Los Esteroides y Cooperstown

"Mira el futuro y estudia el pasado, pero preocúpte solo por el presente"... JOSEPH McKADEW.-

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Hoy es Día del Correo. Gracias a quienes me leen y me escriben.

David Luque A. de Calabozo, pregunta...: 1).- ¿Cómo saber si al Hall de la Fama de Cooperstown han elevado consumidores de esteroides. Y los excluirían, si fueran identificados?"... 2).- "¿Cree que debido a los esteroides será más factible la elevación al Hall de la Fama de Andrés Galarraga?"... 3).- "¿Cómo y cuando se estableció la regla no escrita de que las pelotas de foul que van a las tribunas o fuera del estadio, son que de quién las atrape?"


Amigo Davio...: 1).- Los 266 bigleaguers elevados hasta hoy al Hall de la fama, jugaron antes de prohibirse los esteroides en las Grandes Ligas... 2).- Me parece que no está muy clara esta pregunta, pero si se trata de que la no elevación de otros facilitaría la de Galarraga, la respuesta es no. Cuando no hay quién o quiénes merecen los votos, se decide declarar desierta la elección... 3).- Hasta 1911 se obligaba a los espectadores a devolver las pelotas de fouls al terreno. Ocurrió que en el Polo Grounds de Manhattan, sede de los Gigantes, capturaron una ese año, y el fanático se negó adevolverla. Pero se la quitaron por la fuerza. Debido a eso el joven demandó a los Gigantes, ganó el litigio, le devolvieron la pelota, le pagaron dos mil dólares por daños y perjuicios y se sentó el precedente. Por eso desde entonces se permite llevarse las bolas fouls. Pero actualmente y desde hace 11 años, eso no tiene gran importancia, porque los peloteros, mánagers, coaches, ball boys y ball girls, les regalan las pelotas a los clientes de las tribunas.

Esteroides en el beisbol

    Fans in left field hold up a sign asking about suspended Los Angeles Dodgers player Manny Ramirez, during the Dodgers' baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies, Wednesday, May 13, 2009, in Philadelphia. The Dodgers won 9-2. (AP Photo/Tom Mihalek)

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    FILE - In this June 9, 1991 file photo, Houston Astos pitcher Pete Harnisch delivers a pitch against the New York Mets in a baseball game in Houston. Harnisch, a former All-Star pitcher who played at Fordham from 1985-87. Fordham has played baseball every year since 1859, except when the 1944 season was suspended because of World War II. The program has produced more than 50 major leaguers. (AP Photo/Tim Johnson, File)

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    FILE - In this undated file photo, baseball player Frankie Frisch, known as the Fordham Flash, shows his way of stopping a difficult grounder ball. Frisch, is by far the most easily recognizable name from Fordham's past. A star in four sports at school, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1947. Fordham has played baseball every year since 1859, except when the 1944 season was suspended because of World War II. The program has produced more than 50 major leaguers. (AP Photo/File)

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    FILE - In this July 3, 2002 file photo, Los Angeles Dodgers television play-by-play announcer Vin Scully rehearses before a baseball game between the Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks in Phoenix. Scully, a 1949 graduate, said the biggest baseball game Fordham he played while he was there was against Yale, whose first baseman was George H.W. Bush. Fordham has played baseball every year since 1859, except when the 1944 season was suspended because of World War II. (AP Photo/Paul Connors, File)

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    Kevin Rolfe sells a t-shirt in reference to Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez outside Dodger Stadium's gates before the MLB baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles on Friday, May 8, 2009. Ramirez was suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball for a drug violation, adding a further stamp to what will forever be known as the Steroids Era. Ramirez will lose $7.7 million in salary, but the Dodgers stand to take a financial hit, too. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

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    Kevin Rolfe sells t-shirts in reference to Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez outside Dodger Stadium's gates before the MLB baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles on Friday, May 8, 2009. Ramirez was suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball for a drug violation, adding a further stamp to what will forever be known as the Steroids Era. Ramirez will lose $7.7 million in salary, but the Dodgers stand to take a financial hit, too. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

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    Kevin Rolfe sells t-shirts in reference to Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez outside Dodger Stadium's gates before the MLB baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles on Friday, May 8, 2009. Ramirez was suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball for a drug violation, adding a further stamp to what will forever be known as the Steroids Era. Ramirez will lose $7.7 million in salary, but the Dodgers stand to take a financial hit, too. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

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    Kevin Rolfe sells t-shirts in reference to Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez outside Dodger Stadium's gates before the MLB baseball game between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles on Friday, May 8, 2009. Ramirez was suspended for 50 games by Major League Baseball for a drug violation, adding a further stamp to what will forever be known as the Steroids Era. Ramirez will lose $7.7 million in salary, but the Dodgers stand to take a financial hit, too. (AP Photo/Danny Moloshok)

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    Fans watch George Washington plays Brandeis during a high school baseball game Friday, May 8, 2009 in New York. Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Manny Ramirez played for George Washington and has been suspended for 50 games for violating the MLB anti-drug policy. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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    George Washington plays Brandeis during a high school baseball game Friday, May 8, 2009 in New York. Los Angeles Dodgers' outfielder Manny Ramirez played for George Washington and has been suspended for 50 games for violating the MLB anti-drug policy. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

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Héctor J. Yánez, de México D.F. pregunta...: "¿Conoce Ud. a nuestro narrador de beisbol Pedro (El Mago) Septién?"

Amigo Jeity...: No solo conozco al Mago, sino que entre las muchas cosas buenas que me ha dado la vida, está la de ser su amigo y haber estado juntos en unas cuantas Series Mundiales. Es digno representante de su Querétaro nativo, y un mexicano excelente. Gran narrador, de memoria inmensa y descripción precisa y amena. Me emociona recordarlo.

Lisbeth Jones A. de Caracas, clama al más allá porque "esta columna viva muchos años más".

Amiga Bethy...: Yo también y gracias.

Jorge Uzcátegui, de Valencia, Venezuela, dice haber "escuchado desde hace más de 30 años, la frase, 'No te Hagas el Willie' o 'Te Estás Haciendo el Willie Mays', por lo que imagino se refiere a ese que fue famoso bigleaguer. Quiero saber, ¿cómo y por qué surgió esa frase?"

Amigo Yoyo...: A fines de los años sesentas se exhibió en Venezuela una película de Hollywood titulada "I´l Go There" o "Iré allá", en la cual aparecía un personaje llamado Willie, que era muy listo, pero se hacía pasar por tonto. Así que hacerse el Willie vino a ser hacerse el bobo o el tonto. Y como Willie Mays estaba de moda, a veces le agregaban el apellido a la expresión.

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto...

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