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Normally grown folk need to make their own decisions, but if a particular grown folk might benefit from a little nudging in one direction or another…well, I’m happy to oblige. So let me just flat-out say it: Manny Ramirez, visit your old neighborhood in Washington Heights.

Normally, the baseball faithful show no mercy to cheaters. Yankee fans boo Alex Rodriguez. People toss syringes at Barry Bonds. Mark McGuire spends more time hiding from the public than Joaquin Guzman Loera. And Manny Ramirez…ummm, wait a second.

I feel like we should call today’s blog the “Latin Pretty Boy Report.”  Not a diss, we just happen to have two stories that deal with the heir apparent and reigning king of Latino athlete P.B.’s.

I attended a New York Yankee game last Friday and boy is my Met heart burning. Pero, since this is a blog about Latin music and not sports like my boy Alex I’ll say this: the intro music for the Yankee batting line-up sounds like a house party in Spanish Harlem. Yes, we all know Latinos dominate baseball with juice (A-Rod) and no juice (Jose Reyes) but they have also transformed a ball game’s ambience. Check out the songs some of the Yankee sluggers came out to on Friday night against the Minnesota Twins.

He’s back!!! After arguably one of the most insane “off seasons” in sports history (Madonna-mating, call girls, AND steroids, that’s impressive), Alex Rodriguez returned to the Yankees on Friday, making his 2009 debut in a weekend series against the Baltimore Orioles.

Comic book nerds, rejoice! X-Men Origins: Wolverine opens today, unofficially kicking off the start of the summer movie season and representing one of a number of comic book/TV show/cartoon-based films to hit the silver screen over the next few months (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – OK, nerds, calm down). What does Wolverine have to do with sports? Well, superheroes and athletes both possess the abilities to accomplish feats beyond the scope of normal men.

First, Alex Rodriquez lied and said he never used steroids.  Then he adjusted his statement and claimed he only took performance-enhancing drugs while playing for the Texas Rangers.  Now, a story in the New York Daily News reports that A-Rod’s PED use started in high school and lasted into his Yankees years.  Uh.  Oh.  The information used by the Daily News comes from an upcoming tell-all about Rodriguez titled, A-Rod.  The book cites various unnamed sources and i

Lots going on in the world of soccer/futbol/football, with everything making news from quarantined stadiums to a Jesus-loving mid-fielder cracking the Times' 100 Most Influential List. So many stories so little blog; unless we cram the whole smorgasbord of info into one tight place like J. Lo fitting into a pair of skinny jeans. (Which reminds me – does she do anything anymore? If not, we may need to find a new big-bootyed Latina for our similes. I’m open to suggestions). OK, time to suck in those waistlines and make room for a healthy amount of futbol news.

OK, I know it’s SUPER early, but with the first full week of baseball in the books (almost) I want to take a look and see how our “Top 5 Under 25: MLB Players to Watch” have faired so far.  I make fun of fans who freak out after bad start numero uno for a pitcher (hola Yankees faithful and CC “I Look Fatter When I Lose” Sabathia) or who get way too souped about their team following one good series (be patient Kansas City, the trophy’s not even polished yet) – so no

On Monday, April 6th, former Madonna Latino boy-toy, MLB slugger, and Juiced author Jose Canseco spoke in front of a small crowd at the University of Southern California.  During the Q&A, Canseco called A-Rod a “copycat” (Madonna Latin boy-toy and steroid user), dubbed Ken Griffey Jr. a “clean” player (although he claims nobody can be sure about anyone anymore), and accused Manny Ramirez of taking performance-enhancing drugs. Wait, what???