Seth's 50 Centers

Proving once and for all his regular season dominance wasn’t a fluke, Adman took it to another level, gave 110 percent and left it all out on the field, in claiming the seths50centers.com playoff title.

Adman and JMB both finished 6-5 in the playoffs and both picked Pittsburgh to win the Super Bowl, but Adman’s choice of 45 total points was closer to the actual 50 than JMB’s 35.

Should Adman find himself in Central Ohio before next football season starts, and should the 15-21 people who regularly made picks find it convenient to gather together at an eating establishment, a meal will be purchased for Adman.

No Morton’s, Ruth’s Chris or Hyde Park, though. Previous winners have eaten their victory meal at Thurman Cafe and Red Robin.

Final Playoff Standings

Adman 6-5
JMB 6-5
Crazed Wolverine 5-6
Kara 5-6
Brian 4-3
Grandpa 4-7
Big Game 3-3
Seth 3-8
The CPA 3-8
Jeremiah 2-7
Randy 1-3
Jessica 0-1

Say it ain’t so A-Rod

Alex Rodriguez has officially admitted to using banned substances, although he’s not sure what he took, and won’t confirm that the frosted tips in his hair during the time between 2001-03 was a direct result of the roids, or that the fact he’d failed to obtain his loftiest goal of joining a boy band was the real cause for the tips, or for that matter the roids.

As someone who just wants to see this story go away, I’ll say this: Let’s move on from this “loosy-goosy culture” and just get back to playing the game. The reality now is HGH is still out there without a test, so I’m sure many players are operating on a don’t ask, don’t tell basis in the clubhouse with needles appearing only behind closed doors.

One fearless prediction: A-Rod will have his best season in ‘09, having put this admission behind him. He may even be productive in the postseason, which my friend Brian will be shocked to see.

The only thing I’m interested in at this point when it comes to steroids is that Texas Rangers clubhouse. From the time Jose Canseco joined Texas partway through the 1992 season, that place was a cesspool of felonious activity!

Think about the players he played with in the following few seasons: Ivan Rodriguez, Rafael “I’ll point my finger wherever I want” Palmeiro, Juan Gonzalez and Julio “the ageless one” Franco to name a few.

Then A-Rod joins the fray in ‘01 where Pudge Rodriguez is still there, Palmeiro has returned, as has Ruben Sierra. Ken Caminiti, who won the NL MVP in 1998, but later admitted to abusing steroids before dying at age 41 was there, too.

If the Rangers from ‘92 through the start of actual testing in the big leagues in ‘03 or ‘04 are a microcosm for the rest of baseball, then no amount of cleansing agent is going to get it clean.

We can only hope the influx of new players, and the fact the league is testing now, can point things in the right direction.

The thing that stinks now, though, is that A-Rod still has nine-plus years remaining in the league. This isn’t a group of on-their-way-out of the league guys who we can just close the door on and forget about.

This is an A-bomb from A-Rod! And not the kind that play-by-play man John Sterling screams about as the ball leaves the park.

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