Comments on: Raul Ibanez Goes Off In A Purely Natural Rage

By: steroid boy

steroid boy — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 01:00:37 +0000

This guys built like 16 year old computer nerd. His forearms are the size of my wrists. His responses are just like the other 140 baseball players that have been found to have taken PEDs.

This guys is on something. He is no Pujols, hes a little boy!!!

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:55:10 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: When I went, the stadium was a dump, and there was less variety of food choices then at the minor league parks I visit in NJ. But since they refurbished and renamed the ball park, they have added many new food choices, including “…All-Star BBQ, which will feature a full array of Kansas City-style barbecue options such as burnt ends, ribs and brisket.” I wasn’t particularly impressed with Boog’s joint, although he is easy to talk with, and signed my hat.

BTW, the story you covered had a blurb in the NY Post yesterday. Ibanez states that the Blog statement is bogus, with this quote “I’ll give up every single dime I have if I test positive and he can put it up against his job.”and further “it was done by a blogger, not a journalist; not a person that did homework.” I doubt that he read the article at Midwest Sports Fans, and as you mentioned, it is rather detailed, and does not make any charges of steroid use, only making the statement that the use cannot be ruled out. Unfortunately, any player who makes a substantial statistical jump, especially at age 37, will be subject to scrutiny. It isn’t as if any ballplayer has been remotely truthful until their back was to the wall. At any rate, I picked him up on one of my teams, for the simple reason that he was going to play in Philly. I’m surprised at the results of the analysis – whenever I go to Philly, balls seem to fly out of the park at a ridiculous rate.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:53:01 +0000

So your saying he’s just like Josh Hamilton! Oh, I get it now.
Great article. Wll written.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:16:46 +0000

@Aaron Pil: Yeah, Rosenthal came off sanctimonious. The reason people read a blog like MidwestSportsFans is because they deliver a different product than 'proper journalism'. Stattier, funnier, franker, etc. Who wants to read a blog post that's a wannabe newspaper article?

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:12:16 +0000

@Paulie Allnuts: Thanks. Would love to go to KC if only to eat some BBQ....do they have something like Amos Otis's Rib Shack @ Kaufman Stadium like Boog Powell (Camden Yards), Orlando Cepeda (SF), and Randy Jones? (San Diego)? Maybe Hal McRae Designated Hit BBQs? Willie Wilson's Addicting BBQ?

By: Aaron Pil

Aaron Pil — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:25:17 +0000

Rosenthal was awful, what was that about? Did he even read the article?

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:44:42 +0000

word – Negro Baseball hall of fame

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:44:04 +0000

@Rudy Gamble: Great stuff, Rudy. Although not born in KC, Lester Young spend much of his life in the city; I believe that his drugs of choice were alcohol and opium. If you ever get a chance to go to KC, visit the Jazz Museum, which is directly across from the Negro Hall of Fame Museum. Then down the block, catch several eateries offering down-home southern cooking. You can also catch a game at Royals stadium - when I went several years ago, the tickets were amazingly inexpensive, but since they revamped the park, they probably upped the price.

By: Rudy Gamble

Rudy Gamble — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:19:43 +0000

@IowaCubs: @BigFatHippo: @John: Thanks! @Matt G.: Not sure on KC. But Charlie Parker most certainly was a heroin man.

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:00:18 +0000

@big o: I hope you're not putting money on that. The Giants have the Merkin.

By: big o

big o — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:59:01 +0000

over/under on jack cust’s HRs for the series is 3 .

just big o kayin’ .

By: big o

big o — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:56:39 +0000

as always , inter-league play is all about A ‘s /giants .
go A ‘s .

By: Grey

Grey — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 03:20:38 +0000

@jbatkins: Ha! Popcorn ready.

By: jbatkins

jbatkins — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:55:06 +0000

Am I the only one excited to see the Tommy Hanson-Matt Wieters showdown tomorrow? Getcha popcorn ready!

By: PhillyYorker

PhillyYorker — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:52:53 +0000

Please, someone accuse Raul of something else. DUDE IS A MONSTER!!!!!!!!!!!! METS CAN SUCK IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now back to Razzball commenter witticism.

By: nmdunkel

nmdunkel — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:43:14 +0000

@ jerkstore: at least sager was funny.

By: Matt G.

Matt G. — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:39:04 +0000

Rudy,

I thought that KC, of the Sunshine Band, was a coke addict, not a smack user, if I remember my “Behind the Music”‘s correctly……

Just be thankful Mr. Ibanez did not offer to provide sperm to test in addition to his hair, blood, urine, and stool.

By: jbatkins

jbatkins — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:34:37 +0000

@jerkstore: I think Craig Sager does look in the mirror, before every game... and he says to himself, "You're pretty Craig. You're pretty, dammit!"

By: jerkstore

jerkstore — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:15:28 +0000

@nmdunkel: who would you rather punch in the face – ken rosenthal or craig sager and his bright pink blazers? at some point don’t these guys have to look themselves in the mirror and say “i’m a grown man and i’m a sideline reporter … like hannah storm”

By: jbatkins

jbatkins — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:43:02 +0000

@sneauxman: Maybe the scoring in my league is different from yours and other leagues, but Ibanez is currently the highest scoring player in our format. I don’t see why everyone thinks he’s going to fall off the earth – none of his stats suggest he’s in line for a monumental fall. He’s been steady for the past 5 years, but on crummy teams in pitchers’ parks. Now in a lethal lineup in a hitters’ park, he’s finally playing out of his mind. No, he won’t keep this up, but I will say this: Grady Sizemore will not be able to see Raul Ibanez from where he is at the end of the year. In a non-keeper league, that trade is a no-brainer. (In a keeper league however, like you originally described, unless Ibanez is the piece you need to win this year, you’ve got to hold onto Sizemore there).

By: John

John — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:14:59 +0000

seems like an over the top response from raul when you read the article, but not when you realize how the article’s suggestion was probably related to him by the reporter.

anyway, hilarious!

By: sneauxman

sneauxman — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:05:38 +0000

A manager in my keeper league just offered up an injured Sizemore for Ibanez straight up to another manager in the league (I’m not involved, just know the details through loose lips). I think the choice is obvious if you’re not going to contend this year. Which side do you take if you’re playing for this year? I still like the Sizemore side.

By: BigFatHippo

BigFatHippo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:17:10 +0000

Raul, Raul!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent piece of investigative journalism Rudy, you’ve outdone yourself this time. Good for Raul for finally overcoming such a terrible disease. How do you think he did it? Doctor Phil? Oprah, perhaps?

By: Ernie Imbroglio

Ernie Imbroglio — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:08:39 +0000

@airlifting: Ha! I thought it was fitting when Bernstein called Carlos Marmol "Carlos MacDougal" earlier today. This is not false. @brad: A HYSTERICAL pregnancy, apparently.

By: brad

brad — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:02:28 +0000

Ibanez is hiding a pregnancy.

By: airlifting

airlifting — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:37:41 +0000

@cws05nuts: someone listens to boers & bernstein.

By: cws05nuts

cws05nuts — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:18:17 +0000

He is playing in a toy ballpark embedded in a fantasy lineup.

By: IowaCubs

IowaCubs — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:16:56 +0000

Tears are streaming down my face. Tears.

By: nmdunkel

nmdunkel — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:10:21 +0000

I had a big issue with this non-story story, only ’cause I watched Ken Douchebag Rosenthal try to headhunt a fair, logical guy in a disgustingly elitist, patronizing way, while he obvs did not read the article. Hey guy…you wanna see poor moral standards from writers, look no further.

Raul, love ya bro, but you can tell me and every other ‘amateur’ (in short this means the same writing talent without a journalism degree, Ken) blogger to censor ourselves after tickets are free and we, the fans, no longer keep you in work.

By: 101 M.P.H.

101 M.P.H. — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 19:47:39 +0000

If I understand your logic correctly, had Kurt Cobain kicked heroin prior to his tragic death, he would currently be pitching as effectively as, say…..

Sidney Ponson?