Another classic BaseballInk.com baseball limerick…was it really blood on Curt Schilling’s sock in Game 6 of the 2004 ALCS against the Yankees?

There once was a pitcher named Schilling
Whose Game 6 performance was thrilling
But many an eye
Thought it red dye
Not the blood it was claimed he was spilling

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Another classic BaseballInk.com baseball limerick:

There’s a slugger in baseball named Barry
Who hits homers so often it’s scary
But he gets annoyed
When you ask him ’bout ‘roids
So if you interview him please be wary!

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Baseball already has an integrity problem, and at least two reporters in the Baseball Writers’ Association of America are not helping.

Alex Rodriguez got all of the first-place votes for AL MVP…except for the two that went to Maglio Ordonez of the Detroit Tigers.

The two reporters? From Michigan, of course: Tom Gage of The Detroit News and Jim Hawkins of The Oakland Press in Pontiac.

Should Ordonez get credit for his batting title? Absolutely. Was he his league’s most valuable player? Not a chance. And these two homer reporters diluted what should have been a clear-cut unanimous MVP for Rodriguez.

This same kind of stunt was pulled when Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken, Jr., were denied unanimous acceptance into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Thirteen of 545 writers left Gwynn off their ballots; eight dissed Cal.

The writers of the BBWAA should be held accountable. I move that Gage’s and Hawkins’s be kicked out of the BBWAA, along with the writers who omitted Gwynn or Ripken, Jr. These writers should not be the story. The players they report on should be.

Another classic BaseballInk.com baseball limerick:

There once was a Yankee named Jeter
Who proclaimed he was not a tax cheater
“I owe no more than the
next guy from Florida
who knows how to handle a heater!”

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Bob Oliver Baseball Clinic is expanding its non-profit youth clinics to reach kids throughout California, not just Sacramento.

Bob’s program brings Major and Minor league players to the field with the kids to teach them new techniques and tactics used in the big leagues.

It has been amazing to watch the kids grow from this experience. We are excited that the program is coming to Mariposa for our kids!

www.boboliverbaseballclinic.org