Oops. Rolen's Streak Ends at 25 Games

After getting a day of rest on Thursday, Scott Rolen's impressive 25-game hitting streak has come to an end.

The Toronto Blue Jays hot-hitting third baseman went 0-for-4 with a line-out, two pop-outs and a fly-out in his team's 2-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles Friday night.

Sorry about that, Canada.

[Canada.com]

P.S. Yes, I realize that is a picture of former Jays third baseman Troy Glaus. Yes, it was a poor attempt at humor and the revival of a bad joke. No, I am not going to change it.

Cards, Jays Swap Hot Corners

After rumors flew all afternoon, the St. Louis Cardinals have indeed traded All-Star third baseman Scott Rolen to the Toronto Blue Jays for their All-Star third baseman, Troy Glaus.

The 31-year-old Glaus, who was not disciplined by MLB after SI.com reported last September that he received steroids from Signature Pharmacy in 2003-04, was bothered by a sore left foot last season, but hit .262 with 20 homers and 62 RBIs in 115 games.

Rolen, who requested a trade after last season, hit .265 with 8 longballs and 58 RBIs in 2007 before undergoing surgery to clean up his left shoulder. He accounted for only 35 homers over the last three years due to that injury, which has required three different operations.

At this year's winter meetings, La Russa took a tough-as-nails approach to dealing with Rolen, saying that if he plays hard, he'd be in the lineup, and if not, he'd be riding the bench. And if he didn't like those two options, he could quit. So much for that, eh?

Rolen joins shortstop David Eckstein, who was signed by Toronto to a one-year free agent contract earlier this offseason.

[ESPN]

Blah Blah Steroids

First and foremost, weekends off are awesome. They should come around more often.

It's been a whirl-wind sports weekend, with baseball slipping further out of people's minds as football season begins and 80% of everyone's favorite teams are now basically out of contention. Including mine.

So, what happened this weekend... Oh, it looks like Troy Glaus and Jay Gibbons received some steroids and HGH. Sweet.

I think we should prepare ourselves for some sort of meltdown. Your favorite player, my favorite guy? Maybe he's taken HGH in the past. Maybe he doesn't speak great English and was confused by a steroid prescription, or something.

Maybe, he's just a dirty cheater and shot juice into his veins to get an edge in the game.

Whatever the case, it seems names are starting to come out of the woodwork involved with this Florida pharmacy investigation.

Gibbons received six shipments of HGH, two shipments of testosterone and two shipments of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) between October of 2003 to July 2005 -- after both substances were banned by baseball. The "after" part, sadly makes him a cheater, so there will be no victimizing the Baltimore Orioles outfielder here. Gibbons enjoyed his best season in 2003, before taking the substances, when he hit .277 with 23 homers and 100 RBIs.

Toronto's Glaus received multiple shipments of nandrolone and testosterone, all between September of 2003 and May 2004, also an underhanded move. But he sucks anyhow, so really... who cares besides the players on his team that didn't make the All-Star game those four years he did.

These two, including Rick Ankiel, are the latest athletes to be linked to Signature Pharmacy for illegally getting prescription medications.

They certainly will not be the last.

[SI.com]