BELICHICK NEVER BELIEVED TOM BRADY REGARDING DEFLATEGATE (Per Sources)

Belichick never believed Brady's Deflategate story, says Boston reporter

By CHRIS CHASE May 22, 2015 9:32 am ET

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All through the Deflategate process, one in which many voices were shouting many different things, there was one group that was conspicuously quiet: NFL quarterbacks, past and present.

Oh, a few would do a demonstration on PSI for television cameras or give a perfunctory quote about their own preference for an ideal football, but no one at all came rushing to Brady’s defense. There were two inferences to make from this: First, everybody was doing the same exact thing, so they hoped Brady’s saga would end quickly so they could get back to tailoring footballs to their specificities. Or, as Boston Herald writer Ron Borges told a Boston sports program this week, nobody besides Don Yee lept to Brady’s defense because no one believed his story, including Bill Belichick. 

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Masahiro Tanaka allows a home run to the first batter he faces in MLB

By TED BERG H/T: For the Win

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The +New York Yankees invested $175 million this season in Japanese free agent starter Masahiro Tanaka. Tanaka made his major league debut Friday night against the +Toronto Blue Jays, and got a rude greeting from stateside baseball.

The first batter Tanaka faced, Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera, blasted a home run to right-center field on the third pitch of the right-hander’s career (GIF via Larry Brown Sports):

Tanaka recovered to retire the next three Blue Jays in order, for his +MLB career, and finish the first, striking out both Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion.

Cabrera hit only three home runs in 88 games in 2013.

Tanaka, who led the Yankees with 26 strikeouts this spring and had a 2.14 ERA, said he would “be amped up a little bit” heading into his first start.

After the solo shot, the Blue Jays tacked on two more runs in the second inning before Tanaka shut them down for five straight frames. He struck out eight with no walks to earn the win in the Yankees’ 7-3 victory..

Said Tanaka about his debut: “I feel honored that I’m getting this sort of attention. For me, it’s just going up on the mound and trying to get outs.”

H/T: +USA TODAY Sports +Larry Brown Sports