(Nice guy award) A-Rod chokes up when receiving playoffs MVP award

Jan. 23, 2010CBSSports.com wire reports

NEW YORK -- Alex Rodriguez looked at the award he just received from Babe Ruth's granddaughter with big eyes and a broad grin. It was as if he almost couldn't believe it was his.

"Postseason MVP. Wow," Rodriguez said Saturday night. Pausing for effect he added, "What's next, the good guy award?"

Less than a year ago, it would have been difficult to decide which would be more preposterous for the troubled star to earn.

Rodriguez completed a tumultuous season that began with an awkward confession to past steroid use and then hip surgery that kept him out until May by being selected the winner of the Babe Ruth Award as the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America's postseason MVP.

A-Rod picked up the hardware at the 87th annual New York baseball writers' dinner Saturday night.

Rodriguez used his time away from the team to rehabilitate his hip as a period of reflection. He returned with a mantra: simplify things.

And after he told fans at the dinner that "he'd stick to the script of 2009 and keep it very, very brief," he choked up, taking a long pause -- save for a nervous laugh -- to look down at the podium and smile awkwardly.

Unlike the extended pause he took during his steroids news conference, this one was broken when an attendee -- the dinner was crowded with Yankees fans -- shouted, "You're the best, A-Rod!"

Rodriguez batted .365 with six home runs and 18 RBI in 15 games in the postseason, quickly putting to rest his reputation for failing when it mattered most -- he had 8 for 59 (.136) in the postseason since 2004 before going on a tear to lead New York to its 27th title.
Rodriguez thanked the fans for being patient with him after helping the Yankees win their first title since 2000. It was his first trip to the World Series in a 16-year career. He joined the Yankees in '04.

The three-time American League MVP took great pleasure in this award.

"I've been to these dinners a couple of times to receive MVP awards and those, I'm very proud of those accomplishments," he said. "But none of those accomplishments will ever compare to the feeling you get from being part of a team that won a world championship. Like Albert [Pujols], said there's nothing like winning a World championship."

Pujols was at the dinner to pick up his award for NL MVP. Minnesota's Joe Mauer collected the AL MVP and the Sid Mercer-Dick Young Player of the Year Award.

During his routine, comedian and writer Bill Scheft told Mauer, who will be a free agent after the 2010 season, that all New York airports were closed and that he'll have to stay until 2015.
Mauer's dad Jake Mauer, who bought his first tuxedo for the event, said his family wasn't going to push Joe to stay in Minnesota.

"Wherever he's happy, we're happy," Jake Mauer said.

Among those on the dais were the Angels' Mike Scioscia and the Rockies' Jim Tracy, managers of the year.

Scioscia dedicated his award to the Angels' 22-year-old rookie pitcher Nick Adenhart, who died in a car accident on April 9.

Former Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone received one of the loudest ovations of the night when he picked up the Arthur and Milton Richman You Gotta Have Heart Award. Boone had heart surgery this season and was able to return to the field for the Houston Astros in September.

Mets right fielder Jeff Francoeur won the Ben Epstein-Dan Castellano Good Guy Award, and teammate Carlos Beltran got the Joan Payson Award for community service. Beltran was not in attendance because he had knee surgery last week.

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter was not at the dinner to collect his Joe DiMaggio Toast of the Town Award. He also shared the Willie, Mickey and the Duke Award with teammates Jorge Posada, Mariano Rivera and Andy Pettitte as the core four of the Yankees championship teams.
Don Zimmer, whose big league career began in 1954 with the Brooklyn Dodgers won the William J. Slocum-Jack Lang Award for long and meritorious service. Copyright 2010 by STATS LLC and The Associated Press. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and The Associated Press is strictly prohibited.

伍茲沒「臉」見人 飛鳳凰城整形

更新日期:2009/12/31 04:11
〔記者梁偉銘／綜合報導〕11月26日感恩節，吃膩火雞的艾琳決定「今晚打老虎」？美國資深媒體人爆料，伍茲當晚挨了9號鐵桿猛擊，導致顏面受創嚴重，甚至必須整形治療，近期內高球天王才無法公開露面滅火。
北美體壇資深作家畢夏（Furman Bisher）抖出「感恩節打虎」內幕，並強調消息來源可靠。據傳這是伍茲的經紀人兼鄰居史坦柏格（Mark Steinberg）日前寄給朋友的電子信件外流，讓事件真相大白。
依這名前亞特蘭大憲政報體育記者說法，兇器是9號鐵桿，虎頭則被當成小白球。結果呢，偷腥被活逮的伍茲斷牙骨裂，光著腳丫奪門而出，比武松還狠的虎嫂，則殺紅了眼持桿追打，終釀成離奇的車禍羅生門。
伍茲近月銷聲匿跡，畢夏則解釋為，忙著就醫沒「臉」見人。他指出，伍茲車禍後拒絕警方調查，其實沒待在佛州家中，而是特地飛到鳳凰城進行臉部修復手術。由於老虎的顴骨及牙齒斷裂、鼻翼和臉頰也受傷，還得由整形醫師、牙科大夫密集「重建」，方能恢復原本俊帥五官。
畢夏在部落格裡描述，上月老虎與「第1號情婦」烏琪泰兒互傳簡訊，之後出門與友人玩撲克牌，要命的手機卻忘了帶走放家中，情色內容、照片很快被艾琳發現。伍茲半夜回家，雙方爆發激烈爭吵，老虎打死不認帳，還轉頭看電視，更逼得艾琳抓狂！怒不可遏的虎嫂，順手抓起鐵桿，狠狠朝老公頭部K下去，右顴骨應聲碎裂，上排2顆門牙也被打掉，老虎捂著流血鼻子落荒而逃，驚嚇中駕車失控，撞上奧蘭多豪宅附近消防栓。
原本官方說法，英勇的「虎嫂」用球桿打破車窗，把受傷老公救出…，隨著伍茲偷腥醜聞連環爆，形同電影般的情節，可信度似乎愈來愈低。

訓實習牙醫誤傷手 辣妹醫師挨告

更新日期:2009/12/29 04:11
〔記者陳恩惠／台北報導〕開個刀，竟開到兩位合作醫師反目成仇，此事罕見！
醫療器具滑入病人口中
被病患稱為「辣妹醫生」的前三軍總醫院牙科部口腔外科醫師莊淳馨，施行手術時，實習醫師陳安然不慎將「骨膜剝離器」滑入病患口中，莊淳馨取出後敲陳某左手以示薄懲，卻意外劃傷陳的手指，因賠償金額談不攏，莊淳馨被依過失傷害罪起訴。
檢察官吳怡明調查時，以「醫師的戰場不在法庭」為由，協調莊淳馨與陳安然和解，陳某要求賠償數十萬元，而外型亮麗的莊女只願賠償十萬元，兩人談不攏；在雙方無法和解，而陳某堅持提控下，檢察官偵查終結，將「辣妹醫生」起訴。記者昨晚來到莊醫師位於北市的住處，莊母說莊醫師不在家，對此事不願說明。
起訴書指出，三軍總醫院的牙科醫師莊淳馨，今年7月17日上午9時，在三總內湖院區二樓口腔外科內，為病患進行口腔手術，實習醫師陳安然擔任該手術的助手，負責傳遞手術器具，並以「骨膜剝離器」將病患傷口撐開，以利手術進行。
醫師敲手指薄懲誤劃傷
手術過程中，莊淳馨要求陳安然將雙手所持的手術器具互換，以順遂她的診療，但陳在雙手互換時，「骨膜剝離器」不慎脫手，並滑入病患口腔內，引起莊淳馨不悅，迅速將器具從病患口腔中取出後，敲打陳的左手指。
起訴書說，骨膜剝離器原為鈍器，敲打他人應不致造成受傷，但該器具因長期使用，器具邊緣已變鋒利，以致莊持該器具敲打陳某左手食指時，意外造成陳1.3公分撕裂傷，直到手術結束、陳某脫下手套才發現受傷，縫了5針，憤而提告要求賠償。
數十萬元賠償金喬不攏
至於人高腿長的莊淳馨，事後在9月4日遞辭呈離開三總醫院，並在部落格寫下對於離開醫院的不捨。

Patching under X-ray

1 year-old supracondylar fracture of humerus

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