Alex Rodriguez Unloads On First Pitch

The visual evidence speaks for itself below.

A-Rod must have made up his mind before he stepped in to swing at the first pitch.

That decision really paid off.

A-Rod homered on the first pitch he saw of his 2009 MLB Season. It was a three run homer to left field, that gave the Bronx Bombers a 3-0 lead. After a Johnny Damon RBI, the score became 4-0 Yankees. We finally saw the C.C. Sabathia the Yankees paid all of that money for, as he had eight strikeouts in a complete game shutout.


The AL East had better look out! The Yankees Are Coming!

CC Sabathia To Start Both Yankees Openers

CC Sabathia will start the Yankees regular season opener and the opener at New Yankee Stadium.

Is anyone suprised by this? Of Course not.

C.C. Sabathia Officially Traded To Brewers

Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner C.C. Sabathia was officially traded Monday from the Cleveland Indians to the Milwaukee Brewers for four prospects.

Sabathia, eligible for free agency after the season, went 19-7 with a 3.21 ERA last season and gives the Brewers another power pitcher to pair with Ben Sheets as Milwaukee tries to make the playoffs for the first time since 1982.

Sabathia is the first reigning Cy Young winner to be traded since Roger Clemens was dealt to the New York Yankees after winning the award with the Toronto Blue Jays in 1998.

Sabathia was scheduled to arrive in Milwaukee before Monday night’s game against Colorado and to pitch against the Rockies on Tuesday night. He also is expected to pitch against Cincinnati on Sunday, giving him a pair of starts for his new team at home leading into the All-Star break.

Milwaukee sent Cleveland left fielder Matt LaPorta, pitchers Rob Bryson and Zach Jackson and a player to be named.

Melvin said the Brewers’ strong farm system gave him flexibility to deal away a good prospect.


This Below Is From My Post From Yesterday:

"The Brewers wanted Sabathia, who rejected a $72 million, four-year extension from the Indians during spring training, on their pitching staff in time to get him two starts before the All-Star break, according to multiple media reports. Sabathia, who is 6-8 with a 3.83 ERA this season, could debut in Milwaukee against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.

The Addition of Sabathia makes Milwaukee even more dangerous. The Brewers instantly have enough to catch up with the Cardinals and the division leading Chicago Cubs.

My first thought, as a National League Baseball Fan of hearing this was "All Right! Now we get to see C.C. Sabathia actually swing the bat in something more than interleague play!

Sabathia is even a great hitter and a great pitcher, one of the best in all of baseball!

If I'm a Milwaukee Brewers Division Rival reading this, My First thought would be something along the lines of "Oh Snap!"

The Brewers have not won the division since 1982, when they were in the American League. They have taken a huge step to attaining their goal of making the postseason and ultimately winning the World Series."

Report: C.C. Sabathia Traded To Brewers

Multiple Media Sources are Reporting the Milwaukee Brewers have won the C.C. Sabathia Sweepstakes.


The Brewers and the Cleveland Indians agreed to a deal for the reigning AL Cy Young on Sunday, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The newspaper reports the deal is contingent on paperwork being finished and the exchange of medical records.


Cleveland would get Double-A outfielder Matt LaPorta, who is hitting .288 with 20 homers and 66 RBIs in 84 games for Huntsville, and two other minor leaguers in return, according to the Journal Sentinel. The two other players do not include top prospects Alcides Escobar or Mat Gamel.


The Brewers wanted Sabathia, who rejected a $72 million, four-year extension from the Indians during spring training, on their pitching staff in time to get him two starts before the All-Star break, according to multiple media reports. Sabathia, who is 6-8 with a 3.83 ERA this season, could debut in Milwaukee against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday.

The Addition of Sabathia makes Milwaukee even more dangerous. The Brewers instantly have enough to catch up with the Cardinals and the division leading Chicago Cubs.

My first thought, as a National League Baseball Fan of hearing this was "All Right! Now we get to see C.C. Sabathia actually swing the bat in something more than interleague play!

Sabathia is even a great hitter and a great pitcher, one of the best in all of baseball!

If I'm a Milwaukee Brewers Division Rival reading this, My First thought would be something along the lines of "Oh Snap!"

The Brewers have not won the division since 1982, when they were in the American League. They have taken a huge step to attaining their goal of making the postseason and ultimately winning the World Series.

Barry Bonds Indicted on Perjury, Obstruction Charges

The Major League Home Run King Was Charged with lying to a federal grand jury.
Barry Bonds was indicted Thursday for perjury and obstruction of justice, charged with lying when he told a federal grand jury that he did not knowingly use performance-enhancing drugs.

The indictment unsealed Thursday against baseball's home-run king culminated a four-year investigation into steroid use by elite athletes.

If convicted on all five counts, baseball's home run king could go to prison for up to 30 years.

In August, the 43-year-old Bonds passed Hank Aaron to become baseball's career home run leader. Late in the season, the San Francisco Giants told the seven-time National League MVP they didn't want him back next year.

Bonds finished the year with 762 homers, seven more than Aaron, and is currently a free agent. In 2001, he set the season record with 73 home runs.

Bonds became the highest-profile figure caught up in the government investigation launched in 2002 with the raid of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO), the Burlingame-based supplements lab at the center of a steroids distribution ring.

In Other Baseball News...
Congratulations to Jake Peavy for winning the National League Cy Young Award. Congratulations to C.C. Sabathia for winning the American League Cy Young Award.

Indians one game away from meeting up with Colorado in 2007 World Series

C.C. Sabathia will pitch the Indians into the World Series Thursday night with an Indians Victory.
Hang tight, Colorado Rockies. There's another team roaring through October.

And you just might see them in the World Series.
The Cleveland Indians, relying on a throwback pitcher who looks as if he stepped out of their 1948 team photo, moved one win from another crack at winning an elusive championship.

Pumping his arms with an old-school windup, Paul Byrd blanked Boston long enough and Casey Blake homered to start Cleveland's seven-run rampage in the fifth inning as the Indians beat the Red Sox 7-3 Tuesday night for a 3-1 lead in the AL championship series.

"We want to put them away here," Byrd said. "That's a great team over there. They can easily come back and win three. We're taking absolutely nothing for granted. We'll enjoy the win for now, but we want to put them away."

Just like those rockin'-and-rollin' Rockies, who are awaiting their next opponent, these Indians are soaring like a team of destiny.

Everything is falling Cleveland's way, and with a victory in Game 5 on Thursday night, the Indians will have another chance to bring this title-starved town something it hasn't seen since the Browns won it all in 1964.

The Indians, who knocked out the New York Yankees and their monstrous payroll in the first round of the playoffs, now have the free-spending Red Sox on the ropes. Even three straight homers couldn't rally Boston.

After a day off, the Indians will turn to ace C.C. Sabathia, their left-handed leader. Boston's Josh Beckett, who beat Cleveland in Game 1 at home, will try to send the series back to Fenway Park.