Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
When thinking about people I have absolutely zero sympathy for, Barry Bonds shoots right to the top of the list. That's why I laughed out loud when I heard that baseball's all-time home run king* is attempting to have his felony conviction for obstruction of justice overturned.
Bonds' lawyer Dennis Riordan ...
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Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
In a week where we await the fate of Barry Bonds in court and witnessed Manny Ramirez retire rather than face another suspension for steroid use, baseball badly needed some fresh-faced lad to step up and demonstrate that it is possible to play the game with some sort of virtue.
Oddly ...
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Monday, June 14th, 2010
The Pittsburgh Pirates have already brought up top prospects Brad Lincoln and Jose Tabata in the past week but they might not be done. Third baseman - and former top pick - Pedro Alvarez might be getting a call-up from the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians sometime this week.
There was speculation late ...
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Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
The world of sports is loaded with heroes, guys who go the extra mile and make it easy to root for them. And then there are the guys who engender the exact opposite reaction. As we wind down the year and head into 2010, we decided it was time to ...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
The 2009 Major League Baseball season began with the startling revelation that Alex Rodriguez tested positive for two anabolic steroids in 2003. That was followed quickly by a bizarre and totally unbelievable admission from A-Rod that a cousin had bought performance-enhancing drugs for him and he didn't really know what ...
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Monday, July 6th, 2009
So I'm back home in San Diego this weekend, celebrating the Fourth of July holiday with my family. It was great, awesome time, glad I did it. It was also the weekend of Manny Ramirez's return from a 50-game suspension for testing positive for a banned substance. Manny's restoration to ...
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