MLB Looks to Suspend Many
- ESPN reported yesterday that Major League Baseball is looking to suspend about 20 players, with
superstars Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez for alleged steroid use. According to
ESPN, MLB will look to suspend 100-games, the punishment for a second violation
of the league’s performance enhancing drug policy.
- MLB struck a deal with Tony Bosch the founder of Biogenesis
of America, giving the league the needed ammunition to suspend those players.
It was rumored that Braun and Rodriguez’s names were linked to Biogenesis prior
to the season, when both players denied the rumors. Bosch’s agreement will give
the MLB the opportunity to say that the use of Biogenesis was the first violation,
and the later lying of the connection to Bosch would count as the second
violation, leading to the 100-game suspension.
- These suspensions would effectively end the seasons for all
the players. The Yankees (Rodriguez’s team) have played 58 games ,and the
Brewers (Braun’s team) have played 57, after the suspensions there will be 5 or
fewer games left for the players in the regular season. Braun was the NL MVP in 2011 and Rodriguez is a 3-time AL MVP in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
Heat-Spurs set for Finals
- After an anticlimactic Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat will play the San Antonio Spurs for the 2013 NBA Title. The Spurs easily dispatched their Western Conference Finals opponent, the Memphis Grizzlies via a 4-0 sweep.
- It will be the first trip to the Finals for the Spurs since 2007 when, ironically, they went up against a 22 year old Lebron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers team and swept them. We're willing to go out on a limb and say that Lebron will not be swept this time around and he may be looking for some measure of revenge against the Spurs.
- Additionally, we're willing to bet that Greg Popovich will not hold multiple starters (Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Danny Green) out of any of these games as he did earlier this season against the Heat. That maneuver, which he used to rest them for a tough upcoming stretch, was punished by a huge fine, even though Popovich was simply looking at the long term well-being of his team.
- Game 1 is Thursday night in Miami.
- After an anticlimactic Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Miami Heat will play the San Antonio Spurs for the 2013 NBA Title. The Spurs easily dispatched their Western Conference Finals opponent, the Memphis Grizzlies via a 4-0 sweep.
- It will be the first trip to the Finals for the Spurs since 2007 when, ironically, they went up against a 22 year old Lebron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers team and swept them. We're willing to go out on a limb and say that Lebron will not be swept this time around and he may be looking for some measure of revenge against the Spurs.
- Additionally, we're willing to bet that Greg Popovich will not hold multiple starters (Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker and Danny Green) out of any of these games as he did earlier this season against the Heat. That maneuver, which he used to rest them for a tough upcoming stretch, was punished by a huge fine, even though Popovich was simply looking at the long term well-being of his team.
- Game 1 is Thursday night in Miami.
As suspected, the Heat avenged the Spurs.
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