--Yanks Goin' Yard!
- Brett Gardner got tossed in the Yankees 10-6 victory over the Angels Wednesday after arguing a called strike two, no worries though. The speedy center fielder knew exactly what he was doing. Rookie Collin Curtis promptly stepped up to the plate down 0-2, worked the count to 3-2, then parked one in the short porch in right at Yankee Stadium, his first Major League round-tripper & first curtain call (watch here). Watch towards the end of the video as an employee gets the HR ball from the lucky fan who caught it... Yankees.com reported that in return for the souvenir, Curtis had to trade Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez autographs, each of which he had to get from the future Hall of Famers himself!
"It worked out perfect," Gardner said. "Shoot I was up there trying to get the guy in from third. He went up there and hit a three-run homer."
- Speaking of Jeter and A-Rod, the pair each went deep in the Bronx Bombers win over the Royals Thursday. The captain notched only his second inside-the-park homer in 16 seasons. Rodriguez, on the other hand, put his 599th home run over the right field fence. He'll turn 35 years-old on July 27 and if he hits another home run sometime in the next calendar year, he will become the youngest player ever to join the 600 HR club. Babe Ruth currently holds the record, he was 36 when he clubbed number 600. If A-Rod does it Saturday, he has a chance to go deep off the same guy who gave up his 500th home run back in August 2007, Kyle Davies. Deja vu all over again!
--Oswalt Offering has Odd Twist
- Roy Oswalt has wanted to be traded to a contender all season, however now he's only concentrating on winning another one for his Houston Astros. In ten seasons with the 'stros he has accumulated 143 wins, good for second best on the club's all-time wins list behind Joe Niekro who threw for the team from 1975-1985. Oswalt asked manager Brad Mills to get him two starts before the July 31 trade deadline, according to astros.com, in order to give him an extra outing to tie Niekro. He will go for victory number 144 Saturday vs. Cincinnati. In 33 career games against the NL Central rival Reds, Oswalt is 23-2 with a 2.62 ERA, 1.127 WHIP, .237 BA against, and a 3.13 K/BB ratio (source: baseball-reference.com). Rumors suggest Oswalt will be dealt to either the Cardinals or Phillies, I'm praying he leaves the Central for reasons listed previously. We're talking a .920 win pct. versus my boys!!
- Although there's never a deadline, trading in the fantasy world is also getting juicy around this time. Empathize with Yahoo!'s Andy Behrens about all your roto trade woes, I guarantee there's at least one of these guys in your league as well! (Thanks to Andy for the heads up on this entertaining article)
--Drawing Blood
- Bud Selig announced Major League Baseball will begin testing for human growth hormone, starting in the minors, by taking blood samples from players. This from nytimes.com:
Olympic athletes have been subject to blood testing for many years, but baseball's decision marks the first time that a professional league in North America will test its players' blood for signs of doping.
--Record-Breaking Rose Bat Goes for $158,776
- The bat Pete used to finish his Major League career with 4,256 hits (most hits in MLB history) was sold at an online auction this month, seven bids were entered. Think it'll get X-rayed? Some people love to kick a guy when he's down, or make fun of his hat at a ballgame...
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