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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...
Purple Row Interviews Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn
Through a promotion sponsored by Pepsi Max, Purple Row was granted an ten-minute interview with former San Diego Padre Tony Gwynn. Gwynn, who retired following the 2001 season after posting a career 132 wRC+ (including never having a season below 100 - full or otherwise) and accumulating a lifetime...
Roberto Alomar's #12 to be retired by the Blue Jays
The Blue Jays have announced that on July 31st 2011 they will give Robert Alomar the highest honour the team has ever bestowed on someone. For the first time in Blue Jays history they will retire a number as Roberto Alomar's number 12 will be honoured (Of course not including the great Jackie...
Criticize baseball's Hall, but at least theirs matters
There are four things you can count on at the start of a new calendar year: a never-ending stream of ridiculously-named bowl games -- like the "San Diego County Credit Union Poinsetta Bowl," a regular season hockey game that's actually worth watching, the absolute worst movies Hollywood can...
Dawson elected to Hall of Fame; Alomar, Blyleven just miss
With 77.9% of the votes (just getting by the 75% minimum), Andre Dawson has at last been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame after eight years on the ballot. Dawson, who spent the bulk of his career with the Expos and Cubs, played 21 years in the big leagues, won eight Gold Gloves, and is one of...
8/05/2001 - The Miracle at Jacobs Field
(Kenny Lofton touches home or the winning run. Screengrab courtesy of ESPN) Normally when you think of the greatest single-game comebacks, you don't think of Major League Baseball. A 9-2 game counts as a blowout, and even if a team makes it up, it's still just seven runs. It's not as wowing as the...
9/27/1996 - Alomar spits at Hirschbeck
(Alomar and Hirschbeck. Photo by Mike Blake, Reuters) Over the course of his 17-year career, Roberto Alomar established himself as the best second baseman in baseball. He won 10 gold gloves, recorded 2724 hits, stole 474 bases, and was a 12-time All-Star. But if he isn't voted into the Hall of...
It Was Eleven Years Ago Today: Cubs vs. Astros, Wednesday 5/6, 7:05 CT
Normally, the 11th anniversary of anything isn't reason to give the occasion a mention. However, eleven years ago today, Kerry Wood struck out 20 Astros at Wrigley Field. I mention this not because of any sentimental attachment to Wood, but because that day was also a Wednesday, and the Cubs are...
Graph of the Day: Larkin versus Alomar
WAR data from Sean's historical WAR database. Each players' seasons are sorted from best to worst, left to right.
Former Oriole Roberto Alomar has "full-blown AIDS" according to ex-girlfriend
It's all over the place, and since Robbie was an O for a few years, it's worth discussing here, too. Otherwise I'd kind of keep my nose out of it for fear of it turning into anything like the mouth breathers on the Yahoo comment page. In short: 31-year old Ilya Dall has sued Alomar for having...
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