The storied MLB career of Sal Fasano and his mustache came to a close last season. This year they are on a new journey, heading the Lansing Lugnuts, A-ball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. On his facebook page, Fasano lists three personal interests: “Growing kickass mustaches, being as stereotypically Italian as possible, being the epitome of awesome.”
This is me for some reason. Ever since I was a kid I loved it. I had an uncle, Wally, who used to have a fu manchu. I was like, ‘When I get older, I’m going to have a mustache just like you.’ I like it. It’s me and my personality.
There is something to being a common guy. I’m not a flashy guy. I drive a truck. … I’m not afraid to show emotion.
You can actually relate to a guy like me easier than you can a guy like … A-Rod … but when you try hard, most people like the underdog. That’s kind of what my whole career has been.
Does Dallas Braden have a secret man-crush on Alex Rodriguez? Or is he just the same type of attention-whore that he accuses A-Rod of being? Either way, Braden can’t seem to stop thinking about A-Rod.
In an interview on Wednesday, Braden continued to discuss the A-Rod pitching mound incident. Check out the video:
Maybe it’s me, but he sure talks a lot for someone who claims to be from a place where people let their fists do the talking. I know appearances aren’t everything, but I think I’d still be afraid of him if I was A-Rod, since you have to be a little psycho to chew on rocks in your spare time.
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It’s Cinco de Mayo, so it’s only fitting that today we honor a great Mexican baseball player — and his mostacho.
Last year, ESPN came up with the following analogy: Jorge Cantu is to Mexico, as Ichiro is to Japan, as Derek Jeter is to the United States, and as Alex Rodriguez is to the Dominican Republic. Frankly I thought it was insulting to Cantu. In 2005, Cantu set Devil Rays single-season franchise records for RBI record (117), game-tying or go-ahead RBI (37), multi-HR games (4), and HR by a 2nd baseman (19). In 2006, in the first ever World Baseball Classic, Jorge Cantu drove in both of Mexico’s runs off Roger Clemens, as Mexico eliminated the heavily-favored United States team that was led by Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, and The Shaved Emasculated Shell of Johnny Damon. And Cantu did it with a spectacular mustache. So on this day when the world celebrates Mexico’s independence from France, please don’t forget this Mexican hero, or this Mexican hero’s mustache.
Alex Rodriguez, dissatisfied with the amount of attention from last week’s fiasco, is weighing the early results of his latest attempt to catch the elusive spotlight.
In case you missed it, in a game last week against the A’s, A-Rod was taken to task by Oakland’s Dallas Braden for running across the pitcher’s mound during an inning. Everyone know’s the pitcher’s mound is off-limits to baserunners, especially a Yankees legend who pulled no punches when discussing the issue. Some continue to defend the move, but A-Rod’s history of bush-league moves is undeniable.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT5AcstSGEA
My sources have told me that A-Rod has a full-time team of statisticians whose job it is to crunch numbers that they use to provide him a daily plan of action that gives him the best opportunity to break all of MLB’s offensive records. Apparently, it’s also part of their job to find statistics that can provide A-Rod some attention, good or bad. So it was no surprise when it was revealed that Alex Rodriguez is the Yankees’ undisputed king of milking the home run trot, and is well above league average. What is a surprise is that A-Rod may have been the one to leak the stats to the media after becoming aware of their ranking in his stats team’s “spotlight potential” formula.
On a side note, while it hasn’t been confirmed, it looks like we may have located a member of Alex’s underground stats team.
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Alex Rodriguez gets all weepy accepting the AP’s postseason MVP award. [sliding INTO home]
Curtis Granderson tears up in his final goodbye to Detroit. [detroit4lyfe]
I suppose she’s reasonably attractive and all, but I’d just like to thank Jerod Morris of Midwest Sports Fan for starting the completely speculative and unfounded rumor that her name is hilarious. If you’re like me, you might have initially thought, “What’s so funny about the name Elaine?” Hence my hilarious lead that you would have already read if you were following the 7IS twitter.
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Plenty of great baseball pics and posts in JoeSportsFan’s best columns of 2009. [jSf]
Barry Bonds is the class of Sooze’s All-Decade Team. [sports UNTAPPED]
The G-POPE also leads off my 8 Greatest Athletes of the 00′s list. [nesw SPORTS]
One baseball movie made this Top 10 Sports Movies of the Decade list — can you guess which one? Hint: Billy Crystal. [detroit4lyfe]
Harry Caray: Funniest Baseball Broadcast Voice Ever? [gunaxin]
Dan Shaughnessy seems to think that saying “baseball is a business” excuses players of all sins, even The Shaved Emasculated Shell Of Johnny Damon. [major LEAGUE jerk]
Arguments for that other Hall of Fame: Jack Morris vs. Bert Blyleven; voting for Don Mattingly is “simply silly.” [circling THE bases]
The storied MLB career of Sal Fasano and his mustache came to a close last season. This year they are on a new journey, heading the Lansing Lugnuts, A-ball affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays. On his facebook page, Fasano lists three personal interests: “Growing kickass mustaches, being as stereotypically Italian as possible, being the epitome of awesome.”
