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After being plagued with eye and back problems this spring, Roberto Alomar retired on Saturday after 17 seasons in baseball. Signing a $600,000, one-year contract with the Devil Rays in hopes of keeping his career alive, Alomar had a rough spring, including two errors in one inning of Friday’s preseason game.
“I just can’t go anymore,” [...]
Failing to keep Carlos Beltran in Houston meant the team had more cash to keep OF Lance Berkman in town, as the Astros signed him to a six-year, $85 million contract on Saturday. Berkman, whose .450 on-base percentage and .566 slugging percentage in 2004 eclipsed even Beltran, was happy to remain with the club.
“I [...]
Despite Rep. Tom Davis’ assurance that last week’s baseball drug policy hearing woud not be a “witch hunt,” the sports media swarmed in the wake of the testimony, as sportswriters such as Cold Pizza’s Skip Bayless called Mark McGwire “pathetic” for neither confirming nor denying steroid use. Soon, close friends such as Tony La Russa [...]
Believe it or not, other people besides Mark McGwire were in Washington yesterday. Michael Cox has a blow-by-blow of the other 95% of what went on when your elected officials stuck it to baseball, like the class geek when he manages to find someone even geekier than himself.
Switching to the Senior Circuit, Ted Bauer gets the lay of the land and gives angry propers to the red-and-white. But don’t count out that Bobby Cox…he’s got that mean evil eye thing goin’ on.
The House Governmental Reform Committee had its day on Thursday, as it heard from grieving parents of high-school and college steroid abusers, and from Major League Baseball players and management. Despite assurances and facts like the 12 positive results out of over 1000 tests in 2004 suggesting baseball’s current plan is working, by the end [...]
Giants LF Barry Bonds may have settled the debate over whether he’ll be ready for opening day — on Thursday the slugger underwent additional arthroscopic surgery on his right knee. An MRI on Wednesday showed Bonds had suffered further damage after banging the knee on a table in February. Doctors had earlier thought that Bonds [...]
Take a break from C-SPAN and let Michael Cox supply you (so to speak) with the background to the baseball drug madness on Capitol Hill and your local sports page. It’s guaranteed to be more entertaining than watching Jose Canseco repeatedly take the Fifth.
The Indians showed their confidence in manager Eric Wedge on Wednesday, extending his contract through 2007, with a club option for 2008 and 2009. The team also extended the contracts of Wedge’s coaching staff, including bench coach Buddy Bell and hitting coach Eddie Murray, through 2006.
Wedge led the rebuilding Tribe to an 80-82 record last [...]
With the House Government Reform Committee’s hearings one day away, Jose Canseco was formally denied immunity from any charges that may result from his testimony. Canseco, whose book, “Juiced,” already went into great detail regarding his steroid abuse, now plans to take the Fifth instead of snitching on his fellow players, according to his attorney, [...]
Yankees DH/1B Jason Giambi received good news from the House Government Reform Committee on Tuesday when the body excused him from Thursday’s hearings. In grand jury testimony during the BALCO trial, Giambi admitted to using substances he knew to be steroids. His testimony was subsequently illegally leaked to the media, who in turn subsequently can’t [...]
Formar Yankee pitcher and current Yankee employee Dwight Gooden was released from jail on his own recognizance Monday after allegedly assaulting his live-in girlfriend on Sunday. Gooden was held until his girlfriend could appear in court to contest his release.
Neither Gooden nor his lawyer would speak to reporters, so most turned to Gooden’s [...]
Following Kerry Wood in the rotation, Cubs RHP Mark Prior also followed Wood onto the trainer’s table on Monday with an inflamed pitching elbow. Prior will miss his second scheduled start of the spring today, and will rest his arm to attempt to quell the inflammation.
Despite the setbacks, the Cubs expect both Wood and Prior [...]
Several players may no-show the upcoming House committee hearing on steroids, but commissioner Bud Selig plans to proudly speak of MLB’s new policy, which involves some form of testing and potential penalties of one kind or another. Selig also delivered documents subpoenaed by the Government Reform Committee, including testing data from all the way back [...]
In his Strikethree.com debut, Ted Bauer wonders whether it’s all downhill to the river Charles from here, and if it’s good for anyone that Steinbrenner finally got that Unit he’s always wanted.
We go back to Strikethree.com’s birth year with this Counter/Point from September 24th, 1998, proving the steroid “controversy” a timeless baseball classic. Coming soon: Football Steroids LXXVII!
Heading into the “steroid week” grandstand sideshow in Washington DC, we bring back this blast from the past, which is just as relevant today as it was when Michael Cox wrote it on June 2nd, 2002.
Now that we’ve answered the musical question, “how can you miss us if we won’t go away,” Michael Cox explains that no one understands “musical question” references anymore. Strikethree.com Mark II promises not to perform “Jazz Odyssey.”