Vida En El Valle Blogs: The Latin voice of the central valley.

It was hilarious. New York Yankees’ Manager Joe Girardi tells the umpire that Mariano Rivera will attempt to close out the American League Championship Series opening game against visiting Los Angeles Angels on Friday.
 
 

 
“Rivera,” says Girardi. And the ump says, “Who?” And Girardi responds, “This new guy we got.” And the ump responds, “Up from Triple-A, huh?”
 
 
 

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Did you know that the players’ union in Major League Baseball is one of the strongest in the nation?
Even before former AL MVP and now outcast among MLB players, Jose Canseco, came out with his book about the steroids controversy, the union had no REAL detection device against performance-enhancing drugs. Some say the abuse was rampant [...]

For those who want to see what it’s like to live like a millionaire, Bernie Madoff’s New York Mets Major League Baseball tickets are up for auction on Ebay.
A trustee has been assigned to liquidate Madoff’s Investment Securities. And this includes two seats in the eighth row, somewhere behind the Mets’ dugout.
At last bid they were going for $800. Apparently they [...]

Manny is just being Manny, again.
Dominican slugger Manny Ramirez must be singing the popular hit by The Clash, ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go?’ (You know, it’s the one with the Spanish background vocals!). A personal favorite.
 
The homerun slugger who  made the cross-country leap last year from the Boston Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers is mulling over a one-year [...]

There’s some definite unrest in the McGwire home. And a spot in the Hall of Fame for the slugger Mark McGwire is unlikely.
It seems the home-run slugger’s brother, Jay McGwire, is about to publish a book that details how he was the person who introduced Mark in 1994 to steroids. And it’s about to hit the newstands, like soon.
Eleven years ago, the [...]