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The Tragedy of Roger Clemens: A Liar Always Whiffs

Aug 20, 2010 - 10:17 AM

It was arrogance that doomed Roger Clemens, raw defiance feeding a blind and reckless narcissism. He thought he could reach back and throw one more heater, bullying an informant named Brian McNamee...

For Acts of Violence, MLB Much Too Soft

Aug 14, 2010 - 8:49 PM

So Johnny Cueto channels his inner Bruce Lee, maniacally kicks opponents with his spikes during a melee, levels one of them with enough force to trigger mental black spots and other...

A-Rod's Milestone: All Prozac, No Pomp

Aug 5, 2010 - 8:13 PM

How utterly fascinating that Barry Bonds, with little to do in life but reflect on his days as a warm and wonderful human being, found space on his website to congratulate Alex Rodriguez. "Stay...

Hold Your Nose When Ozzie Tackles Serious Topics

Aug 5, 2010 - 2:10 AM

CHICAGO -- Consider it society's good fortune that Ozzie Guillen, the Blizzard of Oz, commands no more intellectual respect than the Snooki girl from "Jersey Shore." Otherwise, I might worry that...

The Rich (Yawn) Just Get Richer: Yankees, Phillies Are Still the Best

Jul 31, 2010 - 7:34 PM

What fun to envision a World Series involving Texas, where the franchise is in bankruptcy court and October is a rumor, and San Diego, where the payroll is $45 million and good seats always are...

Like Baseball Itself, All-Star Game Fading

Jul 15, 2010 - 11:04 AM

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- My faith in the American attention span has been restored, thank you. To the shock of perhaps only the raging, kind-of-creepy Rally Monkey, the All-Star Game at Angel Stadium was...

Big, Blustery Boss Was Best of Owners

Jul 14, 2010 - 12:40 AM

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- I really don't care that he was a cantankerous blowhard in a dopey turtleneck who once urged me to find a new craft, all because he didn't like a question...

Be Grateful Cliff Lee Is Anywhere but NY

Jul 10, 2010 - 10:54 AM

For now, we'll just forget that the Texas Rangers, a team mired in bankruptcy court and currently controlled by Major League Baseball, have no business absorbing $1.5 million of Cliff Lee's salary....

Strasburg Not All-Star? Baseball Blunders Again

Jul 4, 2010 - 9:53 PM

There's a reason baseball is dying a slow death in this country. Plainly, the people making the decisions are morons. Here we have Stephen Strasburg, the game's biggest non-steroids conversation...

Yanks-Dodgers a Joke, as Tired Torre Knows

Jun 27, 2010 - 10:50 AM

LOS ANGELES -- They can try, I suppose, to trumpet the Yankees and Dodgers as a monumental convergence of baseball royalty. But then, Laverne and Shirley also were a heady tandem in the '70s. Talk...

Zambrano Fit Seals It: Cubs Must Clean House

Jun 26, 2010 - 9:00 AM

Much as I adore Wrigley Field, the timeless panorama, the grand cityscape and the frat party that spills into the neighborhood, a side of me wants to see it mercifully implode. A ballpark can be...

Do Strasburg a Favor, Let Him Breathe

Jun 7, 2010 - 9:45 PM

WASHINGTON -- Down on South Capitol Street, in a forgotten and still-sketchy section of the District of Columbia, a drug store and supermarket have been wheeled into the neighborhood on trailers....