Query: Could Johnny Damon be the first 3000 hit player to miss the Hall of Fame? Of course, this excludes the obvious problems (Rose, Palmeiro), and assumes that Biggio will make it... Damon is currently 36, and has 2425 hits. It's not at all difficult...
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Great stuff from Joe Posnanski and Tom Scocca on the Pete Hamill non-review of the new Mays biography. To apply what Atrios said yesterday to a more trivial subject, I.
There are valid reasons, related to public health, to be concerned about athletes using PEDs. These reasons probably justify some measure of paternalism with respect to amateur athletes, and may.
At least until Jack Z arrived in Seattle, I always figured that God was on Billy Beane's side.
Tickets to Chapman's starts at Great American will be a hot commodity for more than one reason:Dusty Baker Destroys Aroldis Chapman's Arm Within Minutes Of Arrival
Scott's thoughts on the latest HOF ballot got me thinking about the whole "the first ballot ought to be sacred" line of thinking, this year ably represented by Jay Mariotti's.
This year I forgot to do a "put Rock on the Rock" post, so I'll delegate to Neyer and Posnanski (a better idea in any case.) I would like to think that the induction of a Dick Williams-era Expo would have forestalled the need for...
In the process of dubbing Juan Gonzalez the Least Valuable Player of the aughts, Jayson Stark deems Long Gone Juan an embezzler:The ability to steal money is a quality I.
I, for one, am delighted by the decision to trade a bag of moldy Fritos for Milton Bradley. I appreciate that Bradley rather goes beyond the typical "difficult player" tag,.
I'd really like to say a few things about the Cliff Lee to Seattle trade, but Scott already put it out there, and as per usual, USS Mariner have it covered.The New York Post has a newsflash: Columbia University students can now "live in sin...
Looks like he's going to the Phils; another triumph of the Wilpons' unwillingness to spend any money on player development. I'm assuming that the Mariners didn't give away King Felix,.
. . . for your general manager to trade your 28-year-old all star centerfielder with the cheap long-term contract to the New York Yankees.Granderson had a bit of a down.