With Leather tells us that Eva Longoria is a major P.I.T.A.

Will D-Train and/or Miguel Cabrera be traded from the Marlins writes J.D. from Sportech Matter.

Babealicious Sooze over at Babes Love Baseball tells us why Kyle Farnsworth doesn’t like the Rocket.

Maureen has her own video webcasts now at Yankees-Chick.com. (Highly recommended site if you’re a Yankees fan.)

Unsilent Majority over at KSK writes about a former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader.

Christine just had her 1st anniversary blogging over at Boston Red Thoughts.

Jason at My Baseball Bias has some questions for Jason Giambi.

Anthony tells us about the ‘Battle of the Beltway’ over at the Oriole Post.

Metschick over at Ladies… previews the Subway Series in New York.

ESPN Mobile is back according to Will over at Deadspin.

And last but not least, a look at the latest “Wicked Pissah” webcast from Fitzy at the Townie News. Video is NSFW!!!

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In what probably isn’t a stunning revelation, Jason Giambi basically admitted in an interview in USA Today that he in fact used steroids.

“I was wrong for doing that stuff,” Giambi told USA TODAY on Wednesday before playing the Chicago White Sox. “What we should have done a long time ago was stand up — players, ownership, everybody — and said: ‘We made a mistake.’

“We should have apologized back then and made sure we had a rule in place and gone forward. … Steroids and all of that was a part of history. But it was a topic that everybody wanted to avoid. Nobody wanted to talk about it.”

He said Wednesday he’s thankful for MLB’s steroid and amphetamine testing program that was revised before last season. MLB does not test for HGH, but Giambi said he does not use the drug, either illegally or with a doctor’s prescription.

“Unfortunately, (the rumors) are going to be a part of it. But that’s OK. I’m probably tested more than anybody else. I’m not hiding anything,” said Giambi, hitting .273 with five homers this season. “That stuff didn’t help me hit home runs. I don’t care what people say, nothing is going to give you that gift of hitting a baseball.”

When asked, “So why did you take steroids?” Giambi said: “Maybe one day I’ll talk about it, but not now.”

I have to wonder when he apologized back in 2005, if this was the reason why. Also, when did he take them? Did he take them when Mark McGwire was a member of the Oakland A’s?

MLB is saying there was never a steroids problem. But here is basically an admission that yes, baseball did have a steroid problem.

Giambi will now be investigated by MLB for his comments but odds are he won’t be suspended.

[USAToday.com]

Technorati: Jason Giambi, Steroids, MLB

We all know Ozzie Guillen is a very passionate manager for the Chicago White Sox and is usually a man of many words. Ozzie usually speaks his mind and during the Mike North Morning Show unleashed a nice profanity filled phone call.

It seems Guillen was upset with the questions that North had asked his (Guillen’s) catcher A.J. Pierszynski. A.J. had said he wasn’t happy with being left out of the lineup in today’s Cubs-White Sox game.

Here is the phone call:

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Technorati: Ozzie Guillen, Chicago White Sox, AJ Pierzynski

As Steve pointed out in his notes from the second game, NESN’s Jerry Remy fell down while doing an ‘air guitar’ impression before they went on the air for Thursday night’s second game between the Red Sox and Tigers.

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