steroids Stories - Amazin' Avenue
The One-Way Street of Steroid Confessions
Is it possible to consider an argument valid while believing many of its most vocal proponents are full of it? Because I feel that way when it comes to one side of the Steroid Era debate. There are people who believe the rampant use of PEDs in the late 1990s/early 2000s tainted records and the game...
On Andy Pettitte's Hall Pass
The morning after Andy Pettitte announced his retirement, I was woken up (as I often am) by the sports update on CBS News Radio. Jared Max led his update with the news, then immediately asked this rhetorical question: Does the Yankees lefty deserve Hall of Fame consideration? He seemed to have...
Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar Make the Hall, Bagwell, others Snubbed
As we saw yesterday, Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar have finally garnered the 75%+ votes they needed to make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Kudos to both of them. Blyleven had a career 3.31 ERA, 3.19 FIP, went 287-250, and struck out 3701 batters. Alomar posted a career .300/.371/.443 line,...
Calls For Sandy Alderson To Apologize For Steroids Era Are Laughable
Ahh, performance enhancing drugs, the favorite finger-wagging topic of the Holy Writers Association Of America. Once the news of Sandy Alderson's hiring was leaked, it was only a matter of time until Mike Lupica or Jeff Pearlman produced a column questioning the role Alderson played in the rise of...
Joyce's Call Creates Not-So-Perfect Storm of MLB Controversy
Just incase you may have missed it: During the ninth inning of Detroit’s game against the visiting Cleveland Indians on Wednesday night -- which saw Tigers’ starter Armando Galarraga just one out away from a perfect game and on the threshold of securing a spot in MLB history -- first...
Henry Aaron and other HOFers Weighs In on Steroid Users Entry to Hall of Fame
Henry Aaron and other HOFer's, Goose Gossage and Reggie Jackson offered their opinions today to USA Today on the potential entry into the Hall of Fame of steroid-linked players in the future. "You put these guys in, put an asterisk beside their names," Aaron told the San Francisco Chronicle. "To...
Steroids And Sosa: What's Next?
With tonight's rainout (early rumor: makeup on September 3, nothing official yet), there's time to discuss today's revelation that Sammy Sosa appeared on the 2003 list of players who tested positive for steroids. Thanks to BCB reader mykalmorgan who first posted this late this afternoon right...
Washington Nationals, Washington Capitals Linked to Steroid Report
All I wanted to do today was gloat about how I was right about Daniel Cabrera. Seriously. Now comes this, and it's sure to cast a pall over the entire summer. A Lakeland, FL man and his wife were arrested yesterday for possession and intent to sell or deliver anabolic steroids, and the man...
How to be a Yankee Fan, Vol. 2
On December 29, 2008, your world changed forever. A single book, which you ratcheted to the top of the New York Times bestsellers list,* upended everything you knew about sports. You read it in Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, Kindle and in documents illegally downloaded from Torrents. And it was...
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