http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/EvansOnSports/44695 A-Rod got back into the Yankee lineup tonight (Friday, May 8), hit a 3-run HR&nbsp;in the first inning of a 4-0 win at Baltimore. Why hasn't there been more flak from the report in Salena Roberts' book that he was tipping pitches to opposing batters in blowout games? Telling a batter what pitch is coming ranks right up there with point shaving, throwing games and gambling. I&nbsp;think it's much worse than the steroid scandal that is grabbing all the headlines. The source who told Roberts about the tipping of pitches was unnamed. Maybe it didn't happen. But if I'm the commissioner, I'd surely be aggressively looking into it. Say you tip a pitch and the batter homers, or gets a hit that starts a big inning. That could devastate that pitcher's ERA and could lead to a demotion to the minor leagues. And A-Rod supposedly did this so he would benefit from tipping pitches himself, sort of a reciprocal type of deal. You can't help the opponent, under any circumstances in professional sports. If it happen and it's proven, I'd ban A-Rod permanently from the game. It's right up there with Pete Rose gambling on his own team when he was manager of the Reds (you don't think that could have had an impact on who he played and how he used his pitching staff?)&nbsp;and the &quot;Eight Men Out&quot; from the Chicago White Sox (known as the Black Sox) who threw the 1919 World Series. &nbsp; A-Rod got back into the Yankee lineup tonight (Friday, May 8), hit a 3-run HR&nbsp;in the first inning of a 4-0 win at Baltimore. Why hasn't there been more flak from the report in Salena Roberts' book that he was tipping pitches to opposing batters in blowout games? Telling a batter what pitch is coming ranks right up there with point shaving, throwing games and gambling. I&nbsp;think it's much worse than the steroid scandal that is grabbing all the headlines. The source who told Roberts about the tipping of pitches was unnamed. Maybe it didn't happen. But if I'm the commissioner, I'd surely be aggressively looking into it. Say you tip a pitch and the batter homers, or gets a hit that starts a big inning. That could devastate that pitcher's ERA and could lead to a demotion to the minor leagues. And A-Rod supposedly did this so he would benefit from tipping pitches himself, sort of a reciprocal type of deal. You can't help the opponent, under any circumstances in professional sports. If it happen and it's proven, I'd ban A-Rod permanently from the game. It's right up there with Pete Rose gambling on his own team when he was manager of the Reds (you don't think that could have had an impact on who he played and how he used his pitching staff?)&nbsp;and the &quot;Eight Men Out&quot; from the Chicago White Sox (known as the Black Sox) who threw the 1919 World Series. &nbsp; en-us Fri, 08 May 2009 19:52:11 PDT <p>Are you really giving credibility to Salena....she should be writing for the enquirer not sports...</p> <p>By the way, tipping pitchers has been around since Bobby Thompson....that kind of allegation is about as general brush stroke is saying that white people are not the color white...</p> <p>maybe her award winning article on the duke lacrosse team makes her credible .....</p> <p>she also wrote for the A's in 1988 -1990 where were her stories about steroids then ???</p> <p>A-Rod is not perfect....like most of these sports people are......</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/EvansOnSports/44695/#c_399842 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/EvansOnSports/44695/#c_399842 <p>Are you really giving credibility to Salena....she should be writing for the enquirer not sports...</p> <p>By the way, tipping pitchers has been around since Bobby Thompson....that kind of allegation is about as general brush stroke is saying that white people are not the color white...</p> <p>maybe her award winning article on the duke lacrosse team makes her credible .....</p> <p>she also wrote for the A's in 1988 -1990 where were her stories about steroids then ???</p> <p>A-Rod is not perfect....like most of these sports people are......</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>There are&nbsp; few athletes that have it out for her (remember Michael Strahan's blowup?).&nbsp; There is something they don't like about her.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/EvansOnSports/44695/#c_399864 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/EvansOnSports/44695/#c_399864 <p>There are&nbsp; few athletes that have it out for her (remember Michael Strahan's blowup?).&nbsp; There is something they don't like about her.</p>