NEIFI PEREZ RUMORS & GOSSIP

Final Standings, 2011 Fantasy Baseball

The final results are in and I tested negative!  Oh, wait, this is for the fantasy baseball leagues.  Um, yeah, ignore that first sentence.  This year in a not-so-unprecedented move of not-so-unprecedented size and enormity.  We’re giving away prizes to our fantasy league winners!  Last year we gave away a hot tub, but this year we did that one better.  We one-upped a hot...
Via Razzball  |  October 03, 2011
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The Neifi Perez All-Stars (And Not in an Insulting Way)

In his submission to Top of the Order, a collection of 25 tributes to 25 writers’ favorite players, former Salon and current Bleacher Report sporting columnist King Kaufman (@king_kaufman) celebrates the contributions of Neifi Perez to his (i.e. Kaufman’s) enjoyment of this great and honored game. Kaufman notes that, while he’s certainly been critical of Perez in...
Via Fangraphs  |  February 08, 2011
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A Celebration of the Awesome Awfulness of Our Man Neifi

If you're a connoisseur of the work of Neifi Perez as I am–and as I know many longtime readers of The Cub Reporter are–you'll delight in this piece written by King Kaufman and posted at Salon.com. The story, an excerpt from "Top of the Order: 25 Writers Pick Their Favorite Baseball Player of All Time," is simply too delicious for me to recap here. I will just share this passage...
Via Cub Reporter  |  March 29, 2010
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REDS 2, GIANTS 1 / S.F. enters key series in scoring funk

For the Rockies, a meaningful, late-season series in Denver is about as rare as a Neifi Perez home run. Come to think of it, a Neifi Perez home run is all you need to know about what the Mile High City can do to a visiting team's wild-card hopes. It was...
Via SFgate  |  August 21, 2009
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Report on Drug Testing in MLB Shows Few In League Testing Positive for Banned Substances

As part of the updates Joint Drug Agreement between MLB and the MLB Player’s Association (see the latest JDA), Bryan W. Smith, the Independent Program Administrator for MLB’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program today released his annual report detailing specifics over the past year, as it pertains to the 40-man rosters for the 30 MLB teams.(See the report from MLB and...
Via The Biz of Baseball  |  January 09, 2009
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Fukudome could be out the door this winter

Lou's post-game comments last night on Fukudome: "From now on, I don't want to hear about Fukudome anymore as far as whether he's going to play or not," Piniella said when a reporter asked him about Fukudome's slump. "I'm going to play [Mike] Fontenot or Reed Johnson or somebody else, and that's the end of that story. The kid is struggling...
Via Another Cubs Blog  |  October 03, 2008
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Rays Minor Leaguer Suspended 50 Gms for Amphetamines

The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced today that Tampa Bay Rays Minor League player Matthew Walker has received a 50-game suspension for testing positive for an amphetamine, a performance-enhancing substance, in violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.The suspension of Walker will be effective immediately. Walker is currently with Single...
Via The Biz of Baseball  |  July 22, 2008
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The Idiot File: Tiger Infielder, Neifi Perez

You have got to be kidding me - baseball has a three time offender of the drug policy! I figured you would have to have bad luck to be caught twice and just plain dumb to have it happen three times. Apparently, that does not apply to Neifi Perez. According to the AP, Tiger infielder Neifi Perez was suspended for 80 games Friday after testing positive for a third time for...
Via Oriole Post  |  August 04, 2007
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The All-Steroid Team...

The MLB All-Steroid team in wake of the '07 All-Star game...
Via Sons of Sam Malone  |  July 11, 2007
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Oh, Neifi! Perez suspended for stimulant use

In a story every bit as surprising as Alex Sanchez doing steroids or Marcus Giles being heterosexual, word just broke that Ne!fi Perez has been suspended for testing positive for stimulants. From the AP story: "The Office of the Commissioner of Baseball announced on Friday that infielder Neifi Perez of the Detroit Tigers has been suspended 25 games, effective immediately...
Via MVN  |  July 06, 2007
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