BARTOLO COLON RUMORS
A Look Into Bartolo Colon's Success
Bartolo Colon has had surprising success this season in Oakland. (Photo credit)
Remember in Little League when your team would face a pipsqueak on the mound who threw only fastballs right over the plate, but for some reason your entire team had trouble getting on base? Each hitter after the next would continue to increase the ferocity of their swing, while they continued to hit...
Yankees: Cheaters never win except if you are Bartolo Colon
Bartolo Colón (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Yankee fans know Bartolo Colon as the chubby pitcher who donned the Yankee pinstripes back in 2011.
Colon was on the hill in Oakland last night, and threw six full innings allowing just three hits eventually leading his Athletics to a 6-4 beating of New York. For his part, Colon performance was as solid as can be.
The 40-year old righty has...
An Unlikely Candidate? Bartolo Colon IS an All-Star for the Oakland A’s
Returning to the team that he was forced to leave 45 games too early last season, and forced to miss the first five games of 2013 as a result of a performance-enhancing-drug suspension, there were not necessarily high expectations for Bartolo Colon heading into the season. Certainly not any thought that he could be a candidate for his third All-Star appearance, right?
Once a dominant...
Athletics 6, Brewers 1
Bartolo Colon won his fourth straight start and Brandon Moss hit a three-run homer to lead the Oakland A's to a 6-1 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday.
Colon (7-2) gave up one earned run and eight hits in seven innings for Oakland, which has won 16 of its last 19 games. He struck out four and walked two.
Colon is among more than a dozen players whose names have...
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Gallardo faces Colon, looking to break recent slump
Bartolo Colon is showing he's still capable of being a front-line starter with the Oakland Athletics.
Yovani Gallardo is trying to prove he's still the ace of the Milwaukee Brewers.
Colon and Gallardo will start opposite each other Thursday, when the A's attempt to re-establish their surge by taking two of three from the Brewers.
Colon (6-2, 3.33 ERA) is tied with Tommy...
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Bartolo Colon named in ESPN report on MLB PED use
ESPN on Tuesday released a report saying MLB is seeking suspensions for players connected to that sketchy-ass Biogeneis clinic in South Florida suspected of distributing performance enhancing drugs. A’s pitcher Bartolo Colon is among the players named in the report as having a link to the clinic, along with King of Technicalities Ryan Braun and Alex Rodriguez, among others.
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Possible MLB Suspensions Put Colon's Season In Question
As we, and I am speaking of all A’s fans in the collective sense right now, sat down preparing to watch the A’s take on the Milwaukee Brewers in the second game of their interleague series, the Twitterverse exploded with the news from ESPN’s Outside The Lines that MLB is seeking to suspend up to 20 players for their involvement with the Biogenesis clinic in Miami.
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Fantasy Baseball Waiver Wire: Questions Around Bartolo Colon
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When the season began, I have to admit that Bartolo Colon wasn’t exactly high on my radar. While he was effective in 2012, that season was cut short by a PED suspension. It wasn’t exactly a huge leap to think that Colon, who turned 40 last week, was either completely done, or that he’d toil around in mediocrity (or worse) for a while before...
Athletics 3, White Sox 0
Bartolo Colon tossed a five-hitter a week after turning 40, and the Oakland Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 3-0 on Friday night in a game that took only 2 hours, 14 minutes.
Colon (6-2) struck out and three and walked none for his 11th career shutout. He has 34 complete games, third-most among active pitchers behind Roy Halladay (67) and CC Sabathia (35).
John Jaso was the...
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Bartolo Colon Turns Back Clock with Dominant Win
As the old adage goes, age is only a number. Such can be said of Oakland Athletics starter Bartolo Colon‘s pitching performance on Sunday in a 6-2 victory over the Houston Astros.After celebrating his 40th birthday on Friday, Colon turned in his best outing of the season and displayed flashes of previous seasons when he was considered one of the top pitchers in the big leagues...
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