a gym at the Palacio del los Deportes in Santo Domingo.
ESPN 1050 radio in New York reported Friday that, according to baseball source, it is possible Rodriguez could be suspended by the Commissioner's office, depending upon the nature of the relationship and additional information MLB investigators might learn about A-Rod's relationship with Presinal.
No date has been set for Rodriguez to meet with officials from MLB.
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NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez has been linked with a personal trainer cited in the Mitchell Report, the New York Daily News reported Friday.
Angel Presinal, who was banned from private areas of every major league ballpark after an October 2001 incident involving an unmarked gym bag full of steroids, has been tight with the New York Yankees star dating to his time with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03, the newspaper reported.
Presinal, whose named surfaced in the Mitchell Report, also was reportedly with Rodriguez in New York and Miami as recently as this past fall. However, Presinal was not around A-Rod during the 2008 season.
Major League Baseball has warned players to stay away from Presinal, who has been thrown out of clubhouses in Cleveland, Anaheim and Texas.
"He's an unsavory character," a source told the Daily News.
The Daily News reported Presinal accompanied A-Rod for the entire 2007 season, staying in the same hotel as Rodriguez, but in a separate room with the "cousin" Rodriguez pegged on Tuesday as his steroid source from 2001-03.
Rodriguez's cousin was identified Thursday as Yuri Sucart.
During his news conference Tuesday, Rodriguez said a cousin injected him with "boli," or Primobolan, a drug obtained in the Dominican that Rodriguez believes led to a positive steroids test in baseball's anonymous 2003 survey.
Presinal turned up in the Mitchell Report, released in December 2007, for an incident at a Toronto airport involving Juan Gonzalez, who was playing for the Cleveland Indians at the time.
Law enforcement conducting a luggage search discovered steroids, syringes, and clenbuterol in an unmarked duffel bag that Presinal said belonged to Gonzalez.
Rodriguez's agent Scott Boras would not comment on his client's relationship with Presinal, who runs a gym at the Palacio del los Deportes in Santo Domingo.
ESPN 1050 radio in New York reported Friday that, according to baseball source, it is possible Rodriguez could be suspended by the Commissioner's office, depending upon the nature of the relationship and additional information MLB investigators might learn about A-Rod's relationship with Presinal.
No date has been set for Rodriguez to meet with officials from MLB.
[url]http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/yankees/2009/02/2 1/2009-02-21_boli_arods_steroid_of_choice_is_illegal_.html [/url]
'Boli,' A-Rod's steroid of choice, is illegal, but that won't stop you from getting it in Dominican
(snip)
The bodybuilder was asked about "Boli" or Primobolan, slang for the steroid that Yankees star Alex Rodriguez admitted to using during a three-year span from 2001-03 when he played for the Texas Rangers. "I can get you Primobolan, no problem," said the bodybuilder. One 10 cc dosage of Primobolan costs $94.28 in Santo Domingo.
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'Boli,' A-Rod's steroid of choice, is illegal, but that won't stop you from getting it in Dominican
(snip)
The bodybuilder was asked about "Boli" or Primobolan, slang for the steroid that Yankees star Alex Rodriguez admitted to using during a three-year span from 2001-03 when he played for the Texas Rangers. "I can get you Primobolan, no problem," said the bodybuilder. One 10 cc dosage of Primobolan costs $94.28 in Santo Domingo.
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Well I guess we can finally figure out who client number 10 is...
Here is a wire story from the Boston Herald about Stray Fraud and his new Hooker Gate scandal...Swingin' A-Rod tied to madam
By Herald Wire Services
Monday, March 23, 2009 - Updated 11h ago
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The Bronx is burning up over red-hot news reports linking Yankee nemesis Alex Rodriguez to an escort service used by disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Kristin Davis, 32, met Rodriguez in June 2006 in a Philadelphia gym, shortly after she opened a branch of her call-girl service in the City of Brotherly Love, according to the New York Daily News.
Sources told the paper Rodriguez had approached Davis.
The now infamous madam didn't know who A-Rod was but thought he was "hot as hell," the paper reported.
A-Rod "booked" dates with Davis's escorts, the paper reported. Asked if there was a relationship between herself and A-Rod, Davis told the New York Post: "I'm not going to deny there was a relationship there."
When asked if the Yankee hired her, Davis would tell the Post only that they had a "professional" relationship.
However, the Daily News reported A-Rod courted the blond bombshell with flowers, jewelry and a persistent stream of hot e-mails.
"Throughout the years, there were a number of clients that I befriended and it was not uncommon for them to want the women they can't have whether it be the phone bookers or the madam," Davis told the Daily News.
Davis is on probation for five years after pleading guilty to promoting prostitution. She told the Post she hadn't seen Rodriguez in a year or two.
In 2007, Rodriguez and former stripper Joslyn Morse were photographed together.
More recently, A-Rod was connected to Madonna, a link both the Material Girl and ball player have denied. However, Cynthia Rodriguez filed for divorce in July citing infidelity.
On the ball field, Rodriguez has been sidelined by a hip injury. Last month, he admitted to using steroids for three seasons after a magazine article said he failed a drug test during the 2003 campaign.
A Rodriguez spokesman declined to give a comment to the Daily News, while the Post said calls were not returned.
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Monday, March 23, 2009 - Updated 11h ago
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The Bronx is burning up over red-hot news reports linking Yankee nemesis Alex Rodriguez to an escort service used by disgraced former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Kristin Davis, 32, met Rodriguez in June 2006 in a Philadelphia gym, shortly after she opened a branch of her call-girl service in the City of Brotherly Love, according to the New York Daily News.
Sources told the paper Rodriguez had approached Davis.
The now infamous madam didn't know who A-Rod was but thought he was "hot as hell," the paper reported.
A-Rod "booked" dates with Davis's escorts, the paper reported. Asked if there was a relationship between herself and A-Rod, Davis told the New York Post: "I'm not going to deny there was a relationship there."
When asked if the Yankee hired her, Davis would tell the Post only that they had a "professional" relationship.
However, the Daily News reported A-Rod courted the blond bombshell with flowers, jewelry and a persistent stream of hot e-mails.
"Throughout the years, there were a number of clients that I befriended and it was not uncommon for them to want the women they can't have whether it be the phone bookers or the madam," Davis told the Daily News.
Davis is on probation for five years after pleading guilty to promoting prostitution. She told the Post she hadn't seen Rodriguez in a year or two.
In 2007, Rodriguez and former stripper Joslyn Morse were photographed together.
More recently, A-Rod was connected to Madonna, a link both the Material Girl and ball player have denied. However, Cynthia Rodriguez filed for divorce in July citing infidelity.
On the ball field, Rodriguez has been sidelined by a hip injury. Last month, he admitted to using steroids for three seasons after a magazine article said he failed a drug test during the 2003 campaign.
A Rodriguez spokesman declined to give a comment to the Daily News, while the Post said calls were not returned.
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Now I'm starting to wonder how A-Fraud had children. Supposedly he has been juicing since high school. I guess after using juice for 10+ years you become an expert on cycling on and off the drug.....
Here is the latest AP wire story on the scandal....A-Rod mum on claims he used steroids while in H.S.
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NEW YORK (AP)  Alex Rodriguez refused to address allegations that he used steroids when he was a highly touted high school player and with the New York Yankees. Rodriguez admitted in February to using performance-enhancing drugs while with the Texas Rangers but insisted he stopped before he was traded to the Yankees in 2004.
He brushed off a question Thursday about some details from Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts' upcoming book "A-Rod" that cast doubt on his earlier statements.
"I'm not going there," he said after homering in an extended spring training intrasquad game in Tampa, Fla. "I'm just so excited about being back on the field and playing baseball. My team has won two games (in a row) up there and hopefully I can come back and help them win some more."
The Daily News reported in Thursday's edition that Roberts' book offers an unflattering portrait of the MVP slugger as a needy personality who wanted his ego stroked constantly.
The paper doesn't say how it obtained a copy of the Harper Collins book, scheduled to be released on Monday.
A high school teammate of A-Rod's told Roberts that the future No. 1 draft pick was on steroids as a prep player and his coach knew it  an allegation the coach, Rich Hofman, denied.
Rodriguez said he wasn't worried that the steroids issue was being brought up again.
"No. Not really," he said. "I'm in a good place. I think more importantly physically I feel like I'm getting better everyday. We've had a great week here. We've worked extremely hard, and I'm just very anxious to do what God put me on this earth to do, to play baseball."
In the book, an unnamed major leaguer is quoted as saying A-Rod and former Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown, who was named in the Mitchell Report, were seen together with human growth hormone  or HGH  in 2004.
The book also goes on to say that two anonymous Yankees said they believed A-Rod was using banned substances based on visual side effects, and that a clubhouse staffer said management had a suspicion that that the third baseman may have been juicing.
Rodriguez, in Florida rehabbing his surgically repaired hip, went 1-for-6 with two walks in the extended spring game. He had a long homer to left center in his sixth plate appearance.
He will play in another extended spring game Friday against Pirates minor leaguers at Pittsburgh's complex in Bradenton, Fla.
Rodriguez said he needs to run the bases at full speed and is still on target to return to the Yankees in May.
"I think the last thing I'm going to do here before I leave is sliding," he said. "I think sliding is probably the thing I have the most reservation about because you have to get on your hip and bounce on it a little bit. Everything else seems so far on schedule."
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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NEW YORK (AP)  Alex Rodriguez refused to address allegations that he used steroids when he was a highly touted high school player and with the New York Yankees. Rodriguez admitted in February to using performance-enhancing drugs while with the Texas Rangers but insisted he stopped before he was traded to the Yankees in 2004.
He brushed off a question Thursday about some details from Sports Illustrated writer Selena Roberts' upcoming book "A-Rod" that cast doubt on his earlier statements.
"I'm not going there," he said after homering in an extended spring training intrasquad game in Tampa, Fla. "I'm just so excited about being back on the field and playing baseball. My team has won two games (in a row) up there and hopefully I can come back and help them win some more."
The Daily News reported in Thursday's edition that Roberts' book offers an unflattering portrait of the MVP slugger as a needy personality who wanted his ego stroked constantly.
The paper doesn't say how it obtained a copy of the Harper Collins book, scheduled to be released on Monday.
A high school teammate of A-Rod's told Roberts that the future No. 1 draft pick was on steroids as a prep player and his coach knew it  an allegation the coach, Rich Hofman, denied.
Rodriguez said he wasn't worried that the steroids issue was being brought up again.
"No. Not really," he said. "I'm in a good place. I think more importantly physically I feel like I'm getting better everyday. We've had a great week here. We've worked extremely hard, and I'm just very anxious to do what God put me on this earth to do, to play baseball."
In the book, an unnamed major leaguer is quoted as saying A-Rod and former Yankees pitcher Kevin Brown, who was named in the Mitchell Report, were seen together with human growth hormone  or HGH  in 2004.
The book also goes on to say that two anonymous Yankees said they believed A-Rod was using banned substances based on visual side effects, and that a clubhouse staffer said management had a suspicion that that the third baseman may have been juicing.
Rodriguez, in Florida rehabbing his surgically repaired hip, went 1-for-6 with two walks in the extended spring game. He had a long homer to left center in his sixth plate appearance.
He will play in another extended spring game Friday against Pirates minor leaguers at Pittsburgh's complex in Bradenton, Fla.
Rodriguez said he needs to run the bases at full speed and is still on target to return to the Yankees in May.
"I think the last thing I'm going to do here before I leave is sliding," he said. "I think sliding is probably the thing I have the most reservation about because you have to get on your hip and bounce on it a little bit. Everything else seems so far on schedule."
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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I guess Ripken has been given his marching orders...Ripken: 'I really want to know why'
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Cal Ripken Jr., the Hall of Fame shortstop who played in an MLB-record 2,632 straight games for the Baltimore Orioles, wonders what Alex Rodriguez's motives were for using performance-enhancing drugs and plans to ask the New York Yankees third baseman himself.
"I really want to know why," Ripken said Thursday night at a banquet in Florida, according to the Palm Beach Post. "I'm going to make it my business to find out."
Ripken, who the report said has known Rodriguez for 16 years, said in a speech at the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's Men's Night Out that he thought the problem of steroids in baseball was improving, and "the willingness to suspend Manny Ramirez" is proof.
"The steroid era really puts a dark cloud over baseball," said Ripken, who was inducted into the Hall in 2007. "And that dark cloud is hanging and hanging."
Rodriguez returned to the Yankees last Friday after missing the first month of the season as he recovered from hip surgery. He acknowledged in February to using performance-enhancers while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03.
Ramirez was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball last Thursday for violating baseball's drug policy.
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Cal Ripken Jr., the Hall of Fame shortstop who played in an MLB-record 2,632 straight games for the Baltimore Orioles, wonders what Alex Rodriguez's motives were for using performance-enhancing drugs and plans to ask the New York Yankees third baseman himself.
"I really want to know why," Ripken said Thursday night at a banquet in Florida, according to the Palm Beach Post. "I'm going to make it my business to find out."
Ripken, who the report said has known Rodriguez for 16 years, said in a speech at the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County's Men's Night Out that he thought the problem of steroids in baseball was improving, and "the willingness to suspend Manny Ramirez" is proof.
"The steroid era really puts a dark cloud over baseball," said Ripken, who was inducted into the Hall in 2007. "And that dark cloud is hanging and hanging."
Rodriguez returned to the Yankees last Friday after missing the first month of the season as he recovered from hip surgery. He acknowledged in February to using performance-enhancers while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03.
Ramirez was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball last Thursday for violating baseball's drug policy.
Rodriguez hit his 600th HR and the long AP article about it doesn't mention his steroids use until near the end. And then there's this little beauty:
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I haven't noticed any "fatigue" when it comes to opportunities to slam Mark McGwireand Roger Clemens. It's not fatigue it's the glaring racial double standards at work again in Cultural Marxist America. If McGwire were about to hit his 600th or 700th home run, the coverage would have been extensive and would have centered almost completely around his juicing. "A-Rod" pretty much got a pass.
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I haven't noticed any "fatigue" when it comes to opportunities to slam Mark McGwireand Roger Clemens. It's not fatigue it's the glaring racial double standards at work again in Cultural Marxist America. If McGwire were about to hit his 600th or 700th home run, the coverage would have been extensive and would have centered almost completely around his juicing. "A-Rod" pretty much got a pass.
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At least Barry Bonds has taken heat for his steroid use but the only reason is that he's such an a-shole. If he were a decent person the DWF"s wouldn't care about his steroid use. In regards to McGwire I know he used androstene which was legal at the time but was banned by MLB and other sports. Did McGwire actually use any steroids that were illegal or was it just andro?
McGwire fessed up about using steroids a few months ago.
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I don't know whether this guy should be commended or ridiculed but a security guard turned in a free second prize in the lotto. Here is the story about the 600th home run ball courtesy the NY Post.....Security guard returns 600th home run ball
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The Yankees discovered their most loyal employee yesterday, and it is not Derek Jeter. It is security guard Frankie Babilonia, who is in his second season with the club.
The 23-year-old scaled the netting at Monument Park in the first inning to retrieve Alex Rodriguez's 600th home run ball, then happily gave it to his supervisor.
After the Yankees' 5-1 win over the Blue Jays, A-Rod was thrilled to be presented with the milestone baseball. Babilonia received a handshake and an autographed bat from Rodriguez, who became only the seventh player to hit 600 home runs.
ALL MINE: Alex Rodriguez stares at his 600th home run ball yesterday, returned to him by security guard Frankie Babilonia after the Yanks' 5-1 win over the Blue Jays at the Stadium. A-Rod gave Babilonia an autographed bat in exchange .
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ALL MINE: Alex Rodriguez stares at his 600th home run ball yesterday, returned to him by security guard Frankie Babilonia after the Yanks' 5-1 win over the Blue Jays at the Stadium. A-Rod gave Babilonia an autographed bat in exchange .
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"This is a lifetime experience,"Â Babilonia said. "Something I will never forget. If I ever have children, I'll let them know I was the one who caught the 600 ball and I handed it back in."Â
Babilonia's usual post is center field, but he was pinch-hitting for the guard who had Monument Park duty. That guard was on a half-hour break. That's how Babilonia wound up being in the right place at the right time.
"Our duty is that if [Rodriguez] hits that home run, we have to retrieve it and return it to our superiors, and that's what I did,"Â Babilonia said, adding he never expected his day to turn out like it did.
He had no thoughts of keeping the ball, which could have sold for $100,000. If a fan had caught the ball the Yankees were prepared to go into heavy negotiations, including offering dinner with A-Rod and Cameron Diaz to get the ball in A-Rod's possession, according to a team source.
"I like doing my job, I don't want to put my job at risk at all,"Â said Babilonia, who is from Lower Manhattan. "We get a half-hour break and I was out there maybe 10 minutes. I was pretty lucky. I'm going to frame the bat and put it in a glass case."Â
As for his co-worker who was on break, Frankie said with a smile, "I guess he's pretty mad."Â
He said he was going to call his mother. "I'll tell her it felt great and I just love doing my job."Â
Will he get a raise, he said, "Who knows?"Â
Asked if he was an A-Rod fan, Babilonia said, "Yes,"Â then added, "I'm actually a Jeter fan, but they're both on top."Â
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Last Updated: 1:45 PM, August 5, 2010
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The Yankees discovered their most loyal employee yesterday, and it is not Derek Jeter. It is security guard Frankie Babilonia, who is in his second season with the club.
The 23-year-old scaled the netting at Monument Park in the first inning to retrieve Alex Rodriguez's 600th home run ball, then happily gave it to his supervisor.
After the Yankees' 5-1 win over the Blue Jays, A-Rod was thrilled to be presented with the milestone baseball. Babilonia received a handshake and an autographed bat from Rodriguez, who became only the seventh player to hit 600 home runs.
ALL MINE: Alex Rodriguez stares at his 600th home run ball yesterday, returned to him by security guard Frankie Babilonia after the Yanks' 5-1 win over the Blue Jays at the Stadium. A-Rod gave Babilonia an autographed bat in exchange .
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ALL MINE: Alex Rodriguez stares at his 600th home run ball yesterday, returned to him by security guard Frankie Babilonia after the Yanks' 5-1 win over the Blue Jays at the Stadium. A-Rod gave Babilonia an autographed bat in exchange .
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"This is a lifetime experience,"Â Babilonia said. "Something I will never forget. If I ever have children, I'll let them know I was the one who caught the 600 ball and I handed it back in."Â
Babilonia's usual post is center field, but he was pinch-hitting for the guard who had Monument Park duty. That guard was on a half-hour break. That's how Babilonia wound up being in the right place at the right time.
"Our duty is that if [Rodriguez] hits that home run, we have to retrieve it and return it to our superiors, and that's what I did,"Â Babilonia said, adding he never expected his day to turn out like it did.
He had no thoughts of keeping the ball, which could have sold for $100,000. If a fan had caught the ball the Yankees were prepared to go into heavy negotiations, including offering dinner with A-Rod and Cameron Diaz to get the ball in A-Rod's possession, according to a team source.
"I like doing my job, I don't want to put my job at risk at all,"Â said Babilonia, who is from Lower Manhattan. "We get a half-hour break and I was out there maybe 10 minutes. I was pretty lucky. I'm going to frame the bat and put it in a glass case."Â
As for his co-worker who was on break, Frankie said with a smile, "I guess he's pretty mad."Â
He said he was going to call his mother. "I'll tell her it felt great and I just love doing my job."Â
Will he get a raise, he said, "Who knows?"Â
Asked if he was an A-Rod fan, Babilonia said, "Yes,"Â then added, "I'm actually a Jeter fan, but they're both on top."Â
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What will the MSM have to say if Jim Thome can play another season and get to 600 HRs? They'll probably drone on and on about how "boring" Thome is as a player, and that he spent so many games at DH in recent years. He just won't be as deserving as 'roid boys like Bonds and A-Rod.
If Adam Dunn can stay healthy, I expect at least 500 HRs from him before he hangs up the spikes. The reaction from the MSM will be the same dismissal of a great white player.
Yankees fans continue to adore A-Rod. What a joke.
If Adam Dunn can stay healthy, I expect at least 500 HRs from him before he hangs up the spikes. The reaction from the MSM will be the same dismissal of a great white player.
Yankees fans continue to adore A-Rod. What a joke.
Don Wassall said:
I thought I would mention that my local rag also had the AP story (AP=agenda programmers) as the headline article at the top of the sports page, only they trunicated the story, no mention of steroid use at all! Typical caste propagada piece.