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R.I.P. Moe Drabowsky
Those of us who delighted in Roger McDowell’s antics as a young pitcher for the Mets owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to Moe Drabowsky. Drabowsky was a prankster pitcher from 1956-1972. Among other well known pranks Drabowsky once gave a hotfoot (McDowell’s favorite trick) to then commissioner of baseball Bowie Kuhn. Drabowsky died this […]
A Grim-sley Affair
The government has a new informant on drug use in baseball and his name is Jason Grimsley. In the wake of an interview with the FBI in which he named names the Arizona reliever asked for (and was granted) his release from the Diamondbacks. Most commentators are up in arms over this and Congress will […]
Pujols vs. Bonds
When Albert Pujols hit his 18th homer of the season yeaterday he became the second fastest to hit that mark. (The fastest guy did it in 1923.) This got me thinking about Barry Bonds.
Caple on Bonds
ESPN’s Jim Caple has written a nice article about the controversy surrounding Barry Bonds. It only asks question and dosn’t give any answers. Or does he?
Pirates GM Littlefield Gets Extension
I’ve got to get into the baeball business. It’s been reported that Pittsburgh Pirates GM Dave Littlefield has gotten a contract extension. This despite not having a winning season since his hiring in July 2001. Ownership cited a resurgance in the minor league system as a main factor in the extension. But I think 4 […]
Steroids Sham, er Investigation
Yesterday’s press conference in which baseball ‘commissioner’ Bud Selig introduced George Mitchell as the ‘independant’ investigator
Shut Up Already
Kris Benson‘s wife Anna just doesn’t know when to stop.
Congress Should Do Something About Steroids in Baseball
A Report by Brian Costello in today’s New York Post skewers Major League Baseball’s drug policy in light of recent revelation about Barry Bonds‘s alleged steroid use.
R.I.P. Kirby Puckett
Kirby Puckett died last night after suffering a stroke on Sunday morning. Many other websites have done a far better job than I could at describing the life and death of the first ballot hall of famer so I won’t even try to write my own piece here. I just couldn’t let such a sad […]
Why play the WBC now?
I was looking at some of the box scores from the first couple of days of exhibition games and observed how most pitchers were only pitching 1 or 2 inning. This got me thinking about the World Baseball Classic (WBC) and how pitchers are being asked to compete at a time of year when they […]
