Hey Everyone,
First, allow me to apologize for the length of time it has taken to post again. I have had a busy few weeks since my last entry. I've gotten engaged to my long-time girlfriend (I honestly am not sure why she waited for me but oh so glad she did!). Christmas and New Years and my birthday have all come and gone and were wonderful and I miss my extended family already. And of course there has been lots of baseball news, though not Twins related, the biggest of which happened just a little bit ago today.
The list of baseball news includes the following:
-Matt Holliday re-signed with the St. Louis Cardinals for 7 years and $120 million
-Cuban defector Aroldis Chapman signed with the Cincinnati Reds for six years and around $30 million
-Roy Halladay and Cliff Lee were traded to the Phillies and Mariners respectfully
-Chone Figgins signed with the Mariners
-Former A's and Cardinals slugger finally admitted to using steriods
Wait, what was that last one?! Yep, that's correct, just a little bit ago, the news we've all been waiting for since, oh I'd say, the moment number 62 left his bat, has finally come to pass. We can all now move on with our lives. For those of you not quite ready to do that, here's a link to the ESPN.com story, http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4816607.
My feelings on this are that we all pretty much knew this back when he was playing but really we wanted to ignore it because we were all caught up in the magic of the moment when he was chasing Roger Maris. At least I admit I was. I am glad he has finally admitted it, even though it is quite a few years later than we all would have liked. I don't hate the guy because I can't honestly say that I would not have done the same thing had I been blessed enough to have the talent to play in the Majors. At the same time, I do not believe he should be voted into the Hall of Fame, nor do I think he ever will be now. I really didn't think he would be anyway, had you asked me before this news came out.
I'm just glad that this one is over and now we can focus on waiting to hear if the all-time home run champion will ever follow suit. Because of the personality that Mr. Bonds has perpetuated however, I very much doubt that that will ever happen.
For those of you wanting your dose of Twins news, here's a link to one of the beat writer's blog, it has some interesting tidbits.
http://blogs2.startribune.com/blogs/neal/2010/01/11/some-monday-morni
Well, that's all I have today folks. Take care.
Joe
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