AL East

OK, so obviously, baseball fans by now have heard that Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees has done steroids. He said that he did them during his time with the Texas Rangers, when he won an MVP award. Oh wait....

Inspired by Rob Abruzzese’s article:

MVP of the Month:

Some of the members of this blog play intramural sports at their respective universities and we like to share our tales of intramural glory. This is another one of those epic tales.

I love Baseball. Like really love Baseball. So much so that I have Honus Wagner's lifetime BA in my brain.

So much so that I often tell my girlfriend how much time she has left with me (meaning how much time until the first pitch of the Rays game) and so much so that I study everything I can about the history and lore of the game.

Here are the notes and lineups for tonight's game:

- In the last two games, the Yanks have one walk and 17 strikeouts.

- Robinson Cano is up to .380 and has a 14-game hitting streak.

- Nick Swisher is struggling, going 6 for his last 35, and has two RBI in that time.

- Hideki Matsui has a seven-game hitting streak and is 11 of his last 27.

- The Yankees have scored three runs in the last 19 innings.

- The Yanks are 32-39 in April over the last three seasons.

April
28
This from Hal Steinbrenner via the Yankees:

The 2008 Seattle Mariners had the second-worst record in baseball (61-101); it was a campaign of no power and no pitching.

They paid a Carlos Silva $12 million over the season to lose 16 games—almost $1 million per loss.

They gave up five promising prospects for an ace—Erik Bedard—who pitched just 81 innings. GM Bill Bavasi probably thought he was buying job security when he swung the deal, but he was actually ringing up his own ticket out of town.

According to George King of the NY Post, Yankees manager Joe Girardi said, “there is a chance,” that Alex Rodriguez plays in a minor league rehab game as soon as this week.

Alex Rodriguez will go through his third baserunning session today in Tampa and usually that is enough for a player to make the next step in the rehab process: Minor league games.