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Set to take the field in Spring Training as St. Louis’ batting coach, McGwire finally comes clean about his presumed steroid use
SCOTT JACOBS
Jose Canseco, if you’re listening, I have just one thing to say:  “You win.”  You do.  I didn’t want to believe you when you burst the cover off the seams in proclaiming that [...]

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The Nationals are the worst team in baseball, and their supposed savior doesn’t look like he’s in any rush to bring back the hope

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When the Expos moved to Washington, giving the nation’s capitol a baseball team to call it’s own, there was hope and optimism that the Nationals would play nothing like their D.C.predecessors, [...]

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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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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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In light of the Raul Ibanez vs. Blogger firestorm, one would think we’re talking about a supreme court hearing, not simple speculation (that is warranted)
SCOTT JACOBS
Talk about crying over spilt milk.
The media has been in a tizzy the last couple days after an every day blogger decided to write an article questioning whether the Phillies’ [...]

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The legendary author takes you through the National Baseball Hall of Fame– literally– in a 264 page odyssey that will leave you feeling like you’re in Cooperstown, even if you’ve never been there

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Welcome to Baseball Heaven.  Welcome to Cooperstown, NY.  Take a walk with me as we walk into baseball’s greatest shrine.  Look– over [...]

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Interesting article on Kotite’s Corner points out some real statistical anomalies in 20 past/present MLBers, who seem ripe for suspicions of ‘juicing.’
SCOTT JACOBS
Manny Ramirez was the latest ball player to fall victim to his own stupidity, but there’s no telling how many other players have injected themselves with performance enhancing drugs.  And that’s where the [...]

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If MLB fined players a huge amount for failing a drug test, instead of just suspending them, baseball could solve their biggest problem

SCOTT JACOBS
Today Manny Ramirez was suspended 50 games by Major League Baseball for failing a drug test.  Shocking!
Did I suspect that Manny was using performance enhancers?  No, not really.  Did I think that [...]

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