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John Rocker

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V-Day Plans Of The "Stars"

We don't mean to harp on John Rocker lately; as we've said, we legitimately like the guy. We think it's probably because we've been impersonating him so much on this book tour. He has gotten in our head. We aren't quite ready to admit that we were wondering what he and the lovely Alicia Marie were up to this Valentine's Day, but now that the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has asked for us, we'll go ahead and publish the answer. More »

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John Rocker Wants To Set The Record Straight

With all this other steroid business going on today, we feel obliged to point out that John Rocker is not going to just be ignored. He's hoppin' mad about the "irresponsible dolts of the media." More »

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John Rocker Destroys Everything You Thought You Knew About Steroids

It will come as a shock, a shock, we tell you, to learn that our friend John Rocker was on steroids. Throughout this book tour, we've been impersonating Rocker at every stop, and we need steroids just to get into character. More »

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Yes, But How Will It Affect His Friendship With Michael Irvin?

We have quite a bit of history with John Rocker and his PR agent Debi Curzio, but we'll confess — and we're not sure why — we simply never thought to ask either of them about steroids. Maybe it's because we don't care about steroids all that much, or maybe it's just because asking a guy who has been retired for four years about steroids seems beyond the point. Or maybe it's just because we've always assumed half of baseball's roided anyway, and we just don't get too worked up about it. More »

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Daulerio at SBXLI: Yes, Somehow Freddie Mitchell Got Into the Maxim Party

Maxim's Superbowl Shitshow party was everything one could hope for and so much more. The Sagamore Hotel transformed itself into a beachfront paradise with celebrities and athletes, and, of course FredEx and his Godly hands cavorting about the joint. Freddie Mitchell was attached to Irishman Brady Quinn and Julius Jones for most of the evening, trying to round up ladies, or an offseason workout partner, or relevancy— most likely all three. I approached Freddie, bursting with Eagles superfandom, thanked him for 4th and 26 and the Vikings Divisional playoff game which he totally owned. Then I asked for a pic. Next question? More »

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Pearlman About As Pleased With Rocker Right Now As Rocker Is With Him

rockeralicia.jpgYou might have missed our interview with John Rocker yesterday, but there's one person who didn't: Jeff Pearlman, the man who wrote the initial SI story on Rocker (and one-time Deadspin interview himself). More »

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Our Interview With John Rocker

Two days before Thanksgiving, at Local 138, one of our favorite watering holes in New York City, we sat down with, of all people, famed immigration expert John Rocker, and talked for about an hour. Really. We did this. See? Sometimes we interview people. More »

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John Rocker Is Concerned With How YOU Speak

I was totally with him until the part at the end where he said "E Pluribus Unum." SPEAK ENGLISH, DICK. There's no room here for your crazy Latin talk. More »

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In Ozzie Guillen's Corner... John Rocker

In regards to the MLB-mandated sensitivity training, Ozzie Guillen can go one of two ways. He can go to the training, or he can go the John Rocker route. Here are John's thoughts on the situation: More »

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The Last Word, With John Rocker

Hmmm ... you know we love writing about Barry Bonds ... but if only there were some way we could somehow combine stories about Bonds and, oh, John Rocker. Any way we could make that happen? More »

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Relief Pitchers And The Tunes That Move Them

Entrace music for relief pitchers has been a popular topic of discussion lately. Daniel Engber at Slate.com goes into a fairly thorough history of entrance music for relievers, including the odd fact that no one seems to select any music that was produced in the last 10 years. Here are some handy tidbits from the article: More »

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Jose Canseco & John Rocker Shop At The Same Places


The fine gentlemen at Gaslamp Ball took the above shot of Jose Canseco and John Rocker appearing on The Big Idea with Donny Deutch last evening. More »

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Deadspin Field Trip: Batting Against Rocker


Earlier today, former New York City subway spokesperson John Rocker caused a minor fuss by walking off the set of ESPN's "Cold Pizza" after being informed he would be asked about his famous comments about "queers with AIDS" and not liking foreigners. More »

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John Rocker And Cold Pizza: Two Bad Tastes That Taste Horrible Together

Former Atlanta Braves yokel John Rocker has been in New York City all day today, promoting a new show he has on the Spike Network. ("Look, he's by the 7 Train! Whoa!") More »

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John Rocker Would Like To Knock You Up

Maybe we're just too skeptical today, but this might be too good to be believed: It seems John Rocker has himself a Match.com profile. (His handle is "bullpenjohn," rather than, say, "crackerman1974.") More »

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John Rocker's Fans "Write" In

The day before yesterday — we think some call it Tuesday — we mentioned, in our wrap-up of the month of June, that Long Island Ducks pitcher John Rocker was released on June 27. More »

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John Rocker's Next Career (Hint: Kip Winger's Involved)


Last night, the Long Island Ducks released former Braves cattlehand John Rocker after Rocker said he needed to "take a step back" from baseball. It is not known if Rocker is going to try to peddle his wares elsewhere, or if he will look for a second career. More »