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Jeff Idelson, Hall of Fame President, Happy With Current Voting Trends

During the run-up to Wednesday's announcement of the results of this year's Baseball Hall of Fame voting, one issue dominated above all others when people discussed the ballot. What do we do about players who have admitted, been accused of or are under suspicion of using performance-enhancing drugs? There were almost as...

Speed to Burn: Meet the Mets

Each week, Speed to Burn gives you the lowdown on the speed matchups you should be exploiting in the upcoming period. In addition, the STB will highlight one widely available base thief who can potentially give you a leg up in the category. New York Mets (@CLE, @NYY) The Mets are tops in the National League in swipes...

Major League Notebook: June 5

Here's what is happening around baseball on Saturday June 5, 2010: • Updating a previous item, it appears Ivan Rodriguez may be able to come off the disabled list in time to catch Stephen Strasburg's big league debut after all. Rodriguez, out with a lower back strain, will run the bases and take batting practice...

Pudge Rodriguez Hits Disabled List With a Back Strain

Two of the happier surprises in the first two months of the baseball season have been the winning play of the Washington Nationals and comeback season of their catcher Ivan Rodriguez. Both of those feel-good stories took a hit Monday when Pudge landed on the disabled list with a back strain. Rodriguez signed a two-year,...

Pudge's Bat, Leadership Lifting Nationals

NEW YORK -- When Brian Bruney looks in for a sign from his catcher and sees Ivan Rodriguez, he feels a certain "calmness." When Wil Nieves watches Rodriguez, his favorite player as a teen and now his mentor, he sees a "hyper" player. Apparently, Pudge Rodriguez's personality is as hard to quantify as his contributions to...

Ivan Rodriguez News From the Web

05/17/12 Lawyers: Clients guilty, but not of murder Source: Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia PA IVAN RODRIGUEZ is guilty of stealing a motorcycle at gunpoint and Donta Craddock is guilty of the same robbery and of involuntary manslaughter or vehicular homicide, but neither murdered four people killed by the speeding getaway Pontiac Trans Am minutes after the June 2009 robbery, the two defendants' attorneys told a Philadelphia jury during opening statements Wednesday.