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Well, Red Sox Nation, I hope you are happy. The two centerpieces of the Red Sox World Championship runs in 2004 and 2007 have been revealed for taking steroids. Both players were two of the one hundred players listed in the Mitchell Report that was released during the winter of 2008 that had tested postive for steroid use during the 2003 season. For Ramirez, this just confirms that his recent bout with steroids was no fantasy. Ramirez was caught in April for taking a female steroid and had to serve a 50 game suspension because of it. As for Ortiz, this story is all about him. Ortiz has consistently denied ever having used steroids and has been very critical of any baseball player who had ever taken the cheating drug. Now, he has to eat his own words; oops. Story . Who will be next? Curt Shilling? He has denied steroid use. Albert Pujols? He has denied steroid use. Mike Piazza? Ken Griffey Jr.? Ricky Henderson, who was just inducted into the Hall of Fame this past weekend? The merry-go...

METS 7 ROCKIES 0 Hey, National Leauge! Here come the Mets! That's right the New York Metropolitans. The New York Mets pounded the Colorado Rockies in game one of a day/night double header, 7-0 behind ace Johan Santana. For one of a few times this season, Santana had a lot of run support with which to work. For most of the season, Santana has had to pitch near perfect games because the Mets struggled to score runs when he pitched. Not today. In the second inning with two runners on, Corey Sullivan lined a single to shallow center field to drive in Dan Murphy to make it 1-0. Next, Omar Santos singled to drive in Jeff Francoeur. The hit parade of the unknowns continued as Angel Berroa (ANGEL BERROA!?!?!?!) doubled into the right center field gap to drive in Sullivan and Santos to make it 4-0. David Wright continues to heat up. He had an RBI on a sacrifice fly in the fifth and an RBI double to deep right to drive in Alex Cora to make it 7-0. Box Score . Santana was brilliant. He pitc...

According to ESPN's Buster Olney, Omar Minaya's job status is up in the air ever since the general manager went on an uncalled for rant about New York Daily News reporter Adam Rubin. Tuesday night, owner Jeff Wilpon gave his support behind Minaya saying that he "was his GM." That is the ultimate kiss of death. Remember last year when Minaya told reporters that Willie Randolph "was his manager"? Wilpon went on to say that Minaya had "embarrassed" the organization with his blow up on Monday, but he felt the GM has learned from his mistakes and felt sorry for lashing out at Rubin. Stay tuned. If Minaya wants to keep his job, he may have to swing a big trade in the next couple of days, or do something to earn the trust of ownership back. He is on thin ice!!

It's over! It's over! Thank the gods of football; it's over! The Brett Favre Saga which has gone on and on and on and on for sixteen months is finally over!!!! Brett Favre announced that he will remain retired from football FOREVER! ESPN release . Favre told ESPN that he is not physically cabable of playing this season; he complained of nagging knee, ankle and shoulder pain during his workouts with high school students in Mississippi. This should serve as a big relief to Vikings fans and the Vikings ogainization. They will not have to be surprised, like the Jets were last fall, when they traded for Vengeful Favre last August 7. Still, the Vikings might suffer a bit from the Favre fiasco. They had to wait in suspended animation for months until Favre came to this obvious decision. Now, they can focus on training camp and their 2009 season. More important, all of us can actually focus on the other interesting stories that emerge over the next five weeks before the start of t...

With three days left until the non-wavier trade deadline, the Yankees are rumored to be interested in adding another starting pitcher after it came down today that Chien Ming Wang is out for the season with shoulder trouble. The Yankees are rumored to be in discussions with the Cincinnati Reds for Bronson Arroyo , who is having a weird season in Cincinnati. He is 10-10 with a 5.17 ERA. At times, he has been as good as any pitcher in the big leagues, and then there are days that he will give up 9 runs in one inning. Arroyo is a former Red Sox and knows a little bit about pitching in Ocotober, and, with the Yankees powerful offense, it won't matter how badly Arroyo pitches. However, if the Bombers want a more stable option, there are rumors that the Seattle Mariners would be willing to send Jared Washburn to the Yankees. Washburn is having a great year. He is 8-6 with a 2.65 ERA and a 1.05 WHIP. It would be a boon for the Yankees to land Washburn since he is a ground ball pitcher, s...

RAYS 6 YANKEES 2 When a team is supposed to face a struggling pitcher whose ERA is 6.69, they are supposed to win the game. When this same team is countering with their ace, they are most definitely are supposed to win the game. Well, that is why the play the game, n'est pas? The New York Yankees, winners of 10 of their last 11 games, were dominated by struggling Scott Kazmir through seven innings, in which he gave up only five hits and one run, while striking out four. Only Hideki Matsui and A-Rod could do any damage on the Rays young lefty. Mastui had two hits and two RBI, while A-Rod had two hits. That was really it for the Yankees all night long. As for C.C. Sabathia, he really struggled. Sabathia gave up six runs, five earned, in 5 and 2/3 innings. He just didn't have it last night; in this fashion,so has the season gone for C.C.. There are days that Sabathia looks dominant, yet there are others in which he looks completely lost on the hill. Not exactly what one wants fro...

METS 4 ROCKIES 0 Stop the presses. The Mets are hot. For the first time since late May, the New York Mets have won four straight games to pull within 5 1/2 games of the wild card leading Rockies and Giants. Usually, momentum is as good as the next day's pitcher, so there had to be some concern that the Mets would have a letdown after last night's emotional victory with the inconsistent Mike Pelfery on the mound for the Metropolitans. Instead, Pelfrey was solid. He pitched six innings, scattering seven hits, while striking out five. He even induced a double play in the fourth inning to get out of a bases loaded jam to end the game. It was the kind of performance the Mets needed from their number two pitcher, a performance that he has not delivered this season on a consistent basis. Offensively, Daniel Murphy continues to show signs that he is coming out of his funk. Murphy led off the second inning with a double to right to set the table for a scoring opportunity. Next, Jeff Fr...