An A Bomb from Arod

2 Outs in the 9th, Arod up bases loaded down one, whats more exciting than that. Come through in the clutch and get a curtain call get out and get incredibly booed. And Arod comes through in the clutch. 2 Strike fast ball thigh high outer half and Arod hit a bomb to straight away center. Definately the high socks. Also, the curtain call was pretty funny as you could see he didn't want to do it.

Final Line for Arod: 3-4 2 HRs, 2B, 6 RBIs, 4 Rs, BB

In other game news, Kei Igawa was miserable, he had no control all game long and his pitches were way too high making the Yankees staff 4 for 4 on terrible outings. But the fought back and kncoked around the O's pen.

Numbers On Steroids: Bret Boone

Numbers on Steroids is a look at baseball players during the 90s to see if anything screams out at you. Mr. Boone was once the best power hitting second baseman in the league. How questionable was his success? Averages Say: Why the extra plateu in his mid 30s? At Bats Per Home Run Says: Lowest at Bats Per Home Runs at 37? Hmm.... Explaining It Away Yeak, this one is tough. Umm, late bloomer? He showed potential power early in his career and he just liked playing in Seattle a lot more than everywhere else? And umm, his career was kind of like a running backs in that it just all of a sudden fell off the map? Any of these convincing you? The Verdict Guy never hits more than 24 home runs in a season and then in his age 32 season he hits 37? And in SafeCo a pitchers park to boot? And he follows that up with 24, 35, 24 homer years still at SafeCo? And then he completely falls off the map in 2005 never to be heard from again? We've got a Screamer... Man Get Big Muscles In 30s. Hm...

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