peds Stories - Beyond the Box Score
Tell the BBWAA That the Steroids Era Happened
Yesterday, my blogging brother-in-arms Matthew Callan decried the writers' sanctimonious attitude towards Hall of Fame-caliber ballplayers with alleged performance-enhancing drug experience as those writers were the very ones in a position to call out said ballplayers when it mattered most. Matt,...
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...
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...
Jeff Pearlman Vs. Mark McGwire
If I had to name the most pompous, self-righteous and judgmental mainstream sportswriter around it would probably be Jeff Pearlman. Pearlman is also one of the most talented sportswriters around. His pieces at Sports Illustrated and his personal blog are daily must-reads, no matter how much I...
Tragic Week In Dominican Baseball
It’s been a bad week in Dominican baseball. First it broke that Dominican bonus baby Angel Villalona had turned himself into authorities as the main suspect in a shooting killing in La Romana, D.R., followed days later by reports that the St. Louis Cardinals had voided a $3.1 million contract...
Around the Majors, 5/14/2009
Travel day today, as our Men In Red embark upon a possibly-epic 10 game roadtrip, wherein we will probably lose a bunch more games go 10-0 and the rest of the division will go 0-10, so we'll take over the NL West lead. There are a few news nuggets from around the baseball world. Follow me after...
Members of the 500 Home Run Club Not In The Hall Of Fame
With Gary Sheffield just joining the 500 home run club as its 25th member and Jim Thome about to tie Mike Schmidt for 13th on the all-time list, I thought I would take a look at the group of ten players who have hit 500 home runs and aren't in the Hall of Fame. To define the average Hall of Fame...
With Which PED Party Are You Most Disappointed?
During yesterday's chat (transcript is here), I ran a poll asking readers in whom they were the most disappointed in relation to this whole PED mess. The results were a bit surprising, but I'd like to get a larger sample size. So... here's the poll. Feel free to explain your vote in the...
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