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It’s too bad that the Mitchell Report finally happened, or at least the way it happened. Did they really have to give up names? It’s too bad. Why you ask? Because that list is way bigger than the names that were given up. That list includes a large percentage of baseball, all the way up to the owners. Players are being thrown under the bus for something that owners and MLB executives failed to implement earlier. Come on! Everyone who is reading this rant knows that steroids were a MAJOR part of  baseball. How else do you explain the 5 foot nothing second baseman hitting .300 with 35 hr and 100 rbi? The same guy was 25 lbs. lighter just three months ago and just happened to be in a contract year in a grossly overpaid market.  I’m not talking about a specific player, I’m talking about a lot of players….more than were on that list.

We loved it too. You know you did. After watching the game of the early to mid eighties, the game that would put you to sleep in just minutes. It was a change of pace. The home run is baseball’s biggest money maker. It brings fans to the games. Yeah, the true baseball fanatics enjoy the game played 4-3 with sac bunts, hit-n-runs and stolen bases. Games with defense and pitching right? But the common baseball fan loves that home run, and the MLB knows that.  

So why would they test for steroids? Lets face it. They all got greedy. Major League Baseball, owners, players, clubhouse workers, and fans. That homerun and that money associated with it made us all greedy.   

Fresno, Ca – The Riverside Community College baseball team finished the 2007 season on a high note as they won the 2007 California Community College State Championship today at John Euless Ballpark in Fresno, California, defeating Cypress College 6-1. Riverside swept through the bracket with a 3-0 record. In the finale it was all Bryant Hollingsworth on the mound. The freshman pitcher went the distance allowing one run on six hits, while striking out six and walking one. The game was scoreless headed into the third when Riverside’s Eddie Quevedo doubled down the leftfield line to score Robert Burk. Chipping on two more runs in the fifth inning, Riverside then dealt Cypress the knockout punch in the sixth when Quevedo added a two-out single to score two runs, capping a three run inning. That was all Hollingsworth needed to secure the victory and take home the title. For Riverside it is their fourth state title in the 2000s, making a strong bid to be the team of the decade.  

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Super Regional
Sacramento Bracket at Sac City College
#1 Sacramento
#4 Sierra
#5 West Valley
#11 Diablo Valley
Fresno Bracket at Fresno City College
#2 Fresno
#3 Chabot
#9 Consumnes River
#10 Santa Rosa

1914 Babe Ruth, in his first pro game, shutouts Providence to give Baltimore a 6-0 win.

1959 In the seventh inning against the A’s, the White Sox score 11 runs on just one hit.

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