Busch IV makes a good point
Why ban someone for betting on their own team if you aren’t going to ban someone for using steroids to break the home run record?
MITCH BLATT
Last week, Busch family member and the son of Cardinals owner (and very properly named for such an aristocrat) Adolphus A. Busch IV criticized Mark McGwire, Bud Selig and the [...]
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Is there a double standard on Bonds and McGwire on steroid use?
MITCH BLATT
When Mark McGwire got around to talking about the past, he finally admitted to using steroids.
The news was greeted with a collective yawn.
Now some days later, I’m thinking, would Barry Bonds get elicit the same reaction if he admitted to taking steroids?
I know there’s a lot of differences between the two, and I will [...]
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LaRoche Is Gone, But Pittsburgh Still Has Promising Stars
If they decide to actually keep them that is
JOSH DHANI
On July 22, 2009, the Pittsburgh Pirates traded one of their promising stars in Adam LaRoche to the Boston Red Sox. What did Pittsburgh get out of this deal? A minor-leaguer named Argenis Diaz.
The Pirates were looking for some “young” talent, and I believe a minor-leaguer [...]
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July 23, 2009: The Day That Marked Perfection for Mark Buehrle
JOSH DHANI
Oh man, wouldn’t everyone want to be Buehrle’s shoes? EVERYONE wants to be in this dear man’s shoes. I mean just look at this guy. He has a gorgeous wife, won a World Series not too long ago, and hell, he threw a no-hitter in 2007.
But he just did something that topped them all [...]
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Roid Rage?
It’s not just batters who are taking steroids.
Witness Carlos Zambrano’s antics after getting thrown out…
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Jermaine Dye and Ozzie Guillen Ejected in Sox 4-0 Loss
Jermaine Dye and Ozzie Guillen were ejected in the White Sox 4-0 loss to the Indians yesterday, and I had front row seats to watch the whole thing go down.
Dye was ejected for arguing after being called out with the bases loaded and two outs, and I don’t know why Guillen was ejected, [...]
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Baseball and Cheating: America’s National Pastimes
Baseball’s numbers may be fake, but what isn’t?
MITCHELL BLATT
Baseball just keeps getting hit with more steroid news, and somehow we are supposed to be surprised, and the game isn’t supposed to be pure.
The latest bad news for baseball is that Manny Ramirez tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs the same week that Selena Roberts released her [...]
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Why Manny Wants to Return to Cleveland…
It may have more to do with his hate of the Red Sox…
MITCHELL BLATT
Manny Ramirez has expressed publicly what JSB was reporting last summer–that Ramirez wants to return to the Cleveland Indians.
Ramirez told the USA Today:
“I would like to play for Cleveland one more time, to go back where I started. … I [...]
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