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"The one constant through all the years... has been baseball. ...baseball has marked the time. ...it's a part of our past. ...It reminds of us of all that once was good and could be again..." 'Field of Dreams' 1989

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June 2009
- Sosa Tested Positive in '03
  
  New York Times | Jun 16, 09 7:04 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Bad news for Sammy Sosa's Hall of Fame hopes: The Cubs slugger is among the players who tested positive for doping in 2003, the New York Times reports. The retired Sosa, sixth on the all-time homer list, has long been suspected of taking steroids but has never admitted it. The new development, courtesy of unnamed lawyers familiar with the 2003 results, is the first time he's been linked to a positive test. More »
- 16-Year-Old Quits School for Pros
  
  Las Vegas Review-Journal | Jun 15, 09 12:41 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A 16-year-old baseball player is skipping his last 2 years of high school to head to college—and hopefully a big-league contract, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports. Bryce Harper’s father acknowledges that “there are going to be critics” of the move, but says “Bryce is always looking for his next challenge. He's going to pursue his education, too.” More »
- Iowa Ump Tosses Crowd From Ballgame
  
  Burlington Hawk Eye | Jun 13, 09 5:32 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A rowdy bunch of Iowa baseball fans weren't just taken out to the ball game, they were ejected from it, the Burlington Hawk Eye says. After a controversial play at a high school game in West Burlington, coaches from both teams argued with umpire Don Briggs, who gave the crowd a warning. When a fan yelled from the stands, Briggs ejected the entire crowd—and called the cops. More »
- Yankee Stadium Too Small to Contain Long Balls
  
  AccuWeather.com | Jun 10, 09 9:57 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Home runs have been flying out of the new Yankee Stadium, and the weather isn't to blame, writes Tim Buckley of AccuWeather.com. The team says the new park has the same dimensions as the old digs, but the right field wall is actually up to 9 feet closer to home plate in some places, and 2 feet shorter. Buckley's study revealed that 20 of the park's 105 homers can be attributed to that shorter porch. More »
- Johnson's Secret: Hitting People
  
  Wall Street Journal | Jun 3, 09 11:54 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Randy Johnson could become the 24th pitcher to hit 300 wins tonight, but few in that elusive club can challenge Johnson’s most impressive stat, Darren Everson writes in the Wall Street Journal : The Big Unit has hit a whopping 188 batters, a total topped only by Walter Johnson and Eddie Plank, World War I-era pitchers who threw many more innings. More »
May 2009
- Suspended Manny Nears All-Star Spot
  
  New York | May 29, 09 1:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Despite his 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing drug use, Manny Ramirez is in the running for a spot in the All-Star game, currently just 30,000 votes shy of an outfield post, New York magazine reports. While the media’s upset about it, the Dodgers’ owner likes the idea, and a "Vote for Manny" blog aims to get him on the team. More »
- Baseball May Kill You
  
  Slate | May 26, 09 1:22 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - If you’re thinking about a trip to the ball park, you’d better have some good insurance. In their new book, Death at the Ballpark: A Comprehensive Study of Game-Related Fatalities, Robert Gorman and David Weeks chronicle 850 baseball-related deaths, listing them in reference-like fashion. You’d likely be shocked at just how many have been killed by balls to the heart, errant throws, lightning strikes, and other freak occurrences. More »
- World Series Games Get Earlier Start Time
  
  USA Today | May 18, 09 10:36 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - For the first time in 34 years, World Series games will start before 8pm in the East, USA Today reports. First pitches will be thrown at 7:57 (except on Sundays, due to broadcaster Fox’s NFL coverage); in recent years, the average was around 8:30, and games often ended after midnight. “I’ve wanted this (for) a long time,” commissioner Bud Selig said. More »
- Don't Count A-Rod's Homers: Wells
  
  New York Daily News | May 17, 09 6:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Former Yankees pitcher David Wells said slugger Alex Rodriguez should lose home runs for taking steroids, and other drug cheaters ought to be banned permanently, the New York Daily News reports. Wells made his comments as a play-by-play analyst at today's Yankees game. "It sucks because of the fact that these guys are playing dirty and that's not fair to the guys who busted their butt," Wells said. More »
- Yanks' $1.5B Park a Big Strikeout So Far
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 16, 09 10:12 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With its $1.5 billion price tag, you’d think the new Yankee Stadium would be pretty much perfect, right? But even the most loyal fans are griping as the “Taj Mahal” isn’t turning out to be everything it promised. From outrageous ticket prices to questionable outfield dimensions, the park is in danger of striking out, writes Darren Everson in the Wall Street Journal . More »
- Manny to Dodgers: Sorry
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 15, 09 4:35 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Manny Ramirez met with his Dodgers teammates today to personally apologize for flunking a drug test and drawing a 50-game suspension, the Los Angeles Times reports. Team management had encouraged the outfielder to talk with the squad. “He knows he made a mistake. I forgive him,” third baseman Casey Blake said. “It's his business.” More »
- Clemens Offers Fresh Denial of 'Impossible' Steroid Use
  
  New York Daily News | May 12, 09 3:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Roger Clemens again denied past steroid use today, and criticized a new book that claims to detail his transgressions, the New York Daily News reports. It’s “impossible” that trainer Brian McNamee injected the pitcher with steroids “because he’s never given me any,” he told an ESPN radio show. “So it’s impossible.” Clemens also had harsh words for the News ’ book, American Icon: The Fall of Roger Clemens . More »
- 'Embarrassed' Manny 'Beat Up' Over Test: Torre
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 10, 09 6:43 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Suspended slugger Manny Ramirez is "embarrassed" and "still beat up" over his failed drug test and 50-game suspension, Joe Torre told the Los Angeles Times . "It's not that he thinks it's unfair," Torre added. The Dodgers skipper talked to Ramirez yesterday. A source said Ramirez may finally face his teammates during their six-game road trip beginning Tuesday in Philadelphia. More »
- A-Rod Homers on First Pitch Back in Majors
  
  Associated Press | May 8, 09 7:59 PM CDT
  
  (AP) - Alex Rodriguez walked to the plate, and a dozen fans behind the screen swung into action. Holding up giant, foam syringes, they started with the taunts. Rodriguez answered them, all right. Back in the big leagues, the Yankees star launched the first pitch he saw deep into the left-field seats for a three-run homer tonight. More »
- Dodgers Have No Way Out of Manny Deal
  
  Time | May 8, 09 5:09 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers don’t have many options in dealing with confirmed doper Manny Ramirez, Sean Gregory writes in Time . Manny’s 50-game suspension is governed entirely by the drug agreement between the players association and Major League Baseball. There is no contract clause allowing the Dodgers to cancel the deal over drugs—though they don’t have to pay him while he’s suspended, a savings of $8 million. More »
- BoSox Star Dom DiMaggio Dead at 92
  
  Boston Globe | May 8, 09 11:11 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Dom DiMaggio, the talented younger brother of Joltin’ Joe, died today at the age of 92, the Boston Globe reports. The former Red Sox center fielder went to the All-Star Game seven times in his 11-year career, and earned accolades from his contemporaries. Ted Williams called DiMaggio “the best leadoff man in the American League,” and Joe DiMaggio called Dominic “the best defensive outfielder I’ve ever seen.” More »
- Manny's Drug Excuses Don't Wash
  
  Chicago Tribune | May 8, 09 2:15 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The only Hall of Fame that Manny Ramirez is now likely to find himself in is the one for lame excuses, Phil Rogers writes in the Chicago Tribune . Unless Ramirez, who says he flunked a drug test because of "a personal health issue," wanted to get pregnant or had some other legitimate reason for taking a female fertility drug, he looks certain to join the ranks of baseball's fallen stars, Rogers writes. More »
- Ramirez Flunks Drug Test, Draws 50-Game Ban
  
  Los Angeles Times | May 7, 09 8:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Manny Ramirez has tested positive for a banned substance and will be suspended for 50 games beginning immediately, the Los Angeles Times reports. Reports have identified the substance as HCG, a drug commonly used to treat female infertility but also taken to raise testosterone levels at the end of steroid treatments. The substance is intended to boost sex drive and "is not a steroid and it is not human-growth hormone," a source told Yahoo Sports. The suspension runs through July 3 and will cost Ramirez nearly $8 million. More »
- A-Rod Bio Author 'Feminist Version of Al Sharpton'
  
  Fox Sports | May 6, 09 4:29 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Selena Roberts’ new book makes many claims about Alex Rodriguez: He juiced in high school, tipped off opposing batters to pitches, and is even a stingy tipper. Roberts’ sourcing is scanty and anonymous, but we can trust her, a respected journalist for Sports Illustrated and formerly the New York Times , right? Wrong, writes Jason Whitlock for Fox Sports. Roberts has a demonstrated tendency to stretch the truth to suit her agenda. More »
- Fandom: Baseball 'Kings' Sit, Soccer 'Plebes' Stand
  
  Wall Street Journal | May 5, 09 10:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Try putting a European soccer match and an American baseball game on split screen sometime and looking at the stands. You’ll notice a bunch of standing soccer fans, and a lot of sitting baseball spectators. Austin Kelley set out to explain that phenomenon for the Wall Street Journal , finding much in the history of the games, and the cultures around them. More »

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Chicago Cubs closer Ryan Dempster delivers a pitch against Atlanta Braves during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 3, 2007, in Chicago. The Cubs won 10-1. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Cubs closer Ryan Dempster delivers a pitch against Atlanta Braves during the ninth inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 3, 2007, in Chicago. The Cubs won 10-1. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Associated Press)

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Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Sean Marshall throws a pitch against Atlanta Braves during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, June 3, 2007, in Chicago. The Cubs won 10-1. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) (Associated Press)

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