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*MLB: It's Not About the Mitchell Report, It's About Names!

By ClevelandWill, Section MLB
Posted on Sat Feb 23 2008 at 4:27 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
More on: The Mitchell Report, New York Tankees, steroids, Roger Clemens (all tags)

The Mitchell report was released and players were named. Was this enough and where does this leave the sport? Will Burge asks the questions.....

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MLB Given Pass By Feds

By dgrassi, Section MLB
Posted on Fri Feb 22 2008 at 11:21 AM EST Printer Friendly Page
More on: MLB, Drugs, Steroids, Congress, Business, Law (all tags)

By Diane M. Grassi

But MLB has not learned much in the past couple of decades when it comes to the integrity of the game, in obeying the law and in protecting the best interests of its athletes, its most precious commodity.

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Who Framed Roger Rocket?

By teekay, Section MLB
Posted on Wed Jan 16 2008 at 6:29 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
More on: roger clemens, steroids, brian mcnamee, MLB, yankees, mitchell report (all tags)

Ever since the day the Mitchell Report was released the baseball world has dealt with constant drama. Admissions and apologies have been offered and denied. Fingers have been pointed and judgments have been passed. Reputations have been thrown into question and fans have been thrown into unrest. But one quality of the report has reigned supreme over all others; it's entertainment value.

It's no secret that America loves a good Soap Opera. Not a drama, but a Soap Opera. As in a drama where all rationality and reason disappear and the story becomes a delightfully hilarious mess of childish idiocy... and for whatever reason, it's enthralling!

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The American Game

By mw2828, Section MLB
Posted on Wed Jan 09 2008 at 10:05 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
More on: Baseball, Steroids, America (all tags)

Picture this. You're twenty three years old, a third round draft pick, skipped school to grab that bonus, nothing to fall back on. This competition is fierce, and you've been left behind, lapped in fact. In an idyllic youth, a minor celebrity in a small town, you were the special one. Gifted. Bigger, stronger, faster, beloved by all, took pride in the popularity, destined for greatness.

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MLB General

Let Them Play

By Jersey Steve Wins, Section MLB
Posted on Mon Jul 02 2007 at 9:13 AM EST Printer Friendly Page
More on: Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Bud Selig, Jay Mariotti, Steroids, Rafael Palmeiro, Pete Rose (all tags)

Are You tired of hearing about steroids in baseball? Me Too. It's time to get back to enjoying the game.

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Baseball's Saddest Clown

By johnnyrico, Section MLB
Posted on Sun Jan 14 2007 at 3:00 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
More on: MLB, Baseball, Steroids (all tags)

There is a perpetual circus performing in Major League Baseball.  Every so often, between the lion tamers (Clemens, Pujols) and the trapeze artists (Ichiro, Eckstein), a clown emerges and steals the show.  This clown is very different from others in two respects: 1)his head---not his shoes---are clownish in size, and 2)he makes fans cry instead of laugh.  That's right, its Bondzo the Clown!

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The Injustice Against Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada

By DLoque25, Section MLB
Posted on Wed Sep 27 2006 at 7:04 PM EST Printer Friendly Page
More on: Barry Bonds, Giants, steroids (all tags)

The terrible injustice against Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada must be addressed.

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A Whole New Ballgame

By uxley11, Section MLB
Posted on Thu Jul 06 2006 at 10:53 AM EST Printer Friendly Page
More on: steroids, MLB (all tags)

I have been thinking about the 'problem' of performance-enhancing drugs for a while now. With people like Barry Bonds and Jason Grimsley consistently re-opening the topic after something they do or something they say, I am getting tired of hearing about all of the players who use these substances and have little patience for the media's treatment of them - what usually consists of two or three days of coverage of them and then, well, nothing. We need to accept the fact that we have come to a time where steroids and human growth hormone are a fact of life. These performing enhancing drugs are probably never going away.

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Echoes in the Dark by Matt Waters

By mw2828, Section MLB
Posted on Fri Jun 30 2006 at 5:11 AM EST Printer Friendly Page
More on: steroids (all tags)

There exists a thin line between purity and putridity, and in stepping over it we merely reveal our humanity, a practice par for the course in a world that often confuses greatness and excess.

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