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Carlos Delgado: the definition of clean?

The recently retired slugger may be one of the few consistent hitters to make it out unscathed from the horror of the asterisk.  Maybe.
JIM RUBERA
Carlos Delgado just retired with 473 home runs.  Good idea, bro.  #steroids
But wait.  Look at his stats.  His numbers have been consistent since before the steroid era and through [...]

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The best and worst of Manny Ramirez – Juiced style

Yesterday he retired, today we take a look back at the strange and demented career of Manny Ramirez — through the lens of Juiced Sports

SCOTT JACOBS
The good folks at Juiced Sports (always fun to talk in third person) have been bringing you opinions, content, and totally horrendous predictions (I am no Nostradamus people) for nearly [...]

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Lance Armstrong’s Legacy: What does it mean with ramped up steroid allegations?

The Great American Cycling Hero is under investigation by a federal grand jury, as the allegations of performance-enhancing drug use are finally coming back to bite him.
MITCH BLATT
The French have thought it to be true for years, but now Americans are slowly starting to accept that Lance Armstrong may have used performance-enhancing drugs to help [...]

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JSB Debates the A-Rod Controversy

Whether you believe A-Rod about when he took steroids or whether he knew what he was taking is a debatable issue.  Juiced Sports chimes in with their take on the story sweeping the nation off their feet.
Mitch Blatt: I think you were a little too quick to rush to judgment on A-Rod taking steroids [...]

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What can we really believe anymore?

Alex Rodriguez came clean (sort of) about playing the game dirty from 2001-2003.  Now comes the questions, and there will be many of them
SCOTT JACOBS
Sometimes you want to go up to an athlete and ask them, “how stupid do you think I am?”
Alex Rodriguez confessed to using, well something illegal, but he couldn’t put [...]

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JSB’S 2008 Midseason Report: The best stories from the first half of the season

With the All Star break near, its time to take a look back at the best of this young Major League season so far
SCOTT JACOBS
First in a week long series as we approach All Star weekend at Yankee Stadium
5. Josh Hamilton
The best comeback story of the year. Hamilton has had a whirlwind career, starting [...]

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Is it a Crime For a GM to Know His Players are Taking Steroids?

Short answer: No.
MITCHELL BLATT
“The story line goes that baseball, reveling in the economics of its revitalization, looked the other way as players grew bigger and stronger, as home runs soared and turnstiles whirred.”
That’s Bill Rhoden’s story line, anyway, from a recent column in the New York Times.
It’s gotten to the point that just because every [...]

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3 Days in Sports

COLIN LINNEWEBER
• I thank you for taking the time to give me some of your time. I hope I entertain.
• The New York Mets acquired two-time Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana this week from the Minnesota Twins in exchange for four coveted minor league prospects. The deal was finalized Friday night when Santana, 28, and the [...]

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