Joba (no...not those balls that asian's put in tea) Chamberlain struggles in first start

All this non-sense pitch count crap, put way too much pressure on Joba in his first major league start. Going into the game, he knew he was only allowed 70 pitches so he was aiming too much, and got wild and walked 4 in his 2 1/3 innings of work. I know the Yankees don’t want him to go the way of Mark Prior, but cmon. 70 pitches? Have you seen Chamberlain’s build. I think he can take it. At least better than he took those flies last September.

That being said Joba should have looked across the field at his opposing pitcher Roy Halladay to see how the pros do it. Halladay is a former cy young winner and perennially one of the best pitches in the game, but he gets no love cause he plays in Canada. I think the Yankees should worry more about Joba’s twinkie intake then his pitch count. Let the guy let it rip. Seattle last year let Felix Hernandez just pitch and the Angels just put Jared Weaver out there. And they both had outstanding years, and are off to good starts again. 260 pound kids no matter what age don’t need kid gloves. Just for some perspective, Joba is 2 months younger than the NBA’s Chris Paul. I think he is ready to play.

Barry "Bail" Bonds

According to Yahoo!, Barry Lamar Bonds, faces two and a half years on charges stemming from apparent lies told to the court by Bonds when he faced steroid allegations. This guy for sure did steroids. He is the biggest dog and that's why he is getting the brunt of this whole thing. Everyone did steroids then, had the players not did steroids, baseball's ratings would've plummeted even more due to lack of interest. The roid heads came to the rescue hitting bomb after bomb, bringing interest back to the sport, therefore selling more advertisement to big name sponsors and baseball flourished. The league is to blame, not the players. They wanted money and they new what was going on. It was up to the commish and his posse to correct the problem at first glance instead of turning their collective heads when the problem could have been solved right away. Sorry Barry, you got the record you wanted, but now you're gonna have a record you don't want, a criminal record.

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Back to Where it All Began...

According to Buster Olney "The Lonely," The Mariners have expressed interest in bringing Jr. back to the emerald city. This would be great for baseball and great for the true star of the steroid area to return to his baseball home to retire as the legend he truly is. Many forget Griffey's dominance of the 90's he was better than any of the roid heads (Canseco, Bonds, McGwire, Sosa.) He was the Michael Jordan of baseball, I mean he would have been if Michael wasn't the Michael Jordan of baseball.
An injury plagued, latter half of his career skewed the public's prespective of Griff and hopefully classic games of KGJ will surface so all the youngins can learn to respect the man. Ken, thanks for the best sports game for Super Nintendo and the smooth stroke, you are the man for you place and time. Hopefully the Mariners pull off a trade for him, not only would he be back on his original team but the lineup would be deep and would give the Evil Orange County Angels a run for their money.
The new lineup could be very potent Ichiro who usually gets on base could be followed by the much improved Raul Ibanez, then potential all-stars Adrian Beltre and Richie Sexson, Griffey could DH at the fifth spot followed by young talent like Yuniesky Betancourt and Jose Lopez. In addition to a strong lineup, the Mariners have one of the best one-two starting pitching combos in the league with "King" Felix Hernandez and Eric Bedard. This team could make a run and is always dangerous in terms of pulling off deals at the deadline, watch for them to quietly sneak into the playoff chase after they add pitching at the deadline.