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From the Windup: If Jim Rice Is a Hall of Famer, So Is Andre Dawson

From the Windup is FanHouse's extended look at a particular portion of America's pastime.The results of the baseball Hall of Fame voting will be revealed Monday (2:00 PM ET), and there's a good chance Jim Rice will finally make it. Andre Dawson almost certainly will not. While I believe Rice has a good case to be in the...

Does Alex Rodriguez Owe Baseball His Participation in the Home Run Derby?

Ken Rosenthal's column on FoxSports.com is usually a good place to find a juicy trade rumor or two. He'll throw in another couple of nuggets from his contacts around the league to round things out and he's very good at providing an insidery look at the game of baseball. He's not quite as good at the moralizing columnist...

Choose Your Own Rodventure: The Saga of Alex Rodriguez

Alex Rodriguez is about to have himself quite an offseason. Preempting the World Series wasn't enough; now A-Rod will embark on the quest known as free agency. What will he choose? If you were him, what would you choose? With a nod to the classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" series, we at the MLB FanHouse decided to offer...

Update: Byrd Says HGH Was on the Level

We're just now getting a hold on this Paul Byrd story, and Ken Rosenthal already has another update. (Ken Rosenthal is like some news-breaking robot, constantly set to "Destroy.")Byrd is not only acknowledging the use of HGH and claiming it was prescribed by a doctor, he is openly discussing it in his new book and talking...

Padres Replacing David Wells With Kei Igawa?

That's what Ken Rosenthal is suggesting, and he's been all over the Padres' pitching situation. As we speculated earlier in the week, and then Rosenthal later confirmed, David Wells was cut by San Diego following a series of poor starts. Now Rosenthal says the Padres have claimed Yankee import, Kei Igawa, off waivers:The...

KenRosenthal News From the Web

05/29/12 Report: Roy Oswalt deal expected this week - Roy... Source: Rotoworld.com We're assuming those "folks" are baseball folks.
05/24/12 Rays dress as nerds, wear bow ties to honor Ken... Source: Larry Brown Sports The Rays traveled to Boston on Thursday and wore costumes on their road trip as usual.
05/22/12 Ken Rosenthal On The DA Show: Red Sox âMore Likable'... Source: CBS - WBZ-TV - Boston MA It seems as though there is more talk about the Boston Red Sox off the field than there is about their play on it.
05/11/12 Red Sox acquire Scott Podsednik from the Phillies Source: Comcast SportsNet As first reported by Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports , the Red Sox have acquired outfielder Scott Podsednik from the Phillies for cash considerations.
05/11/12 The Phillies and Jays talked about Shane Victorino Source: Comcast SportsNet Did you know Shane Victorino was from Hawaii?