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HR Milestones At The Halfway Mark
July 12, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Many home run hitters today have had the advantage of better living through chemistry with the help of the Balco Laboratories and any pharmacy or cousin that dispenses performance enhancing drugs..
Alex Rodriguez
Yesterday Rodriguez passed up fellow steroids user Rafael...
From Steroids to the Shrine? Who's Hall-of-Fame Bound from the Steroids Era?
July 15, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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In honor of the Home Run Derby, let's examine the one thing that makes the derby better, other than Josh Hamilton...steroids!
In the coming years, more and more first time Hall-of-Fame candidates will show up from the Steroids Era. The Hall-of-Fame voters must decide what...
From Steroids to the Shrine? Who's Hall-of-Fame Bound from the Steroids Era?
July 15, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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In honor of the Home Run Derby, let's examine the one thing that makes the derby better, other than Josh Hamilton...steroids!
In the coming years, more and more first time Hall-of-Fame candidates will show up from the Steroids Era. The Hall-of-Fame voters must decide what...
Instant Replay: The Equalizer
August 17, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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It's hard to imagine why someone wouldn't want to make a sport better. Maybe tradition is a leg to stand on in an argument like this, but usually people like progression. They like the idea that things get better and, especially in sport, that things can be fair. This belief...
68-64, Game Notes
September 01, 2009 by
Lookout Landing
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by Ted S. Warren - AP
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I am certainly no stranger to writer's block. Sometimes I'll be...
Untitled
June 27, 2009 by
A Large Regular
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The Steroids Era in a NutshellLast night Alex Rodriguez hit his 564th HR to pass Reggie Jackson and move into 11th place on the all-time list. This short paragraph in the AP game story seemed to encapsulate the steroids era in just two brief sentences. Jackson was sixth when he retired...
Sox and Steroids
August 04, 2009 by
Red Sox Reality Check
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Did anyone doubt that Red Sox players would eventually appear on "The List"? We can diminish the 'cheating' aspect because we root for laundry, but our bitterness over a pair of Jason Giambi homers in the ALCS softens when we realize that Red Sox hitters had juiced...
Manny Being Manny = Manny Cheating
May 07, 2009 by
The Triumphant Red Sox Blog
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So you've just emerged from a cave after winter hibernation and haven't yet heard the news from a few hours ago: Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
Manny is claiming it was an innocent mistake:
Recently I...
Why Bud Selig Should Give Pete Rose A Spot on the Hall of Fame Ballot
July 27, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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This weekend, when the game of baseball placed a handful of its best into the great Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, an issue came up as it does every year around this time.
Should Pete Rose get a shot at the Hall?
What was different this time, though, was the response. Even...
Hank Aaron: Release 2003 Positive Test Names
August 05, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Hank Aaron said yesterday that the names of the players who failed MLB drug tests in 2003 should be released.
The way I look at it is that these players chose to cheat because MLB and the player’s union allowed them to cheat. I can’t see protecting cheaters who didn&rsquo...
Player From The Past: Bobby Thigpen
July 17, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Bobby Thigpen shown in April of this year as the pitching coach of the Winston-Salem Dash of the Carolina League.
Robert Thomas Thigpen
Born July 17, 1963 in Tallahassee, Florida
Major League Debut: August 6, 1986
Final Game: April 27, 1994
Bobby Thigpen played on a Mississippi...
Player From The Past: Bobby Thigpen
July 17, 2009 by
Bleacher Report
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Bobby Thigpen shown in April of this year as the pitching coach of the Winston-Salem Dash of the Carolina League.
Robert Thomas Thigpen
Born July 17, 1963 in Tallahassee, Florida
Major League Debut: August 6, 1986
Final Game: April 27, 1994
Bobby Thigpen played on a Mississippi...
Rafael Palmeiro's son makes USA 14U team
October 14, 2009 by
dallasnews.com
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Reader sends along news that one of Rafael and Lynne Palmeiro's sons, Preston, made the USA 14-and-under baseball team that will be traveling Thursday to Ecuador.
The roster also includes several other players from Texas.
Report: Mark McGwire to Become Hitting Coach of the Cardinals
October 25, 2009 by
SportsProf
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This is reminiscent of the reports on December 7, 1941, when wire transmissions from Pearl Harbor said "Air Raid, Pearl Harbor, this is no joke." What's next? Will Jose Canseco be named the Athletics' hitting coach? Will Rafael Palmeiro do the same for the Cubs?How...
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