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ANAHEIM, CA — What started with a fizzle ended with another fizzle on Thursday, as Team USA was knocked out of the World Baseball Classic, losing to Mexico 2-1. The loss highlighted the USA’s lack of offense in the WBC, with eight Mexican pitchers baffling a lineup collectively earning approximately the equivalent of their opponent’s [...]
With steroids again in the news, politicians are again lining up to be heard on the low-risk issue of steroids in sports, with Rep. Cliff Stearns sending a terse note to MLB commissioner Bud Selig on Wednesday. “Congress remains very concerned about the use of illegal, performance-enhancing drugs in sports at all levels and the [...]
TAMPA, FL — Drugs may have done in Dwight Gooden’s Hall of Fame hopes, and on Tuesday they may have ended his freedom for a while, as the former pitcher was arrested for using cocaine. Gooden remains in jail without bond. “We will be requesting that he remain in jail on no bond because he [...]
ANAHEIM, CA — The Appeal Heard ‘Round The World continued to reverberate on Monday, as Nippon Professional Baseball officials said they planned to officially protest the call that erased a run, costing their team a 4-3 loss to the USA on Sunday. “The play was representative of a systematic failure on the part of the [...]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — “Make sure you smile and laugh tonight because that’s what Kirby would want” Twins radio announcer John Gordon told 15,000 friends, family and fans at the Metrodome on Sunday night, as they remembered Kirby Puckett’s life and legacy. The memorial followed a private service for those closest to Puckett. Teammates including Kent [...]
KISSIMMEE, FL — Rosters have turned over completely, expansion teams have joined MLB, John Smoltz became a starter, a closer, then a starter again, but one thing has been a constant since 1990: Bobby Cox has managed the Braves. He will likely do so at least through 2007, after signing a one-year extension on Sunday. [...]
SUN CITY, AZ — Padres RHP Doug Brocail is doing well after undergoing surgery on his heart, doctors said Saturday. Brocail underwent a successful angioplasty to clear blockage of his descending coronary artery, and will be out indefinitely while he recovers, Padres physician Dr. Harry Albers told reporters at Boswell Memorial Hospital. “From a baseball [...]
Remember 2003, when you were young, Clay Aiken was burning up the charts, and Roger Clemens was on the verge of retiring as a Yankee? Relive with us those halcyon days, when corking a bat was our greatest baseball scandal and we had just celebrated winning the Iraq War. (sigh) Good times.
Read Skip Bayless’ scathing indictment of Barry Bonds — but first, read fans’ scathing indictment of Skip Bayless (especially the comments) for a quick fix of pot. kettle. black.
PHOENIX, AZ — With most of the media focusing on Barry Bonds, other news was almost lost on Tuesday, as Roger Clemens told USA Today that he planned on retiring after playing in the World Baseball Classic. Clemens, 43, is unsigned after finishing his contract with the Astros last year. I’m going to watch my [...]
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