carlos beltran

With 4th of July Weekend in the books (although you may still be feeling the after effects of BBQs and beverages), it’s time to look ahead to the rest of the summer, which of course for us baseball fans means gearing up for the All-Star Game. The 2009 version takes place at “The House That El Hombre Built” (otherwise known as St. Louis’ Busch Stadium) on July 14th.

For anyone not in the know, the Puerto Rico Day Parade goes down in New York City on Sunday (apparently the Big Apple’s third largest walking party behind the St.

All right, people, time for part two of our preview on the Latin American teams competing in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. On Monday, I profiled the national teams from Venezuela, Panama, and Mexico and now we turn our eyes to the remaining Latin powerhouses (by the way, I bet any amount of money that in ‘09 a team from a Spanish-speaking country takes down the WBC–no disrespect to defending champs Japan, but we’re due).

Time for another Scorecard Week in Review, and Díos mio what a week it has been, dominated by A-Rod stories and…more A-Rod stories. But believe it or not, other things actually occurred in the world of sports that didn't involve Aster-Rod: Tiger Woods announced his return to golf, a soccer soap opera—starring David Beckham, AC Milan, and the L.A.