Reality sets in

The Colorado Rockies tried to deal Todd Helton to the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees earlier this year, I was pissed, I couldn't believe they would think about doing that. But reality has set in that the Rockies have these amazing young talented players that they don't want to get rid of. They want to get Ian Stewart up and playing but he's a third baseman, where Garrett Atkins plays. It's not a stretch to say that most likely the Rockies will be getting rid of Todd Helton (which is a shame) so that the new faces of the team can play. The big problem they will have is that Todd Helton has a huge salary that a lot of teams won't want to take on. So I hate to say this but IF (big if) the Rockies were to trade Todd Helton, I would say the only team that would be willing to take him and his salary is the New York Yankees. They have the money, they can afford it and everyone knows they need a good first baseman. Todd Helton has one of the best fielding percentages in baseball. His power batting numbers are down but his on base percentage is great. New York has the money and they can survive without his power numbers.

The Denver Broncos look horrible. I know people keep saying not to judge too quickly in the preseason but their defense looks horrible. I always figured that the Denver Broncos were trying to get new people on defense so the defense would be great to make up for Jay Cutler as the QB. The defense would help to keep them in the game for when Jay make's young mistakes. But they look horrible. They should have a great team on both sides of the ball but they barely beat the 49ers and they lost badly to the Cowboys.

First home run

I'm just posting this because I loved the story and want to keep a record of it.

Written by C.J. Moore from MLB.com

Baseball played in the thin Rocky Mountain air was sure to produce a lot of home runs.
The first of many came from an unlikely leadoff man in the first Rockies at-bat at home during the team's inaugural season.

Leadoff man Eric Young stepped to the plate on April 9, 1993, against the Expos' Kent Bottenfield with all of Denver watching -- at least it seemed that way as a Major League-record 80,277 packed into Mile High Stadium.

Young sent Bottenfield's 3-2 pitch into the left-field seats and the Rockies' history book.
As Major League Baseball crowned a new home run king this week, memories of other famous home runs came to mind for baseball fans. For the Rockies, the most memorable home run in club history was Young's blast.

"It was an emotional high when I hit it -- like a volcano erupted in that stadium," Young said. "I was floating."

Teammate Vinny Castilla said: "I remember the home run. That was unbelievable, man. The crowd was unbelievable, too. There were like 80,000 people in the stands.

"First at-bat and the people were excited for Major League baseball, and he just hit it out of the ballpark. It was a great feeling. The stadium was rocking and you could see on Eric's face, too -- he was so happy and excited to start a season like that."

Young's homer propelled the Rockies to their first regular-season victory, 11-4. They would go on to win an expansion-team record 67 games in 1993. The home run was the first of 77 by the Rockies that season at Mile High Stadium.

Denver has always been a long-ball hitter's city. Barry Bonds, who owns the record for most home runs hit by a visiting player at Coors Field, has hit 29 in Denver.

Coors Field, which became the home of the Rox in 1995, ranks first, second and fourth in single-season home runs in a Major League park.

Prior to this season, the Rockies had hit 1,516 home runs at home, but none was as memorable as the first.

Young wasn't known as a home run hitter. He only hit one homer in his rookie season with the Dodgers in 1992 and he ended up hitting 79 during his 15-year career, including eight of the Rox's 25 leadoff homers.

When Young, of all people, led the game off with the shot heard 'round Colorado, Expos outfielders John Vander Wal and Marquis Grissom knew fate was on the Rockies' side that day.
"'Grip' looked at me and said, 'We're in trouble,'" Vander Wal said. "Under my feet, the ground was shaking. We knew we were in for something."

Denver had eagerly anticipated the arrival of its team. The day before Opening Day, there was a parade in the city, and even though it was a cold day, an estimated crowd of 200,000 congregated. A Major League-record 4,483,350 attended that first season. Mile High Stadium was expanded so the team could set the attendance record for the opener.

"I didn't know a stadium could hold that many people," Castilla said. "I remember driving to the ballpark. There was a lot of traffic and a lot of people driving around the stadium, and that was a celebration. That was big for the city, big for anybody that was part of the team that year."
C.J. Moore is an associate reporter for MLB.com This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.

Barry Bonds rant

I have quite a few problems with things I hear lately when it comes to Bonds and the way he gets treated.

One I've heard so many times about race, it doesn't have anything to do with his race. It's the fact he cheated and he hasn't paid for it. Others players in others sports get caught and they get suspended, they pay for it. Bonds has gotten no punishment whatsoever.

Next, Bonds has no respect for the game, he shows that the fact that he allows his trainer to sit in jail just so he can break a record he doesn't deserve. He doesn't respect the fans of the game either. I don't know why Giants fans support him, he doesn't give a damn about them. He cares about himself and that's all.

I hate the Yankees but I cheer for A-Rod because I want him to break Bonds record so he get be erased from the records. I cheer for any player who might break the single season home run record.

Guilt?

As I watch Barry Bonds struggle at the plate and play horrible, part of me wonders if he's feeling guilty. What if his concious is getting to him and it's effecting how he's playing? Either way, I'm happy he's struggling but I just hope he does it before the Colorado Rockies play them at the end of August.

I saw a story that said Greg Maddux would rather walk him than give up the home run, I agree with him. If I was a manager, I'd rather lose than help Barry break the record.

I can't wait until hockey starts, baseball is so boring compared to it.

Not against my team!

Now that it's impossible to hope that Barry Bonds won't break the record, since he is just one away from tying it, two from breaking the record, my thought process about it has changed... PLEASE NOT AGAINST THE ROCKIES!!

I do not want the team/pitcher that he hits it off of to be with the Rockies. Luckily I think the Rockies don't play the Giants in a while... I'll go check... August 27th. Wow! I just assumed they'd play the Giants way before then.

Forget this whole post! There is no way he'll be breaking the record against the Rockies. That's a month to hit two home runs. I mean come on...

Golfers on steroids?

Am I the only who doesn't care if golfers are on steroids or whatever? All I really think of it is they need to be kicked in the nuts for using steroids for such a lame reason. At least baseball/football/basketball/hockey players have an ok excuse with how demanding the sport is and how much pressure there is to be good. But golf?! Who cares. Most people can only name like 2 golfers, no one cares about anyone else.

Now onto the possibility that at least one NBA official was betting on games and apparently connected to a mob/mafia of some kind. I wish I could say I'm surprised but I've watched many basketball games where one team is clearly being picked on. Someone on the radio asked how it would be possible to stop it, my solution is that they need to have a department that's sole purpose is to review games, to check if the ref is being legit or not. That means someone reviewing every game.

And I think they should do this for every sport, though I think basketball is the only one where it's a huge problem. But I wouldn't be surprised if it happens in others sports on some level.

What annoys me about sports...

Here is what pisses me off, tonight the MLB All-Star game took place, Ichiro Suzuki got the MVP, as he deserved. What I don't get is why he wins a brand car for being the MVP... When you consider that during the game they reported that he was close to signing a deal with the Mariners that was worth about 100 million dollars. Obviously he needs a new car!

I hate that! I hate that they give the Super Bowl MVP a new car. No athlete needs a new car given to them. Even the athletes that don't get much playing time, most likely earn somewhere between $500,000 to $1,000,000. There are people who actually NEED and DESERVE a free car, but unfortunately they're working their asses off. Athletes don't need a free car, to go along with the others that go in their collection.