A little Sunday morning Clemens-related levity.
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Our months long national nightmare is over. Only one question remains: Can the Reds really go 162-0?
So I happen to be watching Roger Clemens' testimony on C-SPAN 3, and I just heard Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) describe the hearings as "a new definition of the word.
Santana to Mets, assuming that the Wilpon who passed on Vladimir Guerrero doesn't come back. It sure was a great idea for Minnesota taxpayers to give their multi-billionaire owner a $400 mil. subsidy. Gomez does seem like a legitimate propsect, although he's a risky tools...
Jamie Moyer is not a steroid user. His 62 mph fastball is a purely natural phenomenon.
Yes. My evidence:What? All of a sudden, won-loss record isn't a fair measuring stick for pitchers? If we're not going to take records into account, what's the new standard?It's sad.
Tom Scocca, taking Billy Beane hatred to the predictable next level:Or, as Beane says elsewhere in the book [Moneyball]: "Power is something that can be acquired. ... Good hitters develop power. Power hitters don't become good hitters." Oakland, with its limited funds, wouldn't spend payroll...
Mr. Kenny Williams:Reacting Wednesday to the blockbuster deal that sent power-hitting third baseman Miguel Cabrera and former All-Star left-hander Dontrelle Willis from the Florida Marlins to the Detroit Tigers —.
I haven't always agreed with Murray Chass's analysis of labor issues, but he's been doing great stuff about the exclusion of Marvin Miller from the Hall of Fame, this time.
Joe Sheehan (subscribers only) points out that it would be crazy for the Twins to trade Johan Santana for young pitching that hasn't proven it can handle a major league workload -- something it had plenty of -- as opposed to major league hitters, which...
Gainer The Gopher sez: Slappy Who?One advantage to being in Canada right now is that sportswriters are much more preoccupied with such matters as the epochal Riders/Lions tilt and much.
I see that Derek Jeter's defense has become so wretched that the Gold Glove has finally gone to a good defensive shortstop instead. However -- because God forbid we go.