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Sports Central
July 23, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Braun and Done Since the word came that Ryan Braun accepted a suspension for the remainder of the 2013 season, he has been hammered as having gone from one of baseball's more engaging presences to one of the game's least forthcoming liars.   |
Sports Central
August 2, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
A-Rod's Fate May Provide Once-Unlikely Opportunities It's not a question of "if" but "when" the hammer drops on Alex Rodriguez. But it is a question of just what the hammer's head will be made of that keeps observers examining A-Rod's, and baseball's, pending fate. |
Sports Central
January 13, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
A-Rod Agonistes, the Final Chapter? We could see a 2014 baseball season and maybe more without Alex Rodriguez, after all. |
Sports Central
September 17, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
Agents of Misfortune? Just when you might have thought it safe to think baseball's war with actual or alleged performance-enhancing substances had turned toward a kind of quiet conquest, 2012 has reminded us that battles may be won, but the war isn't quite finished yet. |
Sports Central
November 26, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Making Sense of the Peralta Deal So what to make of the Jhonny Peralta signing with the St. Louis Cardinals, in the wake of his having been one of the Biogenesis 13? |
Sports Central
August 8, 2013
Jeff Kallman |
Beware Innuendo, Even With and After Biogenesis Not only did ESPN uncover the fact that Gio Gonzalez never received a single actual or alleged performance-enhancing substance from Biogenesis, but Gonzalez passed a drug test shortly after the scandal broke in the first place. |
Sports Central
December 28, 2015
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2015: It Got Late Early Out There The author ruminates on this year's baseball games and famous players of years past. |
Sports Central
December 31, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
2011: Dickens Flummoxed Baseball's 2011 season was the best of times and it was the worst of times. |
Sports Central
December 24, 2012
Jeff Kallman |
2012: Mime and Reason A look back at some of the odd occurrences during the 2012 baseball season, and players that passed away this year. |
Sports Central
December 31, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2014: The Year in Review Baseball did a lot of blinking during 2014. Not to mention winking, nodding, prodding, clodding, and thrilling. |
Sports Central
January 3, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
MLB 2013: Unrealities Baseball's 2013 included a few hallucinations and several surrealities. Some might have wished some of the hallucinations were real even as others might have wished some of what was real was merely a hallucination. |
Sports Central
February 11, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
The Writing on the Wall Barks at A-Rod Accepting the inevitable comes hard enough. When the inevitable is banishment for cause, few kicked and screamed as loudly or as wildly as Alex Rodriguez did until Friday. |
Sports Central
September 7, 2006
Alvin Chang |
Re-Draft, Playball in Five Years (Pt. 6) Here are the first 25 picks: 1. Yankees -- Albert Pujols... 2. Red Sox -- Felix Hernandez... etc. |
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Ramirez Suspended For Drug Violation Ramirez is the most prominent suspended under the drug policy players and owners put in place seven years ago. |
Sports Central
January 5, 2004
Jeff Kallman |
2003: Never a Dull Moment "We try every way we can do to kill this game," Sparky Anderson once said of baseball, "but for some reason, nothing nobody does never hurts it." That was then, this is now. Nothing nobody does never hurts it still, but lots of people do continue to embarrass it. |
Sports Central
February 16, 2006
Jeff Pohlmeyer |
Major League Baseball 2006 Preview NL East: 1. New York Mets... 2. Atlanta Braves... NL Central: 1. St. Louis Cardinals... 2. Milwaukee Brewers... |
Sports Central
July 22, 2005
Bob Ekstrom |
Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's ... 30? With or without a birthday, Alex Rodriquez always draws a lot of controversy. Why do opinions on him vary so widely? |
Sports Central
August 12, 2013
Corrie Trouw |
Bad Cop Never Wins Let me seriously ask: what if Major League Baseball's summer crusade against performance-enhancing drugs is a colossal mistake? |
Sports Illustrated
May 22, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Crapshoot For the Texas rangers, trading Pudge Rodriguez involves too many risks and unknowns... |
Salon.com
December 20, 2000
Allen Barra |
The Alex Rodriguez FAQ Is he worth all that money? Will these giant contracts ever stop? Is salary inflation driving up ticket prices? Ruining baseball? (Short answers: Yes, no, no, no.) |
Sports Central
November 7, 2005
Jeff Kallman |
Credible Evidence and a Fresh Beer A post season analysis of major league baseball. |
Sports Illustrated
May 2, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Handicapping history Don't expect many new members to the 3,000 hit club... |
Salon.com
March 31, 2001
Allen Barra |
Everything you know is wrong The major leagues are more competitive than ever, small-market teams can compete, and home runs and giant salaries aren't ruining the game. Plus: Who's going to Cooperstown? |
Sports Central
October 3, 2012
Andrew Jones |
2012 MLB Awards All in all, it was a very good year for baseball and the playoffs haven't even started yet. |
AskMen.com
June 7, 2013
Dave Golokhov |
Biogenesis Steroid Scandal We want to believe that everyone is clean and that athletes are playing fair. As today shows us -- once again -- the hard truth is quite different. It will always be that way. |
Sports Central
February 27, 2009
Jeffrey Boswell |
Sports Q&A: A-Rod: HG "H" For "Honesty" Coming "clean" has never been so dirty. |
Sports Central
November 14, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
The Wrong Expansion For Baseball MLB thinks the way to solve baseball's image and primacy problems is to expand the postseason. |
Sports Illustrated
April 16, 2002
Tom Verducci |
Indecent proposal The baseball team owners' latest plan indicates long road ahead in labor battle... |
Sports Central
October 31, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
Maybe We Get Our Goats at Last Maybe, little by little, people are beginning to get the idea that a baseball postseason goat doesn't always deserve the goat horns because he didn't do anything he wasn't supposed to do. |
Sports Central
October 17, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
Hold Those Tigers The Detroit Tigers took one of the worst elimination beatings in postseason history. |
Sports Central
February 11, 2009
Jeff Kallman |
A-Rod Agonistes With the New York Yankees, there's no such thing as a subdued season, and it isn't as though they've gone untouched by the long arm of actual or alleged performance-enhancing substances. |
Sports Central
September 14, 2015
Joe Messineo |
Running on Empty Here are the baseball players who will be resting more often to try to preserve what they have left in the tank. |
Sports Central
August 20, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
Does Manfred Have a Vision Thing? Sports Illustrated's Cliff Corcoran, said Rob Manfred's ascension "represents an unprecedented continuity in leadership for MLB." This is not entirely a consummation devoutly to be wished. |
Sports Central
January 2, 2008
Rich Lyons |
Grading the MLB Offseason Moves Here is a list of the most notable MLB trades, along with a grade for the team(s) involved. |
Sports Illustrated
October 4, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Crossroad This season the Astros may have been the most fascinating team in baseball. Their collapse despite a new, beautiful ballpark was astounding. In what direction do the Astros head? |
Sports Central
October 7, 2014
Jeff Kallman |
They Did! They Did! They Did Taw Some Puddy Tats! Considering that they won 96 games in winning an American League East and just shoved the Tigers away in three straight, some think the Orioles already have done anything. And almost everything. |
Sports Illustrated
July 5, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Rumors, rumors Trade talk heats up as July 31 deadline approaches |
Sports Central
May 4, 2010
Jeff Kallman |
The Letter of the Law, Written and Otherwise Baseball, for all its controversies and crises, remains as invigorating a game in discourse as it is in play. |
Sports Central
September 5, 2006
Mike Round |
Hot Topics as MLB Season Winds Down The A-Rod "slump" saga... Jim Leyland for AL Manager of the Year?... It's odds-against for the Boston Red Sox making the postseason... A few words on the AL MVP debate... etc. |
Sports Illustrated
April 26, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Vlad, undervalued? Believe it Baseball Q&A: Who is over/under rated?... Considering how thin starting pitching is, why don't managers entertain the idea of returning to the days of four-man rotations?... Are the Braves interested in acquiring A-Rod in the off-season?... etc. |
AskMen.com
Dave Golokhov |
Top 10: 2008 Baseball Games To Watch You can't watch every game, so you should at least try to catch some of these must-see games. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2002
King Kaufman |
30 more memorable moments Baseball's list tends toward the recent and positive, so here are some alternatives, unvarnished. |
Sports Illustrated
October 31, 2001
Tom Verducci |
Bonds and Shea don't mix Let's see, the Mets took a pass on Alex Rodriguez, insulting him in the process for being too concerned about himself, and now Barry Bonds is on the market -- the guy with his own wing in the clubhouse, his own stretching program, and the same agent as A-Rod... |
Sports Central
July 26, 2005
Billy Davis |
New and True in Yankee Blue What sort of test must a newcomer pass before earning recognition as a true New York Yankee? Thursday night's game against the Red Sox offered such a test for Alex Rodriguez. |
Salon.com
October 21, 2000
Allen Barra |
The traffic jam Series Thanks to a bloated playoff format and declining TV viewership, this year's World Series doesn't have quite the resonance of those from the "Golden Age"... |
Sports Central
July 14, 2011
Jeff Kallman |
Essentially, K-Rod Was Traded For Reyes The Milwaukee Brewers get Francisco Rodriguez and the Mets re-sign Jose Reyes. |
Sports Illustrated
July 2, 2002
Mark Bechtel |
Feud for Thought Baseball chemistry is a complex science: As some recent lapses of team spirit show, a good dugout dustup or clubhouse clash can be a catalyst for success. |
Sports Central
November 3, 2007
Greg Wyshynski |
The A-Rod Conundrum A debate about Alex Rodriguez. |
AskMen.com
April 6, 2013
Brett Smiley |
Baseball Fans The dawn of baseball every April tends to shower fans of every team with a clean slate and hope, when in reality, the writing is on the wall: a large chunk of the league is hopeless. |
Sports Illustrated
August 30, 2000
Tom Verducci |
Blame it on the jerseys What the heck is up with the baseball uniforms?... If Felipe Alou is fired at the end of the season, where do you think he will end up?... What happens if there is a three-way or even four-way tie for the wild-card spot?... |
