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Are the Red Sox-Yankees the Greatest Sports Rivalry Ever?

admin — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox have been playing games against each other for over 100 years.

The first big game between the two teams was in 1904 when the Red Sox beat the Yankees to win the American League Pennant.

The real story of the rivalry begins with the selling of Babe Ruth from the Red Sox to the Yankees. Here we have the start of the curse that keeps the Red Sox from winning a World Series until 2004.

Throughout the years we have seen numerous games that decide pennants. There have been many bean palls and clearing of the dugout.

As television became more popular the Yankees and Red Sox games have been played nationally more than any other rivalry.
It has been recent years though that allows this rivalry stand up above the rest. With the Yankees owning the 90′s and then the 2000′s is where the Red Sox finally strike back.

On the way to their title in 2004 the Red Sox faced a 3-0 deficit in the ALCS only to become the first team ever to come back and win. The Red Sox then added another World Series victory in 2007.

The Yankees have struck again with winning the free agency battle of Mark Teixeira and then winning another World Series.

As all great rivalries the blows keep getting dealt.

Is Fenway Park the Mecca of Major League Parks?

admin — Tue, 24 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

In recent years we have seen more and more new modern stadiums being built throughout the country. This has left the last remaining few baseball stadiums as parts of culture from the past. Fenway Park located off of 4 Yawkey Way has been in the baseball business since 1912 the longest in the Major Leagues. Fenway Park has held that title since 1990 when the Chicago White Sox left Comiskey Park which was then demolished the following year.

Every great stadium has something that makes it stand out from the rest. Fenway has multiple, first is the Green Monster out in left field. Players have been spraying balls off the wall in left for years. If you walk behind the monster you will find a wall that has been signed my numerous greats throughout the years. In 2003 seats where put atop the Monster making them one of the greatest seats in the world.

Next in the line we have Pesky’s Pole that lives 302 feet down in right field. The porch to right in Fenway Park is the smallest in baseball but not many arrive since the sharp right turn that occurs before the end of right field.

These are just some of the features of the Mecca of Major League parks.

Roger Clemens: Hall of Fame or Banned?

admin — Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Whether or not Roger Clemens should be a Hall of Famer comes down to where you stand on the issue of performance enhancing drugs in the sport of Baseball. If you believe that anyone who has ever been accused of taking PED’s doesn’t deserve a nod than Roger Clemens election to the Hall of Fame is a mute point. On the other hand, if you believe that everyone in Clemens’ era was taking them and that his record speaks for itself, well, you would more than likely like to see him in the Hall of Fame. While the so called “smoking gun” has never been produced to show that Clemens took PED’s, as with Bonds and others in his era, there seems to be enough evidence to at least prove him guilty in the court of public opinion.

The truth is, Clemens was one of the most dominate pitchers in his era. He won more Cy Young Awards (7) than anyone in Major League, and is in the Top 10 all time in win’s. Yet, Clemens is looking at a real possibility of not making the Hall of Fame. Baseball writers are not a very forgiving bunch, especially when it comes to so called “cheating” in baseball. With that said, with many stars in his era being proven as “juicers”, doesn’t it just show how dominate of a pitcher he really was?