the mitchell report and my breakup with baseball

I felt some weird obligation to get all worked up about the Mitchell Report (just go here, start at the top and keep reading down for all you need to know) , but I found myself just shaking my head sadly. It’s hard to build up outrage and shock when you’re really not surprised at [...]

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seligspeak

Barry Bonds tied the home run record, the sun still rose this morning, life goes and Bud Selig remains a small notch above Gary Bettman as the leader in Stupid Sports Commissioner sweepstakes.
“As I said previously, out of respect for the tradition of the game, the magnitude of the record and the fact that [...]

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Move over Gary Bettman. Bud Selig gets the Stupid Sports Commissioner spot this week.
“I’ve been having a lot of people who are stunned that I’m still at this. But, it is what it is,” Selig said before the game. Selig, who said last night’s was the eighth game he has attended in Bonds’ chase, added [...]

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Do. Not. Want.

Remember back in the day on ASV when I would spend a lot of time hating on Roger Clemens? And remember when I said if he came back to the Yankees I would disown them? Well, here’s what I wrote on the FTTW blog when that disaster came to light.
Roger Clemens.
I know you’ve been [...]

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