David Ortiz is "Angry" With Alex Rodriguez

Excuse me and accept my apologies for posting this, I usually stay away from the he said she said nonsense and the gossip columns but this was just too comical to pass up. Apparently David Ortiz is "angry" with Alex Rodriguez and has not spoken to him in a year over comments his lawyer, not A Rod, said last year on his "Free me I'm innocent" and "I'm suing everyone" tour. I believe the exact quote from Joe Tacopina, Rodriguez's lawyer, was "I'm not going to start naming all the other players, but some of them are God-like in Boston right now, and people seem to forget that."

First of all Rodriguez didn't say it and secondly Tacopina was just doing his job, what's the issue here? Plus, what many people conveniently forget or purposely ignore, is the fact that Ortiz used steroids. Ortiz got a pass on the subject and has moved on to taking selfies with President Obama and hugging Commissioner Bud Selig like he is the new face of Major League Baseball. Ortiz, you took steroids and you got called out for taking steroids, I'm not seeing a problem here.

We're not in High School anymore, grow up. Oh and before you go on MLB Network's Hot Stove and adamantly deny your steroid use again let's remember THIS New York Times article that mentioned you and Manny Ramirez both were on that same list as Alex Rodriguez the first time. I find it hard to believe that Manny and A Rod were users on the list, and that is confirmed, and you were wrongly accused.

Alex Rodriguez Just Made $2.575 Million Bucks

What is a Friday morning in Yankee Land without a little Alex Rodriguez news, right? As we all know Alex was suspended for the entire 2014 season and lost out on much of his $25 million in salary but Rodriguez made a cool $2.575 million recently according to Candace Taylor of the Wall Street Journal.

According to the report Alex sold his Miami condo for $2.575 million after buying it just one year ago for $2.1 million. The reason for selling it was apparently A Rod wanted something bigger on the beach, not because he sued the world and probably owes Joe Tacopina more than what I will make in a lifetime.

Must be rough for Rodriguez to only have a three bedroom and three and a half bathroom condo on the beach in Miami worth over $2 million bucks.

Papi Goes the Weasel

Seems like just yesterday when David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez were sharing a drink and a cigar on the golf course at Ortiz's charity golf touney. Through all of the allegations and scandal that ARod was dealing with, all was well in the cozy seat of a golf cart in the sun drenched beauty of the Dominican Republic.All was right with the world.....ahhhhhhh.

Well, A funny thing happened today on ESPN radio. The ever so boisterous talk show host Colin Cowherd had a chat with Joe Tacopina and within a blink of an eye, buried one of ARods few remaining friends in baseball. That bridge was burned when this comment was made by Tacopina...

“No one else was compelled to say anything and no one else did say anything,” Tacopina said about the time period when a Selena Roberts book was released detailing Rodriguez’s alleged PED use and the Times story broke. “People were denying stuff. And I’m not gonna start naming all the other players, but some of them are God-like in Boston right now, and people seem to forget that … Alex came clean and admitted something when he didn’t have to.” 

Let's get real, no one is really surprised by this comment. Ortiz has dealt with allegations of steroid use for years now and for good reason, as Cowherd stated...

When it’s too good to be true, it is … Here was a guy in May of 2009, batting .222 with a slugging percentage of .300, no injuries and he couldn’t hit … He’s significantly better today than several years ago. Interesting story. The story of David Ortiz hitting .733 is about as believable as Big Foot.” 

Although, with it coming from the mouth of Tacopina, this will certainly have an immediate backlash. Let it be known though, it certainly won't be coming from Yankee fans! 

The steroid accusation is so freely used by Sox fans (2nd only to "buying our team") as the reason for the Yankee's championship success. Even after Manny Ramirez and his suspensions for anything from steroids to his...female fertility pills..heh, heh...Manny being Mary? Anyway, it still seems that it just disappears within the gates of Red Sox nation. 

I figure, if ARod is going to keep shooting off cannons while the ship sinks, why not aim it at the Red Sox?

Tacopina Says "God Like" PED Users Are In Boston

Joe Tacopina told @ESPN_Colin he did not want to name other players accused of PED use, "but some of them are God-like in Boston right now."
— Neil Best (@sportswatch) January 14, 2014

In case you missed it and have been living under two rocks in the past week or so Alex Rodriguez was suspended for 162 games and essentially lost his appeal with Frederic Horowitz and Major League Baseball. Now he is taking it to court suing both the MLB and the MLB Players Association trying to get the ruling overturned or reduced. While he is waiting for that to play out we may have the makings of another Jose Canseco on our hands...

Alex's lawyer Joe Tacopina was on Colin Cowherd's ESPN show today and foreshadowed a possible outing of other PED users. Tacopina subtly suggested that some of the current PED users are "god like" players playing in Boston. Immediately David Ortiz comes to mind as well as Dustin Pedroia, more likely the former than the latter obviously, with a few other possibilities. This is about to get really REALLY fun I have a feeling.

Here is the quote from Tacopina:

Joe Tacopina told @ESPN_Colin he did not want to name other players accused of PED use, “but some of them are God-like in Boston right now.”